Jack Weston
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 Jack Weston as "Pig" in The Cincinnati Kid |
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| Born | Jack Weinstein August 21, 1924 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | May 3, 1996 (aged 71) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Years active | 1949–1988 |
| Spouse | Marge Redmond (1950–19??; divorced) Laurie Gilkes (19??-1996; his death) |
Jack Weston (born Jack Weinstein; August 21, 1924 – May 3, 1996) was an American film, stage, and television actor.
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.
Weston co-starred in Alan Alda's 1981 film The Four Seasons, then reprised his role to star in a television series spinoff on CBS.
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[edit] Personal life
Weston married twice, first to actress Marge Redmond. They occasionally appeared together, an example being a 1963 episode of The Twilight Zone titled "The Bard", which also featured a young Burt Reynolds. Redmond and Weston divorced. The union was apparently childless. He married, secondly, to Laurie Gilkes. That marriage lasted until his death of lymphoma in 1996, aged 71.
[edit] Selected filmography
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[edit] Television appearances
In the 1960-1961 television season, Weston appeared as Chick Adams, a reporter, on the CBS sitcom My Sister Eileen starring Shirley Bonne and Elaine Stritch as two sisters who share a New York City apartment. The next season, 1961–1962, he starred in the short-lived sitcom The Hathaways (ABC, produced by Screen Gems), in which he and Peggy Cass adopted a trio of chimpanzees (the Marquis Chimps).
He also made guest appearances on such television series as Perry Mason, The Twilight Zone (2 episodes), Johnny Staccato, Thriller, The Lawless Years (2 episodes), Harrigan and Son, Breaking Point, The Fugitive, Bewitched, Gunsmoke, 12 O'Clock High, Tales of the Unexpected, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Carol Burnett Show, All in the Family and Burns & Allen.
[edit] External links
- Jack Weston at the Internet Movie Database
- Jack Weston at the TCM Movie Database
- Jack Weston at the Internet Broadway Database
