death_place death_date birth_place othername birth_date article_title name
woodland hills , los angeles , california 20 november 1980 beaumont , texas richard haynes 9 january 1911 dick haynes
 dick haynes
dick haynes

dick haynes -lrb- b. january 9 , 1911 in beaumont , texas -- d. november 20 , 1980 in woodland hills , los angeles , california -rrb- was an american actor .
he had minor roles in films and television that began with an uncredited appearance as a reporter in the 1954 mgm film , `` tennessee champ '' .
his final role was grandpa in the 1980 film `` getting wasted '' , which was shortly before his death from cancer .
his most significant roles were three guest star appearances on television shows during the 1960s , starting with portraying phillips in `` incident at pawnee gun , '' a 1962 episode of `` frontier circus '' ; as sheriff in `` four alarm wing ding , '' a 1966 episode of `` the rounders '' ; and as colonel tim in `` howard , the comedian , '' a 1967 episode from the 7th season of `` the andy griffith show '' .
he also was on the radio program `` haynes at the reins '' .
in addition to acting in films and television as a supporting actor or an extra , haynes also had a career on the radio .
he began at los angeles ' klac in 1945 , and remained there until 1958 , while simultaneously working various television jobs at ktla .
after he left klac , he spent a year at kxla in the nearby city of pasadena .
haynes returned to klac the following year , and hosted the morning drive-time -lrb- 5:30 -- 10am -rrb- slot for the next five years before he moved to sacramento and helped launch its popular country music station , krak .
by 1966 , he went back to southern california , and worked as the morning man at kfox long beach , and then returned to klac , which had switched to country music , from 1971 until shortly before his death in 1980 .
haynes was recognized for his radio work by his induction into the country music hall of fame , and also has a star on hollywood boulevard .
