Jeffrey Hayden

Jeffrey Hayden (born October 15, 1926, in New York City, New York) is an American television director and producer. He has been married since 1951 to Oscar-winning actress Eva Marie Saint.

Television career

His career as a director began in the late 1950s, when he directed the only feature film to his credit, The Vintage (1957), starring Pier Angeli and Mel Ferrer. He then turned to television, beginning with episodes of Leave It to Beaver and 77 Sunset Strip.

Hayden directed dozens of TV series, from early 1960s ones such as Burke's Law, Batman and The Andy Griffith Show to popular shows decades later such as Knight Rider, Magnum, P.I. and In the Heat of the Night.

• In the Heat of the Night
• Misfits of Science
• Knight Rider
• Cover Up
• Santa Barbara (Co-executive producer)
• Legmen
• The Mississippi
• Emerald Point N.A.S.
• The Powers of Matthew Star
• Magnum, P.I.
• Mr. Merlin
• Falcon Crest
• Quincy M.E.
• CBS Afternoon Playhouse: "The Great Gilly Hopkins"
• Palmerstown, U.S.A.
• From Here to Eternity
• The Incredible Hulk
• The Bad News Bears
• The Curse of Dracula
• The Runaways
• Space Academy
• ABC Weekend Special: "The Ransom of Red Chief"
• Amy Prentiss
• Mannix
• Alias Smith and Jones
• Ironside
• Longstreet
• The Virginian
• Matt Lincoln
• The Courtship of Eddie's Father
• Love, American Style
• Dundee and the Culhane
• Batman
• Shane
• That Girl
• Disneyland
• Peyton Place
• The Andy Griffith Show
• Route 66
• Burke's Law
• Redigo
• McKeever and the Colonel
• 77 Sunset Strip
• Saints and Sinners
• The Dick Powell Show
• The Lloyd Bridges Show
• Surfside 6
• Leave It to Beaver
• The Donna Reed Show
• Lassie
• Johnny Staccato
• The Vintage (1957)
• The Chocolate Soldier

Personal

On October 28, 1951, Hayden married screen actress Eva Marie Saint. They have two children. Shortly before their fiftieth anniversary, on October 13, 2001, the couple appeared together in a one night only performance of the play Love Letters at Bowling Green State University, Saint's alma mater.^[1]

References

1. ↑ "Eva Marie Saint, Jeffrey Hayden to Appear Oct. 13 in Scholarship Benefit Performance at BGSU". September 2001. 

External links

• Jeffrey Hayden at the Internet Movie Database
• Jeffrey Hayden interview video at the Archive of American Television