Doug Williams (Days of Our Lives)

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, with his final appearance on July 11, 2024, six months after his death on January 12, 2024.

Reception
For his portrayal of Doug Williams, Bill Hayes was given the Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018. 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]".