Wayne made his debut at the age of 11, as an uncredited extra in the romantic
Western film
Rio Grande (1950). He went on to appear in 10 more films with his father,
John Wayne;
The Quiet Man (1952),
The High and the Mighty (1954) - as a props assistant,
The Conqueror (1956),
The Searchers (1956),
The Alamo (1960),
The Comancheros (1961), ''
Donovan's Reef (1963), McLintock! (1963), The Green Berets (1968), and Big Jake (1971). He appeared in several films directed by John Ford: The Sun Shines Bright (1952), The Long Gray Line (1955), Mister Roberts (1955), and The Searchers (1956). He struck out on his own to start in his own film The Young Land'' (1959). He appeared in Ford's sprawling epic
Cheyenne Autumn (1964), as
James Stewart's son in
Shenandoah (1965), in
An Eye for an Eye (1966),
The Deserter (1971), and in a lead role in
The Bears and I (1974) for
Walt Disney. His television work included the baseball teleplay
Rookie of the Year (1955), directed by Ford and starring his father, and
Flashing Spikes (1962), a baseball television anthology installment directed by Ford and starring James Stewart, with his father in an extended cameo role. He played similar roles in both shows as baseball players. He earned recognition in the
sci-fi genre following his work on his father's film
Big Jake. Wayne peaked as an actor in the late 1970s in the popular matinee fantasy
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977), then in
The People That Time Forgot (1977). He screen-tested for the
title role of
Superman. He co-starred as a romantic love interest to
Shirley Jones in the brief TV series
Shirley (1979). He was the host of
The Monte Carlo Show in 1980 and occasionally worked on games shows and syndicated variety series. Wayne had many appearances on popular television series of the 1970s and 1980s, including ''
Charlie's Angels (1976), Fantasy Island (1978), Murder, She Wrote (1984), Sledge Hammer! (1986), and The Love Boat. He appeared in the movie Young Guns (1988) as Pat Garrett. He also did a comic turn in the Western spoof Rustlers' Rhapsody'' (1985). Wayne served as the host of the 1990 revival of the game show
Tic-Tac-Dough. Wayne became chairman of the John Wayne Cancer Institute in 2003. The second episode, "Episode 2 – Patrick Wayne – Part 2", was released on October 7, 2021. He appeared on the eighth episode, "Episode 8 – McCandles Family Reunion", was released on November 18, 2021. He appeared on the thirteenth episode, "Episode 13 – Family Christmas Episode!", was released on December 23, 2021. == Personal life ==