Personal Info
Birth date
1914-01-30 (111 Years)
Day of death
1995-02-09
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
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 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.
Filmography
What's My Line?
6.9
Overview:
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
Overview:
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Overview:
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
Overview:
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.Dallas
6.8
Overview:
The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly with real buildings. Famous for one of the best cliffhangers in TV history, as the world asked "Who shot J.R.?" A slow-burner to begin with, Dallas hit its stride in the 2nd season, with long storylines and expert character development. Dallas ruled the airwaves in the 1980's.Newhart
7.106
Overview:
Dick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in Vermont. Dick is a how-to book writer, who eventually becomes a local TV celebrity as host of "Vermont Today." George Utley is the handyman at the inn and Leslie Vanderkellen is the maid, with ambitions of being an Olympic Ski champion; she is later replaced by her cousin Stephanie, an heiress who hates her job. Her boyfriend is Dick's yuppie TV producer, Michael Harris. There are many other quirky characters in this fictional little town, including Dick's neighbors Larry, Darryl, and Darryl...three brothers who buy the Minuteman Cafe from Kirk Devane. Besides sharing a name, Darryl and Darryl never speak.The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
7.8
Overview:
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.Mannix
6.7
Overview:
Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
5.714
Overview:
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967. The show was hosted by Bob Hope, but it had a variety of formats, including musical, dramatic, and comedy.Hawaii Five-O
7.1
Overview:
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".The Golden Girls
7.5
Overview:
Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.Studio One
5
Overview:
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.The Twilight Zone
8.447
Overview:
A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.Ironside
6.8
Overview:
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.Barney Miller
7.3
Overview:
Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was broadcast from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC. It was created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker. Noam Pitlik directed the majority of the episodes.Route 66
6.3
Overview:
After discovering that his late father has gone through most of the family fortune, Tod Stiles hits the title trans-America highway in his Corvette in search of adventure with friend Buz Murdock, a survivor of New York's mean streets. The two work odd jobs as they meet and interact with colorful characters and find themselves plunged into one situation after another, some of them romantic, some of them very dangerous. Later, Linc Case, a Vietnam war hero trying to find himself, takes over as Tod's travel companion.Burke's Law
6
Overview:
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.Barnaby Jones
6.9
Overview:
Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles. The show ran on CBS from January 28, 1973 to April 3, 1980, beginning as a midseason replacement. William Conrad guest starred as Frank Cannon of Cannon on the first episode of Barnaby Jones, "Requiem for a Son" and the two series had a two-part crossover episode in 1975, "The Deadly Conspiracy".The Name of the Game
6.8
Overview:
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.The Virginian
6.5
Overview:
The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.Tony Awards
5.1
Overview:
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.St. Elsewhere
5.5
Overview:
St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.The Wonderful World of Disney
7.774
Overview:
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.Batman
7.3
Overview:
Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon often calls with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the Batmobile, Batman and Robin must (with the help of their trusty Bat-utility-belt) thwart the efforts of a variety of master criminals, including The Riddler, The Joker, Catwoman, and The Penguin.Switch
6.7
Overview:
Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner, who work as private eyes, for a deceptive sting operation. It was broadcast on the CBS network for three seasons between September 9, 1975 and August 20, 1978, bumping the Hawaii Five-O detective series to Friday nights.Tonight Starring Jack Paar
7
Overview:
Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired during late-night. During most of its run it was broadcast from Studio 6B inside the RCA Building. The same studio would also host early episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Its theme song was an instrumental version of "Everything's Coming Up Roses", and the closing theme was "So Until I See You" by Al Lerner.Finder of Lost Loves
5.7
Overview:
The Finder of Lost Loves TV show was a 60 minute drama series on ABC about a private investigator who specialized in finding lost loves from the past for his heartbroken clients.Acting
2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards as Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") (archive footage)
1987Poker Alice as Amos
1987The Survivalist as Dub Daniels
1986Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend as Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage)
1986Masters of Photography - Edward Steichen as Narrator (voice)
1985The Golden Girls (1 Episode) as Big Daddy
1984Crazy like a Fox (1 Episode) as Jennings Hyde
1984Murder, She Wrote (1 Episode) as Cyrus Leffingwell
1984Finder of Lost Loves (1 Episode) as Professor Wheeler
1984Finders Keepers as Stapleton
1982St. Elsewhere (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1982Newhart (1 Episode) as Mr. Pittman
1982Matt Houston (3, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Bill Houston
1979House Calls (59 Episodes) as Amos Weatherby
1979An American Christmas Carol as Merrivale
1979The Prize Fighter as Pop Morgan
1979The Girls in the Office as Ben Nayfack
1978The Gift of Love as O'Henry and Narrator
1978Lassie: The New Beginning as Amos
1978Murder at the Mardi Gras as Mickey Mills
1978Dallas (3, 1 Episode) as Digger Barnes, Willard 'Digger' Barnes
1978Loose Change as Dr. Moe Sinden
1977Big Hawaii (1 Episode) as Unknown
1977Eight Is Enough (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1977In the Glitter Palace as Nate Redstone
1977Hunter (1 Episode) as Unknown
1977The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries as Unknown
1976Once an Eagle (7 Episodes) as Col. Terwilliger
1976Delvecchio (1 Episode) as Jack Henderson
1976That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
1975Ellery Queen (22 Episodes) as Inspector Richard Queen
1975Switch (1 Episode) as Dancer
1975The Apple Dumpling Gang as T.R. Clydesdale
1975Tubby the Tuba as Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice)
1975Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects as Insp. Richard Queen
1975It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! as Dr. Abner Sedgwick
1975Barney Miller (1 Episode) as E.J. Heiss
1974The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One as Maynard Richards
1974The Front Page as Roy Bensinger
1974Return of the Big Cat as Grandpa Jubal
1974Huckleberry Finn as The Duke
1973Barnaby Jones (1 Episode) as Raymond Lennox / 'Steele'
1972The Streets of San Francisco (1 Episode) as Wally Sensibaugh
1972The Brian Keith Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
1972Banacek (1 Episode) as Walter Tyson
1972The Catcher as Armand Faber
1971Mooch Goes to Hollywood as David Wayne (uncredited)
1971The African Elephant as Narrator
1971The Good Life (15 Episodes) as Charles Dutton
1971The Andromeda Strain as Dr. Charles Dutton
1970Night Gallery (1 Episode) as Dr. Mill
1970The Boy Who Stole the Elephant as Colonel Rufus Ryder
1969Arsenic and Old Lace as Teddy Brewster
1968Hawaii Five-O (1 Episode) as Monsieur Bordeaux
1968The Name of the Game (1 Episode) as Emory Ward
1967Mannix (1 Episode) as Unknown
1967Ironside (1 Episode) as Dr. Ian Rice
1966CBS Playhouse (1 Episode) as Unknown
1966Batman (4 Episodes) as The Mad Hatter
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1 Episode) as George Holloway
1963Burke's Law (1 Episode) as Al 'The Bomber' Devlin
1963Channing (1 Episode) as Dr. James Crown
1963Marilyn as Self ("We're Not Married") (archive footage) (uncredited)
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1 Episode) as Andrew Anderson
1962The Virginian (1 Episode) as Martin Reese
1962Sam Benedict (1 Episode) as Unknown
1961The Mike Douglas Show (1 Episode) as Self
1961The Big Gamble as Samuel Brennan
1960Route 66 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960Outlaws (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1959The Last Angry Man as Woodrow Thrasher
1959The Twilight Zone (1 Episode) as Walter Bedeker
1959NBC Sunday Showcase (1 Episode) as The Devil
1958Naked City (1 Episode) as Herbert Konish
1957The Three Faces of Eve as Ralph White
1957The Sad Sack as Corporal Larry Dolan
1957Suspicion (1 Episode) as James Mennick
1957DuPont Show of the Month (1 Episode) as Willis Reynolds
1957Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1 Episode) as Self
1956The Naked Hills as Tracy Powell
1956Tony Awards (1, 2 Episode) as Self - Nominee / Performer, Self - Performer
1955The Tender Trap as Joe McCall
1955The Alcoa Hour (1 Episode) as Homer Bolton
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 Episode) as Sam Jacoby
1955Gunsmoke (1, 1 Episode) as Judge Warfield, Rev. Arthur Byrne
1955Norby (13 Episodes) as Preston Norby
1954The Wonderful World of Disney (2, 2 Episode) as Grandpa Jubal, Colonel Rufus Ryder
1954Hell and High Water as Tugboat Walker
1953How to Marry a Millionaire as Freddie Denmark
1953Down Among the Sheltering Palms as Lt. Carl G. Schmidt
1953General Electric Theater (1, 1 Episode) as David Vincent, Arthur Martin
1953Tonight We Sing as Sol Hurok
1953The I Don't Care Girl as Ed McCoy
1952Omnibus (1 Episode) as Unknown
1952O. Henry's Full House as Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
1952We're Not Married! as Jeff Norris
1952Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie as Ben Halper
1952With a Song in My Heart as Don Ross
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame (1, 1 Episode) as Sakini, Father Firenzuola
1951As Young as You Feel as Joe Elliott
1951Up Front as Joe
1951M as Martin W. Harrow
1950My Blue Heaven as Walter Pringle
1950Stella as Carl Granger
1950The Reformer and the Redhead as Arthur Maxwell
1950What's My Line? (1 Episode) as Self - Panelist
1949Adam's Rib as Kip Lurie
1948Portrait of Jennie as Gus O'Toole
1948Studio One (1 Episode) as Jasper Hornby
1948The Ed Sullivan Show (5 Episodes) as Self
1944Ditch and Live as Pilot of Ditching B-17