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Peter Lind Hayes (June 25, 1915 – April 21, 1998) was an American vaudeville entertainer, songwriter, and film and television actor. He was born Joseph Conrad Lind in San Francisco, California, spent his early childhood in Southern Illinois, and then attended school in New Rochelle, New York.He appeared in films throughout the 1930s and 1940s, and had a significant television career in the 1950s. He often appeared with his wife Mary Healy, to whom he was married from 1940 until his death in 1998. The couple had two children: Peter and Cathy. 1946 saw Hayes opening at the Copacabana in New York. This led to an engagement with the Dinah Shore radio show.Hayes and Healy were the original singers of the Chevrolet jingle "See The U.S.A. In Your Chevrolet" in 1950. (Dinah Shore later sang the song for Chevrolet starting in 1952.) The couple starred in Zis Boom Bah (1941) and had major supporting roles in the cult fantasy musical film The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953).Peter Lind Hayes may be best remembered for several short-lived television series in which they co-hosted or co-starred, such as The Peter Lind Hayes Show (1950–51), Star of the Family (1950-1952), and Peter Loves Mary (1960–61). He also appeared on the pilot episode of The Match Game on December 5, 1962. He had a considerable reputation as a singer of comic songs, several of which made their way onto record, e.g. "Life Gets Teejus, Don't It". In 1961, Hayes and Healy co-authored their biography, titled Twenty-Five Minutes from Broadway, published by Duell, Sloan, and Pearce. The title was inspired by the name of the George M. Cohan musical, Forty-five Minutes from Broadway, about the community of New Rochelle, New York where the two lived. They owned Columbia Island along the Long Island Sound shore where they rebroadcast a breakfast conversation show. In 2005, the then-current owner of the island sought to demolish the old transmitter building and replace it with a private residence. In 1964, he appeared in an episode of The Outer Limits, playing the lead role, Dr. Robert Stone, an absent-minded optic engineer and researcher.
Together, in 1961, Mary Healy and Peter Lind Hayes published a memoir, "Twenty-five Minutes from Broadway"; their memoir, the title inspired by George M. Cohan's Broadway musical "Forty Five Minutes from Broadway", was about the community of New Rochelle, New York, where they owned and lived on Columbia Island along the Long Island Sound shore where they taped and rebroadcast the daily breakfast conversation program. Mary Healy self-published a second book in 2004, "Moments to Remember with Peter and Mary - Our Life in Show Business from Vaudeville to Video". In 2006, Mary Healy and Peter Lind Hayes were inducted into the Nevada Entertainment Artist Hall of Fame at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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In 1941, after marrying Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy co-starred with her husband and his mother Grace Hayes in the musical comedy film "Zis Boom Bah". "Hey, kids, let's get together and put on a show!" That's the idea behind this raucous spoof about a vaudeville performer who goes to college to spy on her bratty son. The character "Nick" played by Benny Rubin (Ruben) who tap-dances his way through this film is made up to look like a college kid but is actually 42 years old in this film.
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Mary Healy (at age 40) with her husband Peter Lind Hayes (at age 43) returned to Broadway in 1958 to star in the Leland Hayward produced original comedy written by Norman Krasna, with incidental music by Bernard Green, "Who Was That Lady I Saw You With" at the Martin Beck Theatre, opening 03 March, closing 30 August 1958 (208 performances). Extending Healy's career from stage to the movies, Mary with her husband Peter co-starred with Hans Corned in "The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T," a 1953 musical fantasy film based on a story by Theodor Seuss Geisel about a boy who hates practicing piano and dreams he has been taken to an island where he is forced to play on a giant keyboard with 499 other captive children. Mary Healy, as Heloise Collins, portrayed the boy's film mother. Bartholomew Collins, the boy, was portrayed by actor Tommy Rettig. Peter Lind Hays portrayed August Zabladowski. George Chakiris was featured as a dancer.
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The popular comedy team Healy and Hayes gained television fame during the infancy of the television medium's golden age, when husband-wife acts, notably "George Burns and Gracie Allen" and "Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz" had strong appeal. A replica of the stars' New Rochelle, New York home provided the setting for 'The Peter Lind Hayes Show", which ran on NBC in 1950 through 1951. Each episode opened with a shot of the guest star on the telephone explaining to someone off-camera that he could not have dinner that evening because he was going to Peter and Mary's house. He then walked onto the set, where his talents were showcased along with those of the two hosts. A degree of verisimilitude also characterized the half-hour comedy "Peter Loves Mary," which ran on NBC airing in 1960-61. Healy and Hayes portrayed a show-business couple who left New York City for life in the suburbs with their children. Peter misses the hustle-bustle of the city and his show-biz confrères, while Mary prefers the PTA, Boy and Girl Scout membership activities and the garden club scene. In the early 1960s, the couple also hosted a WOR radio show, which was broadcast from the basement of their New Rochelle house. Their witty repartee about children, married life and other mundaneness struck a chord with listeners, especially when they argued on the air. "We've even had letters saying, 'Please argue more,'" Mary Healy told the New York Times interviewer in 1964. In addition to their TV and film work, Mary Healy and her husband Peter Lind Hays were popular at the Las Vegas Sands Hotel, headliners on fourteen successful nightclub circuit engagements during the 1960s.
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Mary Healy, at age 21, met vaudeville-trained 24 year old Peter Lind Hayes performing with his vaudevillian mother Grace Hayes at a North Hollywood nightclub. Mary (age 22) and Peter Lind Hayes (age 25) were married from 1940 until his death on 21 April 1998 (age 82). With few exceptions she and her husband worked together exclusively. One of their first high-profile pairings as a duo was in the CBS TV musical variety series "Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet", which ran on CBS TV from September 29,1949 through March 16, 1950; a revue-style series that producer Arthur Schwartz based on his successful Broadway show "Inside U.S.A.". They sang Chevrolet's catchy jingle, "See the U.S.A. in your Chevrolet," before the jingle became a signature of Dinah Shore on her NBC TV "Dinah Shore Show" Chevrolet sponsored variety show of the 1950s and '60s.
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Release of autobiography, "Twenty-Five Minutes from Broadway" by Peter and Mary Healy. [1961]
Was Arthur Godfrey's replacement on CBS radio and TV. Served as a Technical Sgt. in the U.S. Air Force 1942-1946. Decorated with two battle stars and a bronze star.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1987
TV Series
Congressman Riley
Lookin' to Get Out
1982
Tourist at Registration Desk
Vega$
1979
TV Series
Brad Edelson
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
1970
Prof. Robert Bannister
Once You Kiss a Stranger...
1969
Pete
The Outer Limits
1964
TV Series
Dr. James Stone
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1964
TV Series
Henry Wilkins
Alumni Fun
1963
TV Series
Host (1965-1966)
Playdate
1961
TV Series
Ernie
Peter Loves Mary
1960-1961
TV Series
Peter Lindsey / Peter Lindsay
Miracle on 34th Street
1959
TV Movie
Fred Gaily
Alcoa Theatre
1959
TV Series
J. Dunkin Wynn
The Peter Lind Hayes Show
1958
TV Series
Co-host (1958-59)
Make Room for Daddy
1957
TV Series
Peter Lind Hayes
Lux Video Theatre
1957
TV Series
Hugo Barnstead
Goodyear Playhouse
1955
TV Series
Harry Harris
Studio One in Hollywood
1954
TV Series
James Allen
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1953
TV Series
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
1953
August Zabladowski
Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet
1949
TV Series
The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947
Lew Gibson
Winged Victory
1944
O'Brien (as T/Sgt. Peter Lind Hayes)
Petticoat Larceny
1943
Reporter (uncredited)
Seven Days' Leave
1942
Pvt. Pete Jackson
Playmates
1941
Peter Lindsay
Zis Boom Bah
1941
Peter Kendricks
Dancing on a Dime
1940
Dandy Joslyn (as Peter Hayes)
Seventeen
1940
George Cooper (as Peter Hayes)
All Women Have Secrets
1939
Slats Warwick (as Peter Hayes)
These Glamour Girls
1939
Skel (as Peter Hayes)
Million Dollar Legs
1939
Freddie 'Ten-Percent' Fry (as Peter Hayes)
Naughty But Nice
1939
Bandleader in Nightclub (uncredited)
His Exciting Night
1938
Flower Deliver Man (uncredited)
Penrod's Double Trouble
1938
Weight Guesser at Carnival (uncredited)
Danger on the Air
1938
Harry Lake (as Lind Hayes)
The Lady in the Morgue
1938
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Outside of Paradise
1938
Lind (as Lind Hayes)
The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos
1937
Short
Ben Birdie (voice, uncredited)
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1937
Short
Uniformed Messenger (as Lind Hayes)
Pacific Paradise
1937
Short
Naval Officer Kissing Woman (uncredited)
The CooCoo Nut Grove
1936
Short
Ben Birdie (voice, uncredited)
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936
Short
Mr. Mike (voice)
Maid for a Day
1936
Short
Freddy Hayden (as Lind Hayes)
Three of a Kind
1936
Bellhop (uncredited)
Myrt and Marge
1933
Young Man at Radio Station (uncredited)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook
2010
TV Mini-Series documentary writer - 1 episode
The Jackie Gleason Show
1957
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
1953
performer: "Dream Stuff", "Get-Together Weather"
Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet
1949
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Seven Days' Leave
1942
performer: "Please Won't You Leave My Girl Alone" 1942, "A Touch of Texas" 1942
Playmates
1941
performer: "Romeo Smith and Juliet Jones" 1941
Zis Boom Bah
1941
performer: "Annabella", "Put Your Trust in the Moon"
Dancing on a Dime
1940
performer: "I Hear Music"
These Glamour Girls
1939
performer: "If You Knew Susie Like I Know Susie" 1925 - uncredited
Maid for a Day
1936
Short performer: "Sweet Music", "Live, Love and Learn" - uncredited
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Playdate
1962
TV Series 1 episode
Kraft Theatre
1957
TV Series teleplay - 1 episode
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Peter Lind Hayes Show
1950
TV Series composer: theme "If I Loved You, Like You Loved You"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-1977
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself
The Mike Douglas Show
1971
TV Series
Himself - Entertainer
The Joan Rivers Show
1968
TV Series
Himself
The Christophers
1968
TV Series
Himself
The Merv Griffin Show
1966
TV Series
Himself
To Tell the Truth
1962-1964
TV Series
Himself - Panelist
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-1964
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Comedian
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall
1954-1963
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself - Announcer / Himself / ...