Jerry Haynes

Biography

Jerome Martin "Jerry" Haynes (January 31, 1927 – September 26, 2011) was an American actor from Dallas, Texas. He is most well known as Mr. Peppermint, a role he played for 30 years as the host of one of the longest-running local children's shows in television, the Dallas-based Mr. Peppermint (1961–1969), which was retitled Peppermint Place for its second run (1975–1996). He also had a long career in local and regional theater and appeared in more than 50 films. A 1944 graduate of Dallas' Woodrow Wilson High School, he was the father of Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes.

Known For

RoboCop

as Dr. McNamara

Boys Don't Cry

as Judge

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

as Mr. Royce

Places in the Heart

as Deputy Jack Driscoll

My Boyfriend's Back

as Minister at Funeral

Sweet Dreams

as Owen Bradley

License to Kill

as Bill Wilson

Heartbreak Hotel

as Mr. Hansen

The Locusts

as Harlan

Uncle Tom's Cabin

as Dr. Phillips