John Wayne filmography Wayne starred in his final film, "The Shootist" (1976), ending his acting career for fifty years, 169 feature length films, and various other television appearances or voice-overs. In 1993, Wayne appeared posthumously as George Abitbol, the central character in the French TV film "La Classe américaine". The film, the story of which revolves around an investigation of Abitbol's death, consists entirely of cut-and-pasted extracts from other films, dubbed with new lines in French and transformed into a new story. Raymond Loyer, who had dubbed Wayne into French in his previous films, returned to do so one last time. John Wayne
The Last Command (1955 film) son as a vehicle for the studio's biggest star, John Wayne. In 1950 it was announced Wayne would produce, direct and star in the film.. The project was going to be filmed after Wayne did "The Quiet Man" for Republic; Paul Fix and James Edward Grant had reworked the script. "I've always wanted to direct ever since I came into pictures," said Wayne, who had just begun producing with "The Bullfighter and the Lady". He planned to make the film in Tuacana, Mexico. Robert Clarke was announced for a key role. However Republic Pictures head Herbert Yates and Wayne clashed.