Bill Hayes
Biography
William Foster Hayes III (June 5, 1925 – January 12, 2024) was an American actor and recording artist. His song "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" hit the top of the Billboard charts between March and May 1955. Following a successful career as a musician that began in the late 1940s, Hayes began to focus on dramatic acting parts in the late 1960s, which led him to be cast in a role that gained him additional fame to a younger generation. This new chapter began in 1970 when he originated the character of Doug Williams on NBC's Days of Our Lives; the character's final appearance on the program was streamed posthumously on Peacock on July 11, 2024.
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Credited work
32 releases · 12 albums · active 1955–2022
- Performance · 22
- Other credits · 7
- Production · 4
Studios: O'Henry Sound Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Bill Hayes And The Buckle Busters
- "Don Lang And His ""Frantic Five"""
- Mathilde Santing
- Mervin Shiner
- Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II