John Hawkins was born in Montana, then the family moved to Oregon. John spent two years in the army in India. Afterwards, starting in 1934, he began to sell articles and short stories to such magazines as Collier's, Saturday Evening Post and American. He and his slightly younger brother, Ward, sold 11 serials to the Post, plus 15 or so novelettes. They sold 9 hard cover books and innumerable pulp stories. John Hawkins was very much involved in writing for TV. (See his photo and his bio in the Jan., 1960 issue of The Roundup.)
Kata Hay, teenage singer and musician and songwriter, lives with her parents in Oklahoma. She started singing at the age of two. She won a national beauty contest and talent contest shortly thereafter, and has been at it ever since.
In 1992 she was accepted on the TV show "Star Search". Her parents took here to Florida, where she appeared with Ed McMahon. And "that other redhead from Oklahoma" took ten thousand dollars home with her. She won it all. Kata was the youngest person EVER to win Star Search.
At the age of nine, she appeared in a movie called "Oklahoma Faded Love". And that same year she made her first recording, "Oklahoma Baby". And by the age of 10, she had started yodeling and playing guitar.
In 1997, she won the Oklahoma Opry Horizon Award sponsored by the Oklahoma Opry in Oklahoma City. The previous winner was Bryan White. She is also the youngest person ever to receive that award.
In 2000, Kata really started getting into Western music. She won the "Patsy Montana National Yodeling Championship" held in Missouri.
In 2001, she won the International Yodeling Championship, given by the Western Music Association. And she made her second recording, "On My Way To Nashville". And she won the Oklahoma Opry's Female Vocalist Under 16 award.
In 2002, she again won the Oklahoma Opry's Female Vocalist Under 16 award.
In 2003 she was the current WMA International Yodeling Champion. She was nominated in the top 5 this year for the Academy of Western Artists's "Rising Star" and "Yodeler of the Year" awards. She is a new member of the Oklahoma Opry Hall of Fame. And she is also the National Old Time Music Association's SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR. And she is the Jimmy Rodgers Yodele of the year. And she finished her third album, "High In The Saddle" early this year.
Whew, we gotta take a breath. We have heard this young dynamo and jammed with her. She is a ball of energy and has a great voice and can pick her guitar like she was born with it in her hand.
CLICK HERE to go to the official Kata Hay web site. It is loaded with photos of this wonderfully talented young lady.
Gwendolen Lampshire Hayden was a third generation Oregonian. Her mother was the first woman to be elected mayor of any city in Oregon when she won that position in Burns, Oregon. Gwendolen was an accomplished musician who was at home playing the violin, cello or piano. She taught music for several years on the college level and privately. And she and husband Jess loved to square dance.
In 1954 she joined the teaching staff of the public schools at Creswell, Oregon and later became head librarian of Creswell High School, serving there until her death. She was the author of 23 books, three of which were written with fellow WWA member Pearl Gischler. Hayden fondly called her home the "Scribble Shack". And her husband, Jess, was a terrific salesman of her books. He would load up his station wagon and set off, returning with no books and a fist full of money. (See their photo in the Aug., 1965 issue of The Roundup.)
Gwendolen Lampshire Hayden suffered a stroke, lapsed into a coma and died on June 1, 1972. (See her photo and a tribute to her by Pearl Gischler in the Jan., 1973 issue of The Roundup.)
Russell Hayden died on June 9, 1981. He is buried at Oakwood Memorial Park (Section H, Lot 174, Grave 5), Chatsworth, CA.
In fact, he was so successful at acting that he had become wealthy enough to retire in his early forties. He was an educated, successful man who was about to settle down and enjoy the ample fruit of his labors.
However, he did not count on the crash of the stock market in 1929 or the resulting Great Depression. He lost so much of his money that he had no choice but to go back to doing what he knew best: acting.
This time, though, he turned to acting in movies. And he found his niche as one of the greatest charcter actors of all times. Early on he was clean shaven and played the bad guy, but his real fame and fortune came from playing the part of the comic sidekick of one of a series of Western stars. In the early 1930's he teamed up with a young guy named John Wayne.
John Wayne and George "Gabby" Hayes
From 1936 to 1939 he played the part of Windy Halliday in the Hopalong Cassidy films.
When his Hoppy days ended, George Hayes could not continue using the "Windy Halliday" name. So in 1940 he came up with "Gabby" Hayes. That name "Gabby" stuck, almost to the exclusion of his first name. And he often acted without his dentures, to give the impression of being a much older man. He became so popular that he had his own line of comic books, and he became one of the top Western stars and a highly paid performer.
Gabby Hayes was also a sidekick to Randolph Scott, but he is probably best remembered as the grumpy sidekick of Roy Rogers. He popularized such phrases as, "You durn tootin'."
George "Gabby" Hayes made his last movie in 1950. From there he went over to the new medium of television, where he starred as the host of a Western show for kids. "The Gabby Hayes Show" ran from 1950 to 1954, and again in 1956.
Contrary to his homespun onscreen image, the real George Hayes was a polished gentleman who wore tweed sport coats and cruised about Hollywood in his high-dollar cars. He spent his last years tweeking his many investments.
CLICK HERE to see the complete filmography of George Hayes.
George Hayes died of a heart ailment on February 9, 1969. His remains are in the Forest Lawn Cemetery (Hollywood Hills) in Los Angeles, CA.
Jess Hayes was born on the San Carlos Apache reservation in Arizona. He was the superintendent of school for Gila County, Arizona for 27 years. He died of a heart attack on Aug. 7, 1968. He was Arizona's first all-state interscholastic basketball champion, and in 1966 he was named to basketball's Hall of Fame. He wrote non-fiction articles and books.
Hayes is dedicated to his craft and to the promotion of cowboy poetry. He has given unselfishly of his time in the local school system, entertaining and educating students of all ages.
Joel Hayes is a member of the International Dutch Oven Society. He was the featured entertainer at the 2002 convention in Utah. He was also a winner at the Second Annual Cow Camp Cooking Competition held during Pioneer Days at Clinton Farms, Winston, Georgia.
Joel Hayes has a book of original cowboy poetry, as well as a tape. Both are available by write to him at 1190 Cave Springs Road, Douglasville, GA. 30134. Or phone 770-949-2154.
The young Rita Haywork was extremely shy, but lit up the room when she performed. And at the age of 15, she had her first movie contract.
In 1937, Rita Hayworth married Ed Judson. Later she married actor Orson Welles, and they had one child, Rebecca Wells.
After the failure of her marriage to Wells, Hayworth married Prince Ali Khan , a wealthy middle-easterner. They had one child, named Yasmin. That marriage did not last, either.
In 1951 her declining career took an upswing when she teamed with Glenn Ford in "Affair in Trinidad".
Rita Hayworth was officially diagnosed with Alzheimer's in the 1980's and was taken care of by her daughter, Princess Yasmin Aga Khan until her death. She died on May 14, 1987. Her remains are in the Holy Cross Cemetery (Grotto, L196, 6) in Culver City, CA.
Susan Hazen-Hammond holds the B.A. from Pepperdine University, where she graduated summa cum laude and was a National Merit Scholar. She received the M.A. from U.C.L.A. in 1971, and the Zertifikat from Karl-Rupprecht Universitat in Heidelberg, Germany.From 1972 to 1980, she taught English, German and psychology courses at Peninsula College in Port Angeles, Wash. She left that tenured position in 1980 and moved to Santa Fe to write full time.
Susan Hazen-Hammond's published books include A Short History of Santa Fe (Lexikos Press, 1988) and Enchanting New Mexico (New Mexico Magazine Publications Group, 1985).Her more than 300 published articles range from travel pieces, Southwest history, personality profiles and book reviews to short stories and poetry. Her work has appeared in such magazines as Modern Maturity, Arizona Highways, Relax, Reader's Digest, Amtrak EXPRESS, Discovery, New Mexico, Space Reflections, Business Week Careers, Mature Outlook, Silver Kris, Outdoor Photographer, Ford Times, Regent, Travel-Holiday, House Beautiful, and many others.In 1984, she received the Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism from the Chicago Headline Club (Chicago chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists).
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John Hawkins
(Deceased)
Howard Hawks
(Deceased)
Howard Hawks, movie directory, died on December 26, 1977. He was cremeated and his ashes were scattered in the desert near Calimesa, CA.
Kata Hay
Gwendolen Lampshire Hayden
(Deceased)
Russel Hayden
(Deceased)
Russell Hayden, cowboy actor, was born on June 12, 1912. He played Lucky Jenkins in the Hopalong Cassidy films and later had his own western film series.
Gabby Hayes
(Deceased)
Gabby Hayes was born George Francis Hayes on May 7, 1885 in Wellsville, NY. He held various jobs as young man, including playing semi-professional baseball and working in a circus. But he soon discovered a talent for acting. He was in a number of touring companies, performing a wide range of material (comic to Shakespeare). And he performed on Broadway in New York City.
in "Rainbow Valley" (1935)
Jess Hayes
(Deceased)
Joel Hayes
Joel Hayes, cowboy poet, and friend Jerry Warren are considered the founders of the modern cowboy poetry movement in Georgia. A native Georgian, Joel has performed all over the West as a featured performer. His performances include Elko and Carson City, Nevada as well as Durango and Grand Junction, Colorado.
Rita Hayworth
(Deceased)
Rita Hayworth, movie actress, was born Margarita Carmen Cansino on October 17, 1918 in New York City. Her father was a famous and well-paid dancer, and he enrolled her in dancing school when she was just three years old. At the age of twelve she was performing with her father in nightclubs in Tiajuana, Mexico, just across the border from San Diego, CA. And soon after that, she was the main draw rather than her father. It was, sadly, an example of child exploitation as she long resented having had to be the bread winner in the family at such an early age.
Ray "Crash" Corrigan and Rita Hayworth in
"Hit the Saddle" (Republic, 1937).
Yakima Canutt, Rita Hayworth and Tex Ritter
in "Trouble In Texas" (1937).
Susan Hazen-Hammond
This listing is far from complete and may contain errors.
Therefore, all Western entertainers and/or their agents
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he will never see death.
--- Jesus the Christ (Bible: Gospel of John 8:51)