- Born
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Actor Robert Hays was an Air Force Brat and attended Izmir American School in Izmir, Turkey during the Seventh Grade. He graduated in 1965 from Bellevue High School, Bellevue, Nebraska where his father was stationed at Offutt AFB. He began his career in theatre, performing in plays like Richard III and The Glass Menagerie at the famous Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. After spending several years in the theatre, he moved to Hollywood to pursue his career in film and television.
He first appeared on television in series such as Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969), Wonder Woman (1975), Laverne & Shirley (1976) and Angie (1979). He made his feature-film debut in the landmark comedy Airplane! (1980), starring as Ted Striker, the traumatized former pilot who must land the plane when the flight crew gets struck by food poisoning. He later reprised his role as Ted Striker in Airplane II: The Sequel (1982).
After the massive success of Airplane!, Hays went on to star in many feature films including Take This Job and Shove It (1981), Trenchcoat (1983), Cat's Eye (1985), Fifty/Fifty (1992), Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993), Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996), Robert Altman's Dr. T & the Women (2000) and Sex and a Girl (2001), which he also produced. He starred in over 20 made-for-TV movies like NBC's Mister Roberts (1984), CBS' Murder by the Book (1987), and Lifetime's The Abduction (1996). He also had a surprise appearance in Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014). Hays also had numerous guest appearances on various television shows including Touched by an Angel (1994), Promised Land (1996) and That '70s Show (1998), and he starred in the series Starman (1986), FM (1989), Cutters (1993) and Kelly Kelly (1998).
- IMDb mini biography by: Rachaela
- SpouseCherie Currie(May 12, 1990 - 1997) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- He has played the same character (Tony Stark / Iron Man) on three different series: Iron Man (1994), Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994) and The Incredible Hulk (1996).
- Credits "Airplane!" Peter Graves as his acting mentor and best friend; ironically, the two never shared any scenes in either the original or "The Sequel".
- He was the very first celebrity guest on The Larry Sanders Show (1992).
- Father, with Cherie Currie, of a son Jake Hays.
- Did some race car driving in the Sports Car Club of America's Showroom Stock Endurance Series.
- Starman is not American, Russian or Nicaraguan. He holds up a mirror to all of us.
- [on reading the screenplay for 'Airplane!'] I read the script on an aeroplane. There was something on every page that made me laugh out loud and the stewardess noticed. I gave it to her when I was done. She was very prim and proper, with her hair in a tight bun. I looked up the aisle and saw her sitting with the script on her lap. A little later, I saw her smiling. Then she started really chuckling. Soon her hair was coming undone and she was laughing uproariously. 'That's a good sign,' I thought.
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