Jack Waldron (born Jack Kestenbaum; February 3, 1893 – November 21, 1969) was an American actor-comedian, singer and dancer.

As a boy, his two passions were baseball and the theatre, and he began his career as a dancer in vaudeville.^[1] During the Meuse–Argonne offensive in World War I, he entertained the troops as a member of the "Argonne Players".^[2]

After the war, he played in Chicago nightclubs during the Prohibition years: the Chez Paris, Colosimo, the Paramount, and the Follies; he knew many of the racketeers of the period, including Al Capone.^[1] After the repeal of Prohibition, Waldron returned to New York to entertain in cafes.^[1]

On Broadway, he played the role of Tommy in Flossie (1924),^[3][4] an unspecified role in The Great Temptations (1926),^[5] one of the Boys of the Chorus in Hello Daddy! (1928–1929)^[6][7] and again in Woof Woof (1929–1930).^[8][9] In the 1950s, he played Mike Spears in the revival of Pal Joey (1952–1953),^[10][11][12] a salesman in The Pajama Game (1954–1956),^[13][14] Myron H. Hubbard in The Vamp (1955),^[15][16] and Schatzie Harris in Say, Darling (1959).^[17]

As a comedic actor, he was known for his short films for Vitaphone Varieties: A Breath of Broadway (#2691, September 5, 1928) and Radio and Relatives (December 30, 1938). He also played a bartender in a 1951 episode of Martin Kane, Private Eye.^[18]

Waldron was elected to The Lambs Theatre Club in 1949 and was later made an Honorary Life member. He was elected to Council 1960-1969 and became Shepherd in 1969, six months before his death.^[18]

Waldron died of cardiac arrest, suddenly and quietly during the night on November 21, 1969, in the arms of his wife Harriet.^[19]

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