David Wayne
Acting
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.
TV Shows(59)
The Golden Girls
Big Daddy
1985
Crazy like a Fox
Jennings Hyde
1984
Murder, She Wrote
Cyrus Leffingwell
1984
Finder of Lost Loves
Professor Wheeler
1984
St. Elsewhere
George Wyler
1982
Newhart
Mr. Pittman
1982
Matt Houston
1982
House Calls
Amos Weatherby
1979
Dallas
Digger Barnes
1978
Loose Change
Dr. Moe Sinden
1978
Big Hawaii
1977
Eight Is Enough
1977
Hunter
1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Once an Eagle
Col. Terwilliger
1976
Delvecchio
Jack Henderson
1976
Ellery Queen
Inspector Richard Queen
1975
Switch
Dancer
1975
Barney Miller
E.J. Heiss
1975
Faraday and Company
Branigan
1973
Barnaby Jones
Raymond Lennox / 'Steele'
1973
The Streets of San Francisco
Wally Sensibaugh
1972
The Brian Keith Show
1972
Banacek
Walter Tyson
1972
The Good Life
Charles Dutton
1971
Night Gallery
Dr. Mill
1970
Hawaii Five-O
Monsieur Bordeaux
1968
The Name of the Game
Emory Ward
1968
Mannix
1967
Ironside
Dr. Ian Rice
1967
CBS Playhouse
George Spears
1966
Batman
The Mad Hatter
1966
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
George Holloway
1963
Burke's Law
Al 'The Bomber' Devlin
1963
Channing
Dr. James Crown
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Andrew Anderson
1962
The Virginian
Martin Reese
1962
Sam Benedict
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Route 66
1960
Outlaws
1960
The Twilight Zone
Walter Bedeker
1959
NBC Sunday Showcase
The Devil
1959
Naked City
Herbert Konish
1958
Suspicion
James Mennick
1957
DuPont Show of the Month
Willis Reynolds
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Performer
1956
The Alcoa Hour
Homer Bolton
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sam Jacoby
1955
Gunsmoke
Judge Warfield
1955
Norby
Preston Norby
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
Grandpa Jubal
1954
General Electric Theater
David Vincent
1953
Omnibus
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sakini
1951
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Studio One
Jasper Hornby
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Movies(54)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") (archive footage)
2005
Poker Alice
Amos
1987
The Survivalist
Dub Daniels
1987
Masters of Photography - Edward Steichen
Narrator (voice)
1986
Finders Keepers
Stapleton
1984
An American Christmas Carol
Merrivale
1979
The Prize Fighter
Pop Morgan
1979
The Girls in the Office
Ben Nayfack
1979
The Gift of Love
O'Henry and Narrator
1978
Lassie: The New Beginning
Amos
1978
Murder at the Mardi Gras
Mickey Mills
1978
In the Glitter Palace
Nate Redstone
1977
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
The Apple Dumpling Gang
T.R. Clydesdale
1975
Tubby the Tuba
Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice)
1975
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
Insp. Richard Queen
1975
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
Dr. Abner Sedgwick
1975
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
Maynard Richards
1974
The Front Page
Roy Bensinger
1974
Return of the Big Cat
Grandpa Jubal
1974
Huckleberry Finn
The Duke
1974
The Catcher
Armand Faber
1972
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
David Wayne (uncredited)
1971
The African Elephant
Narrator
1971
The Andromeda Strain
Dr. Charles Dutton
1971
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
Colonel Rufus Ryder
1970
With These Hands
Narrator
1970
Arsenic and Old Lace
Teddy Brewster
1969
Marilyn
archive footage
1963
The Big Gamble
Samuel Brennan
1961
Anatomy of an Accident
John Avery
1961
The Last Angry Man
Woodrow Thrasher
1959
The Three Faces of Eve
Ralph White
1957
The Sad Sack
Corporal Larry Dolan
1957
The Naked Hills
Tracy Powell
1956
The Tender Trap
Joe McCall
1955
Hell and High Water
Tugboat Walker
1954
How to Marry a Millionaire
Freddie Denmark
1953
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
Lt. Carl G. Schmidt
1953
Tonight We Sing
Sol Hurok
1953
The I Don't Care Girl
Ed McCoy
1953
O. Henry's Full House
Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
1952
We're Not Married!
Jeff Norris
1952
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
Ben Halper
1952
With a Song in My Heart
Don Ross
1952
As Young as You Feel
Joe Elliott
1951
Up Front
Joe
1951
M
Martin W. Harrow
1951
My Blue Heaven
Walter Pringle
1950
Stella
Carl Granger
1950
The Reformer and the Redhead
Arthur Maxwell
1950
Adam's Rib
Kip Lurie
1949
Portrait of Jennie
Gus O'Toole
1948
Ditch and Live
Pilot of Ditching B-17
1944