Ethan Wayne

John Ethan Morrison born February 22 1962 known professionally as Ethan Wayne is an American former actor and former stuntman He now manages John Wayne Enterprises and serves as the director of the John Wayne Cancer Foundation and created its Team DUKE fundraising program He played Little Jake the grandson of his fathers title character in Big Jake Ethan started doing stunt work after the death of his father in 1979 His first film was The Blues Brothers He then resumed work as an actor His next two major film appearances were both in 1981 in the comedy Longshot and the slasher film Scream Other roles include Edward Taylor in the NBC TV movie The Alamo 13 Days to Glory 1986 Storm Logan on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful with Robert Mitchums granddaughter Carrie Mitchum whom he had met on the Big Jake set 198788 which led to much work overseas and his role as Officer Matt Doyle on The New Adam12 Universal Studios 1989 through 1991 He appeared as an expert on John Wayne memorabilia on History Channels Pawn Stars in the episode Dog Day Afternoon which aired January 14 2014 He is the youngest son of actor John Wayne and his mother is John Waynes third wife and widow Peruvian actress Pilar Pallete He grew up in Newport Beach California where he shared his fathers love of the ocean and outdoors His name was chosen in direct relation to John Waynes character in The Searchers Ethan Edwards From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia