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") (archive footage) | 2005-08-07 |
Movie | The Survivalist | Dub Daniels | 1987-01-02 |
Movie | Poker Alice | Amos | 1987-05-21 |
Movie | Finders Keepers | Stapleton | 1984-05-18 |
Series | Crazy like a Fox | Unknown | 1984-12-30 |
Series | Matt Houston | Unknown | 1982-09-26 |
Series | Newhart | Mr. Pittman | 1982-10-02 |
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 |
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 |
Movie | In the Glitter Palace | Nate Redstone | 1977-02-23 |
Series | Hunter | Unknown | 1977-02-18 |
Series | Big Hawaii | Unknown | 1977-09-21 |
Series | Eight Is Enough | Unknown | 1977-03-15 |
Movie | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
Series | Barney Miller | Unknown | 1975-01-23 |
Movie | Tubby the Tuba | Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice) | 1975-04-30 |
Series | Ellery Queen | Inspector Richard Queen | 1975-09-11 |
Series | Switch | Unknown | 1975-09-09 |
Movie | Huckleberry Finn | The Duke | 1974-05-24 |
Movie | Return of the Big Cat | Grandpa Jubal | 1974-10-06 |
Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
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 African Elephant | Narrator | 1971-10-01 |
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 | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
Series | Sam Benedict | Unknown | 1962-09-15 |
Movie | The Big Gamble | Samuel Brennan | 1961-07-25 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Walter Bedeker | 1959-10-02 |
Movie | The Last Angry Man | Woodrow Thrasher | 1959-10-22 |
Movie | The Sad Sack | Corporal Larry Dolan | 1957-11-27 |
Movie | The Three Faces of Eve | Ralph White | 1957-12-19 |
Movie | The Naked Hills | Tracy Powell | 1956-06-17 |
Series | Norby | Preston Norby | 1955-01-05 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
Movie | The Tender Trap | Joe McCall | 1955-11-04 |
Movie | Hell and High Water | Tugboat Walker | 1954-02-06 |
Movie | Tonight We Sing | Sol Hurok | 1953-01-26 |
Movie | The I Don't Care Girl | Ed McCoy | 1953-01-14 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | Down Among the Sheltering Palms | Lt. Carl G. Schmidt | 1953-03-01 |
Movie | With a Song in My Heart | Don Ross | 1952-04-03 |
Movie | Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie | Ben Halper | 1952-06-27 |
Movie | We're Not Married! | Jeff Norris | 1952-07-11 |
Series | Omnibus | Unknown | 1952-11-09 |
Movie | O. Henry's Full House | Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") | 1952-08-07 |
Movie | Up Front | Joe | 1951-03-05 |
Movie | M | Martin W. Harrow | 1951-03-01 |
Movie | As Young as You Feel | Joe Elliott | 1951-06-15 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
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 |
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