Chris Hayward

{{short description|American screenwriter}}

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|name = Chris Hayward

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|birth_name = Christopher Robert Hayward

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|06|19}}

|birth_place = Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S.

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|11|20|1925|06|19}}

|death_place = Beverly Hills, California, U.S.

|spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Geraldine P. Kulcher|1954|1966|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|Linda K. Simmons|1969}}}}

|children = 3

|known_for = Co-creator, with Allan Burns, of the 1960s television shows The Munsters and My Mother the Car, and the creator of Dudley Do-Right

|occupation = Television writer and producer

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Christopher Robert Hayward (June 19, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American television writer and producer. He was the co-creator, with Allan Burns, of the television shows The Munsters (1964) and My Mother the Car (1965), and the creator of Dudley Do-Right.{{cite journal |url=https://variety.com/2006/scene/markets-festivals/animation-writer-hayward-passes-at-81-1117955307/ |title=Animation Writer Hayward Passes at 81 |journal=Variety |date=7 December 2006 |issn=0042-2738}}