How old was John Wayne in The Big Trail?

Curiosity about a celebrity’s age during filming is more common than you’d think. It can shift our perspective on their journey and achievements. Here’s the age that matched the moment.

While The Big Trail was being made, John Wayne was:

22 years old

Our analysis shows that this was the celebrity’s true age during filming.

This age was calculated based on the beginning of the release year of The Big Trail:

January 1, 1930

And the day John Wayne was born:

May 26, 1907

Movies tend to be released within a year of filming, so John Wayne may have been one year off from the listed age in certain scenes.