Jack Weston

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Jack Weston
Jack Weston as "Pig" in The Cincinnati Kid
Born	August 21, 1924(1924-08-21) Cleveland, Ohio
Died	May 3, 1996 (aged 71) New York City
Spouse(s)	Marge Redmond (1950-1996)

Jack Weston (born Jack Weinstein in Cleveland, Ohio, 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.

In 1981, Weston appeared on Broadway in Woody Allen's comedy The Floating Lightbulb, 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 married twice, first to actress Marge Redmond. They occasionally appeared together, for example on a 1963 episode of The Twilight Zone, "The Bard", that also featured a young Burt Reynolds. Redmond and Weston divorced and he later remarried. That marriage lasted until his death of lymphoma in 1996.

[edit] Selected filmography

Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
Wait Until Dark (1967)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
The April Fools (1969)
Cactus Flower (1969)
A New Leaf (1971)
Gator (1976)
The Ritz (1976)
The Four Seasons (1981)
High Road to China (1983)
The Longshot (1986)
Rad (1986)
Ishtar (1987)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Short Circuit 2 (1988)

[edit] Television appearances

Weston's most memorable television role was probably on the 1961-1962 situation comedy "The Hathaways" (ABC, produced by Screen Gems) in which he and Peggy Cass adopted a trio of chimpanzees (The Marquis Chimps).