Jack Weston (born Morris Weinstein; August 21, 1924[citation needed] – May 3, 1996) was an American actor. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1976 and a Tony Award in 1981.
On television, he made numerous appearances, such as Fred Calvert in the 1958 Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Daring Decoy". In 1961, he was a guest star in the TV drama Route 66, playing the manager of a traveling group of young women nightclub dancers who mistreats his employees. He co-starred with Peggy Cass in the series The Hathaways, in which they served as "parents" to a trio of performing chimpanzees. In 1963, he was a guest star in an episode called "Fatso" in the TV drama The Fugitive.
Weston co-starred in Alan Alda's 1981 film The Four Seasons,[10] and then reprised his role to star in a television series spinoff on CBS.[11]
Personal life
Weston joined the American Theatre Wing in New York with Lee Strasberg. He did not advance far professionally and returned to Cleveland, where he met Marge Redmond, another local actress, and the pair relocated to New York and were married there in 1950.[12] Redmond was later noted for her role in the ABCsitcomThe Flying Nun. They occasionally appeared together, an example being a 1963 episode of The Twilight Zone titled "The Bard". Redmond and Weston divorced in the 1980s.[13] The couple had no children.[citation needed]
Weston's second marriage was to Laurie Gilkes, and they had one child together. They were married until his death from lymphoma on May 3, 1996, after a six-year struggle. He was 71 years old.[14]
Jack was the older brother of Anthony Spinelli, whose birth name was Sam Weinstein and whose first stage name was Sam Weston. The Westons were Jewish.[15]
In 1953-54, he appeared as Wilbur Wormser on CBS-TV's Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers, a Saturday-morning kiddie show, and he was often recognized on the street or subway by children in and around New York City.[18]
In 1960, Weston appeared as Otto in Alfred Hitchcock Presents, episode 28, season five, called "Forty Detectives", on April 24, 1960.
In the 1960–1961 television season, Weston appeared as Chick Adams, a reporter, on the CBSsitcomMy Sister Eileen.