Jack Palance
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-02-18 (87 years old)
Deathday
2006-11-10
Place of Birth
Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known As
Walter Jack Palance
Walter Palance
Jack Brazzo
Volodymyr Palahniuk
Джек Пеланс
Джек Паланс
Володимир Палагнюк
Джек Пэланс
Джак Паланс
Џек Паланс
Τζακ Πάλανς
Wolodymyr Iwanowitsch Palagnjuk
جک پالانس
Jack Palance
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 ...
Acting
1963
as Jeremy Prokosch
1989
as Grissom
1991
as Curly Washburn
1992
as Travis
1968
as Dr. Jekyll/Dr.Hyde
1953
as Jack Wilson
1987
as Rudi Cox
1995
1975
as Mr. Kitch
1953
as Cappy Gordon
1994
as Duke Page
1988
as Xeno
1966
as Jesus Raza
1994
as Lord Rothbart (voice)
1979
as Mike Farrell
1961
as Torvald
1988
as L. G. Murphy
1959
as Eric Koertner
1950
as Blackie
1956
as Joe Costa
1994
as Jake Stone
1980
as Voltan
1989
as Yves Perret
1972
as Quincey Whitmore
1998
as Ebenezer Scrooge
1997
as Host
1953
as Slade
1967
as Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
1955
as Roy Earle / Roy Collins
1979
as Omus
1965
as Walter Pedak
1976
as Judas Carmichael
1957
as Jacob Wade
1970
as John
1953
as Toriano
1969
as Fidel Castro
1976
as Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo
1980
as Joe Taylor
1993
as Mercy
1951
as Pigeon Lane
1972
as Sonny Bronson
1954
as Simon The Magician
1976
as Scarface' Manzari
1960
as Gen. Weirother
1957
as Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow
1955
as Charles Castle
1968
as Ricciolo ("Curly")
1971
as Tursen
1970
as Chet Rollins
1952
as Lester Blaine
1997
as Bob Greiser
2001
1979
as Jim Buck
1967
as Rick Masters
1982
as Narration
1975
as Vic Morono, the Boss
1977
as Self - Host
2002
as Allan Van Praagh
1961
as Matteoni
1999
as John Witting
1998
as Beelzebub
1974
as Dracula
1970
as Kolby
1987
as Xenos
1976
as Sam Clayton
1972
as Buck Santini
1975
as Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter
1977
as Frendlander
1969
as Parson Josiah Galt
1974
as Neal Mottram
1995
as Bartle Bone
2004
as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
1968
as Douglas
1975
as William Bates
1999
as Long John Silver
1981
as Stokes
1967
as Louis Strago
1976
as van Daalen
1973
as Hellman
1958
as Milo March
1955
as El Tigre
1953
as Gil Walker
1978
as Lieutenant Wade
1954
as Attila
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961
as Ogataï
1960
as Revak
1976
as Duke
1966
as Jabberwock
1975
as Devil Anse Hatfield
1974
as Rourke
2001
as Narrator (voice)
1969
as Antonin
1957
as Manolete
1961
as Alboino
1969
as Charley MacPherson
1979
as Raphael
1996
as Self
1967
as Narrator (voice)
1980
as Marc Kazarian
1962
as Jack
1996
as Self (archive footage)
1957
as Monroe Stahr
1980
as Whitey Robinson
1985
as Self
1969
as Major John Heston
1977
as Narrator (voice)
1973
as Hillman
1964
as Self
1962
as Herr Bauer / Schneider
1978
as Himself - Host
1994
as Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")
1967
as Jeremy Prokosch (archive footage)
1972
as Self
1979
as Will Smith
1964
as Self
1959
as Jim Gatsby
1985
as Self (archive footage)
1982
as Narrator
1999
as (archive footage)
1982
as Frank Hawkes
1975
1992
as Host
1956
as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
1992
as Overstreet
1968
as Matteo Cirini (voice) (uncredited)
1992
as Passage Narrator (voice)
1991
as Opening Narration (voice)
Production
1992
as Executive Producer
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