David Wayne
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-01-30
Day of Death
1995-02-09 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Traverse City - Michigan - USA
David Wayne
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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.
Known For
Acting
(2005)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") (archive footage)
(1987)
Poker Alice
as Amos
(1987)
The Survivalist
as Dub Daniels
(1986)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage)
(1986)
Masters of Photography - Edward Steichen
as Narrator (voice)
(1984)
Finders Keepers
as Stapleton
(1979)
The Prize Fighter
as Pop Morgan
(1979)
The Girls in the Office
as Ben Nayfack
(1979)
An American Christmas Carol
as Merrivale
(1978)
The Gift of Love
as O'Henry and Narrator
(1978)
Murder at the Mardi Gras
as Mickey Mills
(1978)
Loose Change
as Dr. Moe Sinden
(1978)
Lassie: The New Beginning
as Amos
(1977)
In the Glitter Palace
as Nate Redstone
(1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(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)
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
as Insp. Richard Queen
(1975)
Tubby the Tuba
as Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice)
(1974)
The Front Page
as Roy Bensinger
(1974)
Huckleberry Finn
as The Duke
(1974)
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
as Maynard Richards
(1974)
Return of the Big Cat
as Grandpa Jubal
(1972)
The Catcher
as Armand Faber
(1971)
The Andromeda Strain
as Dr. Charles Dutton
(1971)
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as David Wayne (uncredited)
(1971)
The African Elephant
as Narrator
(1970)
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
as Colonel Rufus Ryder
(1969)
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Teddy Brewster
(1963)
Marilyn
as Self ("We're Not Married") (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1961)
The Big Gamble
as Samuel Brennan
(1959)
The Last Angry Man
as Woodrow Thrasher
(1957)
The Three Faces of Eve
as Ralph White
(1957)
The Sad Sack
as Corporal Larry Dolan
(1956)
The Naked Hills
as Tracy Powell
(1955)
The Tender Trap
as Joe McCall
(1954)
Hell and High Water
as Tugboat Walker
(1953)
How to Marry a Millionaire
as Freddie Denmark
(1953)
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
as Lt. Carl G. Schmidt
(1953)
The I Don't Care Girl
as Ed McCoy
(1953)
Tonight We Sing
as Sol Hurok
(1952)
O. Henry's Full House
as Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
(1952)
We're Not Married!
as Jeff Norris
(1952)
With a Song in My Heart
as Don Ross
(1952)
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
as Ben Halper
(1951)
M
as Martin W. Harrow
(1951)
As Young as You Feel
as Joe Elliott
(1951)
Up Front
as Joe
(1950)
My Blue Heaven
as Walter Pringle
(1950)
The Reformer and the Redhead
as Arthur Maxwell
(1950)
Stella
as Carl Granger
(1949)
Adam's Rib
as Kip Lurie
(1948)
Portrait of Jennie
as Gus O'Toole
(1944)
Ditch and Live
as Pilot of Ditching B-17