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The first Batjac production was Big Jim McLain released by Warner Bros. in 1952, and its final film was McQ, in 1974, also distributed by Warner Bros. After John Wayne's death in 1979, his son Michael Wayne owned and managed the company until his own death in 2003, when his wife Gretchen assumed ownership.
Jun 17, 2012 · Gretchen is the owner and president of Batjac Productions Inc. -- the film company Wayne founded in 1951 and which his son Michael, Gretchen's husband, ran for more than 30 years until his...
He joined his father's film production company, Batjac Productions, for The Alamo (1960) and became line producer for McLintock! (1963) and producer on many other John Wayne vehicles including Big Jake (1971) and Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973).
After Wayne’s death, eldest son Michael would manage Batjac until his own passing in 2003. During this decade, the evolution of John Wayne the star can be seen in two roles he played at the start and end of the 1950s: In the two hit Westerns Rio Grande (1950) and Rio Bravo (1959).
Nov 16, 2022 · When Fellows parted ways with the star a few years later, Wayne changed the company's name to Batjac Productions (a misspelled reference to the Batjak trading company in Edward Ludwig's "Wake of...
Apr 4, 2003 · Born Michael Anthony Morrison in 1934 in Los Angeles (his father's given name was Marion Robert Morrison), Mr. Wayne became president of Batjac after his father's death.
Apr 4, 2003 · In 1961, Michael Wayne became president of Batjac. He made his solo producing debut on the 1963 film “McLintock!” co-starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara.
