David Wayne
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.
113 acting credits
Acting · 113
Dallas
1978
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Mannix
1967
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Ironside
1967
Batman
1966
Hawaii Five-O
1968
St. Elsewhere
1982
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Virginian
1962
Barney Miller
1975
The Golden Girls
1985
Tony Awards
1956
Naked City
1958
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Burke's Law
1963
Route 66
1960
Barnaby Jones
1973
What's My Line?
1950
Studio One
1948
Newhart
1982
Night Gallery
1970
The Name of the Game
1968
Gunsmoke
1955
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Omnibus
1952
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Matt Houston
1982
Switch
1975
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Eight Is Enough
1977
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Crazy like a Fox
1984
Ellery Queen
1975
Banacek
1972
Outlaws
1960
Sam Benedict
1962
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
CBS Playhouse
1966
Suspicion
1957
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Hunter
1977
The Alcoa Hour
1955
Once an Eagle
1976
Delvecchio
1976
Channing
1963
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Brian Keith Show
1972
General Electric Theater
1953
The Andromeda Strain
1971
NBC Sunday Showcase
1959
House Calls
1979
Big Hawaii
1977
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
Faraday and Company
1973
The Front Page
1974
The Three Faces of Eve
1957
Adam's Rib
1949
O. Henry's Full House
1952
Norby
1955
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
1975
Portrait of Jennie
1948
Loose Change
1978
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
1974
We're Not Married!
1952
M
1951
The Good Life
1971
Finders Keepers
1984
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
The Last Angry Man
1959
An American Christmas Carol
1979
Hell and High Water
1954
Marilyn
1963
The Naked Hills
1956
Lassie: The New Beginning
1978
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975
Stella
1950
Huckleberry Finn
1974
The Gift of Love
1978
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
1970
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
1953
The Girls in the Office
1979
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
My Blue Heaven
1950
As Young as You Feel
1951
Return of the Big Cat
1974
The Tender Trap
1955
The Big Gamble
1961
Poker Alice
1987
The Survivalist
1987
In the Glitter Palace
1977
The Prize Fighter
1979
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
The Sad Sack
1957
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950
Murder at the Mardi Gras
1978
With a Song in My Heart
1952
Tonight We Sing
1953
The I Don't Care Girl
1953
Ditch and Live
1944
The Catcher
1972
Up Front
1951
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
1952
Anatomy of an Accident
1961
The African Elephant
1971
Tubby the Tuba
1975
Masters of Photography - Edward Steichen
1986
With These Hands
1970