David Wayne
Known for Acting · 113 credits
- Born
- 1914-01-30
- Died
- 1995-02-09
- Place of birth
- Traverse City - Michigan - USA
- Also known as
- Wayne James McMeekan
Biography
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
TV Shows (59)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Cyrus Leffingwell
Dallas
1978
as Digger Barnes / Willard 'Digger' Barnes
Mannix
1967
Ironside
1967
as Dr. Ian Rice
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Monsieur Bordeaux
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee / Performer / Self - Performer
Batman
1966
as The Mad Hatter
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Andrew Anderson
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Walter Bedeker
The Virginian
1962
as Martin Reese
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
St. Elsewhere
1982
as George Wyler
Naked City
1958
as Herbert Konish
The Golden Girls
1985
as Big Daddy
Barney Miller
1975
as E.J. Heiss
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as George Holloway
Studio One
1948
as Jasper Hornby
Newhart
1982
as Mr. Pittman
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Raymond Lennox / 'Steele'
Route 66
1960
Burke's Law
1963
as Al 'The Bomber' Devlin
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Omnibus
1952
Night Gallery
1970
as Dr. Mill
The Name of the Game
1968
as Emory Ward
Gunsmoke
1955
as Judge Warfield / Rev. Arthur Byrne
Matt Houston
1982
as Bill Houston
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Wally Sensibaugh
Switch
1975
as Dancer
Eight Is Enough
1977
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Sam Jacoby
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Crazy like a Fox
1984
as Jennings Hyde
Ellery Queen
1975
as Inspector Richard Queen
Banacek
1972
as Walter Tyson
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
as Professor Wheeler
Outlaws
1960
Suspicion
1957
as James Mennick
CBS Playhouse
1966
as George Spears
Sam Benedict
1962
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Grandpa Jubal / Colonel Rufus Ryder
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Willis Reynolds
Channing
1963
as Dr. James Crown
Delvecchio
1976
as Jack Henderson
Hunter
1977
The Alcoa Hour
1955
as Homer Bolton
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Sakini / Father Firenzuola
The Brian Keith Show
1972
Once an Eagle
1976
as Col. Terwilliger
General Electric Theater
1953
as David Vincent / Arthur Martin
Big Hawaii
1977
NBC Sunday Showcase
1959
as The Devil
House Calls
1979
as Amos Weatherby
Faraday and Company
1973
as Branigan
Norby
1955
as Preston Norby
Loose Change
1978
as Dr. Moe Sinden
The Good Life
1971
as Charles Dutton
Movies (54)
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
as Freddie Denmark
The Andromeda Strain
1971
as Dr. Charles Dutton
The Front Page
1974
as Roy Bensinger
Adam's Rib
1949
as Kip Lurie
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
1975
as Dr. Abner Sedgwick
Huckleberry Finn
1974
as The Duke
The Three Faces of Eve
1957
as Ralph White
Finders Keepers
1984
as Stapleton
Portrait of Jennie
1948
as Gus O'Toole
Stella
1950
as Carl Granger
Poker Alice
1987
as Amos
Lassie: The New Beginning
1978
as Amos
O. Henry's Full House
1952
as Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Marilyn
1963
as archive footage
Hell and High Water
1954
as Tugboat Walker
The Tender Trap
1955
as Joe McCall
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
M
1951
as Martin W. Harrow
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975
as T.R. Clydesdale
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
1974
as Maynard Richards
We're Not Married!
1952
as Jeff Norris
In the Glitter Palace
1977
as Nate Redstone
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
as Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") (archive footage)
My Blue Heaven
1950
as Walter Pringle
As Young as You Feel
1951
as Joe Elliott
The Big Gamble
1961
as Samuel Brennan
The Sad Sack
1957
as Corporal Larry Dolan
The Last Angry Man
1959
as Woodrow Thrasher
The Naked Hills
1956
as Tracy Powell
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
1953
as Lt. Carl G. Schmidt
An American Christmas Carol
1979
as Merrivale
The Prize Fighter
1979
as Pop Morgan
Return of the Big Cat
1974
as Grandpa Jubal
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
as David Wayne (uncredited)
The Gift of Love
1978
as O'Henry and Narrator
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975
as Insp. Richard Queen
With a Song in My Heart
1952
as Don Ross
Tonight We Sing
1953
as Sol Hurok
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950
as Arthur Maxwell
Anatomy of an Accident
1961
as John Avery
The Survivalist
1987
as Dub Daniels
Murder at the Mardi Gras
1978
as Mickey Mills
The African Elephant
1971
as Narrator
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
1970
as Colonel Rufus Ryder
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
as Teddy Brewster
The Catcher
1972
as Armand Faber
The Girls in the Office
1979
as Ben Nayfack
Tubby the Tuba
1975
as Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice)
Up Front
1951
as Joe
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
1952
as Ben Halper
The I Don't Care Girl
1953
as Ed McCoy
Masters of Photography - Edward Steichen
1986
as Narrator (voice)
Ditch and Live
1944
as Pilot of Ditching B-17
With These Hands
1970
as Narrator
About David Wayne
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.… With 113 credits spanning from 1944 to 2005, David Wayne has appeared in 54 films and 59 TV shows.
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- How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) — as Freddie Denmark
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- It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! (1975) — as Dr. Abner Sedgwick
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