Sailor Sharkey

born: 03 August 1891
San Luis Obispo, California,
United States of America		 died: 08 December 1951
Salem, Oregon,
United States of America
(congestive heart failure, age 60)

American actor, allegedly a former boxer and purportedly of Native American descent. Also known as Jack Sharkey and Sharkey Weimar.
Not to be confused with the Irish boxer Thomas "Sailor Tom" Sharkey (1873-1953). While "our" Sailor has a wavily-crooked nose that would certainly suggest some possible pugilism, I get the feeling his later tales and boasts as reported in newspaper articles may have been an attempt to conflate himself with the original "Sailor."
Real name: Joseph Stephen Weimer
Height: 6'0"		 Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography;
all films with Stan Laurel.

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1927		 Why Girls Love Sailors
Sailor
▼ NON-HAL ROACH FILMS

1925		 Navy Blue Days
Sailor handing out letters

1925		 The Sleuth
Henchman

Acknowledgements:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVGJ-HMX (1910 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXTH-Q78 (WWI draft reg. card)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQP-DHC (1920 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8ND-GFW (1925 marriage)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG4F-TWGZ (1930 marriage)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRG-C51 (1940 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJT-Y2R1 (WWII draft reg. card)
https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2015/315/119700068_1447383863.jpg (death certificate)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119700068 (Find a Grave)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KW1-DDM9 (Social Security Numident File)
https://archive.org/details/sim_los-angeles-times_the-los-angeles-times_1925-11-13/page/12/mode/1up?q=%22sharkey+weimar%22&view=theater (Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov 1925)
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SPNP19251113.2.37 (San Pedro Daily Pilot, 13 Nov 1925)
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=OT19251113.1.39 (Oakland Tribune, 13 Nov 1925)
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SRPD19251114.1.5 (Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 14 Nov 1925)
https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1925-11-28_37_48/page/107/mode/1up?q=%22sharkey+weimar%22&view=theater (Billboard, 28 Nov 1925)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/608491440/ (Los Angeles Evening Express, 04 Mar 1930)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/688872241/ (Illustrated Daily News [Los Angeles, CA], 05 Mar 1930)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/51339118/ (Santa Cruz News, 25 Aug 1934)
https://vimeo.com/479119506 ("Hollywouldn't," 1925 comedy short -- co-starring Sailor)
'The Standard' casting directories of 1927/28.
Steve Rydzewski (information)
Jesse Brisson (bio notes and research; identification in Navy Blue Days, The Sleuth)

This page was last updated on: 26 May 2025