David Wayne: movies and TV shows
David Wayne has 120 credits in the archive: 55 films and 65 TV series, from 1944 to 2005. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2005 · busiest year: 1975 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards | Grandpère Bonnard (segment "The Happy Time") (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 91 |
| 1987 | Poker Alice | Amos | Film | 6.9 | 73 |
| 1987 | The Survivalist | Dub Daniels | Film | 3.3 | 73 |
| 1986 | Masters of Photography - Edward Steichen | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 72 |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls | Big Daddy | TV | 7.6 | 71 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Cyrus Leffingwell | TV | 7.5 | 70 |
| 1984 | Finder of Lost Loves | Professor Wheeler | TV | 6.8 | 70 |
| 1984 | Crazy like a Fox | Jennings Hyde | TV | 7.2 | 70 |
| 1984 | Finders Keepers | Stapleton | Film | 5.4 | 70 |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere | George Wyler | TV | 5.7 | 68 |
| 1982 | Newhart | Mr. Pittman | TV | 7.1 | 68 |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | TV | 6.3 | 68 | |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | Bill Houston | TV | 6.3 | 68 |
| 1979 | House Calls | Amos Weatherby | TV | 6.3 | 65 |
| 1979 | The Girls in the Office | Ben Nayfack | Film | 6.0 | 65 |
| 1979 | An American Christmas Carol | Merrivale | Film | 6.2 | 65 |
| 1979 | The Prize Fighter | Pop Morgan | Film | 4.8 | 65 |
| 1978 | Dallas | Digger Barnes | TV | 6.9 | 64 |
| 1978 | Dallas | Willard 'Digger' Barnes | TV | 6.9 | 64 |
| 1978 | Lassie: The New Beginning | Amos | Film | 5.5 | 64 |
| 1978 | The Gift of Love | O'Henry and Narrator | Film | 6.7 | 64 |
| 1978 | Murder at the Mardi Gras | Mickey Mills | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1977 | Eight Is Enough | TV | 6.2 | 63 | |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries | TV | 7.1 | 63 | |
| 1977 | Big Hawaii | TV | 6.0 | 63 | |
| 1977 | Hunter | TV | 8.2 | 63 | |
| 1977 | In the Glitter Palace | Nate Redstone | Film | 4.0 | 63 |
| 1976 | Delvecchio | Jack Henderson | TV | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1976 | Once an Eagle | Col. Terwilliger | TV | 6.8 | 62 |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1975 | Barney Miller | E.J. Heiss | TV | 7.3 | 61 |
| 1975 | Switch | Dancer | TV | 6.6 | 61 |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen | Inspector Richard Queen | TV | 7.5 | 61 |
| 1975 | The Apple Dumpling Gang | T.R. Clydesdale | Film | 6.6 | 61 |
| 1975 | It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! | Dr. Abner Sedgwick | Film | 4.4 | 61 |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects | Insp. Richard Queen | Film | 8.0 | 61 |
| 1975 | Tubby the Tuba | Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 61 |
| 1974 | The Front Page | Roy Bensinger | Film | 7.3 | 60 |
| 1974 | Huckleberry Finn | The Duke | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 1974 | Return of the Big Cat | Grandpa Jubal | Film | 9.0 | 60 |
| 1974 | The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One | Maynard Richards | Film | 8.0 | 60 |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones | Raymond Lennox / 'Steele' | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1973 | Faraday and Company | Branigan | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Wally Sensibaugh | TV | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1972 | Banacek | Walter Tyson | TV | 8.4 | 58 |
| 1972 | The Brian Keith Show | TV | 6.3 | 58 | |
| 1972 | The Catcher | Armand Faber | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1971 | The Andromeda Strain | Dr. Charles Dutton | Film | 7.1 | 57 |
| 1971 | The Good Life | Charles Dutton | TV | 6.5 | 57 |
| 1971 | Mooch Goes to Hollywood | David Wayne (uncredited) | Film | 4.8 | 57 |
| 1971 | The African Elephant | Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 57 |
| 1970 | Night Gallery | Dr. Mill | TV | 7.8 | 56 |
| 1970 | The Boy Who Stole the Elephant | Colonel Rufus Ryder | Film | 4.0 | 56 |
| 1970 | With These Hands | Narrator | Film | — | 56 |
| 1969 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Teddy Brewster | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Monsieur Bordeaux | TV | 7.2 | 54 |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Emory Ward | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1967 | Ironside | Dr. Ian Rice | TV | 6.9 | 53 |
| 1967 | Mannix | TV | 6.8 | 53 | |
| 1966 | Batman | The Mad Hatter | TV | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1966 | CBS Playhouse | George Spears | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | George Holloway | TV | 5.9 | 49 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Al 'The Bomber' Devlin | TV | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1963 | Channing | Dr. James Crown | TV | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1963 | Marilyn | archive footage | Film | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Andrew Anderson | TV | 7.8 | 48 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Martin Reese | TV | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict | TV | 6.7 | 48 | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1961 | Anatomy of an Accident | John Avery | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1961 | The Big Gamble | Samuel Brennan | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1960 | Route 66 | TV | 6.7 | 46 | |
| 1960 | Outlaws | TV | 6.7 | 46 | |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Walter Bedeker | TV | 8.5 | 45 |
| 1959 | NBC Sunday Showcase | The Devil | TV | 5.0 | 45 |
| 1959 | Sunday Showcase | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1959 | The Last Angry Man | Woodrow Thrasher | Film | 6.9 | 45 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Herbert Konish | TV | 5.7 | 44 |
| 1957 | Suspicion | James Mennick | TV | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV | 7.5 | 43 |
| 1957 | DuPont Show of the Month | Willis Reynolds | TV | 7.4 | 43 |
| 1957 | The Three Faces of Eve | Ralph White | Film | 7.2 | 43 |
| 1957 | The Sad Sack | Corporal Larry Dolan | Film | 5.7 | 43 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee / Performer | TV | — | 42 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Performer | TV | — | 42 |
| 1956 | The Naked Hills | Tracy Powell | Film | 4.6 | 42 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Judge Warfield | TV | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Rev. Arthur Byrne | TV | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Sam Jacoby | TV | 7.8 | 41 |
| 1955 | The Alcoa Hour | Homer Bolton | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1955 | The Tender Trap | Joe McCall | Film | 6.2 | 41 |
| 1955 | Norby | Preston Norby | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Grandpa Jubal | TV | 7.9 | 40 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Colonel Rufus Ryder | TV | 7.9 | 40 |
| 1954 | Hell and High Water | Tugboat Walker | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1953 | How to Marry a Millionaire | Freddie Denmark | Film | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | David Vincent | TV | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Arthur Martin | TV | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1953 | Tonight We Sing | Sol Hurok | Film | 9.5 | 39 |
| 1953 | The I Don't Care Girl | Ed McCoy | Film | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1953 | Down Among the Sheltering Palms | Lt. Carl G. Schmidt | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1952 | Omnibus | TV | 6.3 | 38 | |
| 1952 | O. Henry's Full House | Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") | Film | 6.8 | 38 |
| 1952 | We're Not Married! | Jeff Norris | Film | 5.9 | 38 |
| 1952 | With a Song in My Heart | Don Ross | Film | 6.1 | 38 |
| 1952 | Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie | Ben Halper | Film | 5.8 | 38 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Sakini | TV | 8.8 | 37 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Father Firenzuola | TV | 8.8 | 37 |
| 1951 | As Young as You Feel | Joe Elliott | Film | 6.4 | 37 |
| 1951 | M | Martin W. Harrow | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1951 | Up Front | Joe | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1950 | My Blue Heaven | Walter Pringle | Film | 7.5 | 36 |
| 1950 | The Reformer and the Redhead | Arthur Maxwell | Film | 7.6 | 36 |
| 1950 | Stella | Carl Granger | Film | 9.0 | 36 |
| 1949 | Adam's Rib | Kip Lurie | Film | 7.1 | 35 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Jasper Hornby | TV | 5.4 | 34 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1948 | Portrait of Jennie | Gus O'Toole | Film | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1944 | Ditch and Live | Pilot of Ditching B-17 | Film | — | 30 |