David Wayne
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Cyrus Leffingwell
1984
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
Dallas
Digger Barnes
1978
Series
Dallas
Willard 'Digger' Barnes
1978
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Performer
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
1956
Series
Hawaii Five-O
Monsieur Bordeaux
1968
Series
Batman
The Mad Hatter
1966
Series
Ironside
Dr. Ian Rice
1967
Series
Mannix
1967
Series
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Andrew Anderson
1962
Series
The Twilight Zone
Walter Bedeker
1959
Series
The Virginian
Martin Reese
1962
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
George Holloway
1963
Series
Newhart
Mr. Pittman
1982
Series
St. Elsewhere
George Wyler
1982
Series
The Golden Girls
Big Daddy
1985
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
Barney Miller
E.J. Heiss
1975
Series
Gunsmoke
Judge Warfield
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Rev. Arthur Byrne
1955
Series
Naked City
Herbert Konish
1958
Series
Studio One
Jasper Hornby
1948
Series
Burke's Law
Al 'The Bomber' Devlin
1963
Series
Route 66
1960
Series
Night Gallery
Dr. Mill
1970
Series
Barnaby Jones
Raymond Lennox / 'Steele'
1973
Series
The Name of the Game
Emory Ward
1968
Series
Matt Houston
1982
Series
Matt Houston
Bill Houston
1982
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sam Jacoby
1955
Series
The Streets of San Francisco
Wally Sensibaugh
1972
Series
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Omnibus
1952
Series
Eight Is Enough
1977
Series
Suspicion
James Mennick
1957
Series
Crazy like a Fox
Jennings Hyde
1984
Series
Switch
Dancer
1975
Series
Sam Benedict
1962
Series
Ellery Queen
Inspector Richard Queen
1975
Series
Outlaws
1960
Series
Banacek
Walter Tyson
1972
Series
Finder of Lost Loves
Professor Wheeler
1984
Series
DuPont Show of the Month
Willis Reynolds
1957
CBS Playhouse
George Spears
1966
Film
The Andromeda Strain
Dr. Charles Dutton
1971
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Grandpa Jubal
1954
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Colonel Rufus Ryder
1954
Series
The Alcoa Hour
Homer Bolton
1955
Series
Delvecchio
Jack Henderson
1976
Series
Hunter
1977
Series
Once an Eagle
Col. Terwilliger
1976
Film
How to Marry a Millionaire
Freddie Denmark
1953
Series
Channing
Dr. James Crown
1963
Series
Big Hawaii
1977
Series
The Brian Keith Show
1972
Series
House Calls
Amos Weatherby
1979
Film
The Front Page
Roy Bensinger
1974
Film
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") (archive footage)
2005
NBC Sunday Showcase
The Devil
1959
Film
Lassie: The New Beginning
Amos
1978
Film
Huckleberry Finn
The Duke
1974
Film
Adam's Rib
Kip Lurie
1949
Film
The I Don't Care Girl
Ed McCoy
1953
Film
Portrait of Jennie
Gus O'Toole
1948
Film
The Apple Dumpling Gang
T.R. Clydesdale
1975
Film
O. Henry's Full House
Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
1952
Film
Finders Keepers
Stapleton
1984
Series
General Electric Theater
David Vincent
1953
Series
General Electric Theater
Arthur Martin
1953
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sakini
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Father Firenzuola
1951
The Good Life
Charles Dutton
1971
Film
The Three Faces of Eve
Ralph White
1957
Film
Murder at the Mardi Gras
Mickey Mills
1978
Film
The Prize Fighter
Pop Morgan
1979
Film
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Film
The Tender Trap
Joe McCall
1955
Film
As Young as You Feel
Joe Elliott
1951
Series
Faraday and Company
Branigan
1973
Film
Hell and High Water
Tugboat Walker
1954
Film
Poker Alice
Amos
1987
Film
An American Christmas Carol
Merrivale
1979
Film
M
Martin W. Harrow
1951
Film
We're Not Married!
Jeff Norris
1952
Film
Stranger on the Third Floor
Cab Driver (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
Colonel Rufus Ryder
1970
Film
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
David Wayne (uncredited)
1971
Film
My Blue Heaven
Walter Pringle
1950
Film
The Reformer and the Redhead
Arthur Maxwell
1950
Film
Tubby the Tuba
Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice)
1975
Film
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
Maynard Richards
1974
Film
The Naked Hills
Tracy Powell
1956
Film
Arsenic and Old Lace
Teddy Brewster
1969
Film
The Sad Sack
Corporal Larry Dolan
1957
Norby
Preston Norby
1955
Film
With a Song in My Heart
Don Ross
1952
Film
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
Dr. Abner Sedgwick
1975
Film
In the Glitter Palace
Nate Redstone
1977
Film
The Girls in the Office
Ben Nayfack
1979
Film
The Last Angry Man
Woodrow Thrasher
1959
Film
The Gift of Love
O'Henry and Narrator
1978
Film
Marilyn
archive footage
1963
Film
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
Ben Halper
1952
Film
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
Insp. Richard Queen
1975
Film
Tonight We Sing
Sol Hurok
1953
Film
The Survivalist
Dub Daniels
1987
Film
Up Front
Joe
1951
Film
The Big Gamble
Samuel Brennan
1961
Film
The Catcher
Armand Faber
1972
Ditch and Live
Pilot of Ditching B-17
1944
Film
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
Lt. Carl G. Schmidt
1953
Film
Stella
Carl Granger
1950
Film
Anatomy of an Accident
John Avery
1961
Sunday Showcase
1959
Film
Return of the Big Cat
Grandpa Jubal
1974
Film
The African Elephant
Narrator
1971
The Jet-Propelled Couch
Dr. Kirk Allen
1957
With These Hands
Narrator
1970
Masters of Photography - Edward Steichen
Narrator (voice)
1986
Film
One More Mile to Go
Sam Jacoby
1957