Jack Haley Overview:

Legendary actor, Jack Haley, was born John Joseph Haley Jr. on Aug 10, 1898 in Boston, MA. Haley died at the age of 80 on Jun 6, 1979 in Los Angeles, CA and was laid to rest in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, Los Angeles County, CA.

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Chunky, cheery, dark-haired American musical comedy star of hearty manner, mainly on vaudeville and stage, but quite popular in films from 1935-1945, especially after his performance as the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz. Died from a heart attack.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).

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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Radio. Haley was never nominated for an Academy Award.

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Jack Haley Quotes:

Cowardly Lion: I- I- I hope my strength holds out.
Tin Woodsman: [hanging by Lion's tail] I hope your tail holds out!


Steve Kimball: You take a bunch of boys and a bunch of girls... together... fooling around, and the first thing you know you've got... well, uh, you've got... complications.


Scarecrow: First they [the Flying Monkeys] took my legs off and they threw them over there! Then they took my chest out and they threw it over there!
Tin Woodsman: Well, that's you all over!


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Children: daughter, Gloria and son, Jack Haley Jr..

Son Jack Haley Jr. passed away in 2001.

He reprised his original Broadway role in "Follow Thru" in the film version (Follow Thru (1930). He also appeared in the play "Higher and Higher" and its film version Higher and Higher (1943), although the score of the show was almost completely replaced with new songs and Haley played a different role in the film.

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