Weston, Jack [né Morris Weinstein] (1915?–96), character actor. The roly‐poly, balding comic usually played incompetent or overwhelmed characters. He was born in Cleveland and studied acting at the Cleveland Playhouse as a boy. After dropping out of high school and serving in World War II, Weston moved to New York and did odd jobs while training at the American Theatre Wing. Both his theatre and television careers began in 1950, but he didn't find an attention‐getting role on stage until he played the hapless Gaetano Proclo who hides in a gay steam bath to escape hit men in The Ritz (1975). Weston also shone as various visitors in California Suite (1976), the unfaithful husband Sam in Cheaters (1978), and the seedy talent agent Jerry Wexler in The Floating Light Bulb (1981).

• Born: Aug 21, 1924 in Cleveland, Ohio
• Died: Apr 03, 1996 in New York City
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '60s-'80s
• Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
• Career Highlights: Dirty Dancing, A New Leaf, Wait Until Dark
• First Major Screen Credit: The Twilight Zone: The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street (1960)

Biography

Born Jack Weinstein, he began training for the stage at the Cleveland Playhouse at age ten. Weston dropped out of school at 15, working occasionally as a stage actor before serving in World War Two; during the war he often performed with the USO. At war's end he moved to New York and studied at the American Theater Wing, meanwhile working in odd jobs. In 1950 he began getting featured roles on Broadway and TV, then entered movies in 1958; with intermittent breaks, he remained busy in films throughout the next three decades. In the mid '70s he gained new popularity as the star of Neil Simon's play California Suite. He married actress Marge Redmond. ~ All Movie Guide

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