Robert Hays | |
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![]() Hays at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2019 | |
Born | Robert Blakely Hays July 24, 1947 Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
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Years active | 1975–present |
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Children | 1 |
Robert Blakely Hays (born July 24, 1947) is an American actor, known for a variety of television and film roles since the 1970s. He came to prominence around 1980, co-starring in the two-season domestic sitcom Angie, and playing the central role of pilot Ted Striker in the comedy film Airplane! and its sequel. Other film roles include the lead role in the comedy Take This Job and Shove It (1981), and Bob Seaver, one of the main human characters in Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993).[1] On television, he starred in the science fiction series Starman (1986–1987)[2] and the short-lived workplace sitcom FM (1989–1990), voiced Iron Man in Iron Man (1994), and had a guest role as Bud Hyde on That '70s Show (2000).[3]