- Lloyd Haynes
Samuel Lloyd Haynes (
September 19 1934 ,South Bend, Indiana –December 31 1986 ,Coronado, California ) was anAfrican-American actor andtelevision writer . [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE4DE143AF936A35752C0A961948260 NY Times obituary] ] Haynes was a member of theBahá'í Faith . [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0371496/bio IMDB Biography] ]Haynes served in the
Marines from 1952-1964 and during theKorean War . He was a public-affairs officer for the Naval reserve with the rank of Commander.Following his military career, Haynes studied acting at the Film Industries Workshop and Actors West in
Los Angeles . Haynes appeared in a number of television series and films, but received the most honors for his role as "Pete Dixon" in "Room 222 ". He was nominated for both anEmmy andGolden Globe Award for his role.He died from
lung cancer onDecember 31 1986 , aged 52.Posthumous
In 2006, he was nominated as Teacher of the Year at the
TV Land Awards . Fact|date=October 2007ee also
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