Robert Blakely Hays (born July 24, 1947) is an American actor, known for a variety of television and film roles since the 1970s.

He came to prominence around 1980, co-starring in the two-season domestic sitcom Angie, and playing the central role of pilot Ted Striker in the comedy film Airplane!

(1980), a spoof of disaster films such as the Airport series, and returned for Airplane II: The Sequel.

He has performed in many television films and done voice work, such as the title character in the Marvel Comics adaptation of Iron Man.

In 2013, Hays appeared in a slapstick-laden TV spot promoting tourism in Wisconsin, which also reunited him with Airplane!