Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas, USABirthday: 31 January 1927Bio: Jerome Martin \"Jerry\" Haynes (January 31, 1927 – September 26, 2011) was an American actor from Dallas, Texas. He is most well known as Mr. Peppermint, a role he played for 30 years as the host of one of the longest-running local children\'s shows in television, the Dallas-based Mr. Peppermint (1961–1969), which was retitled Peppermint Place for its second run (1975–1996). He also had a long career in local and regional theater and appeared in more than 50 films. A 1944 graduate of Dallas\' Woodrow Wilson High School, he was the father of Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes.
