John Weld (February 24, 1905 – June 14, 2003) was an American newspaper reporter and writer.

He had an early career in Hollywood in the 1920s as a stunt double for Tom Mix, Buck Jones and other stars.

He wrote about those days in his 1991 book Fly Away Home: Memoirs of a Hollywood Stunt Man.

[2] Among Weld's books are Don't You Cry for Me, a 1940 novel based on the Donner party; the autobiographical Young Man in Paris (1985); and September Song, a 1998 biography of his friend, actor Walter Huston.

[3] Weld wrote screenplays for Columbia and Universal; served as director of publications for the Ford Motor Co. in Dearborn, Michigan, and owned Ford dealerships in Laguna and San Clemente, California.