Acting
David Wayne
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 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.
Movies with David Wayne
The Andromeda Strain
1971
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
The Front Page
1974
Poker Alice
1987
Portrait of Jennie
1948
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975
Adam's Rib
1949
The Tender Trap
1955
Sunday Showcase
1959
Hell and High Water
1954
The Three Faces of Eve
1957
O. Henry's Full House
1952
My Blue Heaven
1950
Finders Keepers
1984
We're Not Married!
1952
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Tubby the Tuba
1975
M
1951
Ditch and Live
1944
Huckleberry Finn
1974
Lassie: The New Beginning
1978
The Gift of Love
1978
The Last Angry Man
1959
Marilyn
1963
As Young as You Feel
1951
Anatomy of an Accident
1961
The Big Gamble
1961
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
1974
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
The Catcher
1972
In the Glitter Palace
1977
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950
The Sad Sack
1957
The Prize Fighter
1979
The Girls in the Office
1979
An American Christmas Carol
1979
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
With a Song in My Heart
1952
The Survivalist
1987
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
1975
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
1970
Up Front
1951
Return of the Big Cat
1974
Stella
1950
The I Don't Care Girl
1953
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975
Murder at the Mardi Gras
1978
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
1953
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
1952
The Naked Hills
1956
Tonight We Sing
1953
With These Hands
1970
The African Elephant
1971
Masters of Photography - Edward Steichen
1986
TV Shows with David Wayne
Dallas
1978
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Mannix
1967
Ironside
1967
The Twilight Zone
1959
Hawaii Five-O
1968
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Batman
1966
The Golden Girls
1985
St. Elsewhere
1982
Tony Awards
1956
Burke's Law
1963
The Virginian
1962
Newhart
1982
Barney Miller
1975
What's My Line?
1950
Studio One
1948
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Naked City
1958
Gunsmoke
1955
Route 66
1960
Night Gallery
1970
Switch
1975
Outlaws
1960
Omnibus
1952
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
The Name of the Game
1968
Barnaby Jones
1973
Matt Houston
1982
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Eight Is Enough
1977
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Sam Benedict
1962
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Suspicion
1957
Crazy like a Fox
1984
Banacek
1972
Ellery Queen
1975
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
CBS Playhouse
1966
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
Delvecchio
1976
Hunter
1977
Big Hawaii
1977
Once an Eagle
1976
House Calls
1979
The Alcoa Hour
1955
Loose Change
1978
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Channing
1963
The Brian Keith Show
1972
Faraday and Company
1973
The Good Life
1971
NBC Sunday Showcase
1959
General Electric Theater
1953
Norby
1955