Haley, who struggled in his makeup like many of Oz’s ensemble members, had it no easier. In Harmetz’s book, Haley quotes herself as saying.
“I couldn’t lie down in that costume.” I was unable to sit in it at all. The only thing I could lean on was a reclining hoard.
He costarred in musicals with Frank Sinatra (Higher and Higher) and Shirley Temple (Poor Little Rich Girl).
Following Oz, Haley starred in Norwood (1970), People Are Funny (1946), and One Body Too Many (1944).
His last movie performance was an uncredited role in New York, New York (1977), directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Liza Minnelli, Garland’s daughter.
From 1921 until his death in 1979 from a heart attack at age 81, Haley was wed to Florence McFadden. Jack Jr. and Gloria were their two children.
