THE WIZARD OF OZ TIN MAN JACK HALEY AUTOGRAPHED CHECKS x4 TO IRS 1967 1968

THE WIZARD OF OZ TIN MAN JACK HALEY AUTOGRAPHED CHECKS x4 TO IRS 1967 1968 (image 3/[null, null, null, null])

THE WIZARD OF OZ TIN MAN JACK HALEY AUTOGRAPHED CHECKS x4 TO IRS 1967 1968 (image 4/[null, null, null, null])

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JACK HALEY TIN MAN FROM THE WIZARD OF OZ 4 SIGNED CHECKS WRITTEN OUT AND SIGNED IN HIS HAND TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICEJohn Joseph "Jack" Haley Jr. (August 10, 1898 -- June 6, 1979) was an American vaudevillian, actor, comedian, radio host, singer and dancer, best known for his portrayal of the Tin Man and his farmhand counterpart "Hickory" in the classic 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz.Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 "The Tin Man" in The Wizard of Oz 3 Personal life 3.1 Final years and death 4 Film 5 Short films 6 Broadway 7 References 8 External links Early life Haley was born on August 10, 1897 [4]at 166 F St., Boston, Massachusetts, to Canadian-born (Nova Scotia) parents of Irish descent, John Joseph Haley Sr. and Ellen Curley Haley.[5] His father was a waiter by trade, and later a ship's steward. He died in the wreck of the schooner Charles A. Briggs at Nahant, Massachusetts on February 1, 1898, when Jack was almost six months old[6] He had one older brother, William Anthony "Bill" Haley, a musician, who died of pneumonia in 1916 at the age of twenty-one after contracting tuberculosis.[7][8]CareerHaley (far left) in a trailer for Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) Haley headlined in vaudeville as a song-and-dance comedian. One of his closest friends was Fred Allen, who would frequently mention "Mr. Jacob Haley of Newton Highlands, Massachusetts" on the air. In the early 1930s, Haley starred in comedy shorts for Vitaphone in Brooklyn, New York. 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. Both Poor Little Rich Girl and Alexander's Ragtime Band were released by Twentieth Century-Fox. Haley was under contract to them and appeared in the Fox films Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and Pigskin Parade, marking his first appearance with Judy Garland. Haley hosted a radio show from 1937 to 1939 known to many as The Jack Haley Show. The first season (1937-1938), the show was sponsored by Log Cabin Syrup and was known as The Log Cabin Jamboree. The next season (1938-1939), the show was sponsored by Wonder Bread and was known as The Wonder Show. During the second season the show featured Gale Gordon and Lucille Ball as regular radio performers.[9]Haley returned to musical comedies in the 1940s. Most of his '40s work was for RKO Radio Pictures. He left the studio in 1947 when he refused to appear in a remake of RKO's Seven Keys to Baldpate. Phillip Terry took the role. He subsequently went into real estate, taking guest roles in television series over the next couple of decades."The Tin Man" in The Wizard of OzMargaret Hamilton, Ray Bolger and Jack Haley reunited in 1970 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer hired Haley for the part of the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz after its contracted song-and-dance comedian Buddy Ebsen suffered a severe reaction after inhaling aluminum powder from his silver face makeup, which triggered a congenital bronchial condition; the dust settled in Ebsen's lungs and, within a few days of principal photographic testing, he found himself struggling to breathe. For Haley, to avoid the same catastrophe, the dust was converted into a paste--even so, the paste caused an eye infection that sidelined Haley for four shooting days. Surgical treatment averted serious or permanent damage to Haley's eyes.[10] Haley also portrayed the Tin Man's Kansas counterpart, Hickory Twicker, one of Aunt Em and Uncle Henry's farmhands.Haley did not remember the makeup or the costume fondly. Interviewed about the film years later by Tom Snyder, he related that many fans assumed making the film was a fun experience. Haley said, "Like hell it was. It was work!" For his role as the Tin Woodman, Haley spoke in the same soft tone he used when reading bedtime stories to his children. Oz was one of only two films Haley made for MGM. The other was Pick a Star, a 1937 Hal Roach production distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Person... read more

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