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