David Wayne
Born January 30, 1914 (Age: 112)
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Traverse City - Michigan - USA
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.
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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Filmography
Poker Alice
1987
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as Amos
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Age: 73
The Survivalist
1987
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as Dub Daniels
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Age: 72
The Gift of Love
1978
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as O'Henry and Narrator
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Age: 64
Lassie: The New Beginning
1978
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as Amos
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Age: 64
Murder at the Mardi Gras
1978
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as Mickey Mills
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Age: 64
In the Glitter Palace
1977
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as Nate Redstone
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Age: 63
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 62
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975
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as T.R. Clydesdale
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Age: 61
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975
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as Insp. Richard Queen
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Age: 61
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
1974
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as Maynard Richards
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Age: 60
The Front Page
1974
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as Roy Bensinger
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Age: 60
Return of the Big Cat
1974
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as Grandpa Jubal
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Age: 60
Huckleberry Finn
1974
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as The Duke
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Age: 60
The Catcher
1972
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as Armand Faber
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Age: 58
The Andromeda Strain
1971
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as Dr. Charles Dutton
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Age: 57
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
1970
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as Colonel Rufus Ryder
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Age: 56
No Image
With These Hands
1970
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as Narrator
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Age: 56
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
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as Teddy Brewster
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Age: 55
The Big Gamble
1961
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as Samuel Brennan
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Age: 47
Anatomy of an Accident
1961
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as John Avery
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Age: 46
The Last Angry Man
1959
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as Woodrow Thrasher
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Age: 45
The Naked Hills
1956
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as Tracy Powell
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Age: 42
The Tender Trap
1955
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as Joe McCall
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Age: 41
Hell and High Water
1954
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as Tugboat Walker
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Age: 40
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
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as Freddie Denmark
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Age: 39
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
1953
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as Lt. Carl G. Schmidt
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Age: 39
Tonight We Sing
1953
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as Sol Hurok
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Age: 38
The I Don't Care Girl
1953
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as Ed McCoy
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Age: 38
My Blue Heaven
1950
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as Walter Pringle
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Age: 36
Stella
1950
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as Carl Granger
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Age: 36
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950
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as Arthur Maxwell
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Age: 36