Jerry Haynes

Born: 1927-01-31, Dallas, Texas, USA

Died: 2011-09-26

Biography

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.

Filmography

• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993)
• RoboCop (1987)
• Boys Don't Cry (1999)
• Places in the Heart (1984)
• The Long Hot Summer (1985)
• My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
• Don't Look Back (1996)
• Hard Promises (1992)
• Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987)
• The Locusts (1997)
• A Killing in a Small Town (1990)
• Possums (1998)
• Bonnie & Clyde: The True Story (1992)
• Papa Was a Preacher (1986)
• Peyton Place: The Next Generation (1985)
• Finding the Way Home (1991)
• The Outfitters (1999)
• Right to Kill? (1985)
• Steele's Law (1991)
• Stormin' Home (1985)
• Breaking Home Ties (1987)
• Crisis at Central High (1981)