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.
as Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") (archive footage)
as Amos
as Dub Daniels
as Narrator (voice)
as Big Daddy(1 ep)
as Jennings Hyde(1 ep)
as Cyrus Leffingwell(1 ep)
as Professor Wheeler(1 ep)
as Stapleton
as George Wyler(3 eps)
as Mr. Pittman(1 ep)
as Bill Houston(1 ep)
as Amos Weatherby(59 eps)
as Merrivale
as Pop Morgan
as Ben Nayfack
as O'Henry and Narrator
as Amos
as Mickey Mills
as Digger Barnes(3 eps)
as Willard 'Digger' Barnes(1 ep)
as Dwight Scoffield(1 ep)
as Nate Redstone
as Col. Terwilliger(7 eps)
as Jack Henderson(1 ep)
as (archive footage)
as Inspector Richard Queen(22 eps)
as Dancer(1 ep)
as T.R. Clydesdale
as Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice)
as Insp. Richard Queen
as Dr. Abner Sedgwick
as E.J. Heiss(1 ep)
as Maynard Richards
as Roy Bensinger
as Grandpa Jubal
as The Duke
as Branigan(1 ep)
as Raymond Lennox / 'Steele'(1 ep)
as Wally Sensibaugh(1 ep)
as Walter Tyson(1 ep)
as Armand Faber
as David Wayne (uncredited)
as Narrator
as Charles Dutton(15 eps)
as Dr. Charles Dutton
as Dr. Mill(1 ep)
as Colonel Rufus Ryder
as Narrator
as Monsieur Bordeaux(1 ep)
as Teddy Brewster
as Emory Ward(1 ep)
as Dr. Ian Rice(1 ep)
as George Spears(1 ep)
as The Mad Hatter(4 eps)
as George Holloway(1 ep)
as Al 'The Bomber' Devlin(1 ep)
as Dr. James Crown(1 ep)
as archive footage
as Andrew Anderson(1 ep)
as Martin Reese(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Samuel Brennan
as John Avery
as Woodrow Thrasher
as Walter Bedeker(1 ep)
as The Devil(1 ep)
as Herbert Konish(1 ep)
as Ralph White
as Corporal Larry Dolan
as Dr. Kirk Allen
as James Mennick(1 ep)
as Willis Reynolds(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Tracy Powell
as Self - Nominee / Performer(1 ep)
as Self - Performer(2 eps)
as Joe McCall
as Homer Bolton(1 ep)
as Sam Jacoby(1 ep)
as Judge Warfield(1 ep)
as Rev. Arthur Byrne(1 ep)
as Preston Norby(13 eps)
as Grandpa Jubal(2 eps)
as Colonel Rufus Ryder(2 eps)
as Tugboat Walker
as Freddie Denmark
as Lt. Carl G. Schmidt
as David Vincent(1 ep)
as Arthur Martin(1 ep)
as Sol Hurok
as Ed McCoy
as Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
as Jeff Norris
as Ben Halper
as Don Ross
as Sakini(1 ep)
as Father Firenzuola(1 ep)
as Joe Elliott
as Joe
as Martin W. Harrow
as Walter Pringle
as Carl Granger
as Arthur Maxwell
as Self(1 ep)
as Kip Lurie
as Gus O'Toole
as Jasper Hornby(1 ep)
as Self(5 eps)
as Pilot of Ditching B-17
as Cab Driver (uncredited)