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Peter Lind Hayes

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Peter Lind Hayes

Born June 25, 1915 in San Francisco, California, USADied April 21, 199825 films

Peter Lind Hayes (born Joseph Conrad Lind; June 25, 1915 – April 21, 1998) was an American vaudeville entertainer, songwriter, and film and television actor.

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Hayes made his vaudeville debut with his mother at the age of six. In 1939, his mother sold some jewelry and borrowed $8,000 to open the Grace Hayes Lodge in Los Angeles, where he began working as a nightclub performer.

He appeared in films throughout the 1930s and 1940s, and had a significant television career in the 1950s. He often appeared with his wife Mary Healy. In 1946, Hayes opened at the Copacabana in New York. This led to an engagement with the Dinah Shore radio show. (Dinah Shore later sang the song for Chevrolet starting in 1952.) The couple starred in Zis Boom Bah (1941) and had major supporting roles in the cult fantasy musical film The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953). He also had a considerable reputation as a singer of comic songs, several of which made their way onto record, including "Life Gets Tee-Jus, Don't It".

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Filmography

25 films as actor
  1. 1987You Ruined My LifeCongressman Riley
  2. 1982Lookin' to Get OutTourist at Registration Desk
  3. 1974The Yin and the Yang of Mr. GoProf. Robert Bannister
  4. 1969Once You Kiss a Stranger...Pete Delaney
  5. 1959Miracle On 34th StreetFred Gaily
  6. 1953The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.August Zabladowski
  7. 1947The Senator Was IndiscreetLew Gibson
  8. 1944Winged VictoryO'Brien
  9. 1942Seven Days' LeavePvt. Pete Jackson
  10. 1941Zis Boom BahPeter Kendricks
  11. 1940Dancing on a DimeDandy Joslyn
  12. 1939All Women Have SecretsSlats Warwick
  13. 1939These Glamour GirlsSkel (as Peter Hayes)
  14. 1939Million Dollar LegsFreddie 'Ten-Percent' Fry
  15. 1939Naughty but NiceBandleader in Nightclub (uncredited)
  16. 1938Penrod's Double TroubleWeight Guesser (uncredited)
  17. 1938Danger on the AirHarry Lake
  18. 1938The Lady in the MorgueElevator Operator (uncredited)
  19. 1938Outside of ParadiseLind
  20. 1937Sunday Night at the TrocaderoUniformed Messenger
  21. 1937Pacific ParadiseNaval Officer Kissing Woman (uncredited)
  22. 1936The CooCoo Nut GroveBen Birdie (voice) (uncredited)
  23. 1936Toy Town HallFred Allen Jack-in-the-Box (voice)
  24. 1936Maid for a DayFreddy Hayden
  25. 1936Sunkist Stars at Palm SpringsMr. Mike (voice)