David Wayne
Acting
1914-01-30 · Traverse City - Michigan - USA
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.
Filmography
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005 · Movie
Poker Alice
1987 · Movie
The Survivalist
1987 · Movie
Masters of Photography - Edward Steichen
1986 · Movie
The Golden Girls
1985 · Series
Crazy like a Fox
1984 · Series
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
Finder of Lost Loves
1984 · Series
Finders Keepers
1984 · Movie
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Series
Newhart
1982 · Series
Matt Houston
1982 · Series
House Calls
1979 · Series
An American Christmas Carol
1979 · Movie
The Prize Fighter
1979 · Movie
The Girls in the Office
1979 · Movie
The Gift of Love
1978 · Movie
Lassie: The New Beginning
1978 · Movie
Murder at the Mardi Gras
1978 · Movie
Dallas
1978 · Series
Big Hawaii
1977 · Series
Eight Is Enough
1977 · Series
In the Glitter Palace
1977 · Movie
Hunter
1977 · Series
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977 · Series
Once an Eagle
1976 · Series
Delvecchio
1976 · Series
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · Movie
Ellery Queen
1975 · Series
Switch
1975 · Series
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975 · Movie
Tubby the Tuba
1975 · Movie
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975 · Movie
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
1975 · Movie
Barney Miller
1975 · Series
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
1974 · Movie
The Front Page
1974 · Movie
Return of the Big Cat
1974 · Movie
Huckleberry Finn
1974 · Movie
Faraday and Company
1973 · Series
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Series
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Series
The Brian Keith Show
1972 · Series
Banacek
1972 · Series
The Catcher
1972 · Movie
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971 · Movie
The African Elephant
1971 · Movie
The Good Life
1971 · Series
The Andromeda Strain
1971 · Movie
Night Gallery
1970 · Series
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
1970 · Movie
With These Hands
1970 · Movie
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969 · Movie
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · Series
The Name of the Game
1968 · Series
Mannix
1967 · Series
Ironside
1967 · Series
CBS Playhouse
1966 · Series
Batman
1966 · Series
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Series
Burke's Law
1963 · Series
Channing
1963 · Series
Marilyn
1963 · Movie
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Series
The Virginian
1962 · Series
Sam Benedict
1962 · Series
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
The Big Gamble
1961 · Movie
Anatomy of an Accident
1961 · Movie
Route 66
1960 · Series
Outlaws
1960 · Series
The Last Angry Man
1959 · Movie
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Series
NBC Sunday Showcase
1959 · Series
Sunday Showcase
1959 · Movie
Naked City
1958 · Series
The Three Faces of Eve
1957 · Movie
The Sad Sack
1957 · Movie
The Jet-Propelled Couch
1957 · Movie
Suspicion
1957 · Series
DuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Series
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Series
The Naked Hills
1956 · Movie
Tony Awards
1956 · Series
The Tender Trap
1955 · Movie
The Alcoa Hour
1955 · Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Series
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series
Norby
1955 · Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Series
Hell and High Water
1954 · Movie
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953 · Movie
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
1953 · Movie
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
Tonight We Sing
1953 · Movie
The I Don't Care Girl
1953 · Movie
Omnibus
1952 · Series
O. Henry's Full House
1952 · Movie
We're Not Married!
1952 · Movie
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
1952 · Movie
With a Song in My Heart
1952 · Movie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
As Young as You Feel
1951 · Movie
Up Front
1951 · Movie
M
1951 · Movie
My Blue Heaven
1950 · Movie
Stella
1950 · Movie
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950 · Movie
What's My Line?
1950 · Series
Adam's Rib
1949 · Movie
Portrait of Jennie
1948 · Movie
Studio One
1948 · Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
Ditch and Live
1944 · Movie
Stranger on the Third Floor
1940 · Movie