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

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

1952

High Noon

as Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited)

1968

Firecreek

as Norman

1952

1952

1961

The Comancheros

as Horseface (Comanchero)

1981

1957

1956

Pardners

as Pete

1976

Hawmps!

as Bad Jack Cutter

1991

Suburban Commando

as Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell

1971

Hannie Caulder

as Frank Clemens

1957

Night Passage

as Shotgun

1968

Never a Dull Moment

as Ace Williams

1970

Rio Lobo

as Phillips

1953

Count the Hours!

as Max Verne

1978

Hot Lead & Cold Feet

as Rattlesnake

1952

Rancho Notorious

as Mort Geary

1957

Baby Face Nelson

as Fatso Nagel

1955

Moonfleet

as Damen

1967

The Way West

as Preacher Weatherby

1951

Rawhide

as Tevis

1950

The Sundowners

as Earl Boyce

1976

1966

The Rare Breed

as Deke Simons

1953

1952

The Ring

as Harry Jackson

1961

The Last Sunset

as Ed Hobbs

1978

The Norseman

as Death Dreamer

1963

4 for Texas

as Dobie

1955

Kiss Me Deadly

as Charlie Max

1970

Dirty Dingus Magee

as John Wesley Hardin

1954

The Far Country

as Frank Newberry

1955

The Man from Laramie

as Chris Boldt

1958

1951

Bird of Paradise

as The Trader

1987

Hawken's Breed

as Tackett

1969

The Over the Hill Gang

as Sheriff Clyde Barnes

1974

Sidekicks

as Boss

1956

Thunder Over Arizona

as Slats Callahan

1957

Lure of the Swamp

as Henry Bliss

1959

Edge of Eternity

as Bill Ward

1982

Jinxed!

as Otto

1981

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

as Troscliar Boudreaux

1950

High Lonesome

as Smiling Man

1967

The Last Challenge

as Ernest Scarnes

1971

1953

Gun Belt

as Rusty Kolloway

1968

1955

Wichita

as Al

1988

1990

1950

One Way Street

as Arnie (uncredited)

1979

The Villain

as Avery Simpson

1955

Man Without a Star

as Knife Murderer (uncredited)

1983

Sacred Ground

as Lum Witcher

1992

Shadow Force

as Tommy

1990

Big Bad John

as Jake Calhoun

1976

The Winds of Autumn

as J. Pete Hankins

1974

A Knife for the Ladies

as Jarrod (Sheriff)

1952

Lure of the Wilderness

as Dave Longden

1950

Key to the City

as Councilman (uncredited)

1986

1973

The Red Pony

as Granddad

1952

My Man and I

as Celestino Garcia

1978

1981

Skyward Christmas

as Clay Haller

1993

Uninvited

as Grady

1952

1956

Jubal

as McCoy

1973

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

as Alamosa Bill Kermit

1953

1955

1951

1977

Grayeagle

as Trapper Willis

1954

Jubilee Trail

as Whitey

1954

Vera Cruz

as Tex

1987

1954

Ride Clear of Diablo

as Tim Lowerie

1983

Lost

as Mr. Newsom

1993

1995

1970

The Wild Country

as Thompson

1976

Pony Express Rider

as Crazy Charlie

1949

Wild Weed

as Raymond - Henchman

1975

1968

1955

Kismet

as Hasan-Ben

1971

Cat Ballou

as Kid Sheleen

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