David Wayne
Acting
Born: January 30, 1914 · Traverse City - Michigan - USA
Died: February 9, 1995 (aged 81)
Highest Rated
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
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Andromeda Strain
1971
Batman
1966
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Golden Girls
1985
The Front Page
1974
Adam's Rib
1949
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Dallas
1978
Hawaii Five-O
1968
The Three Faces of Eve
1957
Photos (4)
Movies (52)
The Andromeda Strain
Dr. Charles Dutton
How to Marry a Millionaire
Freddie Denmark
The Front Page
Roy Bensinger
O. Henry's Full House
Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
The Apple Dumpling Gang
T.R. Clydesdale
The Three Faces of Eve
Ralph White
Adam's Rib
Kip Lurie
Lassie: The New Beginning
Amos
Stranger on the Third Floor
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Hell and High Water
Tugboat Walker
We're Not Married!
Jeff Norris
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Portrait of Jennie
Gus O'Toole
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") (archive footage)
The Gift of Love
O'Henry and Narrator
The Tender Trap
Joe McCall
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
Maynard Richards
As Young as You Feel
Joe Elliott
An American Christmas Carol
Merrivale
The Girls in the Office
Ben Nayfack
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
David Wayne (uncredited)
The Sad Sack
Corporal Larry Dolan
In the Glitter Palace
Nate Redstone
Arsenic and Old Lace
Teddy Brewster
Marilyn
archive footage
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
Insp. Richard Queen
Murder at the Mardi Gras
Mickey Mills
With a Song in My Heart
Don Ross
Finders Keepers
Stapleton
The Reformer and the Redhead
Arthur Maxwell
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
Dr. Abner Sedgwick
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
Colonel Rufus Ryder
Poker Alice
Amos
The Last Angry Man
Woodrow Thrasher
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
Lt. Carl G. Schmidt
M
Martin W. Harrow
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
Ben Halper
Huckleberry Finn
The Duke
Return of the Big Cat
Grandpa Jubal
The I Don't Care Girl
Ed McCoy
Anatomy of an Accident
John Avery
My Blue Heaven
Walter Pringle
The Catcher
Armand Faber
The Prize Fighter
Pop Morgan
The Naked Hills
Tracy Powell
Tubby the Tuba
Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice)
Stella
Carl Granger
The Big Gamble
Samuel Brennan
Up Front
Joe
Tonight We Sing
Sol Hurok
The Survivalist
Dub Daniels
The African Elephant
Narrator
TV Shows (54)
Murder, She Wrote
Cyrus Leffingwell · 1 eps
Ironside
Dr. Ian Rice · 1 eps
Mannix
1 eps
Dallas
Digger Barnes · 3 eps
Dallas
Willard 'Digger' Barnes · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Monsieur Bordeaux · 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Andrew Anderson · 1 eps
St. Elsewhere
George Wyler · 3 eps
Batman
The Mad Hatter · 4 eps
The Twilight Zone
Walter Bedeker · 1 eps
Barney Miller
E.J. Heiss · 1 eps
The Virginian
Martin Reese · 1 eps
Studio One
Jasper Hornby · 1 eps
The Golden Girls
Big Daddy · 1 eps
Naked City
Herbert Konish · 1 eps
Newhart
Mr. Pittman · 1 eps
The Name of the Game
Emory Ward · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Al 'The Bomber' Devlin · 1 eps
Route 66
1 eps
Barnaby Jones
Raymond Lennox / 'Steele' · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Judge Warfield · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Rev. Arthur Byrne · 1 eps
Omnibus
1 eps
Matt Houston
3 eps
Matt Houston
Bill Houston · 1 eps
Night Gallery
Dr. Mill · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sam Jacoby · 1 eps
Switch
Dancer · 1 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
Wally Sensibaugh · 1 eps
Crazy like a Fox
Jennings Hyde · 1 eps
Eight Is Enough
2 eps
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Outlaws
2 eps
Finder of Lost Loves
Professor Wheeler · 1 eps
Ellery Queen
Inspector Richard Queen · 22 eps
Sam Benedict
1 eps
Banacek
Walter Tyson · 1 eps
DuPont Show of the Month
Willis Reynolds · 1 eps
Suspicion
James Mennick · 1 eps
Delvecchio
Jack Henderson · 1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Grandpa Jubal · 2 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Colonel Rufus Ryder · 2 eps
Channing
Dr. James Crown · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sakini · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Father Firenzuola · 1 eps
Hunter
1 eps
The Brian Keith Show
1 eps
Big Hawaii
1 eps
Once an Eagle
Col. Terwilliger · 7 eps
The Alcoa Hour
Homer Bolton · 1 eps
Faraday and Company
Branigan · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
David Vincent · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Arthur Martin · 1 eps
House Calls
Amos Weatherby · 59 eps
