Deceased

How Did David Wayne Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 81

Also known asWayne James McMeekanGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn30/01/1914Born inTraverse City - Michigan - USADied09/02/1995Died inSanta MonicaCauselung cancerWikidataQ1177111 ↗TMDb#14831 ↗

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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Filmography86 titles

Importing filmography…

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
1987	Poker AliceMovie	Amos	73
1987	The SurvivalistMovie	Dub Daniels	73
1985	The Golden GirlsSeries	Big Daddy	71
1984	Murder, She WroteSeries	Cyrus Leffingwell	70
1984	Finders KeepersMovie	Stapleton	70
1984	Crazy like a FoxSeries	Jennings Hyde	70
1984	Finder of Lost LovesSeries	Professor Wheeler	70
1982	NewhartSeries	Mr. Pittman	68
1982	St. ElsewhereSeries	George Wyler	68
1982	Matt HoustonSeries	—	68
1979	House CallsSeries	Amos Weatherby	65
1979	The Prize FighterMovie	Pop Morgan	65
1979	An American Christmas CarolMovie	Merrivale	65
1979	The Girls in the OfficeMovie	Ben Nayfack	65
1978	DallasSeries	Digger Barnes	64
1978	Murder at the Mardi GrasMovie	Mickey Mills	64
1978	Lassie: The New BeginningMovie	Amos	64
1977	In the Glitter PalaceMovie	Nate Redstone	63
1977	HunterSeries	—	63
1977	Eight Is EnoughSeries	—	63
1977	Big HawaiiSeries	—	63
1976	That's Entertainment, Part IIMovie	(archive footage)	62
1975	Ellery QueenSeries	Inspector Richard Queen	61
1975	SwitchSeries	Dancer	61
1975	Barney MillerSeries	E.J. Heiss	61
1975	The Apple Dumpling GangMovie	T.R. Clydesdale	61
1974	Huckleberry FinnMovie	The Duke	60
1974	The Front PageMovie	Roy Bensinger	60
1973	Barnaby JonesSeries	Raymond Lennox / 'Steele'	59
1973	Faraday and CompanySeries	Branigan	59
1972	The Streets of San FranciscoSeries	Wally Sensibaugh	58
1972	The Brian Keith ShowSeries	—	58
1972	BanacekSeries	Walter Tyson	58
1972	The CatcherMovie	Armand Faber	58
1971	The Andromeda StrainMovie	Dr. Charles Dutton	57
1971	Mooch Goes to HollywoodMovie	David Wayne (uncredited)	57
1970	Night GallerySeries	Dr. Mill	56
1969	Arsenic and Old LaceMovie	Teddy Brewster	55
1968	The Name of the GameSeries	Emory Ward	54
1968	Hawaii Five-OSeries	Monsieur Bordeaux	54
1967	IronsideSeries	Dr. Ian Rice	53
1967	MannixSeries	—	53
1966	BatmanSeries	The Mad Hatter	52
1966	CBS PlayhouseSeries	George Spears	52
1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSeries	George Holloway	49
1963	Burke's LawSeries	Al 'The Bomber' Devlin	49
1963	ChanningSeries	Dr. James Crown	49
1963	MarilynMovie	archive footage	49
1962	The VirginianSeries	Martin Reese	48
1962	The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries	Andrew Anderson	48
1962	Sam BenedictSeries	—	48
1961	The Mike Douglas ShowSeries	Self	47
1960	Route 66Series	—	46
1960	OutlawsSeries	—	46
1959	The Twilight ZoneSeries	Walter Bedeker	45
1959	The Last Angry ManMovie	Woodrow Thrasher	45
1958	Naked CitySeries	Herbert Konish	44
1957	SuspicionSeries	James Mennick	43
1957	The Three Faces of EveMovie	Ralph White	43
1957	DuPont Show of the MonthSeries	Willis Reynolds	43
1957	Tonight Starring Jack PaarSeries	Self	43
1955	Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries	Sam Jacoby	41
1955	GunsmokeSeries	Rev. Arthur Byrne	41
1955	The Alcoa HourSeries	Homer Bolton	41
1955	The Tender TrapMovie	Joe McCall	41
1954	The Wonderful World of DisneySeries	Colonel Rufus Ryder	40
1954	Hell and High WaterMovie	Tugboat Walker	40
1953	General Electric TheaterSeries	Arthur Martin	39
1953	The I Don't Care GirlMovie	Ed McCoy	39
1953	How to Marry a MillionaireMovie	Freddie Denmark	39
1952	OmnibusSeries	—	38
1952	We're Not Married!Movie	Jeff Norris	38
1952	With a Song in My HeartMovie	Don Ross	38
1952	O. Henry's Full HouseMovie	Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")	38
1951	Hallmark Hall of FameSeries	Sakini	37
1951	MMovie	Martin W. Harrow	37
1951	As Young as You FeelMovie	Joe Elliott	37
1951	Up FrontMovie	Joe	37
1950	What's My Line?Series	Self	36
1950	StellaMovie	Carl Granger	36
1950	The Reformer and the RedheadMovie	Arthur Maxwell	36
1949	Adam's RibMovie	Kip Lurie	35
1948	Studio OneSeries	Jasper Hornby	34
1948	The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries	Self	34
1948	Portrait of JennieMovie	Gus O'Toole	34
1944	Ditch and LiveMovie	Pilot of Ditching B-17	30