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- Birth nameJerome Martin Haynes
- Jerry was born in Dallas. His parents were Fred and Louise Schimelpfenig Haynes. Jerry was the fourth of five children. He graduated from high school in 1944 and attended SMU, studying drama along with Aaron Spelling and James Noble. Jerry then studied with Herbert Berghof at the American Theater Wing in New York. In 1952, Jerry returned to Dallas and worked in television at WFAA-TV. When movies began to be produced in the Dallas area in the early 1980's, Jerry had his debut in Crisis at Central High (1981) playing opposite Joanne Woodward as a general sent to investigate accusations of G.I.'s peeping in the female students' dressing room. Following that came the role of Pat Powers in Dallas (1978) during 1981-1982 season as a good old boy who sold Jock Ewing some swamp land. Next, Robert Benton cast Jerry as Jack Driscoll, the deputy sheriff, in Places in the Heart (1984) with Sally Field. Following that Karel Reisz cast him as Owen Bradley in Sweet Dreams (1985), the Patsy Cline life story starring Jessica Lange. To date Jerry has appeared in over 50 films.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Jerry Haynes mrpjhdh@aol.com
- Jerry Haynes' alter ego Mr. Peppermint was supposed to be a proprietor of a music store. He got the idea from the movie The Music Man for the costume. There was also a director at WFAA-TV that had a thing for passing out peppermints. Although he had the costume idea he still needed a name. While sitting in his car at the intersection of Garland Rd and Buckner Blvd in the Dallas suburb of Casa Linda, he remembered the director and thought of him as Mr. Peppermint. And the name was born.
- For many years, he has portrayed Dallas children's TV host Mr. Peppermint.
- Most famous for his role as Mr. Peppermint on WFAA-TV Dallas. Was competing for the kids attention with KDTV-TV's (Now KXTX-TV) Bozo The Clown and KFJZ-TV's (Now KTVT-TV) Bill Camfield (Slam Bang Theater's Icky Twerp). He was the last surviving local kids show host of Dallas broadcasting.
- Passed away 20 years to the week since his rival Bill Camfield (Slam Bang Theater's Icky Twerp) died. Also 20 years to the same week of WBAP-TV (Now KXAS-TV) first weatherman Harrold Taft. All three were local legends.
- When being interviewed about his son Gibby's band The Butthole Surfers, he did not like to say the name. Although he was supportive of the band, he would refer to it as "The Buffalo Surfers".
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