Jack Weston | |
Job | Actor |
Years active | 1949-1988 |
Known for | Bungling friends, terrifying villains |
Top Roles | NCO at Party, Harvey Greenfield, Pig, Frank, George Stickel |
Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Film Adaptation, Thriller/Suspense, Crime |
Top Topics | Romance (Comic), Romance (Drama), Book-Based |
Top Collaborators | Burt Reynolds, Walter Matthau, Dub Taylor, Troy Donahue |
Shares birthday with | Lou Brock, Herbert Mundin, Bert Roach see more.. |
Jack Weston Overview:
Character actor, Jack Weston, was born Jack Weinstein on Aug 21, 1924 in Cleveland, OH. Weston died at the age of 71 on May 3, 1996 in New York City, NY .
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Jack Weston appeared in over 100 film and television roles, playing an array of characters from bungling friends to terrifying villains. Some of his memorable roles include Walter Matthau's âplayboyâ friend Harvey Greenfield in Cactus Flower, an aspiring cabbie playwright in Please Donât Eat the Daisies and the stalker who (along with Alan Arkin) terrorizes Audrey Hepburn Wait Until Dark (1967).
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Mini Tribute Character Actor:
By Annmarie Gatti on Aug 21, 2012 From Classic Movie Hub BlogBorn August 21, 1924, Character Actor ! Weston appeared in over 100 roles — from bungling friends to terrifying villains. My personal favorite: Cactus Flower (I think I know his dialog by heart!), but there are so many other great ones too, including Wait Until Dark and Please Don... Read full article
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Jack Weston Quotes:
Georgia: The CIA??? I thought you were a television actor?
Harvey Greenfield: That's my cover. So if you ever see me in public with another girl you must pretend not to know me, or it could put my life in great danger.
Lester: [Referring to the TV] They got wrestling coming in from Chicago. I know it's supposed to be fixed, but so's everything else.
David Stillwell: Why don't you just take the set?
Lester: Eh, now that all the Westerns have gone psycho, this is the only place where you can tell who the bad guys are.
Georgia: If you work for the CIA, how come you hang around with dentists?
Harvey Greenfield: He's installing a miniature radio transmitor in my wisdom tooth.
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