David Wayne
Acting
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
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movieBroadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") (archive footage)
movieThe Survivalist
1987
Dub Daniels
Masters of Photography - Edward Steichen
1986
Narrator (voice)
tvThe Golden Girls
1985
Big Daddy
tvCrazy like a Fox
1984
Jennings Hyde
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Cyrus Leffingwell
tvFinder of Lost Loves
1984
Professor Wheeler
movieFinders Keepers
1984
Stapleton
tvSt. Elsewhere
1982
George Wyler
tvNewhart
1982
Mr. Pittman
tvMatt Houston
1982
Bill Houston
tvHouse Calls
1979
Amos Weatherby
movieAn American Christmas Carol
1979
Merrivale
movieThe Prize Fighter
1979
Pop Morgan
movieThe Girls in the Office
1979
Ben Nayfack
movieThe Gift of Love
1978
O'Henry and Narrator
movieMurder at the Mardi Gras
1978
Mickey Mills
tvDallas
1978
Digger Barnes / Willard 'Digger' Barnes
movieIn the Glitter Palace
1977
Nate Redstone
tvOnce an Eagle
1976
Col. Terwilliger
tvDelvecchio
1976
Jack Henderson
movieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
(archive footage)
tvEllery Queen
1975
Inspector Richard Queen
tvSwitch
1975
Dancer
movieThe Apple Dumpling Gang
1975
T.R. Clydesdale
movieTubby the Tuba
1975
Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice)
movieEllery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975
Insp. Richard Queen
movieIt's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
1975
Dr. Abner Sedgwick
tvBarney Miller
1975
E.J. Heiss
movieThe Front Page
1974
Roy Bensinger
movieReturn of the Big Cat
1974
Grandpa Jubal
movieHuckleberry Finn
1974
The Duke
tvFaraday and Company
1973
Branigan
tvBarnaby Jones
1973
Raymond Lennox / 'Steele'
tvThe Streets of San Francisco
1972
Wally Sensibaugh
tvBanacek
1972
Walter Tyson
movieThe Catcher
1972
Armand Faber
movieMooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
David Wayne (uncredited)
movieThe African Elephant
1971
Narrator
The Good Life
1971
Charles Dutton
movieThe Andromeda Strain
1971
Dr. Charles Dutton
tvNight Gallery
1970
Dr. Mill
movieThe Boy Who Stole the Elephant
1970
Colonel Rufus Ryder
movieArsenic and Old Lace
1969
Teddy Brewster
tvHawaii Five-O
1968
Monsieur Bordeaux
tvThe Name of the Game
1968
Emory Ward
tvIronside
1967
Dr. Ian Rice
CBS Playhouse
1966
George Spears
tvBatman
1966
The Mad Hatter
tvBurke's Law
1963
Al 'The Bomber' Devlin
tvChanning
1963
Dr. James Crown
movieMarilyn
1963
archive footage
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Andrew Anderson
tvThe Virginian
1962
Martin Reese
movieThe Big Gamble
1961
Samuel Brennan
movieAnatomy of an Accident
1961
John Avery
movieThe Last Angry Man
1959
Woodrow Thrasher
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959
Walter Bedeker
tvNaked City
1958
Herbert Konish
movieThe Three Faces of Eve
1957
Ralph White
movieThe Sad Sack
1957
Corporal Larry Dolan
tvSuspicion
1957
James Mennick
tvDuPont Show of the Month
1957
Willis Reynolds
movieThe Naked Hills
1956
Tracy Powell
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Nominee / Performer / Self - Performer
movieThe Tender Trap
1955
Joe McCall
tvThe Alcoa Hour
1955
Homer Bolton
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Sam Jacoby
tvGunsmoke
1955
Judge Warfield / Rev. Arthur Byrne
Norby
1955
Preston Norby
tvThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Grandpa Jubal / Colonel Rufus Ryder
movieHell and High Water
1954
Tugboat Walker
movieHow to Marry a Millionaire
1953
Freddie Denmark
movieDown Among the Sheltering Palms
1953
Lt. Carl G. Schmidt
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
David Vincent / Arthur Martin
movieTonight We Sing
1953
Sol Hurok
movieThe I Don't Care Girl
1953
Ed McCoy
movieO. Henry's Full House
1952
Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
movieWe're Not Married!
1952
Jeff Norris
movieWith a Song in My Heart
1952
Don Ross
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Sakini / Father Firenzuola
movieAs Young as You Feel
1951
Joe Elliott
movieM
1951
Martin W. Harrow
movieMy Blue Heaven
1950
Walter Pringle
movieStella
1950
Carl Granger
movieThe Reformer and the Redhead
1950
Arthur Maxwell
movieAdam's Rib
1949
Kip Lurie
moviePortrait of Jennie
1948
Gus O'Toole
tvStudio One
1948
Jasper Hornby
Ditch and Live
1944
Pilot of Ditching B-17