David Wayne
Acting
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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.
Filmography
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Poker Alice
1987
The Survivalist
1987
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
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
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
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
Faraday and Company
1973
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
With These Hands
1970
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
Hawaii Five-O
1968
The Name of the Game
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
Anatomy of an Accident
1961
Route 66
1960
Outlaws
1960
The Last Angry Man
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
NBC Sunday Showcase
1959
Naked City
1958
The Three Faces of Eve
1957
The Sad Sack
1957
Suspicion
1957
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
The Naked Hills
1956
Tony Awards
1956
The Tender Trap
1955
The Alcoa Hour
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Norby
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Hell and High Water
1954
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
Tonight We Sing
1953
The I Don't Care Girl
1953
Omnibus
1952
O. Henry's Full House
1952
We're Not Married!
1952
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
1952
With a Song in My Heart
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
As Young as You Feel
1951
Up Front
1951
M
1951
My Blue Heaven
1950
Stella
1950
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950
What's My Line?
1950
Adam's Rib
1949
Portrait of Jennie
1948
Studio One
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Ditch and Live
1944