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 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.
Movie | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards | Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") | 2005-08-07 |
Movie | The Survivalist | Dub Daniels | 1987-01-02 |
Movie | Poker Alice | Amos | 1987-05-21 |
Movie | Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage) | 1986-04-19 |
Series | The Golden Girls | Unknown | 1985-09-14 |
Movie | Finders Keepers | Stapleton | 1984-05-18 |
Series | Crazy like a Fox | Unknown | 1984-12-30 |
Series | Newhart | Unknown | 1982-10-02 |
Series | Matt Houston | Unknown | 1982-09-26 |
Series | St. Elsewhere | Unknown | 1982-10-26 |
Movie | The Girls in the Office | Ben Nayfack | 1979-02-02 |
Movie | The Prize Fighter | Pop Morgan | 1979-11-02 |
Series | House Calls | Amos Weatherby | 1979-12-17 |
Movie | An American Christmas Carol | Merrivale | 1979-12-16 |
Movie | Loose Change | Dr. Moe Sinden | 1978-02-26 |
Movie | Murder at the Mardi Gras | Mickey Mills | 1978-05-10 |
Movie | The Gift of Love | O'Henry and Narrator | 1978-12-08 |
Movie | Lassie: The New Beginning | Amos | 1978-09-01 |
Series | Hunter | Unknown | 1977-02-18 |
Series | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries | Unknown | 1977-01-30 |
Series | Eight Is Enough | Unknown | 1977-03-15 |
Series | Big Hawaii | Unknown | 1977-09-21 |
Movie | In the Glitter Palace | Nate Redstone | 1977-02-23 |
Movie | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
Movie | It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! | Dr. Abner Sedgwick | 1975-02-21 |
Series | Barney Miller | Unknown | 1975-01-23 |
Movie | Tubby the Tuba | Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice) | 1975-04-30 |
Series | Switch | Unknown | 1975-09-09 |
Movie | The Apple Dumpling Gang | T.R. Clydesdale | 1975-07-01 |
Series | Ellery Queen | Inspector Richard Queen | 1975-09-11 |
Movie | Huckleberry Finn | The Duke | 1974-05-24 |
Movie | The Front Page | Roy Bensinger | 1974-11-01 |
Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
Series | The Brian Keith Show | Unknown | 1972-09-15 |
Movie | The Andromeda Strain | Dr. Charles Dutton | 1971-03-12 |
Series | The Good Life | Charles Dutton | 1971-09-18 |
Movie | Mooch Goes to Hollywood | David Wayne (uncredited) | 1971-12-31 |
Movie | The Boy Who Stole the Elephant | Colonel Rufus Ryder | 1970-09-20 |
Series | Night Gallery | Unknown | 1970-12-16 |
Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Series | Batman | Unknown | 1966-01-12 |
Series | CBS Playhouse | Unknown | 1966-12-08 |
Movie | Marilyn | Self ("We're Not Married") (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1963-04-18 |
Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
Series | Sam Benedict | Unknown | 1962-09-15 |
Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
Movie | The Big Gamble | Samuel Brennan | 1961-07-25 |
Series | Outlaws | Unknown | 1960-09-26 |
Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Walter Bedeker | 1959-10-02 |
Movie | The Last Angry Man | Woodrow Thrasher | 1959-10-22 |
Series | Naked City | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
Movie | The Sad Sack | Corporal Larry Dolan | 1957-11-27 |
Movie | The Three Faces of Eve | Ralph White | 1957-12-23 |
Movie | The Naked Hills | Tracy Powell | 1956-06-17 |
Series | Norby | Preston Norby | 1955-01-05 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Movie | The Tender Trap | Joe McCall | 1955-11-04 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
Movie | Hell and High Water | Tugboat Walker | 1954-02-06 |
Movie | How to Marry a Millionaire | Freddie Denmark | 1953-10-29 |
Movie | The I Don't Care Girl | Ed McCoy | 1953-01-14 |
Movie | Tonight We Sing | Sol Hurok | 1953-01-26 |
Movie | Down Among the Sheltering Palms | Lt. Carl G. Schmidt | 1953-03-01 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | With a Song in My Heart | Don Ross | 1952-04-03 |
Movie | Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie | Ben Halper | 1952-06-27 |
Series | Omnibus | Unknown | 1952-11-09 |
Movie | We're Not Married! | Jeff Norris | 1952-07-11 |
Movie | O. Henry's Full House | Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") | 1952-08-07 |
Movie | M | Martin W. Harrow | 1951-03-01 |
Movie | Up Front | Joe | 1951-03-05 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Movie | As Young as You Feel | Joe Elliott | 1951-06-15 |
Movie | Stella | Carl Granger | 1950-07-20 |
Movie | The Reformer and the Redhead | Arthur Maxwell | 1950-05-05 |
Movie | My Blue Heaven | Walter Pringle | 1950-09-15 |
Movie | Adam's Rib | Kip Lurie | 1949-11-18 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
Movie | Portrait of Jennie | Gus O'Toole | 1948-12-25 |
Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |