Daniel L. Haynes facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Daniel L. Haynes
Haynes in a stage presentation of Androcles and the Lion, Lafayette Theatre, NYC, 1938
Born	Daniel Leo (aka Louis) Haynes (1889-06-06)June 6, 1889 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Died	July 28, 1954(1954-07-28) (aged 65) Kingston, New York, U.S.
Resting place	Wiltwyck Cemetery, Kingston
Occupation	actor; minister of the gospel
Spouse(s)	Rosa Belle Sims

Daniel L. Haynes (June 6, 1889 – July 28, 1954) was an American stage and film actor and clergyman. He is best known for starring as Zeke in the early all-black King Vidor directed film Halleljuah. On November 28, 1910, he married Rosa Belle Sims in Chicago. In his last years, he left show business and became a full-time Baptist minister. At the time of M-G-M's Hallelujah, Haynes is quoted as having said: "I cannot say what our race owes King Vidor and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer --- there are not words forceful enough for that. Hallelujah will, as Moses led his people from the wilderness, lead ours from the wilderness of misunderstanding and apathy."

Selected filmography

Publicity photo of Daniel L. Haynes by Ruth Harriet Louise

• John Smith (1922)
• Hallelujah (1929)
• The Last Mile (1932)
• Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)
• So Red the Rose (1935)
• Escape from Devil's Island (1935)
• Fury (1936)

Theater

• Rang Tang (1927)