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name: "Jack Weston"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jack-weston"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 August 1924"
died: "3 May 1996"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T14:28:34.314150+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jack Weston

Actor. Born 21 August 1924 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Died 3 May 1996.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 August 1924, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 3 May 1996
- **Also known as:** Jack Weinstein, Джек Уэстон, Моррис Вайнштейн, جک وستون

## Biography

Jack Weston (born Morris Weinstein; 21 August 1924 – 3 May 1996) was an American actor. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and began acting as a child at the Cleveland Play House. After serving in the US Army during the Second World War, he moved to New York and made his Broadway debut in 1950.

Weston appeared in numerous films and television series, often in character roles. His credits include *Wait Until Dark* (1967), *The Thomas Crown Affair* (1968), *Cactus Flower* (1969), *Dirty Dancing* (1987) as Max Kellerman, *Ishtar* (1987) as Marty Freed, and *Short Circuit 2* (1988). On stage he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance in Woody Allen's *The Floating Light Bulb* (1981). He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his role in *The Ritz* (1976).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ishtar* (1987), Fi1m 72, as Marty Freed — [page](https://film.one/film/ishtar.md)

## Also known for

- *Dirty Dancing* (1987), Max Kellerman
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Julius Moomer, Charlie Farnsworth — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *Bewitched* (1964)
- *Short Circuit 2* (1988), Oscar Baldwin
- *Wait Until Dark* (1967), Carlino
- *The Thomas Crown Affair* (1968), Erwin
- *Imitation of Life* (1959), Tom
- *The Cincinnati Kid* (1965), Pig

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