Daniel L. Haynes (June 6, 1889 – July 28, 1954) was an American stage and film actor and clergyman. He is best known for starring as Zeke in the early all-black King Vidor directed film Halleljuah.[1][2] On November 28, 1910, he married Rosa Belle Sims in Chicago. In his last years, he left show business and became a full-time Baptist minister.[3] At the time of M-G-M's Hallelujah, Haynes is quoted as having said: "I cannot say what our race owes King Vidor and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer --- there are not words forceful enough for that. Hallelujah will, as Moses led his people from the wilderness, lead ours from the wilderness of misunderstanding and apathy."[4]
Daniel L. Haynes | |
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 Haynes in a stage presentation of Androcles and the Lion, Lafayette Theatre, NYC, 1938 | |
| Born | Daniel Leo (aka Louis) Haynes June 6, 1889 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | July 28, 1954 (aged 65) Kingston, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Wiltwyck Cemetery, Kingston |
| Occupation(s) | actor; minister of the gospel |
| Spouse | Rosa Belle Sims |
Selected filmography
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- John Smith (1922)
- Hallelujah (1929)
- The Last Mile (1932)
- Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)
- So Red the Rose (1935)
- Escape from Devil's Island (1935)
- Fury (1936)The Invisible Ray (1935)
Theater
edit- Rang Tang (1927)
References
edit- ^ Silent Film Necrology, p.235 2nd Edition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana
- ^ Who Was Who on Screen, p. 207 2nd Edition c.1977 by Evelyn Mack Truitt
- ^ ^The Kingston Daily Freeman, July 29, 1954, p. 1, "Preacher, Stage Star, Succumbs of Heart Ailment - Daniel L. Haynes,"
- ^ "Sense and Sensuality in Representations of Race", p. 312, in Race, Nation, and Religion in the Americas, Henry Goldschmidt and Elizabeth McAlister, eds., Oxford University Press, 2004
External links
edit- Daniel L. Haynes at IMDb
- Daniel L. Haynes at the Internet Broadway Database
- Daniel L. Haynes at AllMovie
- Daniel L. Haynes at KinoTV
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- ^ Preacher, "Stage Star, Succumbs of Heart Ailment - Daniel L. Haynes," p. , The Kingston Daily Freeman, July 29, 1954