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David Wayne(1914-1995)

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David Wayne
Ellery Queen: The Adventure Of The Disappearing Dagger
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The Adventure of the Disappearing Dagger (1976)
36 Videos
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His father was an insurance executive; his mother died when he was four. He attended Western Michigan University then worked as a statistician in Cleveland where he joined a Shakespeare repertory company. Two years later he had a minor role in "The American Way" in New York. He was rejected by the army in World War II but volunteered as an ambulance driver in North Africa. He returned to critical acclaim on Broadway (Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill). He was the first to receive a Tony award for acting. He moved to Los Angeles in 1977 though his movie credits go back to Portrait of Jennie (1948) and Adam's Rib (1949). Among his many television roles were a bank official in his own comedy series, Norby (1955), James Merrick, a heart patient in the episode Heartbeat (1957), the part of Inspector Queen in the Manfred Lee's Ellery Queen (1975) series and of "Digger" Barnes in Dallas (1978). In his last feature film, he played an inquisitive but slightly senile train conductor in the irreverent comedy, " Finders Keepers"(1985).
BornJanuary 30, 1914
DiedFebruary 9, 1995(81)
BornJanuary 30, 1914
DiedFebruary 9, 1995(81)
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy

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David Wayne in It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman! (1975)
David Wayne in It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman! (1975)
Kenneth Mars and David Wayne in It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman! (1975)
Kenneth Mars and David Wayne in It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman! (1975)
David Wayne in It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman! (1975)
Lesley Ann Warren, Kenneth Mars, David Wayne, and David Wilson in It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman! (1975)
David Wayne and David Wilson in It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman! (1975)
Lesley Ann Warren, Allen Ludden, Kenneth Mars, Loretta Swit, and David Wayne in It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman! (1975)
Walter Matthau and David Wayne in The Front Page (1974)
Charles Durning, Herb Edelman, Lou Frizzell, Allen Garfield, Jon Korkes, Dick O'Neill, Noam Pitlik, and David Wayne in The Front Page (1974)
Jack Lemmon, Charles Durning, Herb Edelman, Allen Garfield, Jon Korkes, Dick O'Neill, Noam Pitlik, and David Wayne in The Front Page (1974)
Carol Burnett, Jon Korkes, and David Wayne in The Front Page (1974)

Known for

James Olson and Robert Soto in The Andromeda Strain (1971)
The Andromeda Strain
7.2
  • Dr. Charles Dutton
  • 1971
Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in Adam's Rib (1949)
Adam's Rib
7.5
  • Kip Lurie
  • 1949
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in The Front Page (1974)
The Front Page
7.3
  • Bensinger
  • 1974
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
How to Marry a Millionaire
6.8
  • Freddie Denmark
  • 1953

Credits

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Actor

  • The Survivalist (1987)
    The Survivalist
  • Poker Alice (1987)
    Poker Alice
  • Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur, and Betty White in The Golden Girls (1985)
    The Golden Girls
  • Pernell Roberts in Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
    Trapper John, M.D.
  • Fred Grandy, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Gavin MacLeod, and Lauren Tewes in The Love Boat (1977)
    The Love Boat
  • Mary Frann, Jennifer Holmes, Steven Kampmann, Bob Newhart, and Tom Poston in Newhart (1982)
    Newhart
  • John Rubinstein and Jack Warden in Crazy Like a Fox (1984)
    Crazy Like a Fox
  • Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)
    Murder, She Wrote
  • Denzel Washington, Ed Begley Jr., David Morse, Howie Mandel, Cynthia Sikes, Ellen Bry, William Daniels, and Ed Flanders in St. Elsewhere (1982)
    St. Elsewhere
  • Pamela Bellwood, Anthony Franciosa, and Christopher Norris in Finder of Lost Loves (1984)
    Finder of Lost Loves
  • Beverly D'Angelo, Louis Gossett Jr., and Michael O'Keefe in Finders Keepers (1984)
    Finders Keepers
  • Lee Horsley in Matt Houston (1982)
    Matt Houston
  • House Calls (1979)
    House Calls
  • Henry Winkler in An American Christmas Carol (1979)
    An American Christmas Carol
  • The Prize Fighter (1979)
    The Prize Fighter

Soundtrack

  • The 40th Annual Tony Awards
  • Gunsmoke (1955)
    Gunsmoke
  • Lesley Ann Warren and David Wilson in It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman! (1975)
    It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman!
  • Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in The Front Page (1974)
    The Front Page
  • Huckleberry Finn (1974)
    Huckleberry Finn
  • Lauren Bacall, Yul Brynner, Florence Henderson, Angela Lansbury, Paul Lynde, Diana Rigg, Ray Walston, Edie Adams, Vivian Blaine, Tom Bosley, Carol Channing, William Daniels, Alfred Drake, Nanette Fabray, Jill Haworth, Clark Jones, Ruby Keeler, Richard Kiley, Bert Michaels, Patricia Morison, Robert Morse, Zero Mostel, Hildy Parks, Estelle Parsons, Robert Preston, Marian Seldes, Stephen Sondheim, Maureen Stapleton, Leslie Uggams, Gwen Verdon, Virginia Vestoff, David Wayne, and Walter Willison in The 25th Annual Tony Awards (1971)
    The 25th Annual Tony Awards
  • The 22nd Annual Tony Awards
  • The DuPont Show of the Month (1957)
    The DuPont Show of the Month
  • Producers' Showcase (1954)
    Producers' Showcase
  • Mitzi Gaynor, Bob Graham, Oscar Levant, and David Wayne in The I Don't Care Girl (1953)
    The I Don't Care Girl
    • (uncredited)
  • Gloria DeHaven, Mitzi Gaynor, Jane Greer, William Lundigan, and David Wayne in Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952)
    Down Among the Sheltering Palms
  • Susan Hayward in With a Song in My Heart (1952)
    With a Song in My Heart
  • Betty Grable and Dan Dailey in My Blue Heaven (1950)
    My Blue Heaven
    • (uncredited)
  • Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in Adam's Rib (1949)
    Adam's Rib

Videos36

An American Christmas Carol
Clip 3:36
An American Christmas Carol
Ellery Queen: Classic Series
Clip 1:18
Ellery Queen: Classic Series
The Andromeda Strain
Clip 1:49
The Andromeda Strain
Official Trailer
Trailer 2:00
Official Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer 2:43
Official Trailer
The Tender Trap
Trailer 2:28
The Tender Trap
Tubby the Tuba
Trailer 1:45
Tubby the Tuba
Ellery Queen: Classic Series
Trailer 0:31
Ellery Queen: Classic Series
We're Not Married!
Trailer 2:55
We're Not Married!
As Young As You Feel
Trailer 2:35
As Young As You Feel
The Three Faces of Eve
Trailer 2:44
The Three Faces of Eve
How To Marry A Millionaire
Trailer 2:26
How To Marry A Millionaire

Personal details

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    • January 30, 1914
    • Traverse City, Michigan, USA
    • February 9, 1995
    • Santa Monica, California, USA(lung cancer)
    • December 20, 1941 - April 16, 1993 (her death, 3 children)
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared (as "Ensemble"; Broadway debut) in "Escape This Night" on Broadway. Melodrama. Written by Robert Steiner (also director) and Harry Horner. 44th Street Theatre: 22 Apr 1938-May 1938 (closing date unknown/11 performances). Cast: Robert Allen, Albert Bergh, Donald Black, Ronald Brogan, Francesca Bruning, Edward Butler, Donald Cameron, Peter Carhartt, Irene Cattell (as "Gossipy Woman" / "Ruth's Mother"), Virginia Chauvenet, Gage Clarke, Gertrude Clemens, Enid Cooper, Phyllis Cornell, Walter Coy (as "Wilson 'Alabama' Rice"), Hume Cronyn (as "Steve"), Dearon Darnay, Harry Fisher, Richard Freeman, Helen Golden, Frank Gould, Arthur Griffin, Ellen Hall, John Halloran, Betty Jenckes, Frances Kay, Giles Kellogg, Peter Kinnell, Bradford Kirkbride, Arnold Korff (as "Mr. Richter"), Dorothy Littlejohn, George Matthews, Margaret Ormsby, Barbara Paige, Calvin Thomas (as "Mr. Brock"), John Toll, Virginia Tracy (as "Miss Ellswood"; final Broadway role), Jack Tyler, Maurice Wells, Mrs. Charles Willard. Produced by Robinson Smith.
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    • 2 Interviews
    • 1 Article
    • 1 Pictorial

Did you know

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    His son, Timothy Wayne, disappeared and was presumed drowned while canoeing with a friend near Yellowknife, in Canada's Northwest Territory, in August 1970. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police discovered an overturned canoe, two life jackets and two paddles but no bodies.

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