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Dick Haymes

Dick Haymes

Oyuncu · 1918 – 1980 · 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 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."

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  • Film7.4

    Mutiny on the Bounty

    Gemide İsyan

    1935 · 409 votes

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    Fallen Angel

    1945 · 135 votes

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    Du Barry Was a Lady

    Leydi Dubarry

    1943 · 18 votes

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    One Touch of Venus

    1948 · 37 votes

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    Four Jills in a Jeep

    1944 · 5 votes

  • Film5.8

    Words and Music

    1948 · 21 votes

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    Do You Love Me

    1946 · 6 votes

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    Let's Do It Again

    1953 · 5 votes

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    Irish Eyes Are Smiling

    1944 · 4 votes

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    State Fair

    1945 · 74 votes

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    Carnival in Costa Rica

    1947 · 3 votes

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    I Am an American

    1944 · 5 votes

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    All Ashore

    1953 · 3 votes

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    Up in Central Park

    1948 · 7 votes

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    Dramatic School

    1938 · 7 votes

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    St. Benny the Dip

    1951 · 6 votes

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    Betrayal

    1974 · 7 votes

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    Diamond Horseshoe

    1945 · 2 votes

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  • Dizi5.8

    The Mike Douglas Show

    1961 · 11 votes

  • Dizi7.0

    What's My Line?

    1950 · 29 votes

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    The Merv Griffin Show

    1962 · 12 votes

  • Dizi7.1

    Adam-12

    1968 · 48 votes

  • Dizi7.4

    The Saint

    1962 · 136 votes

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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    1948 · 23 votes

  • Dizi6.9

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    1950 · 13 votes

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    McCloud

    1970 · 53 votes

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  • Dizi5.1

    Suspense

    1949 · 12 votes

  • Dizi7.1

    McMillan & Wife

    1971 · 27 votes

  • Dizi6.7

    The Dick Clark Show

    1958 · 3 votes

  • Dizi6.7

    Lux Video Theatre

    1950 · 7 votes

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  • Dizi6.5