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David Wayne

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1914-01-30

Deathday: 1995-02-09 (81 years old)

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 hip 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

all 113

TV Shows 58

Movies 55

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Narrator 3

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Grandpère Bonnard (segment 'The Happy Time') (archive footage)

David Wayne

Biography

Filmography

all 113

TV Shows 58

Movies 55

self 9

Narrator 3

Voice 2

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005)

Poker Alice (1987)

The Survivalist (1987)

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986)

Masters of Photography - Edward Steichen (1986)

The Golden Girls (1985)

Crazy like a Fox (1984)

Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Finder of Lost Loves (1984)

Finders Keepers (1984)

St. Elsewhere (1982)

Newhart (1982)

Matt Houston (1982)

House Calls (1979)

An American Christmas Carol (1979)

The Prize Fighter (1979)

A Place to Be (1979)

The Girls in the Office (1979)

The Gift of Love (1978)

Lassie: The New Beginning (1978)

Murder at the Mardi Gras (1978)

Dallas (1978)

Loose Change (1978)

Big Hawaii (1977)

Eight Is Enough (1977)

In the Glitter Palace (1977)

Hunter (1977)

Once an Eagle (1976)

Delvecchio (1976)

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)

Ellery Queen (1975)

Switch (1975)

The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)

Tubby the Tuba (1975)

Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects (1975)

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! (1975)

Barney Miller (1975)

The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974)

The Front Page (1974)

Return of the Big Cat (1974)

Huckleberry Finn (1974)

Barnaby Jones (1973)

The Streets of San Francisco (1972)

The Brian Keith Show (1972)

Banacek (1972)

The Catcher (1972)

Mooch Goes to Hollywood (1971)

The African Elephant (1971)

The Good Life (1971)

The Andromeda Strain (1971)

Night Gallery (1970)

The Boy Who Stole the Elephant (1970)

Arsenic and Old Lace (1969)

The Name of the Game (1968)

Hawaii Five-O (1968)

Mannix (1967)

Ironside (1967)

CBS Playhouse (1966)

Batman (1966)

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)

Burke's Law (1963)

Channing (1963)

Marilyn (1963)

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)

The Virginian (1962)

Sam Benedict (1962)

The Mike Douglas Show (1961)

The Big Gamble (1961)

Route 66 (1960)

Outlaws (1960)

The Last Angry Man (1959)

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-01-30

Deathday

1995-02-09 (81 years old)

Birth Name

Wayne James McMeekan

Birth Place

Traverse City, United States

Father

John David McMeekan

Mother

Helen Matilda Mason

Citizenships

United States

Residences

Traverse City · Bloomingdale, United States

Also Known As

Wayne James McMeekan

Awards

Theatre World Award, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Grammy Hall of Fame, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play