Dick Haymes

Biography

Arguably one of the best singers of the twentieth century, Dick Haymes was born in Argentina to a Scots/Irish father and Irish mother, but brought to the U.S. as an infant. Dick inherited his vocal gift from his mother who made ends meet during the Depression as a singer and voice teacher. A music gig in 1931 caught the eye of a local band leader and soon Dick was moving up, but it was slow-going. In 1939, while Dick was trying to pitch his songwriting talents to band leader Harry James, he ended up his featured vocalist, instead. During the war years Dick hooked up with the Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey orchestras before deciding to go solo. Nabbing his own radio program in addition to a Decca recording contract, Twentieth Century Fox soon expressed interest in his musical talents. Among his many film leads were State Fair (1945) opposite Jeanne Crain and Vivian Blaine, Diamond Horseshoe (1945) and The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947) both paired with Betty Grable, One Touch of Venus (1948) with Ava Gardner, and All Ashore (1953), a second string version of On the Town (1949), with Mickey Rooney and Ray McDonald as his shore-leave buddies. For such a pleasant and unassumin…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) — Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
2. Fallen Angel (1945) — Himself - JukeBox Vocalist (voice) (uncredited)
3. The Saint (1962) — Dunstan
4. State Fair (1945) — Wayne Frake
5. McCloud (1970)
6. Adam-12 (1968) — Dr. Elroy Gantman
7. One Touch of Venus (1948) — Joe Grant
8. What's My Line? (1950) — Self
9. McMillan & Wife (1971) — Fred Wesley
10. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
11. Words and Music (1948) — Dick Haymes
12. Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) — The Pied Pipers Member (uncredited)
13. Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) — James Crawford
14. The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) — Self
15. Suspense (1949)
16. The Merv Griffin Show (1962) — Self
17. The Mike Douglas Show (1961) — Self
18. Up in Central Park (1948) — John Matthews
19. Dramatic School (1938) — Student (uncredited)
20. Betrayal (1974) — Harold Porter
21. Lux Video Theatre (1950) — Dan Shepherd
22. Do You Love Me (1946) — Jimmy Hale
23. The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947) — John Pritchard
24. St. Benny the Dip (1951) — Benny
25. Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) — Self
26. Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) — Lt. Dick Ryan
27. Let's Do It Again (1953) — Singer, "Anyone But You" (voice) (uncredited)
28. I Am an American (1944) — Self (uncredited)
29. Screen Director's Playhouse (1955) — Jim Wheeler
30. Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944) — Ernest R. Ball
31. The Ford Television Theatre (1952) — John Erickson
32. All Ashore (1953) — Joe Carter
33. Carnival in Costa Rica (1947) — Jeff Stephens
34. The Dick Clark Show (1958) — Self
35. Diamond Horseshoe (1945) — Joe Davis, Jr.
36. The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978)
37. Cruisin' Down the River (1953) — Beauregard Clemment III
38. Music For A Summer Night (1959)