{{Short description|American actor and musician (1914-1994)}} {{infobox person |image= |birth_name=George Haynes |birth_date={{birth date|1914|12|13}} |birth_place=Frederiksted, St. Croix |death_date={{death date and age|1994|2|14|1914|12|13}} |death_place=New York City, New York |occupation= Actor }} '''George "Tiger" Haynes''' (December 13, 1914 – February 14, 1994), sometimes billed as '''Colonel Tiger Haynes''', was an American actor of musical theatre, television and film and jazz musician.
He was born in Frederiksted, St. Croix, and moved to New York when he was a boy.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news | url= https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/16/obituaries/tiger-haynes-is-dead-musical-actor-was-79.html | work= The New York Times| title = Tiger Haynes Is Dead; Musical Actor Was 79| date= February 16, 1994| access-date = 10 September 2013}}</ref> 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<ref name="AMG">[http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=2:31294 Tiger Haynes] on Allmovie</ref> and a television show on NBC television in 1949,<ref name="nytimes" /> and which incorporated Sammy Benskin in 1954.
He made his mainstream Broadway debut in Leonard Sillman's musical revue ''New Faces of 1956''.<ref>{{IBDB name|88749}}</ref> He is best known for his portrayal of the Tin Man in the original Broadway cast of ''The Wiz'' (a role assumed by Nipsey Russell in the 1978 film adaptation).<ref name="AMG" /> He also made several television appearances on programs such as ''The Cosby Show'' (1989), ''In the Heat of the Night'' (1989), and ''Law & Order'' (1994), as well as numerous minor film appearances in films such as ''All That Jazz'' (1979) and ''Ratboy'' (1986).
==Musicals== *''New Faces of 1956'' *''Fade Out-Fade In'' *''The Wiz'' *''Louis'' (1981)<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/24/theater/stage-louis-armstong-that-is.html Stage: "'Louis' (Armstrong, that is)"] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved 10 September 2013.</ref>
==Films== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1979|| ''All That Jazz'' || Porter || |- |1980|| ''Times Square'' || Andy || |- |1984|| ''Moscow on the Hudson'' || Lionel's Grandfather || |- |1984|| ''Nothing Lasts Forever'' || Mr. Brown || |- |1986|| ''Ratboy'' || Derelict Ralph || |- |1986|| ''The Mosquito Coast'' || Mr. Semper || |- |1987|| ''Enemy Territory'' || Barton || |- |1988|| ''Apprentice to Murder'' || Rufus || |- |1989|| ''Dead Bang'' || Edwin Gates || |- |1990|| ''Awakenings'' || Janitor || |- |1991|| ''Jungle Fever'' || || |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0371561}} *{{IBDB name}} *{{iobdb name|15269}} *[http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=2:31294 Tiger Haynes] on Allmovie *[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/05/arts/critics-choices-broadcast-tv.html Critics' Choices: "Broadcast TV"] ''The New York Times'' *[https://archives.libraries.rutgers.edu/repositories/6/resources/191 Tiger Haynes and Joy Hatton collection], Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers Libraries
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