David Wayne

Known For	Acting
Birthday	Jan 30, 1914
Died	Feb 09, 1995 (81)
Birthplace	Traverse City - Michigan - USA
Popularity	0.3 (history)
Updated	Dec 19, 2024
Entry Date	Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David Wayne (January 30, 1914 – February 9, 1995) was an American actor with a career spanning nearly 50 years. Early life and career Wayne was born Wayne James McMeekan in Traverse City, Michigan, the son of Helen Matilda (née Mason) and John David McMee ... kan. 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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Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

2005

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

Poker Alice

1987

as Amos

The Survivalist

1987

as Dub Daniels

Finders Keepers

1984

as Stapleton

An American Christmas Carol

1979

as Merrivale

The Prize Fighter

1979

as Pop Morgan

The Girls in the Office

1979

as Ben Nayfack

Lassie: The New Beginning

1978

as Amos

The Gift of Love

1978

as O'Henry and Narrator

Murder at the Mardi Gras

1978

as Mickey Mills

Loose Change

1978

as Dr. Moe Sinden

In the Glitter Palace

1977

as Nate Redstone

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects

1975

as Insp. Richard Queen

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

1975

as Dr. Abner Sedgwick

The Apple Dumpling Gang

1975

as T.R. Clydesdale

Tubby the Tuba

1975

as Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice)

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

1974

as Maynard Richards

Huckleberry Finn

1974

as The Duke

Return of the Big Cat

1974

as Grandpa Jubal

The Front Page

1974

as Roy Bensinger

The Catcher

1972

as Armand Faber

The African Elephant

1971

as Narrator

The Andromeda Strain

1971

as Dr. Charles Dutton

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

1971

as David Wayne (uncredited)

The Boy Who Stole the Elephant

1970

as Colonel Rufus Ryder

Arsenic and Old Lace

1969

as Teddy Brewster

The Big Gamble

1961

as Samuel Brennan

The Last Angry Man

1959

as Woodrow Thrasher

The Sad Sack

1957

as Corporal Larry Dolan

The Three Faces of Eve

1957

as Ralph White

The Naked Hills

1956

as Tracy Powell

The Tender Trap

1955

as Joe McCall

Hell and High Water

1954

as Tugboat Walker

The I Don't Care Girl

1953

as Ed McCoy

Tonight We Sing

1953

as Sol Hurok

Down Among the Sheltering Palms

1953

as Lt. Carl G. Schmidt

How to Marry a Millionaire

1953

as Freddie Denmark

Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie

1952

as Ben Halper

With a Song in My Heart

1952

as Don Ross

We're Not Married!

1952

as Jeff Norris

O. Henry's Full House

1952

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

Up Front

1951

as Joe

1951

as Martin W. Harrow

As Young as You Feel

1951

as Joe Elliott

The Reformer and the Redhead

1950

as Arthur Maxwell

Stella

1950

as Carl Granger

My Blue Heaven

1950

as Walter Pringle

Adam's Rib

1949

as Kip Lurie

Portrait of Jennie

1948

as Gus O'Toole

Ditch and Live

1944

as Pilot of Ditching B-17

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Organization	Category	Movie

House Calls

as Amos Weatherby

Episodes: 59

First Aired: Dec 17, 1979

Ellery Queen

as Inspector Richard Queen

Episodes: 22

First Aired: Sep 11, 1975

The Good Life

as Charles Dutton

Episodes: 15

First Aired: Sep 18, 1971

Norby

as Preston Norby

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Jan 05, 1955

Once an Eagle

as Col. Terwilliger

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Dec 02, 1976

Batman

as The Mad Hatter

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jan 12, 1966

Dallas

as Digger Barnes

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Apr 02, 1978

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Grandpa Jubal

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 27, 1954

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Colonel Rufus Ryder

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 27, 1954

Burke's Law

as Al 'The Bomber' Devlin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1963

The Golden Girls

as Big Daddy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1985

Hawaii Five-O

as Monsieur Bordeaux

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1968

Gunsmoke

as Judge Warfield

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Naked City

as Herbert Konish

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1958

Newhart

as Mr. Pittman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1982

Studio One

as Jasper Hornby

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

General Electric Theater

as David Vincent

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Sakini

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 24, 1951

The Twilight Zone

as Walter Bedeker

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1959

Crazy like a Fox

as Jennings Hyde

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 30, 1984

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Sam Jacoby

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

Switch

as Dancer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 1975

The Virginian

as Martin Reese

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1962

Channing

as Dr. James Crown

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1963

NBC Sunday Showcase

as The Devil

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1959

Delvecchio

as Jack Henderson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 1976

Gunsmoke

as Rev. Arthur Byrne

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

General Electric Theater

as Arthur Martin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Banacek

as Walter Tyson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1972

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Father Firenzuola

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 24, 1951

Matt Houston

as Bill Houston

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1982

The Alcoa Hour

as Homer Bolton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 16, 1955

DuPont Show of the Month

as Willis Reynolds

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1957

Finder of Lost Loves

as Professor Wheeler

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1984

Ironside

as Dr. Ian Rice

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 28, 1967

Dallas

as Willard 'Digger' Barnes

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 02, 1978

Barney Miller

as E.J. Heiss

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 23, 1975

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as George Holloway

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1963

Barnaby Jones

as Raymond Lennox / 'Steele'

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1973

Suspicion

as James Mennick

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1957

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Andrew Anderson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1962

Murder, She Wrote

as Cyrus Leffingwell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

The Name of the Game

as Emory Ward

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1968

Night Gallery

as Dr. Mill

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 16, 1970

The Streets of San Francisco

as Wally Sensibaugh

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1972

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Jun 20, 1948

St. Elsewhere

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 26, 1982

Matt Houston

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 26, 1982

Eight Is Enough

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 15, 1977

Outlaws

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 26, 1960

Tony Awards

as Self - Performer

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

Route 66

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1960

Omnibus

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 09, 1952

Mannix

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1967

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 30, 1977

Sam Benedict

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1962

The Brian Keith Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1972

CBS Playhouse

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 08, 1966

Big Hawaii

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1977

Hunter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 18, 1977

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 11, 1961

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 29, 1957

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee / Performer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 02, 1950

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