Biography for
John Hayes (I) More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

1 March 1930, New York, USA

Date of Death

21 August 2000, Burbank, California, USA (cancer)

Birth Name

John Patrick Hayes

Mini Biography

John Hayes was a writer, director, editor, producer, and occasional actor who made a wide variety of offbeat and interesting low-budget independent pictures throughout the 60's and 70's. Hayes was born on March 1, 1930 in New York. He began his film career making short movies in the 50's; the 1958 item "The Kiss" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. John made his feature length debut with the obscure 1961 drama "The Grass Eater." Hayes went on to make a diverse array of drive-in exploitation outings in such sub-genres as World War II potboilers ("Shell Shock," "The Cut-Throats"), rowdy redneck romps ("The Farmer's Other Daughter," "All the Lovin' Kinfolk"), sleazy crime fare ("Convicts' Women," "Mama's Dirty Girls"), horror ("Dream No Evil," "Garden of the Dead," "Grave of the Vampire"), low-brow comedy ("Up Yours - A Rockin' Comedy"), and even science fiction ("End of the World"). In addition to directing, Hayes usually produced and edited as well as often penned the scripts for his films. John pops up in bit parts in the wholesome Disney family features "The Shaggy D.A." and "Treasure of the Matecumbe." (He also has cameo roles in two of his own movies.) His last directing credit was an episode of the horror anthology TV series "Tales from the Darkside." John Hayes died from cancer at age 70 on August 21, 2000 in Burbank, California.

IMDb Mini Biography By: woodyanders

Spouse

Ellen ?

(? - 21 August 2000) (his death)

Trivia

Proposed marriage to a 20-something Rue McClanahan after they were together for 4 years, but she turned him down.

Browse biographies section by name

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z