Jack Haley Jr.

Jack Haley Jr.

Jack Haley Jr. (left) at the Air America movie premiere in 1990
Born John Joseph Haley Jr
(1933-10-25)October 25, 1933
Los Angeles, California
Died April 21, 2001(2001-04-21) (aged 67)
Santa Monica, California
Cause of death Respiratory Failure
Spouse(s) Liza Minnelli (1974-1979)

Jack Haley Jr. (October 25, 1933 – April 21, 2001) was an American film director, producer and writer, twice winner of the Emmy Award.

Haley was born in Los Angeles, the son of actor Jack Haley and his wife Florence. He was best known as the director of the 1974 compilation film That's Entertainment! and as the husband of Liza Minnelli, who was the daughter of Haley's father's co-star in The Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland.

Haley's other credits include producer and executive producer of Academy Awards presentation shows. He directed the 1970 film Norwood and the 1971 film The Love Machine.

Notable compilations and documentaries

As a producer, Haley was responsible for some notable compilations and documentaries about film history, including That's Entertainment! (1974), That's Entertainment, Part II (1976), That's Dancing! (1985), and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic, narrated by Angela Lansbury.

Death

Haley developed respiratory failure and died on April 21, 2001, in Santa Monica, California.[1] He is buried in Culver City's Holy Cross Cemetery.

Awards and honors

Year Association Nominated work Result
1966 Peabody Award The Hidden World: National Geographic Special Won
1962 Peabody Award Biography Won
Year Association Category Nominated work Result
1990 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Directing in Informational Programming The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic Nominated
1987 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Informational Special Minnelli on Minnelli: Liza Remembers Vincente Nominated
1985 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Children's Program The Night They Saved Christmas Nominated
1982 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Informational Special Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter Nominated
1979 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Program Achievement - Special Events 51st Academy Awards Won
1977 Primetime Emmy Awards Special Classification of Outstanding Program Achievement Life Goes to the Movies Nominated
1975 Primetime Emmy Awards Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement ABC's Wide World of Entertainment "That's Entertainment: 50 Years of MGM" Nominated
1968 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Music or Variety Movin' with Nancy Won
Year Association Category Nominated work Result
1978 DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Life Goes to War: Hollywood and the Home Front Nominated
1968 DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television Movin' with Nancy Nominated
Year Association Category Nominated work Result
1980 NAACP Image Awards Best Documentary That’s Hollywood!: Black Magic Won
Year Association Category Nominated work Result
1967 Grand Prix Best World-Wide Television Program The Hidden World: National Geographic Special Won
Year Association Category Nominated work Result
1967 Venice Film Festival Silver Lion Best Documentary The Hidden World: National Geographic Special Won
1965 Venice Film Festival Silver Lion Best Documentary Hollywood and the Stars “In Search of Kim Novak” Won
1964 Venice Film Festival Silver Lion Best Documentary Hollywood and the Stars “How to Succeed as a Gangster” Won
Year Association Category Nominated work Result
1965 Bronze Wrangler Factual Television Program Hollywood and the Stars: Episode "They Went That-a-Way" Won
Year Association Category Nominated work Result
1995 Spur Award Best Documentary Script 100 Years of the Hollywood Western Won

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