David Wayne
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Acting Credits
Biography
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...
Known For
Filmography
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
as Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") (archive footage)
Poker Alice
1987
as Amos
The Survivalist
1987
as Dub Daniels
Masters of Photography - Edward Steichen
1986
as Narrator (voice)
The Golden Girls
1985
as Big Daddy
Finders Keepers
1984
as Stapleton
Crazy like a Fox
1984
as Jennings Hyde
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
as Professor Wheeler
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Cyrus Leffingwell
St. Elsewhere
1982
as George Wyler
Newhart
1982
as Mr. Pittman
Matt Houston
1982
Matt Houston
1982
as Bill Houston
The Prize Fighter
1979
as Pop Morgan
The Girls in the Office
1979
as Ben Nayfack
An American Christmas Carol
1979
as Merrivale
House Calls
1979
as Amos Weatherby
Lassie: The New Beginning
1978
as Amos
The Gift of Love
1978
as O'Henry and Narrator
Murder at the Mardi Gras
1978
as Mickey Mills
Dallas
1978
as Digger Barnes
Dallas
1978
as Willard 'Digger' Barnes
In the Glitter Palace
1977
as Nate Redstone
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Eight Is Enough
1977
Big Hawaii
1977
Hunter
1977
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
Delvecchio
1976
as Jack Henderson
Once an Eagle
1976
as Col. Terwilliger
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975
as T.R. Clydesdale
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975
as Insp. Richard Queen
Tubby the Tuba
1975
as Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice)
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
1975
as Dr. Abner Sedgwick
Switch
1975
as Dancer
Ellery Queen
1975
as Inspector Richard Queen
Barney Miller
1975
as E.J. Heiss
The Front Page
1974
as Roy Bensinger
Huckleberry Finn
1974
as The Duke
Return of the Big Cat
1974
as Grandpa Jubal
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
1974
as Maynard Richards
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Raymond Lennox / 'Steele'
Faraday and Company
1973
as Branigan
The Catcher
1972
as Armand Faber
The Brian Keith Show
1972
Banacek
1972
as Walter Tyson
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Wally Sensibaugh
The Andromeda Strain
1971
as Dr. Charles Dutton
The African Elephant
1971
as Narrator
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
as David Wayne (uncredited)
The Good Life
1971
as Charles Dutton
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
1970
as Colonel Rufus Ryder
With These Hands
1970
as Narrator
Night Gallery
1970
as Dr. Mill
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
as Teddy Brewster
Hawaii Five-O
1969
as Monsieur Bordeaux
The Name of the Game
1968
as Emory Ward
Mannix
1967
Ironside
1967
as Dr. Ian Rice
Batman
1966
as The Mad Hatter
CBS Playhouse
1966
as George Spears
Marilyn
1963
as archive footage
Burke's Law
1963
as Al 'The Bomber' Devlin
Channing
1963
as Dr. James Crown
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as George Holloway
Sam Benedict
1962
The Virginian
1962
as Martin Reese
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Andrew Anderson
The Big Gamble
1961
as Samuel Brennan
Anatomy of an Accident
1961
as John Avery
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Route 66
1960
Outlaws
1960
The Last Angry Man
1959
as Woodrow Thrasher
Sunday Showcase
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Walter Bedeker
NBC Sunday Showcase
1959
as The Devil
Naked City
1958
as Herbert Konish
The Three Faces of Eve
1957
as Ralph White
The Sad Sack
1957
as Corporal Larry Dolan
The Jet-Propelled Couch
1957
as Dr. Kirk Allen
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Willis Reynolds
Suspicion
1957
as James Mennick
The Naked Hills
1956
as Tracy Powell
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee / Performer
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
The Tender Trap
1955
as Joe McCall
Gunsmoke
1955
as Judge Warfield
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Sam Jacoby
Norby
1955
as Preston Norby
Gunsmoke
1955
as Rev. Arthur Byrne
The Alcoa Hour
1955
as Homer Bolton
Hell and High Water
1954
as Tugboat Walker
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Grandpa Jubal
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Colonel Rufus Ryder
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
as Freddie Denmark
Tonight We Sing
1953
as Sol Hurok
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
1953
as Lt. Carl G. Schmidt
The I Don't Care Girl
1953
as Ed McCoy
General Electric Theater
1953
as David Vincent
General Electric Theater
1953
as Arthur Martin
We're Not Married!
1952
as Jeff Norris
With a Song in My Heart
1952
as Don Ross
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
1952
as Ben Halper
O. Henry's Full House
1952
as Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Omnibus
1952
M
1951
as Martin W. Harrow
As Young as You Feel
1951
as Joe Elliott
Up Front
1951
as Joe
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Sakini
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Father Firenzuola
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950
as Arthur Maxwell
My Blue Heaven
1950
as Walter Pringle
Stella
1950
as Carl Granger
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
Adam's Rib
1949
as Kip Lurie
Portrait of Jennie
1948
as Gus O'Toole
Studio One
1948
as Jasper Hornby
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Ditch and Live
1944
as Pilot of Ditching B-17
Stranger on the Third Floor
1940
as Cab Driver (uncredited)