Jack Haley

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Role

Actor | Writer

Date of birth

08/09/1897

Date of death

06/06/1979

Place of birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Jack Haley

Biography

Jack Haley was a movie and vaudeville actor who is always remembered as the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz (1939). The Tin Man role was originally was going to Buddy Ebsen, but due to allergic reaction from the aluminum powder makeup, Ebsen was taken out of the casting and Haley replaced him. To avoid the same problem arising, they used aluminum paste for Haley instead of the powder. Haley starred in over thirty other movies.

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