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Name
Jack Palance

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1919-02-18

Deathday
2006-11-10 (87 years old)

Place of Birth
Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA

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 in the Streets (1950). Following his roles in Sudden Fear and Shane, Palance starred as Count Dracula in the 1974 television film Bram Stoker's Dracula, and played crime lord Yves Perret in Tango & Cash (1989). He also served as the host of the ABC television series Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1982–1986). In 2006, Palance died of natural causes at the home of his daughter Holly in Montecito, California.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

1963 Contempt as Jeremy Prokosch
1989 Batman as Grissom
1991 City Slickers as Curly Washburn
1992 Solar Crisis as Travis
1968 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Jekyll / Mr.Hyde
1953 Shane as Jack Wilson
1987 Bagdad Cafe as Rudi Cox
1995 Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval as Self
1975 The Sensuous Nurse as Mr. Kitch
1953 Second Chance as Cappy Gordon
1994 City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold as Duke Page
1966 The Professionals as Jesus Raza
1988 Outlaw of Gor as Xeno
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 Panic in the Streets as Blackie
1956 Attack as Joe Costa
1994 Cops & Robbersons as Jake Stone
1980 Hawk the Slayer as Voltan
1989 Tango & Cash as Yves Perret
1972 Chato's Land as Quincey Whitmore
1998 Ebenezer as Ebenezer Scrooge
1997 Monster Mania as Host
1953 Man in the Attic as Slade
1967 Torture Garden as Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
1955 I Died a Thousand Times as Roy Earle / Roy Collins
1979 The Shape of Things to Come as Omus
1965 Once a Thief as Walter Pedak
1976 Black Cobra as Judas Carmichael
1957 The Lonely Man as Jacob Wade
1953 Arrowhead as Toriano
1970 Compañeros as John
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 Bronston
1954 The Silver Chalice as Simon The Magician
1976 Rulers of the City as Scarface' Manzari
1960 Austerlitz as Gen. Weirother
1955 The Big Knife as Charles Castle
1957 House of Numbers as Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow
1968 The Mercenary as Ricciolo ("Curly")
1971 The Horsemen as Tursen
1970 Monte Walsh as Chet Rollins
1952 Sudden Fear as Lester Blaine
1997 I'll Be Home For Christmas as Bob Greiser
2001 Prancer Returns
1979 Portrait of a Hitman as Jim Buck
1967 Kill a Dragon as Rick Masters
1982 The Helm of Destiny as Narration
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 The Last Judgment as Matteoni
1999 Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End as John Witting
1998 The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo as Beelzebub
1974 Dracula as Dracula
1970 The McMasters as Kolby
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
1968 They Came to Rob Las Vegas as Douglas
1975 The Great Adventure as William Bates
1999 Treasure Island as Long John Silver
1981 Evil Stalks This House as Stokes
1967 The Spy in the Green Hat as Louis Strago
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 Sign of the Pagan as Attila
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961 The Mongols as Ogataï
1960 The Barbarians as Revak
1976 Blood and Bullets as Duke
1966 Alice Through the Looking Glass as Jabberwock
1975 The Hatfields and the McCoys as Devil Anse Hatfield
1974 The Godchild as Rourke
2001 The Omen Legacy as Narrator (voice)
1969 Marquis de Sade: Justine as Antonin
1957 The Death of Manolete as Manolete
1961 Sword of the Conqueror as Alboino
1969 Battle of the Commandos as Charley MacPherson
1979 Cocaine Cowboys as Raphael
1967 And Still Champion! The Story of Archie Moore as Narrator (voice)
1980 The Ivory Ape as Marc Kazarian
1962 Warriors Five as Jack
1996 Joan Crawford: Always the Star as Self (archive footage)
1957 The Last Tycoon as Monroe Stahr
1980 The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story as Whitey Robinson
1985 Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1969 A Bullet for Rommel as Major John Heston
1977 National Geographic: The Volga as Narrator (voice)
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
1979 The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang as Will Smith
1964 Bardot et Godard as Self
1959 Beyond All Limits as Jim Gatsby
1982 Psychic Confession as Narrator
1999 Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience as (archive footage)
1982 Alone in the Dark as Frank Hawkes
1975 Rickles
1992 Legends of the West as Host / Self - Judge Roy Bean
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)
1979 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls as Kaleel
1988 Imagine: John Lennon as Self
2012 The Bardot mystery
1977 Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
Soon New Line: Independent Legacies as Self (archive footage)
1985 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey as (archive footage)

1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
1971 The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour ( 1 episode )
1979 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century ( 2 episodes ) as Kaleel
1956 Playhouse 90 ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
1956 Playhouse 90 ( 1 episode ) as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
1948 Studio One ( 1 episode )
2001 Night Visions ( 1 episode ) as Jake Jennings (segment "Bitter Harvest")
1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as John
1963 The Greatest Show on Earth ( 30 episodes )
1965 Run for Your Life ( 1 episode ) as Julian Hays
1949 Suspense ( 1 episode ) as Tom Walker
1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Dan Morgan
1956 The Steve Allen Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
1949 Lights Out ( 1 episode )
1953 The Oscars ( 3 episodes ) as Self
1975 Bronk ( 25 episodes ) as Lt. Alex Bronkov
1951 The Red Skelton Show ( 1 episode ) as Jack Palance
1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 3 episodes ) as Self
1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Arky
1967 The Carol Burnett Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ( 2 episodes ) as Louis Strago
1949 Suspense ( 1 episode ) as Count Alessandro di Cagliostro
1982 Ripley's Believe It or Not! ( 22 episodes ) as Host
1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Co-Host
1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
1950 What's My Line? ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1974 Dinah! ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee
1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode )
1994 The World of Hammer ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
2002 Living with the Dead ( 2 episodes ) as Allan Van Praagh
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
1982 Late Night with David Letterman ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
1965 Convoy ( 1 episode ) as Harvey Bell

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