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TV and stage writer who enjoyed moderate success in both fields. Hailey began as a reporter for THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS in 1957. His first play, "Hey You, Light Man!", was produced off-Broadway in 1963. Hailey had the dubious distinction of having three plays produced on Broadway only for each to close in one night. His TV credits include the soap opera satire "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", Rock Hudson's police commissioner drama "McMillan and Wife", "Love, Sidney" and "The Cosby Show"....
Full Bio , Awards & Milestones

Filmography

Rich and Famous - ( Literary Party Guest / 1981 / Released / )
Just You and Me, Kid - ( Screenplay / 1979 / Released / )
TV Credits
Adam: His Song Continues ( 1986 / Released ): Screenplay
Isabel's Choice ( 1981 / Released ): Screenplay
Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend ( 1981 / Released ): Screenplay
Who's Happy Now? ( 1975 / Released ): Play as Source Material
McMillan & Wife ( 1971 / Released ): Writer
Murder, She Wrote ( Released ): Writer
Full Biography (Back to top)

TV and stage writer who enjoyed moderate success in both fields. Hailey began as a reporter for THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS in 1957. His first play, "Hey You, Light Man!", was produced off-Broadway in 1963. Hailey had the dubious distinction of having three plays produced on Broadway only for each to close in one night. His TV credits include the soap opera satire "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", Rock Hudson's police commissioner drama "McMillan and Wife", "Love, Sidney" and "The Cosby Show". Hailey's only film credit was for the mild George Burns-Brooke Shields comedy, "Just You and Me, Kid" (1979).

Profession(s):
screenwriter, playwright, journalist
Sometimes Credited As:
Oliver Daffan Hailey
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Family
brother:Thomas Hailey (survived him)
daughter:Elizabeth Kendall Hailey (survived him)
daughter:Melinda Brooke Hailey (survived him)
mother:HallieMae Thomas (survived him)
wife:Elizabeth Ann Forsythe (married 1960; survived him)

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Education
University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas BFA 1954
School of Drama, Yale University New Haven, Connecticut MFA 1962
Awards (Back to top)
Drama Desk Vernon Rice Award Play "Hey You, Light Man!" 1963

Milestones (Back to top)
1993 Final play, "The World and His Wife"
1982 Wrote the TV-movie "Sidney Shorr" which later was developed into the NBC series "Love, Sidney"
1981 Film acting debut, "Rich and Famous"
1970 First Broadway production "Father's Day"
1963 "Hey You, Light Man!" premiered in NYC
1961 First play, "Hey You, Light Man!", produced
1957 - 1959 Worked as a reporter at DALLAS MORNING NEWS
Spent three years in the Air Force
Served as story editor on the NBC series "McMillan and Wife"
Wrote for the TV series, "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", "McMillan and Wife", and "The Cosby Show"
Wrote for the TV series, "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", and "The Cosby Show"

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