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Dick Haymes
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Argentinian actor and singer (1918–1980)
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It sits within the topics 1918 births, 1980 deaths and 20th-century Argentine male actors.
Its subject is documented across 20 Wikipedia language editions.
Film & TV
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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…
Known for
- The Eddie Capra Mysteries1978
- Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood — James Crawford1976
- Betrayal — Harold Porter1974
- McMillan & Wife — Fred Wesley1971
- McMillan & Wife — Billy Calm1971
- McCloud1970
- Adam-12 — Dr. Elroy Gantman1968
- The Merv Griffin Show — Self1962
- The Saint — Dunstan1962
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dick
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Buenos Aires
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Sibling
- Bob Haymes
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Genre
- traditional pop
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Dick Haymes in State Fair trailer.jpg
- Number of children
- 6
- Voice type
- baritone
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- date of birth
- 1916-01-01
- date of death
- 1980-01-01
- Commons category
- Dick Haymes
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Dick Haymes
- start of work period
- 1935-00-00
- end of work period
- 1976-00-00
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Dick Haymes, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana