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==Stage actor==
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).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/pmh/naunton-wayne/past?page=2|title=Naunton Wayne – Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> His first full role was as Norman Weldon in ''Wise Tomorrow'' at The Lyric in 1937. He played Mortimer Brewster in ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace (play)|Arsenic and Old Lace]]'' at the Strand for four years.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wearing|first=J. P.|title=The London Stage 1940–1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mreCBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA94|year=2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-0-8108-9306-1|page=94}}</ref> He was a leading member of The Stage Golfing Society.<ref name=guardianobit>{{cite web |url=https://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/actors-actresses/110339-basil-radford-naunton-wayne-3.html |title=Naunton Wayne: Guardian Obituary |work=Britmovie |year=2015 |accessdate=19 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219161848/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/actors-actresses/110339-basil-radford-naunton-wayne-3.html |archive-date=19 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 1949, he starred in [[Young Wives' Tale]], at the [[Savoy Theatre]].
From November 1956 he appeared in the long-running farce ''[[The Bride and the Bachelor]]'' at the [[Duchess Theatre]].
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