Patrick Waltz

Jack Richard Waltz (December 6, 1924 – August 13, 1972) was an American film and television actor.

Waltz was born in Akron, Ohio, the younger of two sons born to Frank and Lucy Leona (nee Dugan) Waltz. Waltz attended Coventry High School. He also appeared in the 1954 film It Should Happen To You, and in the same year played Detective Strauss in The Human Jungle.

Other film appearances included Until They Sail (1957), Queen of Outer Space (1958), It Happened at the World's Fair (1963), Good Neighbor Sam (1964), The Silencers (1966), and The Devil's Brigade (1968). He guest-starred in television programs including 77 Sunset Strip, McHale's Navy, Bat Masterson, Tombstone Territory, 26 Men, Death Valley Days, The Twilight Zone and The Mod Squad.

Waltz died on August 13, 1972 at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, at the age of 47.