Robert Hays #2
Robert Hays #2
Airplane!
Robert Hays is best known for his role as Ted Striker in the 1980 movie AIRPLANE! and in AIRPLANE II: THE SEQUEL two years later.
A "Marine brat", Robert Hays grew up in Turkey, India and England before graduating from high school in Nebraska. Attending college in San Diego, he caught the theater bug after studying acting for a semester and promptly joined the Actor's Guild at the Old Globe Theater. He stayed with the company for five years, performing in plays ranging from RICHARD III to THE GLASS MENAGERIE to SAY WHO YOU ARE, winning the Globe's Atlas award for the latter.
Hays made his TV debut guesting on ABC's detective series HARRY O and began appearing on TV-movies soon thereafter. A first series, THE YOUNG PIONEERS (ABC, 1978), fizzled after three episodes, but he had more luck with ANGIE (ABC, 1979-80). As clean-cut Brad Benson, Hays played a wealthy young doctor who dealt with sitcom adventures after marrying a poor waitress (Donna Pescow). The show was never a huge hit, but it got Hays noticed, and he made a successful debut in features with the hilarious disaster spoof, AIRPLANE! (1980). As Ted Striker (a role he reprised for the 1982 sequel) he was quite funny as the goofy yet stalwart former pilot who must try to land an endangered plane.
His other film credits include TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT (1981), TRENCHCOAT (1982), SCANDALOUS (1984), CAT'S EYE (1985), HONEYMOON ACADEMY (1990), FIFTY/FIFTY (1991), HOMEWARD BOUND: THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY (1993), HOMEWARD BOUND 2: LOST IN SAN FRANCISCO (1996), DR T AND THE WOMEN (2000), SUPERHERO MOVIE (2008), and PARANORMAL MOVIE (2013).
On television, he's had roles and guest spots on a variety of shows including: SPIN CITY, THAT 70'S SHOW, THE OUTER LIMITS, ROBBERY HOMICIDE DIVISION, PROMISED LAND, TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL, THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW, THE LOVE BOAT, NEW ADVENTURES OF WONDER WOMAN, LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY, CANNON, THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO, MARCUS WELBY, M.D., and THE ROCKFORD FILES.
His television series credits also include: STARMAN, FM, KELLY KELLY, IRON MAN (animated), SPIDERMAN (animated), CUTTERS, BETTE, and GUYS LIKE US. He has also starred in a number of television movies such as THE INITIATION OF SARAH; THE GIRL, THE GOLD WATCH, AND EVERYTHING; THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER; MISTER ROBERTS; VANISHED; THE ABDUCTION; I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS; UNABOMBER: THE TRUE STORY; THE RETRIEVERS; and THE SANTA TRAP.
He was married to Cherie Currie, of The Runaways fame, and they have a son, Jake, who is now performing with Cherie in her new band, and has his own career as a musician going strong.
Robert Hays' Official Website
Robert Hays at the Internet Movie Database