Bill Hayes

TV Actor

Bill Hayes was born in Harvey, Illinois, United States on June 5th, 1925 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 98, Bill Hayes biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, TV shows, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
William Foster Hayes
Date of Birth
June 5, 1925
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Harvey, Illinois, United States
Age
98 years old
Zodiac Sign
Gemini
Profession
Actor, Singer, Television Actor
Bill Hayes Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 98 years old, Bill Hayes has this physical status:

Height
175cm
Weight
Not Available
Hair Color
Grey
Eye Color
Blue
Build
Average
Measurements
Not Available
Bill Hayes Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Not Available
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
De Pauw University
Bill Hayes Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Mary Hobbs, ​ ​(m. 1947; div. 1969)​, Susan Seaforth Hayes, ​ ​(m. 1974)​
Children
5
Dating / Affair
Susan Seaforth Hayes, Mary Hobbs
Parents
Not Available
Bill Hayes Life

William "Bill" Foster Hayes III (born June 5, 1925) is an American actor of both the stage and television and a Billboard Hot 100 #1 recording artist.

Following a successful career as a musician which began in the late 1940s, he began to focus on dramatic acting parts in the late 1960s, which led him to be cast in a role that gained him additional fame to a younger generation.

This new chapter in his career began in 1970 when he originated the character of Doug Williams on NBC's Days of Our Lives, which he continues to play regularly to date on the serial.

Personal life

Hayes graduated from DePaul University with majors in music and English and became a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. Hayes earned a master's degree in music from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in education from West Virginia University.

Hayes was previously married to Mary Hobbs from 1947 to 1969; they had five children. He has been married to Days of our Lives co-star Susan Seaforth Hayes since 1974.

Their relationship was so popular that they were featured on the cover of Time in 1976, the only soap opera stars to hold that distinction to date. In 2005, the couple published their joint autobiography, Like Sands Through the Hourglass. The couple also supports the West Texas Rehab Center, hosting the annual telethon in Abilene, Texas.

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Bill Hayes Career

Early life and career

Bill was born William Foster Hayes III of Harvey, Illinois, on June 5, 1925. He attended Whittier Grade School and Thornton Township High. He enlisted in the Navy Air Corps in March 1943, a freshman at DePauw University, and was sent a letter on his eighteenth birthday urging him to report for active service on July 1. He trained to be a fighter pilot for the next 27 months. He was two weeks away from receiving his commission as the Marine Air Corps' 2nd Lieutenant, and he was scheduled to fly an F8F off a carrier when World War II came. He was given the American Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal. Given the choice of reenlisting in the Navy or escaping right away, he chose civilian life. After five weeks of hitchhiking around the Mid-West to celebrate with friends who were also returning home, he returned to DePauw to complete his Bachelor of Arts requirements, majoring in Music and English.

In the early 1950s, Hayes appeared on the Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca variety show Your Show of Shows. In the 1952 black comedy Stop Killing Me, he played a supporting role. Three of the Ballad of Davy Crockett's best known versions of the Davy Crockett craze in 1955 were in the top ten. Hayes' version was the most popular on the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks, sold over two million copies, and was given a gold disc. In Robert Rodgers and Hammerstein's Me and Juliet (1953), he appeared on Broadway. He had other minor hits in the 1950s, including "The Berry Tree" and the back of "High Noon" and "Wringle, Wrangle"; the former was his only other Hot 100 hit, debuting at #33 in 1957.

Hayes was first introduced on Days of Our Lives as a convict and also a lounge singer.

Doug's personality developed in 1986 and 1987, as well as 1993 and 1996. He has appeared on the show for the first time since 1999. Dr. Marlena Evans' character was killed off in the spring of 2004. Doug came alive on a tropical island and went home to his wife, according to head writer James E. Reilly.

World by the Tail, Bill Hayes' biography, was published in 2017 and made available to his fans online.

Hayes appeared in an impromptu interview with The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on June 27, 2017, when he was on the show's audience; in his primetime, he had appeared as a guest on the Johnny Carson-hosted version of the program.

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Bill Hayes Awards

Awards and nominations

  • Daytime Emmy Award: Outstanding Actor, Daytime Drama Series (nomination) (1975 and 1976)
  • Soapy Awards: Actor of the Year (1977)
  • Daytime TV Magazine Reader's Poll: Best Actor (1973, 1976, 1977, and 1978)
  • Afternoon TV Magazine: Best Actor (1974)
  • Photoplay Magazine Gold Medal Award: Favorite Daytime Male Star (1977 and 1978)

Bill Hayes, who portrayed Doug Williams on Days Of Our Lives for over five decades, has died at the age of 98

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 13, 2024
Bill Hayes, who was best known for his portrayal of Doug Williams on the long-running soap opera series Days Of Our Lives, has died at the age of 98. In a tweet on Friday, the late performer's death was announced in a tweet to TVLine. The actor's official cause of death has yet to be disclosed despite being on the set of his 98th birthday.

Bill Hayes, a 98th birthday on the Burbank version of the soap opera, is the 98th anniversary of Our Lives

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 8, 2023
Two months after Dick Van Dyke, 97, announced his guest appearance on Days of Our Lives, soap opera's elder statesman Bill Hayes triumphantly celebrated his 98th birthday with cast and crew on stage at The Burbank Studios. During his time as he appeared on Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca's fifties variety show, Your Show of Shows, the silver-haired soap star was treated to a 'delicious' double-chocolate cake topped with black icing and emblazoned with a portrait of himself.

Grant Alfred Beaumont, the father of three missing children, died at the age of 97

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 15, 2023
Jane Beaumont, nine, and her siblings Arnna, seven, and Grant, four, both right and inset, vanished on Australia Day in 1966 after leaving their parents' home for an afternoon at nearby Glenelg beach in suburban Adelaide. Their disappearances sparked a mass search, but the three men were never found after years of desperate hunting. Grant Alfred Beaumont (left) - also known as Jim - died on April 9 and is'reunited in heaven' with his children,' according to a funeral notice released on Saturday.