Jack Haley

Cast · Writer

Born

August 10, 1897 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died

June 6, 1979

Birth name

John Joseph Haley Jr.

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.