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.
Known for
Dallas
Digger Barnes
Dallas
Willard 'Digger' Barnes
Murder, She Wrote
Cyrus Leffingwell
Mannix
Newhart
Mr. Pittman
The Golden Girls
Big Daddy
Barnaby Jones
Raymond Lennox / 'Steele'
Barney Miller
E.J. Heiss
The Twilight Zone
Walter Bedeker
Hawaii Five-O
Monsieur Bordeaux
Studio One
Jasper Hornby
Route 66
Matt Houston
Matt Houston
Bill Houston
Outlaws
Switch
Dancer
Sam Benedict
The Name of the Game
Emory Ward
Batman
The Mad Hatter
Crazy like a Fox
Jennings Hyde
Suspicion
James Mennick
DuPont Show of the Month
Willis Reynolds
The Brian Keith Show
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Delvecchio
Jack Henderson
The Streets of San Francisco
Wally Sensibaugh
Hunter
Ironside
Dr. Ian Rice
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Performer
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
Big Hawaii
Finder of Lost Loves
Professor Wheeler
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sam Jacoby
The Virginian
Martin Reese
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Andrew Anderson
St. Elsewhere
The Alcoa Hour
Homer Bolton
Gunsmoke
Judge Warfield
Gunsmoke
Rev. Arthur Byrne
Burke's Law
Al 'The Bomber' Devlin
House Calls
Amos Weatherby
The Good Life
Charles Dutton
Naked City
Herbert Konish
Night Gallery
Dr. Mill
What's My Line?
Self - Panelist
The Wonderful World of Disney
Grandpa Jubal
The Wonderful World of Disney
Colonel Rufus Ryder
Eight Is Enough
Ellery Queen
Inspector Richard Queen
Banacek
Walter Tyson
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sakini
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Father Firenzuola
General Electric Theater
David Vincent
General Electric Theater
Arthur Martin
CBS Playhouse
Channing
Dr. James Crown
Once an Eagle
Col. Terwilliger
The Andromeda Strain
Dr. Charles Dutton
NBC Sunday Showcase
The Devil
How to Marry a Millionaire
Freddie Denmark
The Front Page
Roy Bensinger
Adam's Rib
Kip Lurie
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
David Wayne (uncredited)
The Three Faces of Eve
Ralph White
Norby
Preston Norby
O. Henry's Full House
Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
The Apple Dumpling Gang
T.R. Clydesdale
Portrait of Jennie
Gus O'Toole
Huckleberry Finn
The Duke
M
Martin W. Harrow
Hell and High Water
Tugboat Walker
The Sad Sack
Corporal Larry Dolan
Finders Keepers
Stapleton
The Naked Hills
Tracy Powell
As Young as You Feel
Joe Elliott
We're Not Married!
Jeff Norris
Lassie: The New Beginning
Amos
Stella
Carl Granger
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
With a Song in My Heart
Don Ross
My Blue Heaven
Walter Pringle
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
Ben Halper
The Reformer and the Redhead
Arthur Maxwell
The Tender Trap
Joe McCall
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
Dr. Abner Sedgwick
Up Front
Joe
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage)
The Last Angry Man
Woodrow Thrasher
An American Christmas Carol
Merrivale
Poker Alice
Amos
Marilyn
Self ("We're Not Married") (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Girls in the Office
Ben Nayfack
The Prize Fighter
Pop Morgan
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
Colonel Rufus Ryder
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
Maynard Richards
The Big Gamble
Samuel Brennan
Tubby the Tuba
Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice)
Loose Change
Dr. Moe Sinden
The I Don't Care Girl
Ed McCoy
The Gift of Love
O'Henry and Narrator
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") (archive footage)
Tonight We Sing
Sol Hurok
The Catcher
Armand Faber
Ditch and Live
Pilot of Ditching B-17
Return of the Big Cat
Grandpa Jubal
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
Insp. Richard Queen
Arsenic and Old Lace
Teddy Brewster
The African Elephant
Narrator
The Survivalist
Dub Daniels
In the Glitter Palace
Nate Redstone
Omnibus
Murder at the Mardi Gras
Mickey Mills
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
George Holloway
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
Lt. Carl G. Schmidt
Masters of Photography - Edward Steichen
Narrator (voice)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self