Ron Hayes


Ronald G. Hayes was an American television actor, who as an activist in the environmental movement, worked for the establishment of the first Earth Day, observed on April 22, 1970. He was a member of the Sierra Club and a founder of the ecological interest group Wilderness World.
On television, Hayes guest-starred in Bat Masterson, in a recurring role as Wyatt Earp and again as Jeremy French. Hayes played Owens in "Rawhide" S2 E8 "Incident of the Haunted Hills" which aired 11/5/1959. He played the doomed suitor Paul Bradley in "Wanted: Dead or Alive" S2 E10 "Reckless" which aired 11/6/1959.
Hayes was a regularly seen face, in various characters showing a wide range of acting skill, on Gunsmoke.
He also played a blinded U.S. Army captain in an episode of Don't Call Me Charlie!, and he also co-starred in the ABC Western comedy The Rounders and portrayed Lincoln Vail in the syndicated adventure series The Everglades. Hayes also guest-starred in two episodes of The High Chaparral and two episodes of Death Valley Days as the editor of the newspaper reporting Custer's last stand and the Devil's Bar.

Television roles

• 1972: "Hawaï Police d'Etat": Saison 5, épisode 18: Diabolique entreprise": Laughlin
  • Cheyenne as Durango Kid in "Town of Fear" Also as Cote Martin, in the episode “Reprieve”, co-starring Connie Stevens and Paul Lukather.
  • Tombstone Territory as outlaw Chick Umbir in "The Day of Amnesty"
  • Wagon Train as Whitey in "The Cathy Eckhart Story"
  • The Rifleman as Bruce in "Six Years and a Day"
  • Bat Masterson as Jeremy French and in a recurring role as Wyatt Earp
  • Rawhide as Owens in S2:E8, "Incident of the Haunted Hills"
  • Rawhide as Frank Louden in S5:E6, "Incident of the Four Horsemen"
  • The Virginian as Marshal Brett Cole
  • Gunsmoke as Jud Sorell and in a 1970 episode,"The Judas Gun" as gunfighter Boyd Avery
  • Bonanza as Jarred in "Bridesgroom" and as Donnie Buckler in “Night of Reckoning”
  • Hawaii Five-O as Laughlin in The Odd Lot Caper