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Leonard Francis Penn (August 27, 1921 – September 5, 1998) was an American actor and director and the father of musician Michael Penn and actors Sean Penn and Chris Penn.

Early life[edit]

Penn was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants Elizabeth (née Melincoff) and Maurice Daniel Penn (Lithuanian Jewish family).^[1][2][3]

Penn served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II as a B-24 Liberator bombardier with the 755th Bomb Squadron, 458th Bomb Group, stationed in England as part of the Eighth Air Force.^[4]

Career[edit]

A life member of The Actors Studio,^[5] Penn won the Theatre World Award in 1954 for his performance in the play The Girl on the Via Flaminia. He acted in numerous roles in the early years of television. In 1956, he was cast as Mr. Rico in the episode 'Ringside Padre' of the religion anthology series, Crossroads. In 1957, he appeared in the episode 'One If by Sea' of the military drama series, Navy Log. He was also cast in an episode of Beverly Garland's 1957-1958 groundbreaking crime drama, Decoy. In 1960, he played Cavage in 'The Poker Fiend' on Richard Boone's CBSwestern series, Have Gun - Will Travel. In 1961, he was cast as Tiko in the episode 'The World Is Her Oyster' of the ABC adventure series, The Islanders, set in the South Pacific, and appeared in an episode of the ABC crime drama The Asphalt Jungle. He also appeared in another ABC adventure series, Straightaway, which focuses on automobile racing. On March 3, 1961, he co-starred with Peter Falk and Joyce Van Patten in the episode 'Cold Turkey' of the ABC legal drama series, The Law and Mr. Jones starring James Whitmore. About this time, he also appeared on Pat O'Brien's ABC sitcom, Harrigan and Son. In the 1961-1962 television season Penn acted in the CBS crime drama, Checkmate in the episode The Button-Down Break and starred as Jerry Green in Gertrude Berg's CBS's sitcomMrs. G. Goes to College renamed at mid-season as The Gertrude Berg Show.

Penn landed work as a director for many television series, including I Spy, Lost in Space, Star Trek, Blue Light, Custer, the 1976 westernSara, St. Elsewhere, Kojak, Starsky and Hutch, Cagney & Lacey, Little House on the Prairie, Columbo, Hawaii Five-O, Trapper John, M.D., Hart To Hart, Magnum, P.I. and Father Murphy. In 1983, Penn was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series for The Mississippi.

Politics[edit]

Penn supported the Hollywood trade unions^[6] and refused to accuse others to the House Un-American Activities Committee in their investigation of suspected Communist infiltration of the film industry. Penn was subsequently blacklisted, and Paramount refused to renew his contract. As a result, Penn was not able to work as a movie actor.^[7] He found acting work in television, but CBS ousted him after receiving an anonymous accusation that he had addressed a political meeting.^{[clarification needed][8]} Barred from acting in film or TV, he became a director.^[9]

Personal life[edit]

His first marriage, to Olive Deering, was dissolved in 1952. He was married in 1957 to actress Eileen Ryan, with whom he had three sons: singer Michael Penn, and actors Sean Penn and Chris Penn.

Leo Penn died of lung cancer in Santa Monica, California, on September 5, 1998 at the age of 77, and was interred at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.

Filmography[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Pfefferman, Naomi (October 16, 1997). 'Spectator'. Jewish Journal. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
2. ^'Chopped Liver Gets a Mention, but No Jewish Wins on Oscar Night'. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. March 2, 2004. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
3. ^Bilmes, Alex (February 16, 2015). 'Sean Penn Is Esquire's March Cover Star'. Esquire. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
4. ^'Famous B-24/PB4Y Crew Members'. B-24 Best Web. 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
5. ^Garfield, David (1980). 'Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980'. A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. p. 279. ISBN0-02-542650-8.
6. ^Shattuck, Kathryn. 'Leo Penn'. New York Times. The New York Times Company. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
7. ^Hilden, Julie (January 18, 2005). 'In Defense of Sean Penn's Speaking Out: How Celebrity Activists Can Serve as A Modern Bulwark of Our Constitutional System'. FindLaw.com. Thomson Reuters. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
8. ^Kelly, Richard T. (2004). Sean Penn: His Life and Times. New York: Canongate Books. p. 26. ISBN1-84195-623-6.
9. ^Stark, Rachael. 'Elia Kazan—Genius or Informant?'. Infoplease. Sandbox Networks, Inc. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

External links[edit]

• Leo Penn on IMDb
• Leo Penn at the Internet Broadway Database
• Leo Penn as the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Leo Penn at Memory Alpha (a Star Trekwiki)
• Leo Penn at Find a Grave

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Jack Weston (born Morris Weinstein; August 21, 1924 – May 3, 1996) was an American actor. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1976 and a Tony Award in 1981.

Career[edit]

Weston, a Cleveland, Ohio native, usually played comic roles in films such as Cactus Flower (1969)^[1] and Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960).^[2] He occasionally took on 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.^[3]

Weston had numerous other character roles over 25 years, including in major films like The Cincinnati Kid (1965), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Gator (1976), Cuba (1979), High Road to China (1983), Dirty Dancing (1987) and Ishtar (1987).^[4]

On television he made numerous appearances such as murderer Fred Calvert in the 1958 Perry Mason episode, 'The Case of the Daring Decoy'. In 1961, he was a guest star in the TV drama Route 66, playing the manager of a traveling group of young women nightclub dancers, who mistreats his employees.^[5] In 1963, he was a guest star in an episode called 'Fatso' in the TV drama The Fugitive.

In 1976, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for his performance in the film The Ritz. In 1981, Weston appeared on Broadway in Woody Allen's comedy The Floating Light Bulb, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award as Best Actor.^[6] Other stage appearances included Bells are Ringing in 1956 (with Judy Holliday),^[7]The Ritz in 1975,^[8]Neil Simon's California Suite (1976)^[9] and One Night Stand in 1980.^[10]

Weston co-starred in Alan Alda's 1981 film The Four Seasons,^[11] and then reprised his role to star in a television series spinoff on CBS.^[12]

Personal life[edit]

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Weston served in the United States Army during World War II. Weston married twice, first to actress Marge Redmond, noted for her role in the ABCsitcomThe Flying Nun. They occasionally appeared together, an example being a 1963 episode of The Twilight Zone titled 'The Bard'. Redmond and Weston divorced.^[when?] The couple had no children.

His second marriage was to Laurie Gilkes and they had one child together. They were married until his death from lymphoma on May 3, 1996, after a six-year struggle. He was 71 years old.

Jack was the older brother of Anthony Spinelli, whose birth name was Sam Weinstein and whose first stage name was Sam Weston. The Westons were Jewish.^[13]

Selected filmography[edit]

• Stage Struck (1958) as Frank
• Peter Gunn (1958), 'The Kill' (S1E01) as Dave Green
• I Want to Live! (1958) as NCO at Party (uncredited)
• Imitation of Life (1959) as Tom
• Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960) as Joe Positano
• All in a Night's Work (1961) as Lasker
• The Honeymoon Machine (1961) as Signalman Burford Taylor
• It's Only Money (1962) as Leopold
• Palm Springs Weekend (1963) as Coach Fred Campbell
• The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964) as George Stickel
• The Cincinnati Kid (1965) as Pig
• Mirage (1965) as Lester
• Wait Until Dark (1967) as Carlino
• The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) as Erwin Weaver
• The April Fools (1969) as Potter Shrader
• Cactus Flower (1969) as Harvey Greenfield
• A New Leaf (1971) as Andy McPherson
• Fuzz (1972) as Det. Meyer Meyer
• Marco (1973) as Maffio Polo
• The Ritz (1976) as Gaetano Proclo
• Gator (1976) as Irving Greenfield
• Cuba (1979) as Larry Gutman
• Can't Stop the Music (1980) as Benny Murray
• The Four Seasons (1981) as Danny Zimmer
• High Road to China (1983) as Struts
• The Longshot (1986) as Elton
• Rad (1986) as Duke Best
• Dirty Dancing (1987) as Max Kellerman
• Ishtar (1987) as Marty Freed
• Short Circuit 2 (1988) as Oscar Baldwin

Television appearances[edit]

In 1949, Weston appeared as Mr. Storm in episode 5 of Captain Video and His Video Rangers.^[14]

In the 1960–1961 television season, Weston appeared as Chick Adams, a reporter, on the CBSsitcomMy Sister Eileen.^[15]

The next season, 1961–1962, he starred in the short-lived sitcom The Hathaways (ABC), in which he and Peggy Cass adopted a trio of chimpanzees (the Marquis Chimps).^[16]

He also made guest appearances on such television series as Peter Gunn, Perry Mason, Rescue 8, The Twilight Zone (episodes 'The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street', and 'The Bard'), The Untouchables, Have Gun – Will Travel, Johnny Staccato, Thriller, The Lawless Years (2 episodes), Route 66, Harrigan and Son, Stoney Burke, Breaking Point, The Fugitive, Bewitched, Gunsmoke, Twelve O'Clock High, Laredo, Tales of the Unexpected, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Carol Burnett Show, All in the Family, and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show.^[15]

References[edit]

1. ^Thompson, Howard. 'Review. 'Cactus Flower' Blooms'The New York Times, December 17, 1969
2. ^'Review: ‘Please Don’t Eat the Daisies’'Variety, December 31, 1959
3. ^Wait Until Dark tcm.com, accessed March 6, 2016
4. ^'Jack Weston Overview, Filmography' tcm.com, accessed March 5, 2016
5. ^Route 66 'Like A Motherless Child'
6. ^'The Floating Light Bulb' Broadway' playbill.com (vault), accessed March 5, 2016
7. ^'Bells Are Ringing' Broadway' playbill.com (vault), accessed March 5, 2016
8. ^'The Ritz' Broadway' playbill.com (vault), accessed March 5, 2016
9. ^'California Suite' Broadway' playbill.com (vault), accessed March 5, 2016
10. ^'One Night Stand' Broadway' playbill.com (vault), accessed March 5, 2016
11. ^The Four Seasons tcm.com, accessed March 5, 2016
12. ^Farber, Stephen. 'Four Seasons' Series Returns to CBS Sunday'The New York Times, April 26, 1984
13. ^http://www.jewishbiography.com/biographies/jack-weston.html
14. ^'Captain Video and His Video Rangers'. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
15. ^ ^abJack Weston on IMDb
16. ^Terrace, Vincent. 'The Hathaways', Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed., McFarland, 2008, ISBN0786486414, p. 439

External links[edit]

• Jack Weston on IMDb
• Jack Weston at the TCM Movie Database
• Jack Weston at the Internet Broadway Database
• Jack Weston at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Jack Weston at Find a Grave