An earnest, boyishly handsome actor, Robert Hays has often adopted an amusing deadpan expression as well-meaning but clueless romantic leads caught up in farcical situations. A "Marine brat", 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. Hays 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
Lived in many places as a child as his father, a Marine colonel, served in various places; lived in Turkey for a number of years; also lived in England and Calcutta, India
Family eventually settled in California
Left school after studying acting for one semester to join the Actor's Guild at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego; stayed with the company for five years, acting in plays including "The Man in the Glass Booth", "The Glass Menagerie" and "Richard III"
1975
Made TV debut on an episode of the ABC detective series, "Harry O", starring David Janssen (date approximate)
1976
Earliest TV work also included a supporting role in the TV-movie pilot for the ABC drama series, "The Young Pioneers"; also acted in the second pilot movie later that year, "The Young Pioneers' Christmas"
