Dick Haymes

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 unassuming man, Dick's personal life certainly was a shambles aggravated by alcoholism and financial debt. Five marriages came and went (including actresses Joanne Dru, Nora Eddington, Rita Hayworth, and Fran Jeffries) before his sixth one finally stuck. By the 1960s, his life was all but ruined. He managed to travel to Europe and picked up the remnants of his career. His reputation had not tarnished there, and he enjoyed some renewed popularity; he never regained, however, the foothold in the business that he once had. Dick died of lung cancer in 1980. Though not as well remembered as other crooners of his time (Frank Sinatra, Tony Martin, Vic Damone), and not a particularly charismatic performer on film, this rich baritone's legacy IS his music. Some of Dick's more popular recordings include "The More I See You," "How Blue the Night," "For You, For Me, Forever More," "Speak Low," and "Another Night Like This."

Known For: Acting

Born: Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1918-09-13

Died: 1980-03-28

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1935	Mutiny on the Bounty	Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)	74
2	1938	Dramatic School	Student (uncredited)	62
3	1943	Du Barry Was a Lady	Singer (uncredited)	61
4	1944	Four Jills in a Jeep	Lt. Dick Ryan	57
5	1944	Irish Eyes Are Smiling	Ernest R. Ball	50
6	1944	I Am an American	Self (uncredited)	53
7	1945	Diamond Horseshoe	Joe Davis, Jr.	40
8	1945	State Fair	Wayne Frake	66
9	1945	Fallen Angel	Himself - JukeBox Vocalist (voice) (uncredited)	65
10	1946	Do You Love Me	Jimmy Hale	43
11	1947	The Shocking Miss Pilgrim	John Pritchard	85
12	1947	Carnival in Costa Rica	Jeff Stephens	60
13	1948	Up in Central Park	John Matthews	70
14	1948	One Touch of Venus	Joe Grant	66
15	1948	Words and Music	Dick Haymes	57
16	1951	St. Benny the Dip	Benny	50
17	1953	All Ashore	Joe Carter	60
18	1953	Let's Do It Again	Singer, "Anyone But You" (voice) (uncredited)	32
19	1953	Cruisin' Down the River	Beauregard Clemment III	0
20	1974	Betrayal	Harold Porter	53
21	1976	Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood	James Crawford	41
22	1979	Real Life	Councilman Harris	66
23	2003	Rita	(archive footage)	85
24	2011	Under Jakob's Ladder	Thick-Neck	70

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1949	Suspense		49
3	1950	What's My Line?	Self	69
4	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	68
5	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Dan Shepherd	63
6	1952	The Ford Television Theatre	John Erickson	73
7	1952	The Ford Television Theatre		73
8	1955	Screen Director's Playhouse	Jim Wheeler	65
9	1957	Tonight Starring Jack Paar	Self	70
10	1958	The Dick Clark Show	Self	55
11	1959	Music For A Summer Night		0
12	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	58
13	1962	The Saint	Dunstan	73
14	1968	Adam-12	Dr. Elroy Gantman	70
15	1970	McCloud		71
16	1971	McMillan & Wife	Fred Wesley	69
17	1971	McMillan & Wife	Billy Calm	69
18	1978	The Eddie Capra Mysteries		50

Dick Haymes

Film

Television