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Jack Weston

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Jack Weston

Born August 21, 1924 in Cleveland, Ohio, USADied May 3, 199638 films

Jack Weston (born Jack Weinstein; August 21, 1924 – May 3, 1996) was an American film, stage, and television actor.

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Weston usually played comic roles in films such as Cactus Flower and Please Don't Eat the Daisies, but also occasionally essayed heavier parts, such as the scheming crook and stalker who, along with Alan Arkin and Richard Crenna, attempts to terrorize and rob a blind Audrey Hepburn in the 1967 film Wait Until Dark. Weston had countless character roles in major films such as The Cincinnati Kid and The Thomas Crown Affair.

In 1981, Weston appeared on Broadway in Woody Allen's comedy The Floating Light Bulb, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award as Best Actor. Other stage appearances included Bells are Ringing (with Judy Holliday), The Ritz, One Night Stand, and Neil Simon's California Suite.

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Imitation of Life posterFirst watchImitation of Life19597.4as TomIn 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Dirty Dancing poster7.3Dirty Dancing1987Wait Until Dark poster7.3Wait Until Dark1967The Thomas Crown Affair poster6.8The Thomas Crown Affair1968Short Circuit 2 poster6.2Short Circuit 21988The Cincinnati Kid poster7.0The Cincinnati Kid1965Cactus Flower poster7.2Cactus Flower1969A New Leaf poster7.3A New Leaf1971Mirage poster7.1Mirage1965

Filmography

38 films as actor
  1. 1988Short Circuit 2Oscar Baldwin
  2. 1987Dirty DancingMax Kellerman
  3. 1987IshtarMarty Freed
  4. 1986RadDuke Best
  5. 1986The LongshotElton
  6. 1983High Road to ChinaStruts
  7. 1981The Four SeasonsDanny Zimmer
  8. 1980Can't Stop the MusicBenny Murray
  9. 1979CubaLarry Gutman
  10. 1976GatorIrving Greenfield
  11. 1976The RitzGaetano Proclo
  12. 1973MarcoMaffio Polo
  13. 1973Deliver Us from EvilAl Zabrocki
  14. 1973Chelsea D.H.O.Mr. Randall
  15. 1973I Love a MysteryJob Cheyne
  16. 1972The Trouble With PeopleBen (Story 4)
  17. 1972FuzzDet. Meyer Meyer
  18. 1971A New LeafAndy McPherson
  19. 1969Cactus FlowerHarvey Greenfield
  20. 1969The April FoolsPotter Shrader
  21. 1968Now You See It, Now You Don'tPrince Haroun
  22. 1968The Thomas Crown AffairErwin
  23. 1968The Counterfeit KillerRandolph Riker
  24. 1967Wait Until DarkCarlino
  25. 1967Code Name: HeraclitusGerberman
  26. 1966Fame Is the Name of the GameGriffin
  27. 1965MirageLester
  28. 1965The Cincinnati KidPig
  29. 1964The Lucille Ball Comedy HourCash
  30. 1964The Incredible Mr. LimpetGeorge Stickel
  31. 1963Palm Springs WeekendCoach Fred Campbell
  32. 1962It's Only MoneyLeopold
  33. 1961The Honeymoon MachineSignalman Burford Taylor
  34. 1961All in a Night's WorkLasker
  35. 1960Please Don't Eat the DaisiesJoe Positano
  36. 1959Imitation of LifeTom
  37. 1958I Want to Live!NCO at Party (uncredited)
  38. 1958Stage StruckFrank