1914-01-30 Traverse 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.
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Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards | Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") (archive footage) | 2005-08-07 |
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The Survivalist | Dub Daniels | 1987-01-02 |
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Poker Alice | Amos | 1987-05-21 |
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Masters of Photography - Edward Steichen | Narrator (voice) | 1986-01-01 |
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Finders Keepers | Stapleton | 1984-05-18 |
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The Girls in the Office | Ben Nayfack | 1979-02-02 |
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The Prize Fighter | Pop Morgan | 1979-11-02 |
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An American Christmas Carol | Merrivale | 1979-12-16 |
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Murder at the Mardi Gras | Mickey Mills | 1978-05-10 |
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The Gift of Love | O'Henry and Narrator | 1978-12-08 |
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Lassie: The New Beginning | Amos | 1978-09-17 |
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In the Glitter Palace | Nate Redstone | 1977-02-27 |
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That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
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Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects | Insp. Richard Queen | 1975-03-23 |
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Tubby the Tuba | Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice) | 1975-04-30 |
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The Apple Dumpling Gang | T.R. Clydesdale | 1975-07-01 |
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It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! | Dr. Abner Sedgwick | 1975-02-21 |
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Return of the Big Cat | Grandpa Jubal | 1974-10-06 |
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The Front Page | Roy Bensinger | 1974-11-01 |
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Huckleberry Finn | The Duke | 1974-05-24 |
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The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One | Maynard Richards | 1974-11-08 |
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The Catcher | Armand Faber | 1972-06-02 |
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The African Elephant | Narrator | 1971-10-01 |
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The Andromeda Strain | Dr. Charles Dutton | 1971-03-12 |
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Mooch Goes to Hollywood | David Wayne (uncredited) | 1971-12-31 |
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With These Hands | Narrator | 1970-05-08 |
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The Boy Who Stole the Elephant | Colonel Rufus Ryder | 1970-09-20 |
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Arsenic and Old Lace | Teddy Brewster | 1969-04-02 |
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Marilyn | Self ("We're Not Married") (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1963-04-18 |
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The Big Gamble | Samuel Brennan | 1961-07-25 |
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The Last Angry Man | Woodrow Thrasher | 1959-10-22 |
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The Sad Sack | Corporal Larry Dolan | 1957-11-27 |
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The Three Faces of Eve | Ralph White | 1957-12-19 |
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The Naked Hills | Tracy Powell | 1956-06-17 |
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The Tender Trap | Joe McCall | 1955-11-04 |
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Hell and High Water | Tugboat Walker | 1954-02-01 |
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Tonight We Sing | Sol Hurok | 1953-01-26 |
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How to Marry a Millionaire | Freddie Denmark | 1953-10-29 |
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Down Among the Sheltering Palms | Lt. Carl G. Schmidt | 1953-03-01 |
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The I Don't Care Girl | Ed McCoy | 1953-01-14 |
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Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie | Ben Halper | 1952-06-27 |
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O. Henry's Full House | Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") | 1952-08-07 |
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With a Song in My Heart | Don Ross | 1952-04-03 |
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We're Not Married! | Jeff Norris | 1952-07-11 |
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Up Front | Joe | 1951-03-05 |
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M | Martin W. Harrow | 1951-03-01 |
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As Young as You Feel | Joe Elliott | 1951-06-15 |
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Stella | Carl Granger | 1950-07-20 |
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My Blue Heaven | Walter Pringle | 1950-09-15 |
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The Reformer and the Redhead | Arthur Maxwell | 1950-05-05 |
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Adam's Rib | Kip Lurie | 1949-11-18 |
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Portrait of Jennie | Gus O'Toole | 1948-12-25 |
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Ditch and Live | Pilot of Ditching B-17 | 1944-01-01 |
