Jack Haley --born John Joseph Haley, Jr.--was an American film actor best known for his portrayal of the Tin Man and farmworker Hickory in "The Wizard of Oz". Haley starred in vaudeville as a song-and-dance comedian. One of his closest friends was fellow vaudeville alumnus Fred Allen, who would frequently mention "Mr. Jacob Haley of Newton Highlands, Massachusetts" on the air. In the early 1930s Haley starred in comedy shorts for Vitaphone in Brooklyn, New York. Wikipedia
Jack Haley Birth: Aug. 10, 1898 Boston Massachusetts, USA Death: Jun. 6, 1979 Los Angeles California, USA Actor. www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=435
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