David Wayne
This article is about the famous actor. For the late lead singer of the band Metal Church, see Metal Church.David Wayne (born
Wayne James McMeekan on
30 January 1914 in
Traverse City, Michigan; died
9 February 1995 in
Santa Monica, California) was a
Broadway,
film, and
television actor, with a career spanning nearly half a century. Most often a
supporting player, he was memorable as a charming cad opposite
Spencer Tracy and
Katharine Hepburn in
Adam's Rib. Wayne played the child killer, originally portrayed by
Peter Lorre, in the masterful
1951 remake of
M, a chance to see Wayne in an intriguing
leading role. He also played the "
Mad Hatter," one of the recurring villains in the
1960s TV series Batman. He co-starred with
Jim Hutton in the 1970s television series
Ellery Queen (he played Ellery Queen's widowed father), and Wayne was most recently well-known as the curmudgeonly Dr. Amos Wetherby in the
TV series House Calls.
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