Biography
A "Marine brat", Hays grew up in Turkey, India and England before graduating from high school in Nebraska. Attending college in San Diego, he caught the theater bug after studying acting for a semester and promptly joined the Actor's Guild at the Old Globe Theater. Hays stayed with the company for five years, performing in plays ranging from "Richard III" to "The Glass Menagerie" to "Say Who You Are", winning the Globe's Atlas award for the …
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Career Milestones
| Family eventually settled in California | ||
| Left school after studying acting for one semester to join the Actor's Guild at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego; stayed with the company for five years, acting in plays including "The Man in the Glass Booth", "The Glass Menagerie" and "Richard III" | ||
| Lived in many places as a child as his father, a Marine colonel, served in various places; lived in Turkey for a number of years; also lived in England and Calcutta, India | ||
| Played leading male role of Dr. Brad Benson on the ABC sitcom, "Angie", starring opposite Donna Pescow in the title role | ||
| Played the leading role of Ted Costas on the NBC sitcom, "FM" | ||
| Starred as Paul Forrester--a.k.a. Starman--on the ABC sci-fi action series, "Starman", based on the film which starred Jeff Bridges | ||
1975 | Made TV debut on an episode of the ABC detective series, "Harry O", starring David Janssen (date approximate) | |
1976 | Earliest TV work also included a supporting role in the TV-movie pilot for the ABC drama series, "The Young Pioneers"; also acted in the second pilot movie later that year, "The Young Pioneers' Christmas" | |
1978 | TV series debut: reprised his role as Dan Gray on the short-lived (three episodes) ABC historical drama series, "The Young Pioneers" | |
1980 | Made feature film debut in the leading of the hit disaster-movie spoof, "Airplane!" | |
1981 | First film made outside the U.S., The Canadian-feature, "Utilities" | |
1982 | Reprised the role of Ted Striker for the sequel comedy, "Airplane II: The Sequel" | |
1985 | Last feature film for five years, "Stephen King's Cat's Eye" | |
1987 | Made TV directorial debut helming "The Test", an episode of the series, "Starman" | |
1990 | Returned to features as the male lead of the adventure comedy, "Honeymoon Academy" | |
1993 | Played Joe Polachek, one of the leading roles, on the short-lived (five episodes) CBS sitcom, "Cutters" | |
1994 | Supplied the voice for the title character of Tony Stark (a.k.a. Iron Man) on the animated children's adventure series, "Iron Man" | |
1996 | Had strong dramatic role as Victoria Principal's abusive husband in the Lifetime TV-movie "The Abduction" | |
1998 | Co-starred with Shelley Long in The WB sitcom "Kelly Kelly" | |
2001 | Briefly returned to sitcoms as Bette Midler's husband in episodes of "Bette" (CBS); show was cancelled after only one of those in which he appeared aired | |