David Wayne

Birthday: 1914-01-30
Deathday: 1995-02-09
Birthplace: Traverse City - Michigan - USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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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.

Credits

Year Title Character
1987-05-21 Poker Alice Amos
1987-01-02 The Survivalist Dub Daniels
1984-05-18 Finders Keepers Stapleton
1979-12-16 An American Christmas Carol Merrivale
1979-11-02 The Prize Fighter Pop Morgan
1979-02-02 The Girls in the Office Ben Nayfack
1978-09-01 Lassie: The New Beginning Amos
1978-05-10 Murder at the Mardi Gras Mickey Mills
1978-02-26 Loose Change Dr. Moe Sinden
1977-02-23 In the Glitter Palace Nate Redstone
1975-07-01 The Apple Dumpling Gang T.R. Clydesdale
1975-04-30 Tubby the Tuba Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice)
1975-03-23 Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects Insp. Richard Queen
1975-02-21 It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! Dr. Abner Sedgwick
1974-11-08 The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One Maynard Richards
1974-11-01 The Front Page Roy Bensinger
1974-10-06 Return of the Big Cat Grandpa Jubal
1974-05-24 Huckleberry Finn The Duke
1972-06-02 The Catcher Armand Faber
1971-12-31 Mooch Goes to Hollywood David Wayne (uncredited)
1971-03-12 The Andromeda Strain Dr. Charles Dutton
1970-09-20 The Boy Who Stole the Elephant Colonel Rufus Ryder
1969-04-02 Arsenic and Old Lace Teddy Brewster
1961-07-25 The Big Gamble Samuel Brennan
1959-10-22 The Last Angry Man Woodrow Thrasher
1957-12-19 The Three Faces of Eve Ralph White
1957-11-27 The Sad Sack Corporal Larry Dolan
1956-06-17 The Naked Hills Tracy Powell
1955-11-04 The Tender Trap Joe McCall
1954-02-06 Hell and High Water Tugboat Walker
1953-10-29 How to Marry a Millionaire Freddie Denmark
1953-03-01 Down Among the Sheltering Palms Lt. Carl G. Schmidt
1953-01-26 Tonight We Sing Sol Hurok
1953-01-14 The I Don't Care Girl Ed McCoy
1952-08-07 O. Henry's Full House Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
1952-07-11 We're Not Married! Jeff Norris
1952-06-27 Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie Ben Halper
1952-04-03 With a Song in My Heart Don Ross
1951-06-15 As Young as You Feel Joe Elliott
1951-03-05 Up Front Joe
1951-03-01 M Martin W. Harrow
1950-09-15 My Blue Heaven Walter Pringle
1950-07-20 Stella Carl Granger
1950-05-05 The Reformer and the Redhead Arthur Maxwell
1949-11-18 Adam's Rib Kip Lurie
1948-12-25 Portrait of Jennie Gus O'Toole
1944-01-01 Ditch and Live Pilot of Ditching B-17