Jerry Haynes
Actor
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.
Filmography
Boys Don't Cry
as Judge 1999
Places in the Heart
as Deputy Jack Driscoll 1984
My Boyfriend's Back
as Minister at Funeral 1993
Sweet Dreams
as Owen Bradley 1985
License to Kill
as Bill Wilson 1986
Heartbreak Hotel
as Mr. Hansen 1988
The Locusts
as Harlan 1997
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Dr. Phillips 1987
Texas Justice
1995
Hard Promises
as Walt's Dad 1992
A Killing in a Small Town
as Judge Scott 1990
Island City
as Ben 1994
An American Story
as Dr. Jenkins 1992
Right to Kill?
as Mr. Harris 1985
Possums
as Bob 1998
Steele's Law
as Ben Slade 1991