Jerome Martin "Jerry" Haynes (born January 31, 1927) is 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 has a long career in local and regional theater and has appeared in more than 50 films. A 1944 graduate of Dallas' Woodrow Wilson High School "10 Notable Woodrow Wildcats," The Dallas Morning News, March 9, 2004, Metro section, 15B , he is the father of musician and lead singer Gibby Haynes of the group Butthole Surfers. "Rolling Stone Knows: Is Gibby Haynes of the Butthole Surfers really the son of a TV children's-show host?" Rolling Stone (undated)
