Jack Haley

Aug 09, 1897 - Jun 06, 1979 (81 years old) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

John Joseph Haley Jr. (August 10, 1897 – June 6, 1979) was an American actor, comedian, dancer, radio host, singer and vaudevillian. He was best known for his portrayal of the Tin Man and his farmhand counterpart Hickory in the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Wizard of Oz.

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Known For

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Burke's Law

Victor Haggerty

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The Wizard of Oz

"Hickory" / Tin Man

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The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self

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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

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Playhouse 90

Stanley Leeds

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This Is Your Life

Self

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F-Man

Johnny Dime

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Here Comes the Groom

Mike Scanlon

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Norwood

Mr. Reese

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Coronado

Chuck Hornbostel

Credits

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere 2025

Hickory/The Tin Man (archive footage)

★ NR
Rat Pack 2022

Self (archive footage)

★ 9
To Oz! The Making of a Classic 2009

Self

★ NR
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression 2009

Self (archive)

★ NR
The Dark Side of the Rainbow 2000

'Hickory' (archive footage)

★ 8.7
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic 1990

Self (archive footage)

★ 8.3
New York, New York 1977

Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

★ 6.6
These Are the Days 1974

★ 3
That's Entertainment! 1974

(archive footage)

★ 7.3
Norwood 1970

Mr. Reese

★ 5.6
Burke's Law 1963

Victor Haggerty

★ 6
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse 1958

★ 5.8
No Time at All 1958

Stanley Leeds

★ NR
Playhouse 90 1956

Stanley Leeds

★ 7.6
This Is Your Life 1952

Self

★ 6.4
The Colgate Comedy Hour 1950

Self

★ 6.8
Make Mine Laughs 1949

(archive footage)

★ 5
Vacation in Reno 1946

Jack Carroll

★ 7
People Are Funny 1946

Pinky Wilson

★ 5.2
Sing Your Way Home 1945

Steven Kimball

★ 5.2
George White's Scandals 1945

Jack Evans

★ 5.3
Scared Stiff 1945

Larry Elliot

★ 4
One Body Too Many 1944

Albert Tuttle

★ 5
Take It Big 1944

Jack North

★ NR
Higher and Higher 1943

Mike O'Brien

★ 6
Breakdowns of 1942 1942

Self

★ 6
Beyond the Blue Horizon 1942

Squidge Sullivan

★ NR
Navy Blues 1941

'Powerhouse' Bolton

★ 4
Moon Over Miami 1941

Jack O'Hara

★ 6.1
The Wizard of Oz 1939

"Hickory" / Tin Man

★ 7.6
Thanks for Everything 1938

Henry Smith

★ 5
Hold That Co-ed 1938

Wilbur Peters

★ 6.3
Alexander's Ragtime Band 1938

Davey Lane

★ 6.7
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1938

Orville Smithers

★ 6.7
Ali Baba Goes to Town 1937

Himself

★ 5.9
Danger – Love at Work 1937

Henry Throckmorton MacMorrow

★ 7.3
Wake Up and Live 1937

Edward 'Eddie" Kane

★ 5.3
She Had to Eat 1937

Danny Decker

★ 5
Pick a Star 1937

Joe Jenkins

★ 4.8
Pigskin Parade 1936

Slug Winters

★ 6.1
Mister Cinderella 1936

Joe Jenkins

★ 6
Poor Little Rich Girl 1936

Jimmy Dolan

★ 6.6
F-Man 1936

Johnny Dime

★ NR
Coronado 1935

Chuck Hornbostel

★ 3
The Girl Friend 1935

Henry A. Henry

★ NR
Redheads on Parade 1935

Peter Mathews

★ NR
Spring Tonic 1935

Sykes

★ 5.3
Here Comes the Groom 1934

Mike Scanlon

★ 4
Sitting Pretty 1933

Pete Pendleton

★ 7.5
Salt Water Daffy 1933

Elmer Wagonbottom

★ 5.3
Mr. Broadway 1933

Jack Haley

★ NR
Wrongorilla 1933

Elmer

★ NR
Success 1931

Elmer

★ NR
Follow Thru 1930

Jack Martin

★ 7.4
The 20th Amendment 1930

★ NR