David Wayne
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-01-30 (81 years old)
Deathday
1995-02-09
Place of Birth
Traverse City - Michigan - USA
Also known As
Wayne James McMeekan
David Wayne
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 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 th...
Acting
1974
as Roy Bensinger
1971
as Dr. Charles Dutton
1953
as Freddie Denmark
1984
as Stapleton
1954
as Tugboat Walker
1952
as Jeff Norris
1979
as Pop Morgan
1949
as Kip Lurie
1948
as Gus O'Toole
1978
as Amos
1957
as Ralph White
1951
as Martin W. Harrow
1957
as Corporal Larry Dolan
1955
as Joe McCall
1950
as Arthur Maxwell
1951
as Joe Elliott
1952
as Don Ross
1975
as T.R. Clydesdale
1974
as The Duke
1950
as Walter Pringle
1953
as Sol Hurok
1959
as Woodrow Thrasher
1956
as Tracy Powell
1978
as O'Henry and Narrator
1987
as Amos
1953
as Lt. Carl G. Schmidt
1950
as Carl Granger
1986
as Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage)
1987
as Dub Daniels
1951
as Joe
1952
as Ben Halper
1953
as Ed McCoy
1961
as Samuel Brennan
1952
as Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
1975
as Insp. Richard Queen
1978
as Dr. Moe Sinden
1975
as Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice)
1971
as Narrator
1974
as Grandpa Jubal
1978
as Mickey Mills
1979
as Ben Nayfack
1977
as Nate Redstone
1976
as (archive footage)
1975
as Dr. Abner Sedgwick
1963
as Self ("We're Not Married") (archive footage) (uncredited)
1969
as Teddy Brewster
2005
as Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") (archive footage)
1944
as Pilot of Ditching B-17
1970
as Colonel Rufus Ryder
1971
as David Wayne (uncredited)
1972
as Armand Faber
1979
as Merrivale
1974
as Maynard Richards
1986
as Narrator (voice)
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