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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.
Acted in 100
2000s
- 2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") (archive footage)
1980s
- 1987
Poker Alice
Amos
- 1985
- 1984
Finders Keepers
Stapleton
- 1982
1970s
- 1979
House Calls
Amos Weatherby · 59 episodes
The Prize Fighter
Pop Morgan
The Girls in the Office
Ben Nayfack
- 1978
The Gift of Love
O'Henry and Narrator
Lassie: The New Beginning
Amos
Murder at the Mardi Gras
Mickey Mills
- 1977
Big Hawaii
TV
In the Glitter Palace
Nate Redstone
Hunter
TV
- 1976
Once an Eagle
Col. Terwilliger · 7 episodes
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
- 1975
Tubby the Tuba
Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice)
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
Insp. Richard Queen
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
Dr. Abner Sedgwick
- 1974
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
Maynard Richards
Return of the Big Cat
Grandpa Jubal
Huckleberry Finn
The Duke
- 1973
Faraday and Company
Branigan · 1 episode
- 1972
The Brian Keith Show
TV
The Catcher
Armand Faber
- 1971
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
David Wayne (uncredited)
- 1970
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
Colonel Rufus Ryder
1960s
- 1969
Arsenic and Old Lace
Teddy Brewster
- 1968
- 1967
- 1966
- 1963
Marilyn
archive footage
- 1962
- 1961
The Big Gamble
Samuel Brennan
Anatomy of an Accident
John Avery
- 1960
1950s
- 1959
The Last Angry Man
Woodrow Thrasher
- 1958
- 1957
The Three Faces of Eve
Ralph White
The Sad Sack
Corporal Larry Dolan
- 1956
The Naked Hills
Tracy Powell
- 1955
The Tender Trap
Joe McCall
The Alcoa Hour
Homer Bolton · 1 episode
- 1954
Hell and High Water
Tugboat Walker
- 1953
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
Lt. Carl G. Schmidt
General Electric Theater
David Vincent, Arthur Martin · 1 episode
Tonight We Sing
Sol Hurok
The I Don't Care Girl
Ed McCoy
- 1952
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
Ben Halper
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sakini, Father Firenzuola · 1 episode
Up Front
Joe
- 1950
My Blue Heaven
Walter Pringle
Stella
Carl Granger
The Reformer and the Redhead
Arthur Maxwell
Appearances6
1970s
- 1971
The African Elephant
Narrator
1960s
- 1961
1950s
- 1957
- 1956
- 1950
1940s
- 1948
