Robert Hays
Robert Hays 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, and Bob Seaver, one of the main human characters in Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey. On television, he starred in the science fiction series Starman and the short-lived workplace sitcom FM, voiced Iron Man in Iron Man, and had a guest role as Bud Hyde on That '70s Show.
Career
In 1977, Hays played a military corporal in an episode of the television series Wonder Woman. He starred in several short-lived television series, including the 1978 production The Young Pioneers on ABC; the 1979–1980 series Angie; Starman, and FM.He was cast as Ted Striker, the washed-up pilot who needs to save the day in Airplane!, a spoof of disaster films such as the Airport series, and returned for Airplane II: The Sequel. In 1981, he hosted the sketch comedy television series Saturday Night Live. He played Bob Seaver in Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, and Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco. He played a man thought to be Hyde's dad in several episodes of That '70s Show.
He has performed in many television films and done voice work, such as the title character in the 1994 TV series adaptation of Marvel Comics' Iron Man. In 2013, Hays appeared in a slapstick-laden TV spot promoting tourism in Wisconsin, which also reunited him with Airplane! co-director David Zucker. Hays and Zucker also reunited for the 2008 superhero parody Superhero Movie, which also featured Hays' Airplane! co-star Leslie Nielsen.