Doug Williams (Days of Our Lives) explained

Doug Williams
Series:Days of our Lives
Portrayer:Bill Hayes
First:February 9, 1970
Last:July 11, 2024
Introducer:Betty Corday
Classification:Former; recurring
Image1:File:Dougwilliams.jpg
Alias:Brent Douglas (birth name)
Creator:William J. Bell
Occupation:Retired
Former Owner of Doug's Place
Former Singer at Sergio's
Former Mayor of Salem
Former Con-man
Halfbrothers:Byron Carmichael
Children:Hope Williams
Douglas LeClaire
Stepsons:David Banning
Grandchildren:Shawn-Douglas Brady
Zack Brady
Ciara Brady
Relatives:Claire Brady

Doug Williams is a fictional character on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives, portrayed by Bill Hayes from 1970 until 2024. After 1999, Hayes made recurring appearances as Doug, notably airing during the holiday seasons,[1] with his final appearance on July 11, 2024,[2] [3] six months after his death on January 12, 2024.[4] [5]

Reception

For his portrayal of Doug Williams, Bill Hayes was given the Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.[6] Hayes was also nominated for Emmy Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series in 1975 and 1976. In 2020, Charlie Mason from Soaps She Knows placed Doug at #15 on a list of the 35 most memorable characters from Days of Our Lives, saying "The erstwhile Brent Douglas has come a long way from his humble beginnings. The smooth-talking con man became a good guy — so good, in fact, that viewers deemed him worthy of the heroine at No. 8. [Julie Olson]".[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kelly . Jennifer . A Tribute to Days of our Lives Bill Hayes As He Celebrates 50 Years on the Show As Doug Williams . soaps.sheknows.com . 6 February 2020 . SheKnows Media, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. . 7 December 2020.
  2. Web site: Friends Pay Tribute to 'Days of Our Lives' Star Bill Hayes: 'A Wonderful, Kind and Giving Man. Maloney. Michael. Variety. January 21, 2024. January 14, 2024.
  3. https://www.instagram.com/p/C9S8salSU-a/?igsh=YTZpOWZ3MnhqOTd1
  4. Levinsky . Mara . Days of Our Lives Legend Bill Hayes Dies At 98 . . . January 12, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240113031504/https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/days-of-our-lives-legend-bill-hayes-dies-at-98/ . January 13, 2024 . United States . 0164-3584 . January 13, 2024 . live.
  5. Web site: Tapp . Tom . Bill Hayes Dies: Days of Our Lives Legend Was 98 . . . January 12, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240113031912/https://deadline.com/2024/01/bill-hayes-actor-dead-days-of-our-lives-1235732002/ . January 13, 2024 . United States . January 13, 2024 . live.
  6. Web site: BILL HAYES '47 RECEIVES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT DAYTIME EMMYS . Depauw.edu . DePauw University . 2 January 2021.
  7. Web site: Mason . Charlie . Days of Our Lives' 35 Most Memorable Characters Ever [PHOTOS] ]. Soaps She Knows . 11 July 2023.