[3] His first London stage roles were in Streamline at the Palace in 1934 and in 1066 and All That at the Strand in 1935 (where he provided comic continuity for other performers).

From November 1956 he appeared in the long-running farce The Bride and the Bachelor at the Duchess Theatre.

He became best known for his role as a supporting character, Caldicott, in the 1938 film version of The Lady Vanishes,[7] a role he repeated in three further films, alongside Basil Radford as his equally cricket-obsessed friend, Charters.

[10] Wayne also appeared alone in other films including the Ealing comedy The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953) and Obsession (1949).

[11] Wayne married Gladys Dove, a concert pianist, in 1927 and they had two sons, Peter and John.