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
All Movies (54)
- Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards2005 · as Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") (archive footage)
- Poker Alice1987 · as Amos
- The Survivalist1987 · as Dub Daniels
- Masters of Photography - Edward Steichen1986 · as Narrator (voice)
- Finders Keepers1984 · as Stapleton
- An American Christmas Carol1979 · as Merrivale
- The Prize Fighter1979 · as Pop Morgan
- The Girls in the Office1979 · as Ben Nayfack
- The Gift of Love1978 · as O'Henry and Narrator
- Lassie: The New Beginning1978 · as Amos
- Murder at the Mardi Gras1978 · as Mickey Mills
- In the Glitter Palace1977 · as Nate Redstone
- That's Entertainment, Part II1976 · as (archive footage)
- The Apple Dumpling Gang1975 · as T.R. Clydesdale
- Tubby the Tuba1975 · as Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice)
- Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects1975 · as Insp. Richard Queen
- It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!1975 · as Dr. Abner Sedgwick
- The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One1974 · as Maynard Richards
- The Front Page1974 · as Roy Bensinger
- Return of the Big Cat1974 · as Grandpa Jubal
- Huckleberry Finn1974 · as The Duke
- The Catcher1972 · as Armand Faber
- Mooch Goes to Hollywood1971 · as David Wayne (uncredited)
- The African Elephant1971 · as Narrator
- The Andromeda Strain1971 · as Dr. Charles Dutton
- The Boy Who Stole the Elephant1970 · as Colonel Rufus Ryder
- With These Hands1970 · as Narrator
- Arsenic and Old Lace1969 · as Teddy Brewster
- Marilyn1963 · as archive footage
- The Big Gamble1961 · as Samuel Brennan
- Anatomy of an Accident1961 · as John Avery
- The Last Angry Man1959 · as Woodrow Thrasher
- The Three Faces of Eve1957 · as Ralph White
- The Sad Sack1957 · as Corporal Larry Dolan
- The Naked Hills1956 · as Tracy Powell
- The Tender Trap1955 · as Joe McCall
- Hell and High Water1954 · as Tugboat Walker
- How to Marry a Millionaire1953 · as Freddie Denmark
- Down Among the Sheltering Palms1953 · as Lt. Carl G. Schmidt
- Tonight We Sing1953 · as Sol Hurok
- The I Don't Care Girl1953 · as Ed McCoy
- O. Henry's Full House1952 · as Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
- We're Not Married!1952 · as Jeff Norris
- Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie1952 · as Ben Halper
- With a Song in My Heart1952 · as Don Ross
- As Young as You Feel1951 · as Joe Elliott
- Up Front1951 · as Joe
- M1951 · as Martin W. Harrow
- My Blue Heaven1950 · as Walter Pringle
- Stella1950 · as Carl Granger
- The Reformer and the Redhead1950 · as Arthur Maxwell
- Adam's Rib1949 · as Kip Lurie
- Portrait of Jennie1948 · as Gus O'Toole
- Ditch and Live1944 · as Pilot of Ditching B-17
All TV Shows (66)
- The Golden Girls1985 · as Big Daddy
- Crazy like a Fox1984 · as Jennings Hyde
- Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Cyrus Leffingwell
- Finder of Lost Loves1984 · as Professor Wheeler
- St. Elsewhere1982 · as George Wyler
- Newhart1982 · as Mr. Pittman
- Matt Houston1982
- Matt Houston1982 · as Bill Houston
- House Calls1979 · as Amos Weatherby
- Dallas1978 · as Digger Barnes
- Dallas1978 · as Willard 'Digger' Barnes
- Loose Change1978 · as Dr. Moe Sinden
- Big Hawaii1977
- Eight Is Enough1977
- Hunter1977
- The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries1977
- Once an Eagle1976 · as Col. Terwilliger
- Delvecchio1976 · as Jack Henderson
- Ellery Queen1975 · as Inspector Richard Queen
- Switch1975 · as Dancer
- Barney Miller1975 · as E.J. Heiss
- Faraday and Company1973 · as Branigan
- Barnaby Jones1973 · as Raymond Lennox / 'Steele'
- The Streets of San Francisco1972 · as Wally Sensibaugh
- The Brian Keith Show1972
- Banacek1972 · as Walter Tyson
- The Good Life1971 · as Charles Dutton
- Night Gallery1970 · as Dr. Mill
- Hawaii Five-O1968 · as Monsieur Bordeaux
- The Name of the Game1968 · as Emory Ward
- Mannix1967
- Ironside1967 · as Dr. Ian Rice
- CBS Playhouse1966 · as George Spears
- Batman1966 · as The Mad Hatter
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as George Holloway
- Burke's Law1963 · as Al 'The Bomber' Devlin
- Channing1963 · as Dr. James Crown
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Andrew Anderson
- The Virginian1962 · as Martin Reese
- Sam Benedict1962
- The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
- Route 661960
- Outlaws1960
- The Twilight Zone1959 · as Walter Bedeker
- NBC Sunday Showcase1959 · as The Devil
- Naked City1958 · as Herbert Konish
- Suspicion1957 · as James Mennick
- DuPont Show of the Month1957 · as Willis Reynolds
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self
- Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee / Performer
- Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Performer
- The Alcoa Hour1955 · as Homer Bolton
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Sam Jacoby
- Gunsmoke1955 · as Judge Warfield
- Gunsmoke1955 · as Rev. Arthur Byrne
- Norby1955 · as Preston Norby
- The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Grandpa Jubal
- The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Colonel Rufus Ryder
- General Electric Theater1953 · as David Vincent
- General Electric Theater1953 · as Arthur Martin
- Omnibus1952
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Sakini
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Father Firenzuola
- What's My Line?1950 · as Self
- Studio One1948 · as Jasper Hornby
- The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self