Richard Hayward was an Irish

Ireland

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 film actor, writer and musician. Born in Larne

Larne

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, he was an enthusiast for all Ulster regional popular culture. After a period working at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin he helped form the Belfast Repertory Theatre Company. He was a popular singer in the forties and fifties. His career meant he lived a typical theatrical lifestyle being constantly on the move. He died due to a road accident outside Ballymena

Ballymena

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, in October 1964.

Selected filmography

• Flame in the Heather
  Flame in the Heather
  Flame in the Heather is a 1935 British historical drama film directed by Donovan Pedelty and starring Gwenllian Gill, Barry Clifton and Bruce Seton...
  
  (1935)
• The Early Bird (1936)
• The Luck of the Irish
  The Luck of the Irish (1936 film)
  The Luck of the Irish is a US film released in 1936. It was based on a novel by Victor Haddick, and written by Victor Haddick and Donovan Pedelty who also directed the film. It starred Richard Hayward.-Cast:* Richard Hayward* Nan Cullen* Charles Fagan...
  
  (1936)
• Devil's Rock (1938)
• A Night to Remember (1958)

Hayward also wrote the screenplay of the musical drama Devil's Rock.

Selected books

He wrote a number of books, mostly topographical, about Ireland, including:

• In praise of Ulster (1938)
• Where the Shannon flows (1940)
• Corrib Country (1943)
• In the Kingdom of Kerry (1946)
• Belfast through the ages (1952)
• Story of the Irish Harp (1954)
• Munster and the city of Cork (1964)