Dick Haymes
Birthday
1918/09/13
Day of death
1980/03/28 (61 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Also know as
Richard Benjamin Haymes
Biography
Arguably one of the best singers of the twentieth century, Dick Haymes was born in Argentina to a Scots/Irish father and Irish mother, but brought to the U.S. as an infant. Dick inherited his vocal gift from his mother who made ends meet during the Depression as a singer and voice teacher. A music gig in 1931 caught the eye of a local band leader and soon Dick was moving up, but it was slow-going. In 1939, while Dick was trying to pitch his songwriting talents to band leader Harry James, h...Read more
Acting
(2011) Under Jakob's Ladder
as Thick-Neck
(1945) State Fair
as Wayne Frake
(1948) One Touch of Venus
as Joe Grant
(1953) All Ashore
as Joe Carter
(1946) Do You Love Me
as Jimmy Hale
(1945) Diamond Horseshoe
as Joe Davis, Jr.
(1947) The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
as John Pritchard
(1944) Irish Eyes Are Smiling
as Ernest R. Ball
(1948) Up in Central Park
as John Matthews
(1947) Carnival in Costa Rica
as Jeff Stephens
(1938) Dramatic School
as Student (uncredited)
(1951) St. Benny the Dip
as Benny
(1948) Words and Music
as Dick Haymes
(1944) Four Jills in a Jeep
as Lt. Dick Ryan
(1953) Cruisin' Down the River
as Beauregard Clemment III
(1935) Mutiny on the Bounty
as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
(1945) Fallen Angel
as Himself - JukeBox Vocalist (voice) (uncredited)
(1974) Betrayal
as Harold Porter
(1953) Let's Do It Again
as Singer, "Anyone But You" (voice) (uncredited)
(1943) Du Barry was a Lady
as Singer (uncredited)
(1979) Real Life
as Councilman Harris
(1944) I Am an American
as Self (uncredited)
(2003) Rita
as (archive footage)
(1976) Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as James Crawford
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1962) The Saint
as Dunstan
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Dan Shepherd
(1970) McCloud
as ---
(1949) Suspense
as ---
(1978) The Eddie Capra Mysteries
as ---
(1959) Music For A Summer Night
as ---
(1958) The Dick Clark Show
as Self
(1952) The Ford Television Theatre
as John Erickson
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self
(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
(1971) McMillan & Wife
as Fred Wesley
(1968) Adam-12
as Dr. Elroy Gantman
(1955) Screen Director's Playhouse
as Jim Wheeler
(1971) McMillan & Wife
as Billy Calm
(1952) The Ford Television Theatre
as ---