Patrick Wayne

 ( 1939 Births ) 

Wayne attended Loyola Marymount University, where he was a member of the Alpha Delta Gamma fraternity. He graduated in 1961. From 1961 to 1965, he served a tour of duty with the United States Coast Guard.

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 Superman 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. In December 2015, he travelled to Spain to receive the prize Almeria Tierra de Cine in Almeria, Andalucia, for his long career in the cinema, and in his acceptance speech, he noted that his maternal grandparents were born in Madrid and that he is half Spanish.

Wayne appeared on The John Wayne Gritcast podcast series, where he was interviewed by his younger half-brother, Ethan Wayne. The first episode, "Episode 1 – Patrick Wayne – Part 1", was released on September 29, 2021. 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.

Wayne was 39-years-old when his father died from stomach cancer on June 11, 1979. His father left an estate worth US$6.85M, of which he received US$195,000.

Wayne married his second wife, Misha Anderson, on May 8, 1999.

Wayne has three children. He is the uncle of Jennifer Wayne from the country music group Runaway June.

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