Elton Hayes

Biography

Elton Hayes was a British actor and guitarist born on February 16, 1915, in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire. He began his acting career at nine, studying the violin and ukulele, before winning a scholarship to the Fay Compton School of Dramatic Arts. After World War II, he enlisted in the military but continued playing the guitar despite contracting rheumatic fever, which stiffened his fingers.