Join us for an afternoon with Patrick Wayne as he shares stories of his films, his life as John Wayne’s son, and John Ford’s godson. Patrick will take part in a wide-ranging conversation with Andrew Patrick Nelson, PhD, Chief Curator at Western Spirit punctuated with a number of movie clips from his many films.

Patrick Wayne, is the son of famed Academy Award winning actor, John Wayne, and godson of Oscar winning director, John Ford. He is a veteran of over thirty-five motion pictures, four television series, as well as numerous television episodes and commercials. Patrick began his acting career at the age of eleven as a child extra in one of his father’s movies, Rio Grande. Except for active duty in the Coast Guard, he’s been at it ever since. Many of the films Patrick has appeared in have become memorable examples of American motion picture making. His credits include The Long Grey Line, Mister Roberts, The Searchers, The Alamo, and McLintock!, to name but a few. He expanded his acting beyond Western films to star in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger and The People that Time Forgot. In television, he appeared in many popular television shows in the 1970s and 1980s including Charlie’s Angels, Murder, She Wrote, and The Love Boat as well as in more than ninety television commercials. Outside of the entertainment industry, he has been the Chairman of the Board of the John Wayne Cancer Institute since 2003. 

Pricing:
$15 for Museum Members
$15 in addition to Museum Admission
$20 for program attendance only (does not include further admittance to the museum/galleries)