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