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Dick Haymes
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Actor Born: September 13, 1916 in Buenos Aires, Argentina Death: March 28, 1980 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:"Dick Haymes" was a big band crooner and actor. His mother was a singer and he was educated in France, Switzerland, and England; in 1936 he came to the U.S., beginning his show business career as a radio announcer. Soon he was working as a band vocalist, and eventually performed with the big bands of "Tommy Dorsey", "Harry James", and "Benny Goodman". By the early '40s he was one of America's top crooners and a highly successful nightclub and recording artist. He was signed to a film contract by 20th Century Fox in 1943 (having previously appeared onscreen occasionally as a bit player or extra) and starred in a number of films over the next several years; however, he never achieved much popularity as a screen personality, and made no films after 1953. During World War II, he avoided the draft by registering as a resident alien, waiving his right to become a U.S. citizen; this came back to haunt him... Full Biography
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