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David Wayne (January 30, 1914〔 – February 9, 1995) was an American stage and screen actor with a career spanning nearly 50 years. ==Early life and career== Wayne was born Wayne James McMeekan in Traverse City, Michigan, the son of Helen Matilda (née Mason) and John David McMeekan. His mother died when he was 4.〔 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.〔Dick Kleiner: ("The Actors Studio: Making Stars Out of the Unknown," ) ''The Sarasota Journal'' (Friday, December 21, 1956), p. 26. "That first year, they interviewed around 700 actors and picked 50. In that first group were people like Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Tom Ewell, John Forsythe, Julie Harris, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden, E.G. Marshall, Margaret Phillips, Maureen Stapleton, Kim Stanley, Jo Van Fleet, Eli Wallach, Ray Walston and David Wayne."〕 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''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Wayne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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