David Wayne

David Wayne

Known for
Acting
Born
January 30, 1914
Died
February 9, 1995 (aged 81)
Birthplace
Traverse City - Michigan - USA

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

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Filmography

2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards poster

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

Movie · as Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") (archive footage)

1987
Poker Alice poster

Poker Alice

Movie · as Amos

1987
The Survivalist poster

The Survivalist

Movie · as Dub Daniels

1986
Masters of Photography - Edward Steichen

Masters of Photography - Edward Steichen

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1985
The Golden Girls poster

The Golden Girls

TV · as Big Daddy · 1 ep

1984
Finders Keepers poster

Finders Keepers

Movie · as Stapleton

1984
Crazy like a Fox poster

Crazy like a Fox

TV · as Jennings Hyde · 1 ep

1984
Finder of Lost Loves poster

Finder of Lost Loves

TV · as Professor Wheeler · 1 ep

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Cyrus Leffingwell · 1 ep

1982
St. Elsewhere poster

St. Elsewhere

TV · as George Wyler · 3 eps

1982
Newhart poster

Newhart

TV · as Mr. Pittman · 1 ep

1982
Matt Houston poster

Matt Houston

TV · as Bill Houston · 3 eps

1979
The Prize Fighter poster

The Prize Fighter

Movie · as Pop Morgan

1979
The Girls in the Office poster

The Girls in the Office

Movie · as Ben Nayfack

1979
An American Christmas Carol poster

An American Christmas Carol

Movie · as Merrivale

1979
House Calls poster

House Calls

TV · as Amos Weatherby · 59 eps

1978
Lassie: The New Beginning poster

Lassie: The New Beginning

Movie · as Amos

1978
The Gift of Love poster

The Gift of Love

Movie · as O'Henry and Narrator

1978
Murder at the Mardi Gras poster

Murder at the Mardi Gras

Movie · as Mickey Mills

1978
Dallas poster

Dallas

TV · as Digger Barnes, Willard 'Digger' Barnes · 3 eps

1977
In the Glitter Palace poster

In the Glitter Palace

Movie · as Nate Redstone

1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries poster

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

TV

1977
Eight Is Enough poster

Eight Is Enough

TV · 2 eps

1977
Big Hawaii poster

Big Hawaii

TV · 1 ep

1977
Hunter poster

Hunter

TV · 1 ep

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Dwight Scoffield · 1 ep

1976
That's Entertainment, Part II poster

That's Entertainment, Part II

Movie · as (archive footage)

1976
Delvecchio poster

Delvecchio

TV · as Jack Henderson · 1 ep

1976
Once an Eagle poster

Once an Eagle

TV · as Col. Terwilliger · 7 eps

1975
The Apple Dumpling Gang poster

The Apple Dumpling Gang

Movie · as T.R. Clydesdale

1975
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects poster

Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects

Movie · as Insp. Richard Queen

1975
Tubby the Tuba poster

Tubby the Tuba

Movie · as Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice)

1975
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! poster

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!

Movie · as Dr. Abner Sedgwick

1975
Switch poster

Switch

TV · as Dancer · 1 ep

1975
Ellery Queen poster

Ellery Queen

TV · as Inspector Richard Queen · 22 eps

1975
Barney Miller poster

Barney Miller

TV · as E.J. Heiss · 1 ep

1974
The Front Page poster

The Front Page

Movie · as Roy Bensinger

1974
Huckleberry Finn poster

Huckleberry Finn

Movie · as The Duke

1974
Return of the Big Cat poster

Return of the Big Cat

Movie · as Grandpa Jubal

1974
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One poster

The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One

Movie · as Maynard Richards

1973
Barnaby Jones poster

Barnaby Jones

TV · as Raymond Lennox / 'Steele' · 1 ep

1973
Faraday and Company poster

Faraday and Company

TV · as Branigan · 1 ep

1972
The Catcher poster

The Catcher

Movie · as Armand Faber

1972
The Brian Keith Show poster

The Brian Keith Show

TV · 1 ep

1972
Banacek poster

Banacek

TV · as Walter Tyson · 1 ep

1972
The Streets of San Francisco poster

The Streets of San Francisco

TV · as Wally Sensibaugh · 1 ep

1971
The Andromeda Strain poster

The Andromeda Strain

Movie · as Dr. Charles Dutton

1971
The African Elephant poster

The African Elephant

Movie · as Narrator

1971
Mooch Goes to Hollywood poster

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

Movie · as David Wayne (uncredited)

1971
The Good Life

The Good Life

TV · as Charles Dutton · 15 eps

1970
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant poster

The Boy Who Stole the Elephant

Movie · as Colonel Rufus Ryder

1970
With These Hands

With These Hands

Movie · as Narrator

1970
Night Gallery poster

Night Gallery

TV · as Dr. Mill · 1 ep

1969
Arsenic and Old Lace poster

Arsenic and Old Lace

Movie · as Teddy Brewster

1969
Hawaii Five-O poster

Hawaii Five-O

TV · as Monsieur Bordeaux · 1 ep

1968
The Name of the Game poster

The Name of the Game

TV · as Emory Ward · 1 ep

1967
Mannix poster

Mannix

TV · 1 ep

1967
Ironside poster

Ironside

TV · as Dr. Ian Rice · 1 ep

1966
Batman poster

Batman

TV · as The Mad Hatter · 4 eps

1966
CBS Playhouse

CBS Playhouse

TV · as George Spears · 1 ep

1963
Marilyn poster

Marilyn

Movie · as archive footage

1963
Burke's Law poster

Burke's Law

TV · as Al 'The Bomber' Devlin · 1 ep

1963
Channing poster

Channing

TV · as Dr. James Crown · 1 ep

1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV · as George Holloway · 1 ep

1962
Sam Benedict poster

Sam Benedict

TV · 1 ep

1962
The Virginian poster

The Virginian

TV · as Martin Reese · 1 ep

1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour poster

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

TV · as Andrew Anderson · 1 ep

1961
The Big Gamble poster

The Big Gamble

Movie · as Samuel Brennan

1961
Anatomy of an Accident poster

Anatomy of an Accident

Movie · as John Avery

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1960
Route 66 poster

Route 66

TV · 1 ep

1960
Outlaws poster

Outlaws

TV · 2 eps

1959
The Last Angry Man poster

The Last Angry Man

Movie · as Woodrow Thrasher

1959
Sunday Showcase

Sunday Showcase

Movie

1959
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Walter Bedeker · 1 ep

1959
NBC Sunday Showcase

NBC Sunday Showcase

TV · as The Devil · 1 ep

1958
Naked City poster

Naked City

TV · as Herbert Konish · 1 ep

1957
The Three Faces of Eve poster

The Three Faces of Eve

Movie · as Ralph White

1957
The Sad Sack poster

The Sad Sack

Movie · as Corporal Larry Dolan

1957
The Jet-Propelled Couch

The Jet-Propelled Couch

Movie · as Dr. Kirk Allen

1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar poster

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1957
DuPont Show of the Month poster

DuPont Show of the Month

TV · as Willis Reynolds · 1 ep

1957
Suspicion poster

Suspicion

TV · as James Mennick · 1 ep

1956
The Naked Hills poster

The Naked Hills

Movie · as Tracy Powell

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee / Performer, Self - Performer · 1 ep

1955
The Tender Trap poster

The Tender Trap

Movie · as Joe McCall

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

TV · as Judge Warfield, Rev. Arthur Byrne · 1 ep

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Sam Jacoby · 1 ep

1955
Norby

Norby

TV · as Preston Norby · 13 eps

1955
The Alcoa Hour poster

The Alcoa Hour

TV · as Homer Bolton · 1 ep

1954
Hell and High Water poster

Hell and High Water

Movie · as Tugboat Walker

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · as Grandpa Jubal, Colonel Rufus Ryder · 2 eps

1953
How to Marry a Millionaire poster

How to Marry a Millionaire

Movie · as Freddie Denmark

1953
Tonight We Sing poster

Tonight We Sing

Movie · as Sol Hurok

1953
Down Among the Sheltering Palms poster

Down Among the Sheltering Palms

Movie · as Lt. Carl G. Schmidt

1953
The I Don't Care Girl poster

The I Don't Care Girl

Movie · as Ed McCoy

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as David Vincent, Arthur Martin · 1 ep

1952
We're Not Married! poster

We're Not Married!

Movie · as Jeff Norris

1952
With a Song in My Heart poster

With a Song in My Heart

Movie · as Don Ross

1952
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie poster

Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie

Movie · as Ben Halper

1952
O. Henry's Full House poster

O. Henry's Full House

Movie · as Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

1952
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · 1 ep

1951
M poster

M

Movie · as Martin W. Harrow

1951
As Young as You Feel poster

As Young as You Feel

Movie · as Joe Elliott

1951
Up Front poster

Up Front

Movie · as Joe

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Sakini, Father Firenzuola · 1 ep

1950
The Reformer and the Redhead poster

The Reformer and the Redhead

Movie · as Arthur Maxwell

1950
My Blue Heaven poster

My Blue Heaven

Movie · as Walter Pringle

1950
Stella poster

Stella

Movie · as Carl Granger

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1949
Adam's Rib poster

Adam's Rib

Movie · as Kip Lurie

1948
Portrait of Jennie poster

Portrait of Jennie

Movie · as Gus O'Toole

1948
Studio One poster

Studio One

TV · as Jasper Hornby · 1 ep

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1944
Ditch and Live

Ditch and Live

Movie · as Pilot of Ditching B-17

1940
Stranger on the Third Floor poster

Stranger on the Third Floor

Movie · as Cab Driver (uncredited)