John Ethan Wayne was born on February 22, 1962 in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of actor, producer, director John Wayne and the half-brother of producer Michael Wayne [1934-2003] and producer, director, actor Patrick Wayne [1939- ]. He was named after his father’s character Ethan Edwards in ‘The Searchers” (1956). Ethan appeared as Little Jake in his father’s film ”Big Jake” (1971). He started doing stunt work after the death of his father in 1979, his first film was “The Blues Brothers” (1980), then went on to work as an actor in the NBC TV movie “The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory”, as Edward Taylor in 1986, Storm Logan on the CBS soap opera “The Bold and the Beautiful” (with Robert Mitchum's granddaughter Carrie Mitchum, whom he had met on the Big Jake set), 1987 through 1988 which led to a lot of work overseas, and his role as Officer Matt Doyle on “The New Adam-12” (Universal Studios) 1989 through 1991. During his work in Europe he made two Euro-westerns “Man Hunt” – 1984 and the unreleased “God Only Knows” (1998). Ethan now manages John Wayne Enterprises and serves as the Director of the John Wayne Cancer Foundation and created its Team DUKE fundraising program. Today we celebrate Ethan Wayne’s 50th birthday.
Ethan Wayne was named after John Wayne's character in "The Searchers", Ethan Edwards.
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