David Wayne
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 30, 1914
- Died
- Feb 9, 1995 (aged 81)
- Place of birth
- Traverse City - Michigan - USA
- Credits
- 116
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
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
Walter Bedeker
The Andromeda Strain
1971Movie
Dr. Charles Dutton
Batman
1966TV
The Mad Hatter
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953Movie
Freddie Denmark
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Cyrus Leffingwell
The Golden Girls
1985TV
Big Daddy
Filmography
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005Movie
Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") (archive footage)
Poker Alice
1987Movie
Amos
The Survivalist
1987Movie
Dub Daniels
Masters of Photography - Edward Steichen
1986Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Golden Girls
1985TV
Big Daddy
Crazy like a Fox
1984TV
Jennings Hyde
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Cyrus Leffingwell
Finder of Lost Loves
1984TV
Professor Wheeler
Finders Keepers
1984Movie
Stapleton
St. Elsewhere
1982TV
George Wyler
Newhart
1982TV
Mr. Pittman
Matt Houston
1982TV
Bill Houston
House Calls
1979TV
Amos Weatherby
An American Christmas Carol
1979Movie
Merrivale
The Prize Fighter
1979Movie
Pop Morgan
The Girls in the Office
1979Movie
Ben Nayfack
The Gift of Love
1978Movie
O'Henry and Narrator
Lassie: The New Beginning
1978Movie
Amos
Murder at the Mardi Gras
1978Movie
Mickey Mills
Dallas
1978TV
Digger Barnes, Willard 'Digger' Barnes
The Love Boat
1977TV
Dwight Scoffield
Big Hawaii
1977TV
Eight Is Enough
1977TV
In the Glitter Palace
1977Movie
Nate Redstone
Hunter
1977TV
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977TV
Once an Eagle
1976TV
Col. Terwilliger
Delvecchio
1976TV
Jack Henderson
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976Movie
(archive footage)
Ellery Queen
1975TV
Inspector Richard Queen
Switch
1975TV
Dancer
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975Movie
T.R. Clydesdale
Tubby the Tuba
1975Movie
Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice)
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975Movie
Insp. Richard Queen
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
1975Movie
Dr. Abner Sedgwick
Barney Miller
1975TV
E.J. Heiss
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
1974Movie
Maynard Richards
The Front Page
1974Movie
Roy Bensinger
Return of the Big Cat
1974Movie
Grandpa Jubal
Huckleberry Finn
1974Movie
The Duke
Faraday and Company
1973TV
Branigan
Barnaby Jones
1973TV
Raymond Lennox / 'Steele'
The Streets of San Francisco
1972TV
Wally Sensibaugh
The Brian Keith Show
1972TV
Banacek
1972TV
Walter Tyson
The Catcher
1972Movie
Armand Faber
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971Movie
David Wayne (uncredited)
The African Elephant
1971Movie
Narrator
The Good Life
1971TV
Charles Dutton
The Andromeda Strain
1971Movie
Dr. Charles Dutton
Night Gallery
1970TV
Dr. Mill
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
1970Movie
Colonel Rufus Ryder
With These Hands
1970Movie
Narrator
Hawaii Five-O
1969TV
Monsieur Bordeaux
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969Movie
Teddy Brewster
The Name of the Game
1968TV
Emory Ward
Mannix
1967TV
Ironside
1967TV
Dr. Ian Rice
CBS Playhouse
1966TV
George Spears
Batman
1966TV
The Mad Hatter
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963TV
George Holloway
Burke's Law
1963TV
Al 'The Bomber' Devlin
Channing
1963TV
Dr. James Crown
Marilyn
1963Movie
archive footage
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962TV
Andrew Anderson
The Virginian
1962TV
Martin Reese
Sam Benedict
1962TV
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self
The Big Gamble
1961Movie
Samuel Brennan
Anatomy of an Accident
1961Movie
John Avery
Route 66
1960TV
Outlaws
1960TV
The Last Angry Man
1959Movie
Woodrow Thrasher
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
Walter Bedeker
Sunday Showcase
1959Movie
NBC Sunday Showcase
1959TV
The Devil
Naked City
1958TV
Herbert Konish
The Three Faces of Eve
1957Movie
Ralph White
The Sad Sack
1957Movie
Corporal Larry Dolan
The Jet-Propelled Couch
1957Movie
Dr. Kirk Allen
Suspicion
1957TV
James Mennick
DuPont Show of the Month
1957TV
Willis Reynolds
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957TV
Self
The Naked Hills
1956Movie
Tracy Powell
Tony Awards
1956TV
Self - Nominee / Performer, Self - Performer
The Tender Trap
1955Movie
Joe McCall
The Alcoa Hour
1955TV
Homer Bolton
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955TV
Sam Jacoby
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Judge Warfield, Rev. Arthur Byrne
Norby
1955TV
Preston Norby
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Grandpa Jubal, Colonel Rufus Ryder
Hell and High Water
1954Movie
Tugboat Walker
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953Movie
Freddie Denmark
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
1953Movie
Lt. Carl G. Schmidt
General Electric Theater
1953TV
David Vincent, Arthur Martin
Tonight We Sing
1953Movie
Sol Hurok
The I Don't Care Girl
1953Movie
Ed McCoy
Omnibus
1952TV
O. Henry's Full House
1952Movie
Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
We're Not Married!
1952Movie
Jeff Norris
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
1952Movie
Ben Halper
With a Song in My Heart
1952Movie
Don Ross
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Sakini, Father Firenzuola
As Young as You Feel
1951Movie
Joe Elliott
Up Front
1951Movie
Joe
M
1951Movie
Martin W. Harrow
My Blue Heaven
1950Movie
Walter Pringle
Stella
1950Movie
Carl Granger
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950Movie
Arthur Maxwell
What's My Line?
1950TV
Self
Adam's Rib
1949Movie
Kip Lurie
Portrait of Jennie
1948Movie
Gus O'Toole
Studio One
1948TV
Jasper Hornby
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948TV
Self
Ditch and Live
1944Movie
Pilot of Ditching B-17
Stranger on the Third Floor
1940Movie
Cab Driver (uncredited)