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Also known as William Foster Hayes III

American actor, singer (1925–2024)

Person · Open Library

Born
1925
Works
18

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1942-08-20
Active to
2008-08-10

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
7,593
Total plays
24,592

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Bill Hayes (born William Foster Hayes III on 5 June 1925; died 12 January 2024) was an American recording artist and later an actor. His song "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" hit the top of the US Billboard charts in the spring of 1955. Following a successful career as a musician (which began in the late 1940s), Hayes began to focus on dramatic acting parts in the late 1960s, which led him, in 1970, to be cast as the character of Doug Williams on NBC's Days of Our Lives, which he continued to pla

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
William
Family name
Hayes
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Harvey
Place of death
Studio City
Occupation
singer
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Instrument
voice
Image
Bill Hayes as Doug Williams "Days of our Lives" (1976 Columbia publicity photo).jpg
Number of children
5
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date of birth
1925-06-05
Commons category
Bill Hayes
start of work period
1948-00-00
writing language
English language
date of death
2024-01-12
end of work period
2023-00-00
name in native language
Bill Hayes
birth name
William Foster Hayes III
pseudonym
Bill Hayes
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