David Wayne
Age: N/A | From: Traverse City - Michigan - USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Wayne James McMeekan
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Traverse City - Michigan - USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 32
TV Involvements: 30
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
(1962) Andrew Anderson
Dallas
(1978) Digger Barnes
Naked City
(1958) Herbert Konish
Ironside
(1967) Dr. Ian Rice
Burke's Law
(1963) Al 'The Bomber' Devlin
Studio One
(1948) Jasper Hornby
Hawaii Five-O
(1968) Monsieur Bordeaux
Barnaby Jones
(1973) Raymond Lennox / 'Steele'Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") (archive footage) | |
| 1987 | Amos | |
| Dub Daniels | ||
| 1986 | Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage) | |
| 1985 | Big Daddy | |
| 1984 | Jennings Hyde | |
| Cyrus Leffingwell | ||
| Professor Wheeler | ||
| Stapleton | ||
| 1982 | N/A | |
| Mr. Pittman | ||
| N/A | ||
| Bill Houston | ||
| 1979 | Amos Weatherby | |
| Merrivale | ||
| Pop Morgan | ||
| Ben Nayfack | ||
| 1978 | O'Henry and Narrator | |
| Amos | ||
| Mickey Mills | ||
| Willard 'Digger' Barnes | ||
| Digger Barnes | ||
| Dr. Moe Sinden | ||
| 1977 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Nate Redstone | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1976 | Jack Henderson | |
| (archive footage) | ||
| 1975 | Inspector Richard Queen | |
| Dancer | ||
| T.R. Clydesdale | ||
| Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice) | ||
| Insp. Richard Queen | ||
| Dr. Abner Sedgwick | ||
| E.J. Heiss | ||
| 1974 | Maynard Richards | |
| Roy Bensinger | ||
| Grandpa Jubal | ||
| The Duke | ||
| 1973 | Raymond Lennox / 'Steele' | |
| 1972 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Walter Tyson | ||
| Armand Faber | ||
| 1971 | David Wayne (uncredited) | |
| Narrator | ||
| Charles Dutton | ||
| Dr. Charles Dutton | ||
| 1970 | N/A | |
| Colonel Rufus Ryder | ||
| 1969 | Teddy Brewster | |
| 1968 | Monsieur Bordeaux | |
| 1967 | N/A | |
| Dr. Ian Rice | ||
| 1966 | N/A | |
| The Mad Hatter | ||
| 1963 | George Holloway | |
| Al 'The Bomber' Devlin | ||
| Dr. James Crown | ||
| Self ("We're Not Married") (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| 1962 | Andrew Anderson | |
| Martin Reese | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1961 | Self | |
| Samuel Brennan | ||
| 1960 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1959 | Woodrow Thrasher | |
| Walter Bedeker | ||
| The Devil | ||
| 1958 | Herbert Konish | |
| 1957 | Ralph White | |
| Corporal Larry Dolan | ||
| James Mennick | ||
| Willis Reynolds | ||
| Self | ||
| 1956 | Tracy Powell | |
| Self - Nominee / Performer | ||
| Self - Performer | ||
| 1955 | Joe McCall | |
| Homer Bolton | ||
| Sam Jacoby | ||
| Judge Warfield | ||
| Rev. Arthur Byrne | ||
| Preston Norby | ||
| 1954 | Grandpa Jubal | |
| Tugboat Walker | ||
| 1953 | Freddie Denmark | |
| Lt. Carl G. Schmidt | ||
| David Vincent | ||
| Arthur Martin | ||
| Sol Hurok | ||
| Ed McCoy | ||
| 1952 | N/A | |
| Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") | ||
| Jeff Norris | ||
| Ben Halper | ||
| Don Ross | ||
| 1951 | Sakini | |
| Father Firenzuola | ||
| Joe Elliott | ||
| Joe | ||
| Martin W. Harrow | ||
| 1950 | Walter Pringle | |
| Carl Granger | ||
| Arthur Maxwell | ||
| Self - Panelist | ||
| 1949 | Kip Lurie | |
| 1948 | Gus O'Toole | |
| Jasper Hornby | ||
| Self | ||
| 1944 | Pilot of Ditching B-17 | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
