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David Wayne

Acting

Born January 30, 1914 · Traverse City - Michigan - USA

Died February 9, 1995

Also known as Wayne James McMeekan

Biography

David Wayne was an American actor and singer, with a stage and screen career spanning over 50 years. He was a recipient of two Tony Awards, Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Finian's Rainbow and Best Actor in a Play for The Teahouse of the August Moon, with a third nomination for The Happy Time.

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Awards & recognition

  • Grammy Hall of Fame · 1997
  • Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1954
  • Theatre World Award · 1947
  • Tony Award — Best Featured Actor in a Musical · 1947
  • Tony Award — Best Actor in a Musical · 1968 · nominated

Filmography46 titles

Banacek

1972as Walter Tyson

The Twilight Zone

1959as Walter Bedeker

Night Gallery

1969as Dr. Mill

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as Andrew Anderson

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Sam Jacoby

The Golden Girls

1985as Big Daddy

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Cyrus Leffingwell

My Blue Heaven

1950as Walter Pringle

Barney Miller

1975as E.J. Heiss

The Front Page

1974as Roy Bensinger

Batman

1966as The Mad Hatter

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Monsieur Bordeaux

The Three Faces of Eve

1957as Ralph White

The Andromeda Strain

1971as Dr. Charles Dutton

Adam's Rib

1949as Kip Lurie

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976as (archive footage)

Barnaby Jones

1973as Raymond Lennox / 'Steele'

The Streets of San Francisco

1972as Wally Sensibaugh

What's My Line?

1950as Self

Poker Alice

1987as Amos

Dallas

1978as Digger Barnes

Mannix

1967

O. Henry's Full House

1952as Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

Ironside

1967as Dr. Ian Rice

How to Marry a Millionaire

1953as Freddie Denmark

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

The Gift of Love

1978as O'Henry and Narrator

Route 66

1960

Gunsmoke

1955as Judge Warfield

The Apple Dumpling Gang

1975as T.R. Clydesdale

The Virginian

1962as Martin Reese

M

1951as Martin W. Harrow

Stranger on the Third Floor

1940as Cab Driver (uncredited)

As Young as You Feel

1951as Joe Elliott

An American Christmas Carol

1979as Merrivale

The Love Boat

1977as Dwight Scoffield

Eight Is Enough

1977

The Tender Trap

1955as Joe McCall

Huckleberry Finn

1974as The Duke

We're Not Married!

1952as Jeff Norris

St. Elsewhere

1982as George Wyler

Naked City

1958as Herbert Konish

The Sad Sack

1957as Corporal Larry Dolan

Finders Keepers

1984as Stapleton

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

1971as David Wayne (uncredited)

The Naked Hills

1956as Tracy Powell