David Wayne

Personal life Wayne was married to Jane Gordon in 1941 and had two daughters and a son. In August 1970, their son disappeared and was presumed drowned during a camping and fishing trip. Wayne's wife, daughter of opera vocalist Jeanne Gordon, died in 1993. Death On February 9, 1995, Wayne died in his Santa Monica, California, home from complications of lung cancer at age 81.

Awards Wayne won two Tony Awards, one in 1947 for Finian's Rainbow and one in 1954 for The Teahouse of the August Moon. In 1958, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on the mystery-thriller anthology series Suspicion. Additionally, he received two Photoplay Awards for his performances in the 1951 war film Up Front and the 1950 dark comedy Stella. Along with his turn in Stella, Wayne was nominated that same year for a second Photoplay Award, but in the category of Most Promising Male Star. Gunsmoke ("I Have Promises to Keep") (1973-1975) as Reverend Byrne / Judge Warfield It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman (1975, TV Movie) as Dr. Abner Sedgwick Ellery Queen (1975–1976) as Inspector Richard Queen Once an Eagle (1976, TV Mini-Series) as Colonel Terwilliger In the Glitter Palace (1977, TV Movie) as Nate Redstone Hunter ("Yesterday Upon the Stair") (1977) Black Beauty (1978, TV Mini-Series) as Mr. Dowling / Narrator Loose Change (1978, TV Mini-Series) as Dr. Moe Sinden Murder at the Mardi Gras (1978, TV Movie) as Mickey Mills Dallas (1978) as Digger Barnes The Gift of Love (1978, TV Movie) as O'Henry / Narrator The Girls in the Office (1979, TV Movie) as Ben Nayfack An American Christmas Carol (1979, TV Movie) as Merrivale Eight is Enough (1980) as Matt House Calls (1979–1982) as Dr. Amos Weatherby Matt Houston (1984) S2/Ep20, "Blood Ties" as Bill Houston Murder, She Wrote (1985, TV Series) as Cyrus Leffingwell Newhart (1985, TV Series) as Mr. Pittman (episode "Pirate Pete") The Golden Girls (1986) as Big Daddy Poker Alice (1987, TV Movie, based on the frontier gambler Poker Alice, with Elizabeth Taylor in the starring role) as Amos (final film role)

Stage appearances

As You Like It (1935) (Cleveland) Escape This Night (April 22 – May 1938) (Broadway) Dance Night (October 14–16, 1938) (Broadway) The American Way (January 21 – September 23, 1939) (Broadway) The Scene of the Crime (March 28 – April 4, 1940) (Broadway) The Merry Widow (Revival) (August 4, 1943 – May 6, 1944) (Broadway) Peepshow (February 3–26, 1944) (Broadway) Park Avenue (November 4, 1946 – January 4, 1947) (Broadway) Finian's Rainbow (January 10, 1947 – October 2, 1948) (Broadway) (replaced by Philip Truex in February 1948) Mister Roberts (February 18, 1948 – January 6, 1951) (Broadway) (replaced by Larry Blyden in 1950) The Teahouse of the August Moon (October 15, 1953 – March 24, 1956) (Broadway) (replaced by Burgess Meredith in 1954) The Ponder Heart (February 16 – June 23, 1956) (Broadway) The Loud Red Patrick (October 3 – December 22, 1956) (Broadway) Say, Darling (April 3, 1958 – January 17, 1959) (Broadway) (replaced by Eddie Albert in 1959) Send Me No Flowers (December 5, 1960 – January 7, 1961) (Broadway) Venus at Large (April 12–14, 1962) (Broadway) Too True to Be Good (Revival) (March 12 – June 1, 1963) (Broadway) After the Fall (January 23, 1964 – May 29, 1965) (ANTA Washington Square Theatre) Marco Millions (February 20 – June 18, 1964) (ANTA Washington Square Theatre) But For Whom Charlie (March 12 – July 2, 1964) (ANTA Washington Square Theatre) Incident at Vichy (December 3, 1964 – May 7, 1965) (ANTA Washington Square Theatre) The Yearling (December 10–11, 1965) (Broadway) Show Boat (July 1966) Lincoln Center (Role; Capt. Andy) The Happy Time (January 18 – September 28, 1968) (Broadway)

Radio appearances Year Program Episode/source 1952 Stars in the Air Good Sam 1953 Lux Radio Theatre Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie