Peter Lind Hayes

Peter Lind Hayes
Mary Healy and Peter Lind Hayes, guest hosts of The Tonight Show (1962)
Born	Joseph Conrad Lind (1915-06-25)June 25, 1915 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died	April 21, 1998(1998-04-21) (aged 82) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Occupation	Stage, film and television actor
Spouse(s)	Mary Healy (m. 1940–98) (his death)
Children	Cathy Lind Hayes Peter Michael Hayes

Peter Lind Hayes (June 25, 1915 – April 21, 1998) was an American vaudeville entertainer, songwriter, and film and television actor.

Hayes was born Joseph Conrad Lind in San Francisco, California, the son of entertainer Grace Hayes (1895-1989). He spent his early childhood in Southern Illinois, and then attended school in New Rochelle, New York.

He appeared in films throughout the 1930s and 1940s, and had a significant television career in the 1950s. He often appeared with his wife Mary Healy. In 1946, Hayes opened at the Copacabana in New York. This led to an engagement with the Dinah Shore radio show.

Hayes and Healy were the original singers of the Chevrolet jingle "See The U.S.A. In Your Chevrolet" in 1950. (Dinah Shore later sang the song for Chevrolet starting in 1952.) The couple starred in Zis Boom Bah (1941) and had major supporting roles in the cult fantasy musical film The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953).

Peter Lind Hayes may best be remembered for several short-lived television series in which he and Healy co-hosted or co-starred, such as The Peter Lind Hayes Show (1950–51), Star of the Family (1950-1952), and Peter Loves Mary (1960–61). He also appeared on the pilot episode of The Match Game on December 5, 1962. He and his wife Mary were occasional guests on TV quiz shows To Tell the Truth, Password and What's My Line? He had a considerable reputation as a singer of comic songs, several of which made their way onto record, e.g. "Life Gets Teejus, Don't It".

In 1964, he appeared in an episode of The Outer Limits, playing the lead role, Dr. Robert Stone, an absent-minded optic engineer and researcher.