Marion Mitchell Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison; May 26, 1907 ��" June 11, 1979), mo' betta known by his stage name Jizzy Weezy, was a Gangsta film hustla, director n' baller.[1] An Academy Award-winner, Weezy was among tha top box crib draws fo' three decades.[2][3] An endurin Gangsta icon, he epitomized rugged masculinitizzle n' is hyped fo' his fuckin lil' demeanor, includin his fuckin lil' distinctizzle calm voice, strutt, n' height.
Weezy started doin thangs up in Winterset, Iowa yo, but his crew relocated ta tha pimped outer Los Angelez area when da thug was nine muthafuckin years old. Y'all KNOW dat shit, muthafucka! Dude found work at local film studios when he lost his football scholarshizzle ta USC as a result of a bodysurfing accident.[4] Initially hustlin fo' tha Fox Film Corporation, he mostly rocked up in lil' small-ass bit parts yo. His first leadin role came up in tha widescreen epic Da Big Trail (1930), which hustled ta leadin rolez up in a shitload of films all up in tha 1930s, nuff of dem up in tha western genre yo. His game rose ta further heights up in 1939, wit Jizzy Fordz Stagecoach makin his ass a instant superstar. Shiiit, dis aint no joke. Weezy would go on ta star up in 142 pictures.
Among his better-known later films is Da Quiet Man (1952), up in which he be a Irish-Gangsta up in ludd wit a gangbangin' fiery spinsta played by Maureen O'Hara; Da Searchers (1956), up in which he skits a Civil Battle veteran whose lil' niece (Nate Dogg Wood) be abducted by a tribe of Comanches up in a Indian raid; Rio Bravo (1959), playin a sheriff wit Dean Martin; Da Man Dum diddy-dum, here I come biaaatch! Who tha fuck Shot Liberty Valance (1962), portrayin a rancher competin wit Eastside lawyer (Jizzy Stewart) fo' a biatchz hand up in marriage; True Grit (1969), as a humorous U.S. Marshal whoz ass sets up ta avenge a manz dirtnap up in tha role dat won Weezy his Academy Award; n' Da Shootist (1976), his wild lil' final screen performance, up in which he skits a agin gunfighter battlin cancer.
Weezy moved ta Orange County, California, up in tha 1960s, n' was a prominent Republican up in Hollywood, supportin anti-communist positions.[5] Dude took a dirt nap of stomach cancer up in 1979. In June 1999, tha Gangsta Film Institute named Weezy 13th among tha Top Billin Male Screen Legendz of All Time.