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Michael Hayes
Director, Actor, Producer, Writer, Additional Credits
Born April 3, 1929Died September 16, 2014 (85 years)
Michael Hayes (3 April 1929 – 16 September 2014) was a British television director and newsreader.
As a young man, Hayes was an actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Later, he worked for the BBC in various roles, beginning as a studio manager for the World Service and working his way up to directing for television.
His most notable work was directing the hugely successful BBC drama adaptations of various Shakespeare plays, collectively entitled An Age of Kings, in 1960. Amongst Hayes's other credits, he directed three Doctor Who serials starring Tom Baker, including 1979's City of Death and also helmed the BBC's 1961 adaptation of A for Andromeda.
As a young man, Hayes was an actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Later, he worked for the BBC in various roles, beginning as a studio manager for the World Service and working his way up to directing for television.
His most notable work was directing the hugely successful BBC drama adaptations of various Shakespeare plays, collectively entitled An Age of Kings, in 1960. Amongst Hayes's other credits, he directed three Doctor Who serials starring Tom Baker, including 1979's City of Death and also helmed the BBC's 1961 adaptation of A for Andromeda.
Filmography
| 1984 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1979 | |
| 1979 | Prince Regent (TV Series) |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 | All Creatures Great and Small (TV Series) |
| 1976 | When the Boat Comes In (TV Series) |
| 1974 | Rooms (TV Series) |
| 1973 | |
| 1971 | The Onedin Line (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Barlow at Large (TV Series) |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) |
| 1969 | |
| 1969 | Softly Softly Task Force (TV Series) |
| 1966 | Softly Softly (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1965 | The Troubleshooters (TV Series) |
| 1965 | The Wars of the Roses (TV Series) |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) |
| 1964 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 (TV Series) |
| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) |
| 1963 | First Night (TV Series) |
| 1962 | Z Cars (TV Series) |
| 1961 | A for Andromeda (TV Series) |
| 1960 | Maigret (1960) (TV Series) |
| 1960 | An Age of Kings (TV Series) |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) |