The person who played The Tin Man was Jack Haley. According to the site,http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355095/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm, He was born on August 10 1897 in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Jack Haley was a movie and amazing actor, who is always remembered as the Tin Man in The Wizard Of Oz in 1939. The Tin Man role was originally going to be Buddy Ebsen's, but due to an allergic reaction from the aluminum powder makeup, Ebsen was taken out of casting and Haley replaced him. To avoid the same problem arising, they used aluminum paste for Haley instead of powder. Haley starred in over thirty other movies. He died of a heart attack on June 6th 1979, in Los Angeles, California.