David Wayne (January 30, 1914 – February 9, 1995) was an American actor with a career spanning nearly 50 years.
David Wayne (January 30, 1914 – February 9, 1995) was an American actor with a career spanning nearly 50 years.
Wayne was born Wayne James McMeekan in Traverse City, Michigan, the son of Helen Matilda (née Mason) and John David McMeekan. He grew up in Bloomingdale, Michigan. Wayne's first major Broadway role was Og the leprechaun in Finian's Rainbow, for which he won the Theatre World Award and the first ever Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. While appearing in the play, he and co-star Albert Sharpe were recruited by producer David O. Selznick to play Irish characters in the film Portrait of Jennie (1948).
It was in 1948 as well that Wayne became one of those fortunate 50 applicants (out of approximately 700) granted membership in New York's newly formed Actors Studio. He was awarded a second Tony for Best Actor in a Play for The Teahouse of the August Moon and was nominated as Best Actor in a Musical for The Happy Time. He originated the role of Ensign Pulver in the classic stage comedy Mister Roberts and also appeared in Say, Darling, After the Fall, and Incident at Vichy.
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Filmography (Movies)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Character:Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") (archive footage)
Release Date:07/08/2005
Poker Alice
Character:Amos
Release Date:21/05/1987
The Survivalist
Character:Dub Daniels
Release Date:02/01/1987
Masters of Photography - Edward Steichen
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1986
Finders Keepers
Character:Stapleton
Release Date:18/05/1984
An American Christmas Carol
Character:Merrivale
Release Date:16/12/1979
The Prize Fighter
Character:Pop Morgan
Release Date:02/11/1979
The Girls in the Office
Character:Ben Nayfack
Release Date:02/02/1979
The Gift of Love
Character:O'Henry and Narrator
Release Date:08/12/1978
Lassie: The New Beginning
Character:Amos
Release Date:17/09/1978
Murder at the Mardi Gras
Character:Mickey Mills
Release Date:10/05/1978
In the Glitter Palace
Character:Nate Redstone
Release Date:27/02/1977
That's Entertainment, Part II
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:16/05/1976
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Character:T.R. Clydesdale
Release Date:01/07/1975
Tubby the Tuba
Character:Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice)
Release Date:30/04/1975
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
Character:Insp. Richard Queen
Release Date:23/03/1975
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
Character:Dr. Abner Sedgwick
Release Date:21/02/1975
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
Character:Maynard Richards
Release Date:08/11/1974
The Front Page
Character:Roy Bensinger
Release Date:01/11/1974
Return of the Big Cat
Character:Grandpa Jubal
Release Date:06/10/1974
Huckleberry Finn
Character:The Duke
Release Date:24/05/1974
The Catcher
Character:Armand Faber
Release Date:02/06/1972
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Character:David Wayne (uncredited)
Release Date:31/12/1971
The African Elephant
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/10/1971
The Andromeda Strain
Character:Dr. Charles Dutton
Release Date:12/03/1971
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
Character:Colonel Rufus Ryder
Release Date:20/09/1970
With These Hands
Character:Narrator
Release Date:08/05/1970
Arsenic and Old Lace
Character:Teddy Brewster
Release Date:02/04/1969
Marilyn
Character:Self ("We're Not Married") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:18/04/1963
The Big Gamble
Character:Samuel Brennan
Release Date:25/07/1961
Anatomy of an Accident
Character:John Avery
Release Date:01/01/1961
The Last Angry Man
Character:Woodrow Thrasher
Release Date:22/10/1959
The Three Faces of Eve
Character:Ralph White
Release Date:19/12/1957
The Sad Sack
Character:Corporal Larry Dolan
Release Date:27/11/1957
The Naked Hills
Character:Tracy Powell
Release Date:17/06/1956
The Tender Trap
Character:Joe McCall
Release Date:04/11/1955
Hell and High Water
Character:Tugboat Walker
Release Date:01/02/1954
How to Marry a Millionaire
Character:Freddie Denmark
Release Date:29/10/1953
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
Character:Lt. Carl G. Schmidt
Release Date:01/03/1953
Tonight We Sing
Character:Sol Hurok
Release Date:26/01/1953
The I Don't Care Girl
Character:Ed McCoy
Release Date:14/01/1953
O. Henry's Full House
Character:Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Release Date:07/08/1952
We're Not Married!
Character:Jeff Norris
Release Date:11/07/1952
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
Character:Ben Halper
Release Date:27/06/1952
With a Song in My Heart
Character:Don Ross
Release Date:03/04/1952
As Young as You Feel
Character:Joe Elliott
Release Date:15/06/1951
Up Front
Character:Joe
Release Date:05/03/1951
M
Character:Martin W. Harrow
Release Date:01/03/1951
My Blue Heaven
Character:Walter Pringle
Release Date:15/09/1950
Stella
Character:Carl Granger
Release Date:20/07/1950
The Reformer and the Redhead
Character:Arthur Maxwell
Release Date:05/05/1950
Adam's Rib
Character:Kip Lurie
Release Date:18/11/1949
Portrait of Jennie
Character:Gus O'Toole
Release Date:25/12/1948
Ditch and Live
Character:Pilot of Ditching B-17
Release Date:01/01/1944
Television Appearances
The Golden Girls
Character:Big Daddy
Crazy like a Fox
Character:Jennings Hyde
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Cyrus Leffingwell
Finder of Lost Loves
Character:Professor Wheeler
St. Elsewhere
Character:George Wyler
Newhart
Character:Mr. Pittman
Matt Houston
Character:
Matt Houston
Character:Bill Houston
House Calls
Character:Amos Weatherby
Dallas
Character:Digger Barnes
Dallas
Character:Willard 'Digger' Barnes
Loose Change
Character:Dr. Moe Sinden
Big Hawaii
Character:
Eight Is Enough
Character:
Hunter
Character:
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Character:
Once an Eagle
Character:Col. Terwilliger
Delvecchio
Character:Jack Henderson
Ellery Queen
Character:Inspector Richard Queen
Switch
Character:Dancer
Barney Miller
Character:E.J. Heiss
Barnaby Jones
Character:Raymond Lennox / 'Steele'
The Streets of San Francisco
Character:Wally Sensibaugh
The Brian Keith Show
Character:
Banacek
Character:Walter Tyson
The Good Life
Character:Charles Dutton
Night Gallery
Character:Dr. Mill
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Monsieur Bordeaux
The Name of the Game
Character:Emory Ward
Mannix
Character:
Ironside
Character:Dr. Ian Rice
CBS Playhouse
Character:
Batman
Character:The Mad Hatter
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character:George Holloway
Burke's Law
Character:Al 'The Bomber' Devlin
Channing
Character:Dr. James Crown
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character:Andrew Anderson
The Virginian
Character:Martin Reese
Sam Benedict
Character:
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
Route 66
Character:
Outlaws
Character:
The Twilight Zone
Character:Walter Bedeker
NBC Sunday Showcase
Character:The Devil
Naked City
Character:Herbert Konish
Suspicion
Character:James Mennick
DuPont Show of the Month
Character:Willis Reynolds
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Character:Self
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee / Performer
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Performer
The Alcoa Hour
Character:Homer Bolton
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Sam Jacoby
Gunsmoke
Character:Judge Warfield
Gunsmoke
Character:Rev. Arthur Byrne
Norby
Character:Preston Norby
The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Grandpa Jubal
The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Colonel Rufus Ryder
General Electric Theater
Character:David Vincent
General Electric Theater
Character:Arthur Martin
Omnibus
Character:
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Sakini
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Father Firenzuola
What's My Line?
Character:Self
Studio One
Character:Jasper Hornby
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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