Dick Haynes
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Dick Haynes was an American actor. He had occasional work in minor roles in film and television beginning with an uncredited appearance as a reporter in the 1954
MGM film Tennessee Champ and ending with the role of Grandpa in the 1980
film Getting Wasted shortly before his death from cancer. His most significant roles were three guest star appearances on television episodes in the 1960s: as Phillips in "Incident at Pawnee Gun", a 1962 episode of Frontier Circus
; as Sheriff in "Four Alarm Wing Ding", a 1966 episode of The Rounders
; and as Colonel Tim in "Howard, the Comedian", a 1967 episode from the 7th season of The Andy Griffith Show
. He also was on the radio program Haynes at the Reins.
Although active in films/TV (either as a supporting actor or extra), Haynes' radio career was equally impressive if not more so. Beginning at Los Angeles' KLAC in 1945, Haynes remained there (while simultaneously working various television jobs at KTLA) until 1958, when he spent a year at KXLA in nearby Pasadena. Returning to KLAC the following year, he hosted the morning drive-time (5:30-10am) slot for the next five years before migrating to Sacramento, CA, to help launch that area's popular KRAK country/western radio station. By 1966 he was back in southern California, first as the morning man at KFOX Long Beach and then back to KLAC (which had by this time switched to a country/western format) from 1971 until shortly before his death in 1980. The creator of "Haynes at the Reins" was recognized for his radio work by his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame and with a star on Hollywood Boulevard.
1954 in film
The year 1954 in film involved some significant events and memorable ones.-Events:*May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda...
MGM film Tennessee Champ and ending with the role of Grandpa in the 1980
1980 in film
- Events :* May 21 - Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is released and is the biggest grosser of the year ....
film Getting Wasted shortly before his death from cancer. His most significant roles were three guest star appearances on television episodes in the 1960s: as Phillips in "Incident at Pawnee Gun", a 1962 episode of Frontier Circus
Frontier Circus
For the NBC program similarly named, see Frontier .Frontier Circus is a short-lived Western television series about a traveling circus roaming the American West in the 1880s...
; as Sheriff in "Four Alarm Wing Ding", a 1966 episode of The Rounders
The Rounders (TV series)
The Rounders is a 17-episode western-style situation comedy about two cowboys on the fictitious J.L. Ranch in Texas, starring Ron Hayes , as Ben Jones and Patrick Wayne , a son of John Wayne, as Howdy Lewis. The M-G-M television series aired on ABC from September 6, 1966, to January 3, 1967...
; and as Colonel Tim in "Howard, the Comedian", a 1967 episode from the 7th season of The Andy Griffith Show
The Andy Griffith Show
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised by CBS between October 3, 1960, and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays a widowed sheriff in the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina...
. He also was on the radio program Haynes at the Reins.
Although active in films/TV (either as a supporting actor or extra), Haynes' radio career was equally impressive if not more so. Beginning at Los Angeles' KLAC in 1945, Haynes remained there (while simultaneously working various television jobs at KTLA) until 1958, when he spent a year at KXLA in nearby Pasadena. Returning to KLAC the following year, he hosted the morning drive-time (5:30-10am) slot for the next five years before migrating to Sacramento, CA, to help launch that area's popular KRAK country/western radio station. By 1966 he was back in southern California, first as the morning man at KFOX Long Beach and then back to KLAC (which had by this time switched to a country/western format) from 1971 until shortly before his death in 1980. The creator of "Haynes at the Reins" was recognized for his radio work by his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame and with a star on Hollywood Boulevard.