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Tiger Haynes Born George Haynes
December 13, 1914
Frederiksted, St. CroixDied February 14, 1994 (aged 79)
New York City, New YorkOccupation Stage, film, television actor Tiger Haynes (December 13, 1914 - February 14, 1994) was an American actor and musical performer. (sometimes billed as Colonel Tiger Haynes) .
He was born as George Haynes in Frederiksted, St. Croix, and moved to New York when he was a boy.[1] An ex-boxer, Haynes played guitar with The Three Flames from 1945 to 1956, a group which had its own NBC radio show in the mid-1940s[2] and a television show on NBC television in 1949.[1] He made his mainstream Broadway debut in Leonard Sillman's musical revue New Faces of 1956.[3] He is best known for his portrayal of the Tin Man in the original Broadway cast of the Wiz.[2] He also made several television appearances on programs such as The Cosby Show (1989) and In the Heat of the Night (1989), as well as numerous minor film appearances in films such as All That Jazz (1979) and Ratboy (1986).
References
- ^ a b New York Times obituary, February 16, 1994.
- ^ a b Tiger Haynes on Allmovie
- ^ Tiger Haynes at the Internet Broadway Database
External links
- Tiger Haynes at the Internet Movie Database
- Tiger Haynes at the Internet Broadway Database
- Tiger Haynes at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Tiger Haynes on Allmovie
Categories:- 1914 births
- 1994 deaths
- African American actors
- American musical theatre actors
- RCA Victor artists
- People from Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
- United States Virgin Islands musicians
- United States Virgin Islands actors
- American theatre actor, 20th century birth stubs
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