Jerry Haynes
Acting

Jerry Haynes

Born 31 January 1927 · Dallas, Texas, USA · Died 26 September 2011

Jerome Martin "Jerry" Haynes (January 31, 1927 – September 26, 2011) was an American actor from Dallas, Texas. He is most well known as Mr. Peppermint, a role he played for 30 years as the host of one of the longest-running local children's shows in television, the Dallas-based Mr. Peppermint (1961–1969), which was retitled Peppermint Place for its second run (1975–1996). He also had a long career in local and regional theater and appeared in more than 50 films. A 1944 graduate of Dallas' Woodrow Wilson High School, he was the father of Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes.

Known for

RoboCop
Boys Don't Cry
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Places in the Heart
My Boyfriend's Back
Sweet Dreams
License to Kill
Heartbreak Hotel
The Locusts
The Long Hot Summer
Uncle Tom's Cabin
A Killing in a Small Town
Boys Don't Cry
The Outfitters
Possums
The Locusts
The People Next Door
Don't Look Back
Texas Justice
Island City
My Boyfriend's Back
An American Story
Hard Promises
Bonnie & Clyde: The True Story
Finding the Way Home
Steele's Law
A Killing in a Small Town
Heartbreak Hotel
RoboCop
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Breaking Home Ties
Papa Was a Preacher
License to Kill
Stormin' Home
Sweet Dreams
Peyton Place: The Next Generation
Right to Kill?
Places in the Heart
Crisis at Central High
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