Jack Haley
(Hickory/Tin Woodman)

A contract actor with Paramount Studios, Jack Haley was loaned to MGM to replace Buddy Ebsen after Ebsen was hospitalized when the aluminum dust-tainted make-up used to create his tinny complexion resulted in poisoning. Like Ray Bolger, Haley got his start in vaudeville before making a name for himself as an on-screen comedian. Haley also appeared with Judy Garland in her MGM debut film Pigskin Parade (1936). Years later in 1974, Jack Haley's son, Jack Haley Jr. would marry Judy Garland's daughter, Liza Minnelli. Haley died in 1979 at the age of 80.