Jack Elam
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1920-11-13 (83 years old)
Deathday
2003-10-20
Place of Birth
Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA
Also known As
William Scott Elam
William Scott "Jack" Elam
جک ایلام
Jack Elam
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...
Acting
1961
as Cheesecake
1952
as Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited)
1968
as Norman
1966
as Hank
1952
as Eddie
1952
as Pete Harris
1961
as Horseface (Comanchero)
1981
as Doctor
1957
as Tom McLowery
1969
as Jake
1979
as Big Mac
1956
as Pete
1976
as Bad Jack Cutter
1991
as Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell
1971
as Frank Clemens
1984
as Doc
1957
as Shotgun
1968
as Ace Williams
1970
as Phillips
1953
as Max Verne
1978
as Rattlesnake
1952
as Mort Geary
1957
as Fatso Nagel
1955
as Damen
1967
as Preacher Weatherby
1955
as Ivan
1951
as Tevis
1950
as Earl Boyce
1976
as Joe Canton
1966
as Deke Simons
1953
as Barton
1952
as Harry Jackson
1961
as Ed Hobbs
1978
as Death Dreamer
1963
as Dobie
1955
as Charlie Max
1970
as John Wesley Hardin
1954
as Frank Newberry
1955
as Chris Boldt
1971
as Jug May
1997
1957
as Tioga
1958
as Arnold
1951
as The Trader
1987
as Tackett
1969
as Sheriff Clyde Barnes
1950
as The Speaker
1974
as Boss
1955
as Burger
1956
as Slats Callahan
1957
as Henry Bliss
1959
as Bill Ward
1982
as Otto
1981
as Troscliar Boudreaux
1950
as Smiling Man
1960
as Jesse
1967
as Ernest Scarnes
1972
as Bitterroot
1971
as Matt
1988
as Boone
1953
as Rusty Kolloway
1968
as Slim Kovacs
1955
as Al
1988
as Jason Fitch
1970
as Kittrick
1990
as Hezekiah Crow
1950
as Arnie (uncredited)
1979
as Avery Simpson
1954
as Basra
1955
as Knife Murderer (uncredited)
1983
as Lum Witcher
1992
as Tommy
1953
as Castro
1990
as Jake Calhoun
1976
as J. Pete Hankins
1974
as Jarrod (Sheriff)
1952
as Dave Longden
1960
as Ike Dalton
1972
as Pat Garrett
1950
as Councilman (uncredited)
1986
as Squires
1986
as Charlie
1973
as Granddad
1952
as Celestino Garcia
1978
as Willie Red Fire
1981
as Clay Haller
1993
as Grady
1952
as Mescal Jack
1969
as Sheriff
1956
as McCoy
1973
as Alamosa Bill Kermit
1953
as Slim
1955
as Shanks
1951
as Cree
1977
as Trapper Willis
1954
as Whitey
1954
as Tex
2004
as (archive footage)
1987
as Self
1952
as Gimp
1954
as Yost
1954
as Tim Lowerie
1983
as Mr. Newsom
1993
as Buckshot
1995
as Buckshot
1974
as Handy
1984
as Scrooge
1970
as Thompson
1976
as Crazy Charlie
1950
as Fargo
1949
as Raymond - Henchman
1975
as King
1968
as Frank's Gunman
1955
as Hasan-Ben
1981
as Seth Beaumont
1971
as Kid Sheleen
1976
as Bitterroot
1970
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