title: Richard Hayward (actor)
text: # Richard Hayward (actor)
  
  Richard Hayward (1892–1964) was a British film actor, writer and musician.
  
  ## Life and career
  
  Born in Southport, Lancashire, his family moved to Ireland when he was a baby. Hayward was an enthusiast for all Ulster regional popular culture. He was a member of the Orange Order, to which he dedicated much time. After a period working at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin he helped form the Belfast Repertory Theatre Company. He was a popular singer in the forties and fifties. His career meant he lived a typical theatrical lifestyle being constantly on the move.
  
  Hayward wrote a number of travel books about Ireland, exploring every county. He was closely associated with the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, serving as its president in 1951.
  
  ## Death
  
  He died due to a road accident outside Ballymena, in October 1964.
  
  ## Selected filmography
  
  * Flame in the Heather (1935) - Fassiefern
  * The Voice of Ireland (1936)
  * The Early Bird (1936) - Daniel Duff
  * The Luck of the Irish (1936) - Sam Mulhern
  * Shipmates o' Mine (1936) - Mike Dooley
  * Devil's Rock (1938) - Sam Mulhern
  * Irish and Proud of It (1938) - Donogh O'Connor
  * A Night to Remember (1958) - Victualling Officer (final film role)
  
  Hayward also wrote the screenplay of the musical drama Devil's Rock.
  
  ## Selected books
  
  He wrote a number of books, mostly topographical, about Ireland, including:
  
  * In praise of Ulster (Arthur Barker, 1938)
  * Where the Shannon flows (1940)
  * Corrib Country (Dundalgan Press, 1943)
  * In the Kingdom of Kerry (Dundalgan Press, 1946)
  * Leinster and the city of Dublin (Arthur Barker, 1949)
  * Ulster and the City of Belfast (Arthur Barker, 1950)
  * Belfast through the ages (Dundalgan Press, 1952)
  * Connacht and the city of Galway (Arthur Barker, 1952)
  * Story of the Irish Harp (Arthur Guinness, Son & Co., 1954)
  * Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim & Roscommon (Arthur Barker, 1955)
  * Munster and the city of Cork (Phoenix House, 1964)
  