David Wayne
Age: 81 | From: Traverse City - Michigan - USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1914-01-30 06:26:55
Death: 1995-02-09 06:26:55
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Traverse City - Michigan - USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 32
TV Involvements: 25
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Murder, She Wrote
(1984) Cyrus Leffingwell
Dallas
(1978) Digger Barnes
The Virginian
(1962) Martin Reese
What's My Line?
(1950) Self - Panelist
The Twilight Zone
(1959) Walter Bedeker
Hawaii Five-O
(1968) S R Horus
Gunsmoke
(1955) Rev. Arthur Byrne
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1955) Sam JacobyActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") | |
| 1987 | Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage) | |
| Amos | ||
| Dub Daniels | ||
| 1985 | Big Daddy | |
| 1984 | Jennings Hyde | |
| Cyrus Leffingwell | ||
| Professor Wheeler | ||
| Stapleton | ||
| 1982 | N/A | |
| Mr. Pittman | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1979 | Amos Weatherby | |
| Merrivale | ||
| Pop Morgan | ||
| Ben Nayfack | ||
| 1978 | O'Henry and Narrator | |
| Amos | ||
| Mickey Mills | ||
| Digger Barnes | ||
| Willard 'Digger' Barnes | ||
| Dr. Moe Sinden | ||
| 1977 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Nate Redstone | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1976 | (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 | ||
| The Duke | ||
| 1973 | Raymond Lennox / 'Steele' | |
| 1972 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Armand Faber | ||
| 1971 | David Wayne (uncredited) | |
| Narrator | ||
| Charles Dutton | ||
| Dr. Charles Dutton | ||
| 1970 | N/A | |
| Colonel Rufus Ryder | ||
| 1969 | Teddy Brewster | |
| 1968 | S R Horus | |
| 1967 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1966 | N/A | |
| The Mad Hatter | ||
| 1963 | N/A | |
| Al 'The Bomber' Devlin | ||
| Dr. James Crown | ||
| Self ("We're Not Married") (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| 1962 | Andrew Anderson | |
| Martin Reese | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1961 | Samuel Brennan | |
| 1960 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1959 | Woodrow Thrasher | |
| Walter Bedeker | ||
| 1958 | Herbert Konish | |
| 1957 | Ralph White | |
| Corporal Larry Dolan | ||
| James Mennick | ||
| Willis Reynolds | ||
| 1956 | Tracy Powell | |
| Self - Nominee / Performer | ||
| Self - Performer | ||
| 1955 | Joe McCall | |
| Homer Bolton | ||
| Sam Jacoby | ||
| Judge Warfield | ||
| Rev. Arthur Byrne | ||
| Preston Norby | ||
| 1954 | Tugboat Walker | |
| 1953 | Freddie Denmark | |
| Lt. Carl G. Schmidt | ||
| Arthur Martin | ||
| David Vincent | ||
| Sol Hurok | ||
| Ed McCoy | ||
| 1952 | N/A | |
| Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") | ||
| Jeff Norris | ||
| Ben Halper | ||
| Don Ross | ||
| 1951 | Father Firenzuola | |
| Sakini | ||
| 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 |
