In a 40-year stage, film, and television career, Weston played sleazy villains to hapless men going through midlife crises to clumsy comics. He was one of the bad guys who victimize a blind
Audrey Hepburn in the 1967 cult classic
Wait Until Dark (1967) but meets his end at the hands of the number one Bad Guy
Alan Arkin. He appeared in much lighter fare in
Cactus Flower (1969),
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960), and
Dirty Dancing (1987). In the last of these, he ran the Catskills resort that set the stage for romance between Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey.
His stage work on Broadway included "California Suite" (1976) and "The Floating Lightbulb" (1971). For the latter, he received a Tony Award nomination for his role as the trashy manager. Also in 1981, Weston appeared opposite
Alan Alda in
The Four Seasons (1984) about the friendship between three middle-class, middle-aged couples. Other film credits include
Stage Struck (1958),
The Cincinnati Kid (1965),
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968),
The Ritz (1976), and
Ishtar (1987).
Short Circuit 2(1988)as Oscar Baldwin
Ishtar(1987)as Marty Freed
Dirty Dancing(1987)as Max Kellerman
If Tomorrow Comes(1986)as Uncle Willie
Rad(1986)as Duke Best
The 35th Annual Tony Awards(1981)as Self - Nominee
The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People(1973)as Self
The Mike Douglas Show(1961)as Self - Actor, Self - Producer, Themselves
Bicentennial Minutes(1974)as Self - Narrator
Welcome to the Basement(2012)as Marty Freed
Wait Until Dark: A Look in the Dark(2003)as Self
The 69th Annual Academy Awards(1997)as Self - Memorial Tribute
Terror in the Aisles(1984)as Carlino
Kraft Mystery Theater(1961)as Frankie--Trumpet Player
