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.[1][2] 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.[3] 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."[4]

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
DiedJuly 28, 1954(1954-07-28) (aged 65)
Resting placeWiltwyck Cemetery, Kingston
Occupation(s)actor; minister of the gospel
SpouseRosa Belle Sims

Selected filmography

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Publicity photo of Daniel L. Haynes by Ruth Harriet Louise

Theater

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References

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  1. ^ Silent Film Necrology, p.235 2nd Edition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana
  2. ^ Who Was Who on Screen, p. 207 2nd Edition c.1977 by Evelyn Mack Truitt
  3. ^ ^The Kingston Daily Freeman, July 29, 1954, p. 1, "Preacher, Stage Star, Succumbs of Heart Ailment - Daniel L. Haynes,"
  4. ^ "Sense and Sensuality in Representations of Race", p. 312, in Race, Nation, and Religion in the Americas, Henry Goldschmidt and Elizabeth McAlister, eds., Oxford University Press, 2004
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  1. ^ Preacher, "Stage Star, Succumbs of Heart Ailment - Daniel L. Haynes," p. , The Kingston Daily Freeman, July 29, 1954