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

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

Contempt

as Jeremy Prokosch

1989

Batman

as Grissom

1991

City Slickers

as Curly Washburn

1992

Solar Crisis

as Travis

1953

Shane

as Jack Wilson

1987

Bagdad Cafe

as Rudi Cox

1975

The Sensuous Nurse

as Mr. Kitch

1953

Second Chance

as Cappy Gordon

1988

1966

The Professionals

as Jesus Raza

1994

The Swan Princess

as Lord Rothbart (voice)

1979

Angels' Brigade

as Mike Farrell

1961

Barabbas

as Torvald

1988

Young Guns

as L. G. Murphy

1959

Ten Seconds to Hell

as Eric Koertner

1950

1956

Attack

as Joe Costa

1994

Cops & Robbersons

as Jake Stone

1980

1989

Tango & Cash

as Yves Perret

1972

Chato's Land

as Quincey Whitmore

1998

Ebenezer

as Ebenezer Scrooge

1997

1953

1967

Torture Garden

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

1955

I Died a Thousand Times

as Roy Earle / Roy Collins

1965

Once a Thief

as Walter Pedak

1976

Black Cobra

as Judas Carmichael

1957

The Lonely Man

as Jacob Wade

1970

1953

Arrowhead

as Toriano

1969

Che!

as Fidel Castro

1976

The Cop in Blue Jeans

as Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo

1980

Without Warning

as Joe Taylor

1993

Cyborg 2

as Mercy

1951

Halls of Montezuma

as Pigeon Lane

1972

It Can Be Done Amigo

as Sonny Bronson

1954

The Silver Chalice

as Simon The Magician

1976

Rulers of the City

as Scarface' Manzari

1960

The Battle of Austerlitz

as Gen. Weirother

1957

House of Numbers

as Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow

1955

The Big Knife

as Charles Castle

1968

The Mercenary

as Ricciolo ("Curly")

1971

The Horsemen

as Tursen

1970

Monte Walsh

as Chet Rollins

1952

Sudden Fear

as Lester Blaine

1997

1979

1967

Kill a Dragon

as Rick Masters

1982

1975

The Four Deuces

as Vic Morono, the Boss

1977

The Unknown Force

as Self - Host

2002

Living with the Dead

as Allan Van Praagh

1961

1974

Dracula

as Dracula

1970

1987

Gor

as Xenos

1976

God's Gun

as Sam Clayton

1972

Father Jackleg

as Buck Santini

1975

Africa Express

as Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter

1977

Welcome to Blood City

as Frendlander

1969

The Desperados

as Parson Josiah Galt

1974

Craze

as Neal Mottram

1995

Buffalo Girls

as Bartle Bone

2004

Back When We Were Grownups

as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch

1975

The Great Adventure

as William Bates

1999

Treasure Island

as Long John Silver

1967

1976

Safari Express

as van Daalen

1973

Oklahoma Crude

as Hellman

1958

The Man Inside

as Milo March

1955

Kiss of Fire

as El Tigre

1953

Flight to Tangier

as Gil Walker

1978

The One Man Jury

as Lieutenant Wade

1954

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1961

The Mongols

as Ogataï

1960

1975

The Hatfields and the McCoys

as Devil Anse Hatfield

1974

The Godchild

as Rourke

2001

The Omen Legacy

as Narrator (voice)

1957

1969

Battle of the Commandos

as Charley MacPherson

1979

Cocaine Cowboys

as Raphael

1996

1980

The Ivory Ape

as Marc Kazarian

1962

1996

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

as Self (archive footage)

1957

The Last Tycoon

as Monroe Stahr

1969

A Bullet for Rommel

as Major John Heston

1977

1973

Brothers Blue

as Hillman

1964

Paparazzi

as Self

1962

Night Train to Milan

as Herr Bauer / Schneider

1978

Unknown Powers

as Himself - Host

1994

The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

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

1967

The Dinosaur and the Baby

as Jeremy Prokosch (archive footage)

1972

Imagine

as Self

1964

1959

Beyond All Limits

as Jim Gatsby

1985

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

as Self (archive footage)

1982

1982

Alone in the Dark

as Frank Hawkes

1956

Requiem for a Heavyweight

as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock

1992

Keep the Change

as Overstreet

1968

Madigan's Millions

as Matteo Cirini (voice) (uncredited)

1992

When It Was a Game 2

as Passage Narrator (voice)

1991

Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan

as Opening Narration (voice)

Production

1992

Legends of the West

as Executive Producer

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