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Jack Elam
Jack Elam

Jack Elam

ActingBorn November 13, 1920Died October 20, 2003 (age 82)Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA

Biography

Colorful American character actor equally adept at vicious killers or grizzled sidekicks. As a child he worked in the cotton fields. He attended Santa Monica Junior College in California and subsequently became an accountant and, at one time, manager of the Bel Air Hotel. Elam got his first movie job by trading his accounting services for a role. In short time he became one of the most memorable supporting players in Hollywood, thanks not only to his near-demented screen persona but also to an out-of-kilter left eye, sightless from a childhood fight. He appeared with great aplomb in Westerns and gangster films alike, and in later years played to wonderful effect in comedic roles.

Filmography

1995Movie
1993Movie
1993
Uninvited

as Grady

Movie
1992
Shadow Force

as Tommy

Movie
1992
Lucky Luke

as Axel Ericson

TV
1991
Suburban Commando

as Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell

Movie
1991
Home Improvement

as Hick Peterson

TV
1990Movie
1990
Big Bad John

as Jake Calhoun

Movie
1988
Paradise

as Skragg

TV
1988Movie
1987Movie
1987
Hawken's Breed

as Tackett

Movie
1986Movie
1984Movie
1983
Lost

as Mr. Newsom

Movie
1983
Sacred Ground

as Lum Witcher

Movie
1982
Jinxed!

as Otto

Movie
1981
Skyward Christmas

as Clay Haller

Movie
1981
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

as Troscliar Boudreaux

Movie
1981Movie
1981Movie
1979TV
1979
The Villain

as Avery Simpson

Movie
1979
The Sacketts

as Ira Bigelow

TV
1978
The Norseman

as Death Dreamer

Movie
1978
Hot Lead & Cold Feet

as Rattlesnake

Movie
1978Movie
1978Movie
1978
Black Beauty

as Jonas McBride

TV
1977
Grayeagle

as Trapper Willis

Movie
1977TV
1977
How the West Was Won

as Cully Madigan

TV
1976
Pony Express Rider

as Crazy Charlie

Movie
1976
The Winds of Autumn

as J. Pete Hankins

Movie
1976Movie
1976
Hawmps!

as Bad Jack Cutter

Movie
1976Movie
1974
A Knife for the Ladies

as Jarrod (Sheriff)

Movie
1974
Sidekicks

as Boss

Movie
1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

as Alamosa Bill Kermit

Movie
1973
The Red Pony

as Granddad

Movie
1972
Kung Fu

as Marcus Taylor

TV
1972Movie
1972Movie
1971
Hannie Caulder

as Frank Clemens

Movie
1971Movie
1971
Nichols

as Marcus A.F. Baxter

TV
1971
Cat Ballou

as Kid Sheleen

Movie
1970
The Wild Country

as Thompson

Movie
1970
Dirty Dingus Magee

as John Wesley Hardin

Movie
1970
Rio Lobo

as Phillips

Movie
1969
The Over the Hill Gang

as Sheriff Clyde Barnes

Movie
1969Movie
1968Movie
1968Movie
1968TV
1968
Never a Dull Moment

as Ace Williams

Movie
1968
Firecreek

as Norman

Movie
1967TV
1967TV
1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett

as Sam - Sheriff

TV
1967
The Last Challenge

as Ernest Scarnes

Movie
1967
The Way West

as Preacher Weatherby

Movie
1966TV
1966Movie
1966
The Rare Breed

as Deke Simons

Movie
1965
The Wild Wild West

as Zack Slade

TV
1965TV
1965TV
1964
Daniel Boone

as Petch

TV
1963
4 for Texas

as Dobie

Movie
1963
Temple Houston

as George Taggart

TV
1963
The Dakotas

as Deputy J.D. Smith

TV
1962
The Virginian

as Harve Yost

TV
1961Movie
1961
The Comancheros

as Horseface (Comanchero)

Movie
1961TV
1961
The Last Sunset

as Ed Hobbs

Movie
1961
Gunslinger

as Clint Gannet

TV
1960TV
1960TV
1960
National Velvet

as Black Barr

TV
1960Movie
1960Movie
1959
Edge of Eternity

as Bill Ward

Movie
1959
Mr. Lucky

as Phil Bricker

TV
1959
The Untouchables

as Jug Alverson

TV
1959
The Untouchables

as Nick Bravo

TV
1959
The Rebel

as Uncle Luce

TV
1959TV
1959
Laramie

as Parson Hawks

TV
1959
Bonanza

as Dodie Hoad

TV
1959
Bonanza

as Honest John

TV
1959
Bonanza

as Buford Buckalew

TV
1959TV
1959
Rawhide

as Turkey Creek Jack Johnson

TV
1958TV
1958
Lawman

as Herm Forrest

TV
1958
Lawman

as Paul Henry

TV
1958
The Rifleman

as Sim Groder

TV
1958
The Rifleman

as Russell

TV
1958TV
1958
The Texan

as Luke Watson

TV
1958TV
1958Movie
1957
Baby Face Nelson

as Fatso Nagel

Movie
1957
Zorro

as Gomez (uncredited)

TV
1957
The Restless Gun

as Tony Molinor

TV
1957
The Restless Gun

as Link Jerrod

TV
1957
M Squad

as Luke Morgan

TV
1957
Sugarfoot

as Toothy Thompson

TV
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel

as Arnold Shaffner

TV
1957Movie
1957
Night Passage

as Shotgun

Movie
1957Movie
1957
Lure of the Swamp

as Henry Bliss

Movie
1957TV
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Little Jimmy Lehigh

TV
1956TV
1956
Thunder Over Arizona

as Slats Callahan

Movie
1956
Pardners

as Pete

Movie
1956
Jubal

as McCoy

Movie
1955Movie
1955
Kismet

as Hasan-Ben

Movie
1955
Frontier

as Ness Fowler

TV
1955TV
1955
Cheyenne

as Calhoun Durango

TV
1955
Cheyenne

as Count Nicholas Potosi

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Dolph Quince

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Steed

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Clint Dodie

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Ben

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Hector

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Specter

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Del Ordman

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Sam Band

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Jim Barrett

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as William Prange

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Lucas Murdoch

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Titus Spangler

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Pierre Audubon

TV
1955
The Man from Laramie

as Chris Boldt

Movie
1955
Wichita

as Al

Movie
1955
Moonfleet

as Damen

Movie
1955
Kiss Me Deadly

as Charlie Max

Movie
1955
Man Without a Star

as Knife Murderer (uncredited)

Movie
1955Movie
1954
Vera Cruz

as Tex

Movie
1954Movie
1954TV
1954Movie
1954
Jubilee Trail

as Whitey

Movie
1954
The Far Country

as Frank Newberry

Movie
1954
Ride Clear of Diablo

as Tim Lowerie

Movie
1953Movie
1953Movie
1953
Gun Belt

as Rusty Kolloway

Movie
1953Movie
1953
Count the Hours!

as Max Verne

Movie
1952Movie
1952
The Ring

as Harry Jackson

Movie
1952
My Man and I

as Celestino Garcia

Movie
1952
Lure of the Wilderness

as Dave Longden

Movie
1952
High Noon

as Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited)

Movie
1952Movie
1952Movie
1952
Rancho Notorious

as Mort Geary

Movie
1952Movie
1951Movie
1951TV
1951
Rawhide

as Tevis

Movie
1951
Bird of Paradise

as The Trader

Movie
1950
High Lonesome

as Smiling Man

Movie
1950Movie
1950
One Way Street

as Arnie (uncredited)

Movie
1950
The Sundowners

as Earl Boyce

Movie
1950
Key to the City

as Councilman (uncredited)

Movie
1949
The Lone Ranger

as Reno Lawrence

TV
1949
Wild Weed

as Raymond - Henchman

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayNovember 13, 1920
Day of DeathOctober 20, 2003
Place of BirthMiami, Gila, Arizona, USA
Popularity1.5