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David Wayne
Actor
Died February 9, 1995 (81 years)
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David Wayne (January 30, 1914 – February 9, 1995) was an American actor with a career spanning nearly 50 years.
Early life and career
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
| 1987 | Poker Alice · as Amos |
| 1987 | The Survivalist · as Unknown |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls (TV Series) · as Big Daddy |
| 1984 | Finders Keepers · as Stapleton |
| 1984 | Crazy Like A Fox (TV Series) · as Jennings Hyde |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Cyrus Leffingwell |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1982 | Newhart (TV Series) · as Mr. Pittman |
| 1979 | An American Christmas Carol · as Merrivale |
| 1979 | The Prize Fighter · as Pop Morgan |
| 1978 | Lassie: A New Beginning · as Amos |
| 1978 | The Gift of Love · as O'Henry and Narrator |
| 1978 | Dallas (TV Series) · as Digger Barnes |
| 1977 | In the Glitter Palace · as Nate Redstone |
| 1977 | Eight is Enough (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Dwight Scoffield |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV Series) · as John Addams |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II · as (archive footage) |
| 1976 | Family (TV Series) · as James Lawrence |
| 1975 | The Apple Dumpling Gang · as T.R. Clydesdale |
| 1975 | It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman! · as Dr. Abner Sedgwick |
| 1975 | Tubby the Tuba · as Pee-Wee the Piccolo |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen (TV Series) · as Inspector Richard Queen |
| 1975 | Barney Miller (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1974 | The Front Page · as Roy Bensinger |
| 1974 | Mooch · as David Wayne (uncredited) |
| 1974 | Huckleberry Finn · as The Duke |
| 1974 | Benjamin Franklin (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Raymond Lennox / 'Steele' |
| 1972 | The Brian Keith Show/The Little People (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | Banacek (TV Series) · as Walter Tyson |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1971 | The Andromeda Strain · as Dr. Charles Dutton |
| 1971 | The African Elephant · as Narrator |
| 1971 | The Good Life (1971) (TV Series) · as Charles Dutton |
| 1969 | Night Gallery (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Emory Ward |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as S R Horus |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | Batman (TV Series) · as The Mad Hatter |
| 1964 | The Bing Crosby Show (TV Series) · as Oscar Stengster |
| 1963 | Marilyn · as Unknown |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Andrew Anderson |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Martin Reese |
| 1961 | The Big Gamble · as Samuel Brennan |
| 1960 | Route 66 (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as Walter Bedeker |
| 1958 | Naked City (TV Series) · as Herbert Konish |
| 1957 | The Three Faces of Eve · as Ralph White |
| 1957 | The Sad Sack · as Corporal Larry Dolan |
| 1957 | Suspicion (TV Series) · as James Mennick |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Shadrack Bennington |
| 1956 | The Naked Hills · as Tracy Powell |
| 1955 | The Tender Trap · as Joe McCall |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Rev. Arthur Byrne |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Sam Jacoby |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Colonel Rufus Ryder |
| 1953 | How to Marry a Millionaire · as Freddie Denmark |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as David Vincent |
| 1952 | O. Henry's Full House · as Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") |
| 1952 | We're Not Married! · as Jeff Norris |
| 1951 | As Young as You Feel · as Joe Elliott |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Father Firenzuola |
| 1950 | My Blue Heaven · as Walter Pringle |
| 1950 | Stella · as Carl Granger |
| 1949 | Adam's Rib · as Kip Lurie |
| 1948 | Portrait of Jennie · as Gus O'Toole |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Jasper Hornby |
| 1940 | Stranger on the Third Floor · as Cab Driver |