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Bill Hayes

Bill Hayes

Actor, Writer, Other Crew

Born June 5, 1925 in Harvey, Illinois, USA

Died January 12, 2024

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Peacock
Childstar
Amazon Prime Video
Frasier
All 4
Matlock
Amazon Prime Video
Days of Our Lives
fuboTV
Decoy
Amazon Prime Video
The Milton Berle Show
Amazon Prime Video

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William "Bill" Foster Hayes III (born June 5, 1925) was an American actor 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. Hayes was a singer on the Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca variety show Your Show of Shows in the early 1950s. During the Davy Crockett craze in 1955, three recorded versions of the Ballad of Davy Crockett were in the top 30. Hayes' version was the most popular: It was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks, sold over two million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. He also starred on Broadway in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Me and Juliet (1953). He had other small hits in the 1950s including "The Berry Tree" and covers of "High Noon" and "Wringle, Wrangle"; the latter was his only other Hot 100 hit, reaching #33 in 1957.

On Days of Our Lives, Hayes was introduced as a convict who was also a lounge singer.[citation needed]

The character of Doug returned in 1986 and 1987 as well as 1993 and 1996. Most recently, he has been on the show since 1999. His character was killed off in the spring of 2004 by Dr. Marlena Evans. In an elaborate plot hatched by head writer James E. Reilly, Doug turned up alive on a tropical island and went home to his wife.[citation needed]

In 2017, World by the Tail, a documentary about Bill Hayes's life, was released and made available for his fans to watch online.[3]

On June 27, 2017, while present in the show's audience, Hayes was featured in an impromptu interview on a web special for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon; in his heyday, he had been a guest on the Johnny Carson-hosted version of the show.

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Filmography

Actor

98

Type

Year

The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition Poster

The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition TV Series2020

Funny You Never Knew Poster

Funny You Never Knew Documentary2019

Searching for Eddie Running Wolf Poster

Searching for Eddie Running Wolf Documentary2015

The 83rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade Poster

The 83rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade TV Special2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV Series2014

Celebrity Page Poster

Celebrity Page TV Series2013

Miracle at Gate 213 Poster

Miracle at Gate 213 TV Movie2013

The Hollywood Moment Poster

The Hollywood Moment TV Series2010

Childstar Poster

Childstar Feature Film2004

9 Dead Gay Guys Poster

9 Dead Gay Guys Feature Film2002

SoapTalk Poster

SoapTalk TV Series2002

China: The Panda Adventure Poster

China: The Panda Adventure Feature Film2001

Days of Our Lives' Christmas TV Special2001

Lifestyle Magazine Poster

Lifestyle Magazine TV Series2001

Days of Our Lives' 35th Anniversary Poster

Days of Our Lives' 35th Anniversary TV Movie2000

A Journey in Faith Video1999

50 Years of Soaps: An All-Star Celebration TV Movie1994

Frasier TV Series1993

Intimate Portrait Poster

Intimate Portrait TV Series1993

Cop Rock Poster

Cop Rock TV Series1990

Wrestling with God Poster

Wrestling with God Feature Film1990

Hooperman Poster

Hooperman TV Series1987

Matlock TV Series1986

The Making of Rock & Rule Poster

The Making of Rock & Rule Documentary1983

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade TV Special1981

The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Poster

The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards TV Special1981

Hour Magazine Poster

Hour Magazine TV Series1980

Password Plus Poster

Password Plus TV Series1979

The 21st Annual TV Week Logie Awards TV Special1979

Good Old Days Part II Poster

Good Old Days Part II TV Special1978

The 19th Annual TV Week Logie Awards TV Special1977

Three for the Money TV Series1975

Dinah! TV Series1974

The 1st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards TV Special1974

Cade's County Poster

Cade's County TV Series1971

Celebrity Bowling Poster

Celebrity Bowling TV Series1971

The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) TV Series1971

The Interns Poster

The Interns TV Series1970

The Andy Williams Show Poster

The Andy Williams Show TV Series1969

Donahue TV Series1967

The Bob Braun Show Poster

The Bob Braun Show TV Series1967

It's a Knockout Poster

It's a Knockout TV Series1966

Days of Our Lives Poster

Days of Our Lives TV Series1965

The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) Poster

The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) TV Series1965

Once Upon a Mattress Poster

Once Upon a Mattress TV Movie1964

That Regis Philbin Show Poster

That Regis Philbin Show TV Series1964

The Cardinal Poster

The Cardinal Feature Film1963

The Merv Griffin Show Poster

The Merv Griffin Show TV Series1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV Series1962

The DuPont Show of the Week Poster

The DuPont Show of the Week TV Series1961

The Mike Douglas Show Poster

The Mike Douglas Show TV Series1961

Here's Hollywood Poster

Here's Hollywood TV Series1960

The Shari Lewis Show Poster

The Shari Lewis Show TV Series1960

Music for a Spring Night TV Series1959

Oldsmobile Music Theatre TV Series1959

The Bell Telephone Hour Poster

The Bell Telephone Hour TV Series1959

The Bing Crosby Show Poster

The Bing Crosby Show TV Series1959

The Bing Crosby Special TV Special1959

Kiss Me, Kate Poster

Kiss Me, Kate TV Movie1958

Little Women Poster

Little Women TV Movie1958

The 12th Annual Tony Awards TV Special1958

The Bing Crosby Special TV Special1958

The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show Poster

The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show TV Series1958

Wonders of Chicago Short Film1958

Wonders of Puerto Rico Short Film1958

Columbia Musical Travelark: Wonders of New Orleans Poster

Columbia Musical Travelark: Wonders of New Orleans Short Film1957

Decoy TV Series1957

The Big Record Poster

The Big Record TV Series1957

The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar Poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar TV Series1957

The Yeomen of the Guard TV Movie1957

True Story Poster

True Story TV Series1957

Columbia Musical Travelark: Wonders of Ontario Short Film1956

Columbia Musical Travelark: Wonders of Washington, D. C. Poster

Columbia Musical Travelark: Wonders of Washington, D. C. Short Film1956

Saturday Spectacular: High Button Shoes Poster

Saturday Spectacular: High Button Shoes TV Movie1956

Columbia Musical Travelark: Wonders of Manhattan Poster

Columbia Musical Travelark: Wonders of Manhattan Short Film1955

Max Liebman Presents: Variety TV Movie1955

Sid Caesar Presents Comedy Preview TV Series1955

The Brokenshire Show TV Series1955

Caesar's Hour Poster

Caesar's Hour TV Series1954

General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein Poster

General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein TV Special1954

Max Liebman Spectaculars Poster

Max Liebman Spectaculars TV Series1954

The United States Steel Hour Poster

The United States Steel Hour TV Series1953

Stop, You're Killing Me Poster

Stop, You're Killing Me Feature Film1952

The Bob Hope Show Poster

The Bob Hope Show TV Series1952

The Ernie Kovacs Show Poster

The Ernie Kovacs Show TV Series1952

Armstrong Circle Theatre Poster

Armstrong Circle Theatre TV Series1950

Star Spangled Revue Poster

Star Spangled Revue TV Special1950

The Arthur Murray Party Poster

The Arthur Murray Party TV Series1950

The Kate Smith Hour Poster

The Kate Smith Hour TV Series1950

The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter Poster

The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter TV Series1950

Your Show of Shows Poster

Your Show of Shows TV Series1950

Fireball Fun-for-All TV Series1949

The Voice of Firestone Poster

The Voice of Firestone TV Series1949

This Is Show Business Poster

This Is Show Business TV Series1949

The Ed Sullivan Show Poster

The Ed Sullivan Show TV Series1948

The Milton Berle Show Poster

The Milton Berle Show TV Series1948

Never Can Say Goodbye: When Love and Hate Survive Death Poster

Never Can Say Goodbye: When Love and Hate Survive Death Feature Film

World by TheTail: The Bill Hayes Story Documentary

Writer

1

Days of Our Lives Poster

Days of Our Lives TV Series1965

Other Crew

1

George! Feature Film1972

Camera and Electrical Department

1

8 Seconds Poster

8 Seconds Feature Film1994

Thanks

1

Funny You Never Knew Poster

Funny You Never Knew Documentary2019

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