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 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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-01-30
Place of birth
Traverse City - Michigan - USA
Images
Cast
The Front Page
1974
7.30
The Andromeda Strain
1971
7.05
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
6.80
Finders Keepers
1984
5.30
Hell and High Water
1954
6.10
We're Not Married!
1952
5.87
The Prize Fighter
1979
4.80
Adam's Rib
1949
7.10
Portrait of Jennie
1948
7.10
Lassie: The New Beginning
1978
4.80
The Three Faces of Eve
1957
7.20
M
1951
6.39
The Sad Sack
1957
5.60
The Tender Trap
1955
6.10
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950
6.30
As Young as You Feel
1951
6.25
With a Song in My Heart
1952
5.90
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975
6.60
Huckleberry Finn
1974
5.83
My Blue Heaven
1950
7.00
Tonight We Sing
1953
10.00
The Last Angry Man
1959
6.90
The Naked Hills
1956
4.60
The Gift of Love
1978
6.00
Poker Alice
1987
6.30
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
1953
5.00
Stella
1950
0.00
The Survivalist
1987
2.40
Up Front
1951
0.00
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
1952
5.40
The I Don't Care Girl
1953
6.50
The Big Gamble
1961
5.70
O. Henry's Full House
1952
6.70
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975
0.00
Tubby the Tuba
1975
0.00
The African Elephant
1971
0.00
Return of the Big Cat
1974
0.00
Murder at the Mardi Gras
1978
0.00
The Girls in the Office
1979
2.00
In the Glitter Palace
1977
2.67
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
6.91
Marilyn
1963
6.00
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
7.00
Ditch and Live
1944
0.00
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
1970
4.00
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
4.30
The Catcher
1972
6.00
An American Christmas Carol
1979
6.16
With These Hands
1970
0.00
Anatomy of an Accident
1961
0.00