David Wayne
Acting
Born 1914-01-30
Died 1995-02-09
Traverse City - Michigan - USA
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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.
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Dallas
Murder, She Wrote
The Mike Douglas Show
Ironside
Batman
Hawaii Five-O
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Tony Awards
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Twilight Zone
The Golden Girls
The Virginian
St. Elsewhere
Newhart
Barney Miller
Burke's Law
What's My Line?
Naked City
Studio One
Barnaby Jones
Night Gallery
Gunsmoke
The Name of the Game
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
The Ed Sullivan Show
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Matt Houston
The Streets of San Francisco
Switch
Ellery Queen
Crazy like a Fox
Finder of Lost Loves
Suspicion
Banacek
CBS Playhouse
DuPont Show of the Month
The Andromeda Strain
The Wonderful World of Disney
Once an Eagle
The Alcoa Hour
The Front Page
Delvecchio
Channing
How to Marry a Millionaire
Portrait of Jennie
NBC Sunday Showcase
Adam's Rib
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Faraday and Company
Hallmark Hall of Fame
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Mannix
Route 66
Eight Is Enough
Omnibus
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Sam Benedict
Outlaws
Hunter
The Brian Keith Show
Big Hawaii
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