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person_profile-David Wayne

David Wayne Died at age: 81

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

David Wayne

Date of Birth:

Jan 30, 1914

Country of birth:

Traverse City - Michigan - USA

Died:

Feb 09, 1995

Biography of

David Wayne

    ​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.

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Filmography of

David Wayne

Found 52 Movies in total

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") ( Actor )

... 2005

Poker Alice

Amos ( Actor )

... 1987

The Survivalist

Dub Daniels ( Actor )

... 1987

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1986

Finders Keepers

Stapleton ( Actor )

... 1984

An American Christmas Carol

Merrivale ( Actor )

... 1979

The Prize Fighter

Pop Morgan ( Actor )

... 1979

The Girls in the Office

Ben Nayfack ( Actor )

... 1979

The Gift of Love

O'Henry and Narrator ( Actor )

... 1978

... 1978

Murder at the Mardi Gras

Mickey Mills ( Actor )

... 1978

Loose Change

Dr. Moe Sinden ( Actor )

... 1978

In the Glitter Palace

Nate Redstone ( Actor )

... 1977

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1976

The Apple Dumpling Gang

T.R. Clydesdale ( Actor )

... 1975

Tubby the Tuba

Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice) ( Actor )

... 1975

Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects

Insp. Richard Queen ( Actor )

... 1975

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!

Dr. Abner Sedgwick ( Actor )

... 1975

The Front Page

Roy Bensinger ( Actor )

... 1974

Return of the Big Cat

Grandpa Jubal ( Actor )

... 1974

Huckleberry Finn

The Duke ( Actor )

... 1974

The Catcher

Armand Faber ( Actor )

... 1972

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

David Wayne (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1971

The African Elephant

Narrator ( Actor )

... 1971

The Andromeda Strain

Dr. Charles Dutton ( Actor )

... 1971

The Boy Who Stole the Elephant

Colonel Rufus Ryder ( Actor )

... 1970

Arsenic and Old Lace

Teddy Brewster ( Actor )

... 1969

Marilyn

Self ("We're Not Married") (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1963

The Big Gamble

Samuel Brennan ( Actor )

... 1961

The Last Angry Man

Woodrow Thrasher ( Actor )

... 1959

The Three Faces of Eve

Ralph White ( Actor )

... 1957

The Sad Sack

Corporal Larry Dolan ( Actor )

... 1957

The Naked Hills

Tracy Powell ( Actor )

... 1956

The Tender Trap

Joe McCall ( Actor )

... 1955

Hell and High Water

Tugboat Walker ( Actor )

... 1954

How to Marry a Millionaire

Freddie Denmark ( Actor )

... 1953

Down Among the Sheltering Palms

Lt. Carl G. Schmidt ( Actor )

... 1953

Tonight We Sing

Sol Hurok ( Actor )

... 1953

The I Don't Care Girl

Ed McCoy ( Actor )

... 1953

O. Henry's Full House

Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") ( Actor )

... 1952

We're Not Married!

Jeff Norris ( Actor )

... 1952

... 1952

With a Song in My Heart

Don Ross ( Actor )

... 1952

As Young as You Feel

Joe Elliott ( Actor )

... 1951

Up Front

Joe ( Actor )

... 1951

M

Martin W. Harrow ( Actor )

... 1951

My Blue Heaven

Walter Pringle ( Actor )

... 1950

Stella

Carl Granger ( Actor )

... 1950

The Reformer and the Redhead

Arthur Maxwell ( Actor )

... 1950

Adam's Rib

Kip Lurie ( Actor )

... 1949

Portrait of Jennie

Gus O'Toole ( Actor )

... 1948