Biography
Jack Weston (born Jack Weinstein; August 21, 1924 – May 3, 1996) was an American film, stage, and television actor. Weston usually played comic roles in films such as Cactus Flower and Please Don't Eat the Daisies, but also occasionally essayed heavier parts, such as the scheming crook and stalker who, along with Alan Arkin and Richard Crenna, attempts to terrorize and rob a blind Audrey Hepburn in the 1967 film Wait Until Dark. Weston had countless character roles in major films such as The Ci...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019
as Charlie Farnsworth (archive footage)
Six episodes of the original series, restored and on the big screen for the first time, and a special retrospective documentary encompass this Fathom ...

Short Circuit 2
1988
as Oscar Baldwin
Robot Johnny 5 moves to the city to help his friend Ben Jahrvi with his toy manufacturing enterprise, only to be manipulated by criminals who want to ...

Dirty Dancing
1987
as Max Kellerman
Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find hersel...

Ishtar
1987
as Marty Freed
Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the ...

Rad
1986
as Duke Best
A BMX racer, who lives in a small town with his mother and sister, is faced with a tough decision, qualify for Helltrack or take his SATs in order to ...

The Longshot
1986
as Elton
Four losers borrow money from gangsters to bet on a "sure thing", but lose. The gangsters go after them to get their money.

High Road to China
1983
as Struts
A biplane pilot is saddled with a spoiled industrialist's daughter on a search for her missing father through Asia that eventually involves them in a ...

The Four Seasons
1981
as Danny Zimmer
Three middle-aged wealthy couples take vacations together in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Along the way we are treated to mid-life, marital, par...

Can't Stop the Music
1980
as Benny Murray
A loose biography of seminal disco hit-makers The Village People and their composer Jacques Morali.

Cuba
1979
as Larry Gutman
A British mercenary arrives in pre-Revolution Cuba to help train the corrupt General Batista's army against Castro's guerrillas while he also romances...

Gator
1976
as Irving Greenfield
After his release from prison, notorious ex-con and moonshine distiller Gator McKlusky moves in with his father in a cabin in the Okefenokee Swamp. Hi...

The Ritz
1976
as Gaetano Proclo
To escape from a mobster, businessman Gaetano Proclo orders a cab driver to take him to a place where he can't be found. Unfortunately for Gaetano, th...

Marco
1973
as Maffio Polo
A combination of live action and animation chronicinge the great journey of Marco Polo to the mysterious Orient. Much of the story centers on Polo's r...

Deliver Us from Evil
1973
as Al Zabrocki
Several men hiking in the mountains discover an injured skyjacker who parachuted from a plane with $600,000. They kill him, then start fighting each o...

I Love a Mystery
1973
as Job Cheyne
Three insurance investigators search for a mysterious billionaire. Based on the Old Time Radio show of the same name.
The Trouble With People
1972
as Ben (Story 4)
The overall title for five short sketches by Neil Simon. 1: "The Greasy Diner." The story of a couple who enter a diner, take one look around, then wi...

Fuzz
1972
as Det. Meyer Meyer
Police in Boston search for a mad bomber trying to extort money from the city.

A New Leaf
1971
as Andy McPherson
After running out of funds, Henry Graham, a carefree playboy, plots to marry and murder wealthy botanist Henrietta Lowell.

Cactus Flower
1969
as Harvey Greenfield
Distraught when her middle-aged lover breaks a date with her, 21-year-old Toni Simmons attempts suicide. Impressed by her action, her lover, dentist J...

The April Fools
1969
as Potter Shrader
Newly-promoted if none too happily married Howard Brubaker leaves a rowdy company party early with the stunning Catherine, whom it turns out is hersel...

Now You See It, Now You Don't
1968
as Prince Haroun
A bumbling art expert, hired by an insurance company to protect a Rembrandt on loan from the Louvre, schemes to steal it.

The Thomas Crown Affair
1968
as Erwin
Young businessman Thomas Crown is bored and decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However,...

The Counterfeit Killer
1968
as Randolph Riker
A Secret Service agent poses as a waterfront hit man to infiltrate a global ring of counterfeiters.

Wait Until Dark
1967
as Carlino
After a flight back home, Sam Hendrix returns with a doll he innocently acquired along the way. As it turns out, the doll is actually stuffed with her...

Code Name: Heraclitus
1967
as Gerberman
A man who dies on an operating table is brought back to life, but he has total amnesia. A government agent decides that he would make a perfect underc...

Fame Is the Name of the Game
1966
as Griffin
A brash, big-time investigative reporter, looking into the death of a call girl, uncovers her diary and tries to find her killer among the names conta...

Mirage
1965
as Lester
In New York City, David Stillwell struggles to recover his memory before the people who are trying to kill him succeed. Who is he, who are they, and w...

The Cincinnati Kid
1965
as Pig
An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.

The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour
1964
as Cash

The Incredible Mr. Limpet
1964
as George Stickel
Milquetoast Henry Limpet experiences his fondest wish and is transformed into a fish. As a talking fish he assists the US Navy in hunting German subma...

Palm Springs Weekend
1963
as Coach Fred Campbell
Set in Palm Springs during a long, fun-filled weekend where several Los Angeles college students flock to spring break, centering on Jim who finds rom...

It's Only Money
1962
as Leopold
Lester is a clumsy and awkward TV repair man who is nevertheless gifted technically. In helping out a friend, he is drawn into a mystery involving a m...

The Honeymoon Machine
1961
as Signalman Burford Taylor
Lt. Fergie Howard teams up with Lt. Beau Gilliam and Navy scientist Jason Eldridge to turn a supercomputer with missile-tracking capabilities into a t...

All in a Night's Work
1961
as Lasker
After the sudden death of magazine publisher Colonel Ryder, his nephew, Tony inherits the magazine and has big plans to expand it. While negotiating a...

Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960
as Joe Positano
Drama critic Larry Mackay, his wife Kate and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old house in the country. While housewi...

Imitation of Life
1959
as Stage manager
In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.

I Want to Live!
1958
as NCO at Party (uncredited)
Brazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a murder and sent to death row.

Stage Struck
1958
as Frank
A young woman arrives in New York City determined to become a great theatrical star, but discovers that her goal may not be as easily attainable as sh...