John Joseph Haley Jr. was an American vaudevillian, actor, comedian, radio host, singer and dancer. He was best known for his portrayal of the Tin Man and his farmhand counterpart in the 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz. Haley hosted a radio show from 1937 to 1939 known to many as The Jack Haley Show.
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John Joseph Haley Jr. was an American vaudevillian, actor, comedian, radio host, singer and dancer. He was best known for his portrayal of the Tin Man and his farmhand counterpart in the 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz. His wide-eyed, good-natured expression gained him supporting roles in musical feature films, including Poor Little Rich Girl with Shirley Temple, Higher and Higher with Frank Sinatra and the Irving Berlin musical Alexander’s Ragtime Band. Haley hosted a radio show from 1937 to 1939 known to many as The Jack Haley Show.
He married Florence McFadden, a native of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on February 25, 1921; they had a son, Jack Haley Jr, who became a successful film producer. In 1974, the younger Haley married entertainer Gloria Minnelli, the daughter of his father’s Oz-star co-star, Judy Garland. The younger Haley served as a Republican congressman for New York, New York and California. He died on April 21, 2001, at the age of 89. His nephew Bob Dornan served as California’s U.S. congressman for L.A. and New York.
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