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Jack Palance
Jack Palance

Jack Palance

ActingBorn February 18, 1919Died November 10, 2006 (age 87)Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

Jack Palance (born Volodymyr Palahniuk; February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American actor. Known for playing tough guys and villains, he was nominated for three Academy Awards, all for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, receiving nominations for his roles in Sudden Fear (1952) and Shane (1953) and winning almost 40 years later for his role in City Slickers (1991). Born in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, the son of Ukrainian immigrants, Palance served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He went on to briefly attend Stanford University before pursuing a career in the theatre. He made his film acting debut in Panic in the Streets (1950). Following his roles in Sudden Fear and Shane, Palance starred as Count Dracula in the 1974 television film Bram Stoker's Dracula, and played crime lord Yves Perret in Tango & Cash (1989). He also served as the host of the ABC television series Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1982–1986). In 2006, Palance died of natural causes at the home of his daughter Holly in Montecito, California.

Filmography

2004
Back When We Were Grownups

as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch

Movie
2002
Living with the Dead

as Allan Van Praagh

Movie
2002
Living with the Dead

as Allan Van Praagh

TV
2001
The Omen Legacy

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2001
Night Visions

as Jake Jennings (segment "Bitter Harvest")

TV
1999Movie
1999
Treasure Island

as Long John Silver

Movie
1998
Ebenezer

as Ebenezer Scrooge

Movie
1997Movie
1997Movie
1996Movie
1996
Joan Crawford: Always the Star

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1995
Buffalo Girls

as Bartle Bone

Movie
1994
The Swan Princess

as Lord Rothbart (voice)

Movie
1994
The World of Hammer

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

as Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")

Movie
1994
Cops & Robbersons

as Jake Stone

Movie
1993
Cyborg 2

as Mercy

Movie
1993TV
1992
Legends of the West

as Host / Self - Judge Roy Bean

Movie
1992
Solar Crisis

as Travis

Movie
1992
When It Was a Game 2

as Passage Narrator (voice)

Movie
1992
Keep the Change

as Overstreet

Movie
1991
Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan

as Opening Narration (voice)

Movie
1991
City Slickers

as Curly Washburn

Movie
1989
Tango & Cash

as Yves Perret

Movie
1989
Batman

as Grissom

Movie
1988Movie
1988Movie
1988
Young Guns

as L. G. Murphy

Movie
1987
Bagdad Cafe

as Rudi Cox

Movie
1987
Gor

as Xenos

Movie
1985Movie
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1982
Alone in the Dark

as Frank Hawkes

Movie
1982TV
1982Movie
1982Movie
1981Movie
1980
Without Warning

as Joe Taylor

Movie
1980Movie
1980Movie
1980
The Ivory Ape

as Marc Kazarian

Movie
1979Movie
1979
Cocaine Cowboys

as Raphael

Movie
1979Movie
1979
Angels' Brigade

as Mike Farrell

Movie
1978
The One Man Jury

as Lieutenant Wade

Movie
1978
Unknown Powers

as Himself - Host

Movie
1977
Welcome to Blood City

as Frendlander

Movie
1977Movie
1977
The Unknown Force

as Self - Host

Movie
1976Movie
1976
Rulers of the City

as Scarface' Manzari

Movie
1976
Black Cobra

as Judas Carmichael

Movie
1976
The Cop in Blue Jeans

as Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo

Movie
1976
God's Gun

as Sam Clayton

Movie
1976
Safari Express

as van Daalen

Movie
1975
The Sensuous Nurse

as Mr. Kitch

Movie
1975Movie
1975
Africa Express

as Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter

Movie
1975
The Four Deuces

as Vic Morono, the Boss

Movie
1975
Bronk

as Lt. Alex Bronkov

TV
1975
The Great Adventure

as William Bates

Movie
1975
The Hatfields and the McCoys

as Devil Anse Hatfield

Movie
1974
The Godchild

as Rourke

Movie
1974
Dinah!

as Self

TV
1974
Dracula

as Dracula

Movie
1974
Craze

as Neal Mottram

Movie
1973
Oklahoma Crude

as Hellman

Movie
1973
Brothers Blue

as Hillman

Movie
1972
Imagine

as Self

Movie
1972
Father Jackleg

as Buck Santini

Movie
1972
Chato's Land

as Quincey Whitmore

Movie
1972
It Can Be Done Amigo

as Sonny Bronson

Movie
1971
The Horsemen

as Tursen

Movie
1970Movie
1970
Monte Walsh

as Chet Rollins

Movie
1970Movie
1969
Battle of the Commandos

as Charley MacPherson

Movie
1969
Che!

as Fidel Castro

Movie
1969Movie
1969
A Bullet for Rommel

as Major John Heston

Movie
1969
The Desperados

as Parson Josiah Galt

Movie
1968
The Mercenary

as Ricciolo ("Curly")

Movie
1968
Madigan's Millions

as Matteo Cirini (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1968Movie
1968Movie
1967
Kill a Dragon

as Rick Masters

Movie
1967
Torture Garden

as Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")

Movie
1967
The Carol Burnett Show

as Self - Guest / Various Characters

TV
1967
The Dinosaur and the Baby

as Jeremy Prokosch (archive footage)

Movie
1967Movie
1966Movie
1966
The Professionals

as Jesus Raza

Movie
1965TV
1965
Run for Your Life

as Julian Hays

TV
1965
Once a Thief

as Walter Pedak

Movie
1964
Paparazzi

as Self

Movie
1964TV
1964Movie
1963
Contempt

as Jeremy Prokosch

Movie
1962Movie
1962
Night Train to Milan

as Herr Bauer / Schneider

Movie
1961
Barabbas

as Torvald

Movie
1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

TV
1961Movie
1961
The Mongols

as Ogataï

Movie
1961Movie
1960Movie
1960
The Battle of Austerlitz

as Gen. Weirother

Movie
1959
Beyond All Limits

as Jim Gatsby

Movie
1959
Ten Seconds to Hell

as Eric Koertner

Movie
1958
The Man Inside

as Milo March

Movie
1957
House of Numbers

as Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow

Movie
1957Movie
1957
The Lonely Man

as Jacob Wade

Movie
1957
The Last Tycoon

as Monroe Stahr

Movie
1956
Requiem for a Heavyweight

as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock

Movie
1956
Playhouse 90

as Self - Host

TV
1956
Playhouse 90

as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock

TV
1956
Attack

as Joe Costa

Movie
1956
The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1955
I Died a Thousand Times

as Roy Earle / Roy Collins

Movie
1955
The Big Knife

as Charles Castle

Movie
1955
Kiss of Fire

as El Tigre

Movie
1954
The Silver Chalice

as Simon The Magician

Movie
1954Movie
1953Movie
1953
Flight to Tangier

as Gil Walker

Movie
1953
Arrowhead

as Toriano

Movie
1953
Second Chance

as Cappy Gordon

Movie
1953
Shane

as Jack Wilson

Movie
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1952
Sudden Fear

as Lester Blaine

Movie
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch

TV
1951
The Red Skelton Show

as Jack Palance

TV
1951
Halls of Montezuma

as Pigeon Lane

Movie
1950Movie
1950TV
1949
Suspense

as Tom Walker

TV
1949
Suspense

as Count Alessandro di Cagliostro

TV
1948
Studio One

as Arky

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayFebruary 18, 1919
Day of DeathNovember 10, 2006
Place of BirthLattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA
Popularity1.4