# Tiger Haynes

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{{Short description|American actor and musician (1914-1994)}}
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|image=
|birth_name=George Haynes
|birth_date={{birth date|1914|12|13}}
|birth_place=[Frederiksted](/source/Frederiksted%2C_United_States_Virgin_Islands), [St. Croix](/source/St._Croix)
|death_date={{death date and age|1994|2|14|1914|12|13}}
|death_place=[New York City](/source/New_York_City), [New York](/source/New_York_(state))
|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](/source/Frederiksted%2C_United_States_Virgin_Islands), [St. Croix](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Allmovie)</ref> and a television show on NBC television in 1949,<ref name="nytimes" /> and which incorporated [Sammy Benskin](/source/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](/source/Tin_Woodman) in the original Broadway cast of ''[The Wiz](/source/The_Wiz)'' (a role assumed by [Nipsey Russell](/source/Nipsey_Russell) in the 1978 film adaptation).<ref name="AMG" /> He also made several television appearances on programs such as ''[The Cosby Show](/source/The_Cosby_Show)'' (1989), ''[In the Heat of the Night](/source/In_the_Heat_of_the_Night_(TV_series))'' (1989), and ''[Law & Order](/source/Law_%26_Order)'' (1994), as well as numerous minor film appearances in films such as ''[All That Jazz](/source/All_That_Jazz_(film))'' (1979) and ''[Ratboy](/source/Ratboy)'' (1986).

==Musicals==
*''New Faces of 1956''
*''Fade Out-Fade In''
*''[The Wiz](/source/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](/source/All_That_Jazz_(film))'' || Porter ||
|-
|1980|| ''[Times Square](/source/Times_Square_(1980_film))'' || Andy ||
|-
|1984|| ''[Moscow on the Hudson](/source/Moscow_on_the_Hudson)'' || Lionel's Grandfather ||
|-
|1984|| ''[Nothing Lasts Forever](/source/Nothing_Lasts_Forever_(film))'' || Mr. Brown ||
|-
|1986|| ''[Ratboy](/source/Ratboy)'' || Derelict Ralph ||
|-
|1986|| ''[The Mosquito Coast](/source/The_Mosquito_Coast_(film))'' || Mr. Semper ||
|-
|1987|| ''[Enemy Territory](/source/Enemy_Territory_(film))'' || Barton ||
|-
|1988|| ''[Apprentice to Murder](/source/Apprentice_to_Murder)'' || Rufus ||
|-
|1989|| ''[Dead Bang](/source/Dead_Bang)'' || Edwin Gates ||
|-
|1990|| ''[Awakenings](/source/Awakenings)'' || Janitor ||
|-
|1991|| ''[Jungle Fever](/source/Jungle_Fever)'' || ||
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0371561}}
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*{{iobdb name|15269}}
*[http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=2:31294 Tiger Haynes] on [Allmovie](/source/Allmovie)
*[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/05/arts/critics-choices-broadcast-tv.html Critics' Choices: "Broadcast TV"] ''[The New York Times](/source/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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Category:American male musical theatre actors
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Category:20th-century African-American male actors
Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:African-American guitarists
Category:20th-century American guitarists
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Category:20th-century African-American male singers
Category:20th-century American male singers
Category:20th-century American singers

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