Celebrity Nooz: Dennis Haskins

Dennis Haskins (Actor) as Mr. Belding - Saved by the Bell

Updated: 12/28/12

Name: Dennis Haskins

Born: November 18, 1950, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Claim To Fame: He is best known as principal Richard Belding in the teen sitcom Saved by the Bell.

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Info: Haskins got his big break when he began playing the role of Mr. Belding in 1988's Good Morning, Miss Bliss on the Disney Channel. He continued the role on the spinoff Saved by the Bell: The New Class until 2000. He had a brief cameo as himself in the 2006 film Boys & Girls Guide To Getting Down.

Trivia: Is an alumnus of Our Lady of Perpetual Help as well as Notre Dame High School in Chattanooga and of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Played basketball at UTC after failing to make the team at the University of Tennessee.

Is a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity.

Was a contestant on the TV game shows Press Your Luck and Scrabble.

Has flown with The Blue Angels.

Where Are They Now: Haskins released a music album called "Karaoke With Your Favorite Principal Dennis" in 2009, and in 2011 he appeared in the video for "See You In Shell" by I Wrestled A Bear Once which parodied Saved By The Bell and films by John Hughes.

He has appeared in several episodes of Z! True Long Island Story, a YouTube series by WWE professional wrestler Zack Ryder. He will appear as a professional wrestler this year for New York Wrestling Connection.

He has a regional high school academic decathlon named after him from The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, called The Dennis Haskins Open, which is now in its 11th year.

Fans can "like" him on Facebook, and follow him on Twitter.

Write To Dennis Haskins:
MAVRICK ARTISTS AGENCY
1680 North Vine Street, #802
Los Angeles, CA 90028

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