David Wayne

Known for ActingBorn 1914-01-30Died 1995-02-09Traverse City - Michigan - USA

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.Read more

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Loose Change

Tonight We Sing

Return of the Big Cat

The African Elephant

Stella

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Banacek

The Twilight Zone

Hunter

Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects

Tubby the Tuba

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

Anatomy of an Accident

Night Gallery

The Golden Girls

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Murder, She Wrote

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

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

Ellery Queen

Marilyn

Channing

Barney Miller

The Reformer and the Redhead

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

The Front Page

Crazy like a Fox

My Blue Heaven

DuPont Show of the Month

Batman

Newhart

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

Hawaii Five-O

The Three Faces of Eve

The I Don't Care Girl

Murder at the Mardi Gras

Poker Alice

The Andromeda Strain

That's Entertainment, Part II

Delvecchio

Barnaby Jones

The Streets of San Francisco

Faraday and Company

The Catcher

Arsenic and Old Lace

Portrait of Jennie

The Name of the Game