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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 30, 1914
Place of Birth:
Traverse City - Michigan - USA
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David Wayne
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards | Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") (archive footage) |
| 1987 | Poker Alice | Amos |
| 1987 | The Survivalist | Dub Daniels |
| 1986 | Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage) |
| 1986 | Masters of Photography - Edward Steichen | Narrator (voice) |
| 1984 | Finders Keepers | Stapleton |
| 1979 | The Prize Fighter | Pop Morgan |
| 1979 | The Girls in the Office | Ben Nayfack |
| 1979 | An American Christmas Carol | Merrivale |
| 1978 | Lassie: The New Beginning | Amos |
| 1978 | The Gift of Love | O'Henry and Narrator |
| 1978 | Loose Change | Dr. Moe Sinden |
| 1978 | Murder at the Mardi Gras | Mickey Mills |
| 1977 | In the Glitter Palace | Nate Redstone |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) |
| 1975 | The Apple Dumpling Gang | T.R. Clydesdale |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects | Insp. Richard Queen |
| 1975 | Tubby the Tuba | Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice) |
| 1975 | It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! | Dr. Abner Sedgwick |
| 1974 | The Front Page | Roy Bensinger |
| 1974 | Huckleberry Finn | The Duke |
| 1974 | Return of the Big Cat | Grandpa Jubal |
| 1974 | The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One | Maynard Richards |
| 1972 | The Catcher | Armand Faber |
| 1971 | The Andromeda Strain | Dr. Charles Dutton |
| 1971 | The African Elephant | Narrator |
| 1971 | Mooch Goes to Hollywood | David Wayne (uncredited) |
| 1970 | The Boy Who Stole the Elephant | Colonel Rufus Ryder |
| 1969 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Teddy Brewster |
| 1963 | Marilyn | Self ("We're Not Married") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1961 | The Big Gamble | Samuel Brennan |
| 1959 | The Last Angry Man | Woodrow Thrasher |
| 1957 | The Three Faces of Eve | Ralph White |
| 1957 | The Sad Sack | Corporal Larry Dolan |
| 1956 | The Naked Hills | Tracy Powell |
| 1955 | The Tender Trap | Joe McCall |
| 1954 | Hell and High Water | Tugboat Walker |
| 1953 | How to Marry a Millionaire | Freddie Denmark |
| 1953 | Tonight We Sing | Sol Hurok |
| 1953 | Down Among the Sheltering Palms | Lt. Carl G. Schmidt |
| 1953 | The I Don't Care Girl | Ed McCoy |
| 1952 | We're Not Married! | Jeff Norris |
| 1952 | With a Song in My Heart | Don Ross |
| 1952 | Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie | Ben Halper |
| 1952 | O. Henry's Full House | Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") |
| 1951 | M | Martin W. Harrow |
| 1951 | As Young as You Feel | Joe Elliott |
| 1951 | Up Front | Joe |
| 1950 | The Reformer and the Redhead | Arthur Maxwell |
| 1950 | My Blue Heaven | Walter Pringle |
| 1950 | Stella | Carl Granger |
| 1949 | Adam's Rib | Kip Lurie |
| 1948 | Portrait of Jennie | Gus O'Toole |
| 1944 | Ditch and Live | Pilot of Ditching B-17 |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | The Golden Girls | Big Daddy |
| 1984 | Crazy like a Fox | Jennings Hyde |
| 1984 | Finder of Lost Loves | Professor Wheeler |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Cyrus Leffingwell |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere | |
| 1982 | Newhart | Mr. Pittman |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | Bill Houston |
| 1979 | House Calls | Amos Weatherby |
| 1978 | Dallas | Digger Barnes |
| 1978 | Dallas | Willard 'Digger' Barnes |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries | |
| 1977 | Eight Is Enough | |
| 1977 | Big Hawaii | |
| 1977 | Hunter | |
| 1976 | Delvecchio | Jack Henderson |
| 1976 | Once an Eagle | Col. Terwilliger |
| 1975 | Switch | Dancer |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen | Inspector Richard Queen |
| 1975 | Barney Miller | E.J. Heiss |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones | Raymond Lennox / 'Steele' |
| 1972 | The Brian Keith Show | |
| 1972 | Banacek | Walter Tyson |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Wally Sensibaugh |
| 1971 | The Good Life | Charles Dutton |
| 1970 | Night Gallery | Dr. Mill |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Monsieur Bordeaux |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Emory Ward |
| 1967 | Mannix | |
| 1967 | Ironside | Dr. Ian Rice |
| 1966 | Batman | The Mad Hatter |
| 1966 | CBS Playhouse | |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Al 'The Bomber' Devlin |
| 1963 | Channing | Dr. James Crown |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | George Holloway |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict | |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Martin Reese |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Andrew Anderson |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1960 | Route 66 | |
| 1960 | Outlaws | |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Walter Bedeker |
| 1959 | NBC Sunday Showcase | The Devil |
| 1958 | Naked City | Herbert Konish |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self |
| 1957 | DuPont Show of the Month | Willis Reynolds |
| 1957 | Suspicion | James Mennick |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee / Performer |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Performer |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Judge Warfield |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Sam Jacoby |
| 1955 | Norby | Preston Norby |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Rev. Arthur Byrne |
| 1955 | The Alcoa Hour | Homer Bolton |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Grandpa Jubal |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Colonel Rufus Ryder |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | David Vincent |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Arthur Martin |
| 1952 | Omnibus | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Sakini |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Father Firenzuola |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Panelist |
| 1948 | Studio One | Jasper Hornby |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |