{{short description|American television and film actor}} {{Infobox person | name = Wayne Heffley | image = Wayne Heffley in Man With a Camera (Profile of a Killer).jpg | caption = Heffley in ''Man with a Camera'' (1958) | birth_name = Arnold Wayne Heffley Jr. | birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|7|15}} | birth_place = Bakersfield, California, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|11|19|1927|7|15}} | death_place = Montrose, California, U.S. | occupation = {{csv|Film|television actor}} | years_active = 1952–2006 | relatives = Jason Becker (grandson) }}
'''Wayne Heffley''' (July 15, 1927 – November 19, 2008) was an American television and film actor, known for the role of Vern Scofield on ''Days of Our Lives'', as well as over 100 other roles.
==Biography== Heffley co-starred in the 1958 film ''Submarine Seahawk'' alongside Brett Halsey and John Bentley.<ref name=fb>{{cite news| title=Top Movies of the Week| url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/312768721/| newspaper=Lincoln Journal| date=January 18, 1959| page=16| via=Newspapers.com| access-date=April 28, 2024}}</ref> He appeared in S3 E14 of "The Wild, Wild West" as Deputy in "The Night of the Iron Fist" which aired 12/6/1967. Heffley also had several theatre roles.<ref>{{cite news| title=Stage Society To Open New Play On February 14.| url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/683926707/| newspaper=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News| date=January 31, 1958| page=14| via=Newspapers.com| access-date=April 28, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title='Cowbird' due at Stage Society| url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/580053496/| newspaper=Valley Times| date=February 8, 1958| page=07| via=Newspapers.com| access-date=April 28, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Theather| url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/578846865/?match=1&terms=%22Wayne%20Heffley%22%20actor| newspaper=LA Weekly| date=April 23, 1992| page=88| via=Newspapers.com| access-date=April 28, 2024}}</ref> He died of kidney failure in 2008.<ref>[http://www.jason47.com/days/heffleytribute.html Wayne Heffley Obituary]</ref>
He was guitarist Jason Becker's maternal grandfather.
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |- | 1954 || ''The Human Jungle'' || Hood || Uncredited |- | 1955 || ''The Eternal Sea'' || Commanding Officer || Uncredited |- | 1958 || ''Submarine Seahawk'' || Commander Dean Stoker || |- | 1959 || ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' || Prosecutor || Season 4 Episode 31: "Your Witness" |- | 1959 || ''The Trap'' || Lou Brann || Uncredited |- | 1959 || ''Crime and Punishment U.S.A.'' || Rafe || |- | 1957-1959 || ''Highway Patrol'' || Officer Dennis || television series, 1955–1959; regular |- | 1959 || ''Battle Flame'' || Teach || |- | 1960 || ''Spartacus'' || Slave Guard || Uncredited |- | 1960 || ''Bat Masterson'' || Jeff Taylor || S2E21 "Cattle and Canes" |- | 1960 || ''Wanted Dead or Alive (TV series)'' || Homer || season 2 episode 22 (''The Partners'') |- | 1961 || ''The Outsider'' || Corporal Johnson || |- | 1961 || ''The Twilight Zone (TV series)'' || 2nd Officer Wyatt || |- | 1962 || ''Birdman of Alcatraz'' || Guard || Uncredited |- | 1963 || ''A Gathering of Eagles'' || Radar Navigator || Uncredited |- | 1966 || ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' || Seaview Doctor || Season 2 Episode 16: "Deadly Creature Below!" |- | 1967 || ''Gunn'' || Police Sergeant Ashford || |- | 1967 || ''The Invaders'' || Jim Walton || Credited as Deputy episode Nightmare |- | 1968 || ''Maryjane'' || Ice Cream Company Manager || |- | 1971 || ''Johnny Got His Gun'' || Captain || |- | 1966-1972 || ''Bonanza'' || Bert / Andy || television series, 1959–1973; 2-time guest-appearance |- | 1974 || ''The Streets of San Francisco'' || Detective Steiglitz || television series, 1972–1977; guest-appearance |- | 1974 || ''Kojak'' || Detective Steiglitz || television series, 1973–1978; guest-appearance |- | 1974-1975 || ''Little House on the Prairie'' || Mr. Kennedy || television series, 1974–1984; 3-time guest-appearance |- | 1976 || ''King Kong'' || Air Force General || |- | 1976 || ''The Waltons'' || Carl Muntner || television series, 1971–1981; guest-appearance |- | 1977 || ''Roots'' || Telegrapher || television miniseries |- | 1977 || ''Orca'' || Priest || |- | 1978 || ''Uncle Joe Shannon'' || Store Manager || |- | 1977-1979 || ''Barnaby Jones'' || Carl Larkin / Sheriff Carson / Dr. Merlow || television series, 1973–1980; 3-time guest-appearance |- | 1979 || ''The White Shadow'' || Coach Stanley Harper || television series, 1978–1981, guest appearance |- | 1982 || ''Hill Street Blues'' || Gerson || television series, 1981–1987; guest-appearance |- | 1982 || ''The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas'' || TV Station Manager || |- | 1983 || ''Testament'' || Police Chief || |- | 1984 || ''Airwolf'' || Lieutenant Grodin || television series, 1984–1986; 2-time guest-appearance |- | 1985 || ''Trapper John, M.D.'' || Chaplain || television series, 1979–1986; guest-appearance |- | 1986 || ''Matlock'' || Wayne Cornell || television series, 1986–1995; guest-appearance |- | 1987 || ''Black Widow'' || Etta's Husband || |- | 1987 || ''Beyond the Next Mountain'' || Postal Clerk || |- | 1990 || ''Evening Shade'' || Vernon || television series, 1990–1994; guest-appearance |- | 1989-2006 || ''Days of Our Lives'' || Vern Scofield || television series, 1965-still; regular role |- |}
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==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0373593}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Heffley, Wayne}} Category:American male film actors Category:American male soap opera actors Category:American male television actors Category:Male actors from Bakersfield, California Category:1927 births Category:2008 deaths Category:20th-century American male actors Category:21st-century American male actors Category:Deaths from kidney failure in California