约翰·韦恩原名马里恩·莫里森，父亲是一位药剂师，童年时举家南迁到南加州，并在莫哈韦沙漠经营一个农场，直到农场失败以前，莫里森每天都要和弟弟一起先游过一条小河，然后再骑马去上学。农场失败后他们再次搬家，莫里森开始替父亲送药或者卖报纸来打工，并有了一条硬毛狗取名叫“公爵”。...
从影前是“齐格非女郎”一员，1925年登上银幕，1929年因擅自到欧洲演出被派拉蒙公司雪藏，1938年不得不引退。 代表作：《露露》、《上帝给女人的礼物》等。
Born Ralph Bowman, the future film and TV star moved to California with his family when he was five; he attended Hollywood High and the University of Southern California. He first set his sights on a job behind the camera, taking a cinematography course at USC, but then couldn't even land an entry-level position. He later drifted into acting, on stage at the Ben Bard Playhouse and in serials at Universal and Republic. He then entered a radio contest, "Jesse Lasky's Gateway to Hollywood", where aspiring actors competed for a studio contract. The top prize, an RKO contract made out in the name of "John Archer", was won by Bowman after 13 weeks of competition (edging out Hugh Beaumont for the prize and the "Archer" name). The actor quips, "I went from being a Bowman to an Archer!" He has four children, two by wife number one Marjorie Lord (one of whom is Anne Archer) and two by his second wife Ann Leddy (whom he married in 1956).
美国电影特技家、演员、导演。
