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