- According to Gary Wills' "John Wayne's America," John Wayne "called his son Michael 'Krushchev' behind his back because of his harsh bearing and unforgiving ways." The Duke told his third wife, Pilar Wayne, that Michael had never gotten over his abandonment of Michael's mother Josie, his first wife.
- Brother-in-law of Frankie Avalon. Their wives are sisters.
- Michael and his wife, Gretchen Wayne, were guests on the TV show You Bet Your Life (1950) with Groucho Marx when they were married only 2 months. He had just been executive producer for Escort West (1959) with Victor Mature and was only 23 years old at the time.
- Son of John Wayne and Josephine Alicia Saenz
- Following his father's death in 1979 from cancer, Michael Wayne announced plans to film a John Wayne biopic, which was never produced.
- Children: son Christopher; daughters Alicia, Josephine, Maria and Teresa.
- The original negative of "Hondo" suffered considerable water damage as a result of a flood while in storage and was restored frame by frame by Michael Wayne . The soundtrack was also remastered.
- He was apprentice to the assistant director Bob Morrison on his father's film "Hondo" while his brother Michael, at 14, assisted the property master, Joe La Bella,.
- Nephew of Robert E. Morrison
- Uncle of David La Cava and Frank Burt Avalon.
- Uncle of Brendan Wayne
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