Jack Palance

ActorProducerDirector Feb 18 (died age 87) Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA 1944–2004 (60 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

Batman

Grissom

Film

Tango & Cash

Yves Perret

Film

Contempt

Jeremy Prokosch

Film

Shane

Jack Wilson

Film

Young Guns

L. G. Murphy

Film

The Swan Princess

Lord Rothbart (voice)

Film

Bagdad Cafe

Rudi Cox

Film

City Slickers

Curly Washburn

Filmography

Acting (160)

Movies (130)

Back When We Were Grownups

2004

as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch

Living with the Dead

as Allan Van Praagh

The Omen Legacy

as Narrator (voice)

Prancer Returns

Treasure Island

as Long John Silver

Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience

1999

as (archive footage)

6.3

Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End

1999

as John Witting

7.4

The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo

as Beelzebub

Ebenezer

as Ebenezer Scrooge

I'll Be Home For Christmas

as Bob Greiser

Monster Mania

as Host

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

1996

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Vem Var Dracula

1996

as Self

Buffalo Girls

1995

as Bartle Bone

6.4

Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval

1995

as Self

7.0

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

1994

as Duke Page

5.3

The Swan Princess

1994

as Lord Rothbart (voice)

6.6

Cops & Robbersons

1994

as Jake Stone

5.1

The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

1994

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

6.6

The Making of '...And God Spoke'

1994

as Self (archive footage)

Cyborg 2

as Mercy

Keep the Change

as Overstreet

Solar Crisis

as Travis

Legends of the West

as Host / Self - Judge Roy Bean

When It Was a Game 2

1992

as Passage Narrator (voice)

9.0

City Slickers

1991

as Curly Washburn

6.5

Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan

1991

as Opening Narration (voice)

Batman

as Grissom

Tango & Cash

as Yves Perret

Young Guns

as L. G. Murphy

Imagine: John Lennon

as Self

Outlaw of Gor

as Xeno

Gor

as Xenos

Bagdad Cafe

as Rudi Cox

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

8.0

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alone in the Dark

as Frank Hawkes

The Helm of Destiny

as Narration

Psychic Confession

1982

as Narrator

Evil Stalks This House

as Stokes

Hawk the Slayer

as Voltan

Without Warning

as Joe Taylor

The Ivory Ape

as Marc Kazarian

The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story

1980

as Whitey Robinson

Angels' Brigade

1979

as Mike Farrell

2.8

The Shape of Things to Come

as Omus

Cocaine Cowboys

as Raphael

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

as Will Smith

Portrait of a Hitman

as Jim Buck

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls

1979

as Kaleel

Unknown Powers

as Himself - Host

The One Man Jury

as Lieutenant Wade

National Geographic: The Volga

1977

as Narrator (voice)

The Unknown Force

1977

as Self - Host

Welcome to Blood City

as Frendlander

Black Cobra

as Judas Carmichael

God's Gun

as Sam Clayton

Safari Express

as van Daalen

Rulers of the City

as Scarface' Manzari

The Cop in Blue Jeans

1976

as Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo

Blood and Bullets

as Duke

The Four Deuces

as Vic Morono, the Boss

4.0

Rickles

1975

Africa Express

1975

as Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter

The Sensuous Nurse

as Mr. Kitch

The Great Adventure

as William Bates

The Hatfields and the McCoys

1975

as Devil Anse Hatfield

Dracula

as Dracula

Craze

as Neal Mottram

The Godchild

as Rourke

Oklahoma Crude

as Hellman

Brothers Blue

as Hillman

Chato's Land

as Quincey Whitmore

Father Jackleg

as Buck Santini

Imagine

as Self

It Can Be Done Amigo

as Sonny Bronson

The Horsemen

as Tursen

Monte Walsh

as Chet Rollins

Compañeros

as John

The McMasters

as Kolby

Battle of the Commandos

1969

as Charley MacPherson

5.5

Marquis de Sade: Justine

as Antonin

Che!

as Fidel Castro

The Desperados

as Parson Josiah Galt

3.9

A Bullet for Rommel

1969

as Major John Heston

5.4

They Came to Rob Las Vegas

1968

as Douglas

5.9

The Mercenary

1968

as Ricciolo ("Curly")

6.9

Madigan's Millions

1968

as Matteo Cirini (voice) (uncredited)

3.7

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1968

as Dr. Jekyll/Dr.Hyde

6.5

And Still Champion! The Story of Archie Moore

1967

as Narrator (voice)

Torture Garden

1967

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

6.1

The Spy in the Green Hat

1967

as Louis Strago

6.6

The Dinosaur and the Baby

1967

as Jeremy Prokosch (archive footage)

Kill a Dragon

as Rick Masters

The Professionals

as Jesus Raza

Alice Through the Looking Glass

as Jabberwock

Once a Thief

as Walter Pedak

Paparazzi

as Self

Bardot et Godard

as Self

Contempt

as Jeremy Prokosch

Warriors Five

as Jack

Night Train to Milan

1962

as Herr Bauer / Schneider

Barabbas

as Torvald

The Mongols

as Ogataï

The Last Judgment

as Matteoni

Sword of the Conqueror

1961

as Alboino

5.5

The Barbarians

1960

as Revak

The Battle of Austerlitz

as Gen. Weirother

Ten Seconds to Hell

as Eric Koertner

Beyond All Limits

as Jim Gatsby

The Man Inside

as Milo March

The Last Tycoon

as Monroe Stahr

The Lonely Man

1957

as Jacob Wade

5.9

House of Numbers

1957

as Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow

5.3

The Death of Manolete

1957

as Manolete

Requiem for a Heavyweight

1956

as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock

Attack

as Joe Costa

The Big Knife

as Charles Castle

I Died a Thousand Times

1955

as Roy Earle / Roy Collins

Kiss of Fire

as El Tigre

The Silver Chalice

as Simon The Magician

Sign of the Pagan

as Attila

Shane

as Jack Wilson

Second Chance

as Cappy Gordon

Flight to Tangier

as Gil Walker

Arrowhead

as Toriano

Man in the Attic

as Slade

Sudden Fear

as Lester Blaine

Halls of Montezuma

as Pigeon Lane

Panic in the Streets

as Blackie

Television (30)

Night Visions

2001

as Jake Jennings (segment "Bitter Harvest")

7.2

The World of Hammer

1994

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

as Self - Guest

7.2

Late Night with David Letterman

1982

as Self - Guest

6.0

Ripley's Believe It or Not!

1982

as Host

7.5

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

as Kaleel

Bronk

as Lt. Alex Bronkov

Dinah!

as Self

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

1971

6.5

The Carol Burnett Show

1967

as Self - Guest / Various Characters

Run for Your Life

as Julian Hays

Convoy

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964

as Louis Strago

7.1

The Greatest Show on Earth

1963

5.0

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self

5.4

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Dan Morgan

The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Guest

Playhouse 90

as Self - Host

The Oscars

as Self

The Red Skelton Show

as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as John

8.6

What's My Line?

1950

as Self - Mystery Guest

6.9

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

Suspense

as Tom Walker

Lights Out

Studio One

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew (2)

Movies (1)

Legends of the West

1992

Executive Producer

Television (1)

The Greatest Show on Earth

1963

Director

5.0