David Wayne
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 30 January 1914 · Traverse City - Michigan - USA
- Died
- 9 February 1995
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
Acting 58
- 2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards as Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") (archive footage)
- 1987Poker Alice as Amos
- 1987The Survivalist as Dub Daniels
- 1986Masters of Photography - Edward Steichen as Narrator (voice)
- 1984Finders Keepers as Stapleton
- 1979An American Christmas Carol as Merrivale
- 1979The Prize Fighter as Pop Morgan
- 1979The Girls in the Office as Ben Nayfack
- 1978The Gift of Love as O'Henry and Narrator
- 1978Lassie: The New Beginning as Amos
- 1978Murder at the Mardi Gras as Mickey Mills
- 1978Loose Change as Dr. Moe Sinden
- 1977In the Glitter Palace as Nate Redstone
- 1976That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
- 1975The Apple Dumpling Gang as T.R. Clydesdale
- 1975Tubby the Tuba as Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice)
- 1975Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects as Insp. Richard Queen
- 1975It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! as Dr. Abner Sedgwick
- 1974The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One as Maynard Richards
- 1974The Front Page as Roy Bensinger
- 1974Return of the Big Cat as Grandpa Jubal
- 1974Huckleberry Finn as The Duke
- 1972The Catcher as Armand Faber
- 1971Mooch Goes to Hollywood as David Wayne (uncredited)
- 1971The African Elephant as Narrator
- 1971The Andromeda Strain as Dr. Charles Dutton
- 1970The Boy Who Stole the Elephant as Colonel Rufus Ryder
- 1970With These Hands as Narrator
- 1969Arsenic and Old Lace as Teddy Brewster
- 1963Marilyn as archive footage
- 1961The Big Gamble as Samuel Brennan
- 1961Anatomy of an Accident as John Avery
- 1959The Last Angry Man as Woodrow Thrasher
- 1959Sunday Showcase
- 1957The Three Faces of Eve as Ralph White
- 1957The Sad Sack as Corporal Larry Dolan
- 1957The Jet-Propelled Couch as Dr. Kirk Allen
- 1956The Naked Hills as Tracy Powell
- 1955The Tender Trap as Joe McCall
- 1954Hell and High Water as Tugboat Walker
- 1953How to Marry a Millionaire as Freddie Denmark
- 1953Down Among the Sheltering Palms as Lt. Carl G. Schmidt
- 1953Tonight We Sing as Sol Hurok
- 1953The I Don't Care Girl as Ed McCoy
- 1952O. Henry's Full House as Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
- 1952We're Not Married! as Jeff Norris
- 1952Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie as Ben Halper
- 1952With a Song in My Heart as Don Ross
- 1951As Young as You Feel as Joe Elliott
- 1951Up Front as Joe
- 1951M as Martin W. Harrow
- 1950My Blue Heaven as Walter Pringle
- 1950Stella as Carl Granger
- 1950The Reformer and the Redhead as Arthur Maxwell
- 1949Adam's Rib as Kip Lurie
- 1948Portrait of Jennie as Gus O'Toole
- 1944Ditch and Live as Pilot of Ditching B-17
- 1940Stranger on the Third Floor as Cab Driver (uncredited)