Acting · Traverse City - Michigan - USA · Born January 30, 1914
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.
MovieBroadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
as Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") (archive footage)
MoviePoker Alice
1987
as Amos
MovieThe Survivalist
1987
as Dub Daniels
Masters of Photography - Edward Steichen
1986
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Golden Girls
1985
as Big Daddy
TVCrazy like a Fox
1984
as Jennings Hyde
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Cyrus Leffingwell
TVFinder of Lost Loves
1984
as Professor Wheeler
MovieFinders Keepers
1984
as Stapleton
TVSt. Elsewhere
1982
as George Wyler
TVNewhart
1982
as Mr. Pittman
TVMatt Houston
1982
TVHouse Calls
1979
as Amos Weatherby
MovieAn American Christmas Carol
1979
as Merrivale
MovieThe Prize Fighter
1979
as Pop Morgan
MovieThe Girls in the Office
1979
as Ben Nayfack
MovieThe Gift of Love
1978
as O'Henry and Narrator
MovieLassie: The New Beginning
1978
as Amos
MovieMurder at the Mardi Gras
1978
as Mickey Mills
TVDallas
1978
as Digger Barnes
TVBig Hawaii
1977
TVEight Is Enough
1977
MovieIn the Glitter Palace
1977
as Nate Redstone
TVHunter
1977
TVThe Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
TVOnce an Eagle
1976
as Col. Terwilliger
TVDelvecchio
1976
as Jack Henderson
MovieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
TVEllery Queen
1975
as Inspector Richard Queen
TVSwitch
1975
as Dancer
MovieThe Apple Dumpling Gang
1975
as T.R. Clydesdale
MovieTubby the Tuba
1975
as Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice)
MovieEllery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975
as Insp. Richard Queen
MovieIt's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
1975
as Dr. Abner Sedgwick
TVBarney Miller
1975
as E.J. Heiss
MovieThe F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
1974
as Maynard Richards
MovieThe Front Page
1974
as Roy Bensinger
MovieReturn of the Big Cat
1974
as Grandpa Jubal
MovieHuckleberry Finn
1974
as The Duke
TVFaraday and Company
1973
as Branigan
TVBarnaby Jones
1973
as Raymond Lennox / 'Steele'
TVThe Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Wally Sensibaugh
TVThe Brian Keith Show
1972
TVBanacek
1972
as Walter Tyson
MovieThe Catcher
1972
as Armand Faber
MovieMooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
as David Wayne (uncredited)
MovieThe African Elephant
1971
as Narrator
The Good Life
1971
as Charles Dutton
MovieThe Andromeda Strain
1971
as Dr. Charles Dutton
TVNight Gallery
1970
as Dr. Mill
MovieThe Boy Who Stole the Elephant
1970
as Colonel Rufus Ryder
With These Hands
1970
as Narrator
MovieArsenic and Old Lace
1969
as Teddy Brewster
TVHawaii Five-O
1968
as Monsieur Bordeaux
TVThe Name of the Game
1968
as Emory Ward
TVMannix
1967
TVIronside
1967
as Dr. Ian Rice
CBS Playhouse
1966
as George Spears
TVBatman
1966
as The Mad Hatter
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as George Holloway
TVBurke's Law
1963
as Al 'The Bomber' Devlin
TVChanning
1963
as Dr. James Crown
MovieMarilyn
1963
as archive footage
TVThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Andrew Anderson
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Martin Reese
TVSam Benedict
1962
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
MovieThe Big Gamble
1961
as Samuel Brennan
MovieAnatomy of an Accident
1961
as John Avery
TVRoute 66
1960
TVOutlaws
1960
MovieThe Last Angry Man
1959
as Woodrow Thrasher
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as Walter Bedeker
Sunday Showcase
1959
NBC Sunday Showcase
1959
as The Devil
TVNaked City
1958
as Herbert Konish
MovieThe Three Faces of Eve
1957
as Ralph White
MovieThe Sad Sack
1957
as Corporal Larry Dolan
TVSuspicion
1957
as James Mennick
TVDuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Willis Reynolds
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
MovieThe Naked Hills
1956
as Tracy Powell
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee / Performer
MovieThe Tender Trap
1955
as Joe McCall
TVThe Alcoa Hour
1955
as Homer Bolton
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Sam Jacoby
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Judge Warfield
Norby
1955
as Preston Norby
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Grandpa Jubal
MovieHell and High Water
1954
as Tugboat Walker
MovieHow to Marry a Millionaire
1953
as Freddie Denmark
MovieDown Among the Sheltering Palms
1953
as Lt. Carl G. Schmidt
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as David Vincent
MovieTonight We Sing
1953
as Sol Hurok
MovieThe I Don't Care Girl
1953
as Ed McCoy
TVOmnibus
1952
MovieO. Henry's Full House
1952
as Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
MovieWe're Not Married!
1952
as Jeff Norris
MovieWait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
1952
as Ben Halper
MovieWith a Song in My Heart
1952
as Don Ross
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Sakini
MovieAs Young as You Feel
1951
as Joe Elliott
MovieUp Front
1951
as Joe
MovieM
1951
as Martin W. Harrow
MovieMy Blue Heaven
1950
as Walter Pringle
MovieStella
1950
as Carl Granger
MovieThe Reformer and the Redhead
1950
as Arthur Maxwell
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self
MovieAdam's Rib
1949
as Kip Lurie
MoviePortrait of Jennie
1948
as Gus O'Toole
TVStudio One
1948
as Jasper Hornby
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Ditch and Live
1944
as Pilot of Ditching B-17
