Name
Jack Elam
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1920-11-13
Deathday
2003-10-20 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA
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 to wonderful effect in comedic roles.
Known For
Once Upon a Time in the West
(5,093 Votes)
8.261
As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to th...
Relase Date : 21 Dec, 1968
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Cannonball Run II
(363 Votes)
5.4
When a wealthy sheikh puts up $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, ther...
Relase Date : 29 Jun, 1984
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Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
(485 Votes)
7.211
Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons ...
Relase Date : 23 May, 1973
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The Cannonball Run
(732 Votes)
6.153
A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining...
Relase Date : 19 Jun, 1981
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Kiss Me Deadly
(426 Votes)
7.2
One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely countr...
Relase Date : 28 Apr, 1955
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The Comancheros
(221 Votes)
6.7
Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with h...
Relase Date : 16 Dec, 1961
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The Villain
(169 Votes)
5.8
Handsome Stranger has agreed to escort Charming Jones to collect her inheritance from her ...
Relase Date : 26 Jul, 1979
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Artists and Models
(145 Votes)
6.6
A struggling painter begins taking inspiration from the dreams of his friend and roommate,...
Relase Date : 7 Nov, 1955
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1961 Pocketful of Miracles as Cheesecake
- 1952 High Noon as Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited)
- 1968 Firecreek as Norman
- 1966 The Night of the Grizzly as Hank
- 1952 Finders Keepers as Eddie
- 1952 Kansas City Confidential as Pete Harris
- 1961 The Comancheros as Horseface (Comanchero)
- 1981 The Cannonball Run as Doctor
- 1957 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as Tom McLowery
- 1969 Support Your Local Sheriff! as Jake
- 1979 The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again as Big Mac
- 1956 Pardners as Pete
- 1976 Hawmps! as Bad Jack Cutter
- 1991 Suburban Commando as Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell
- 1971 Hannie Caulder as Frank Clemens
- 1984 Cannonball Run II as Doc
- 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
- 1955 Artists and Models as Ivan
- 1951 Rawhide as Tevis
- 1950 The Sundowners as Earl Boyce
- 1976 Creature from Black Lake as Joe Canton
- 1966 The Rare Breed as Deke Simons
- 1953 Ride, Vaquero! as Barton
- 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
- 1971 Support Your Local Gunfighter as Jug May
- 1997 Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western as Self
- 1957 Dragoon Wells Massacre as Tioga
- 1958 The Gun Runners as Arnold
- 1951 Bird of Paradise as The Trader
- 1987 Hawken's Breed as Tackett
- 1969 The Over the Hill Gang as Sheriff Clyde Barnes
- 1950 American Guerrilla in the Philippines as The Speaker
- 1974 Sidekicks as Boss
- 1955 Tarzan's Hidden Jungle as Burger
- 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
- 1960 The Girl in Lovers Lane as Jesse
- 1967 The Last Challenge as Ernest Scarnes
- 1972 The Daughters of Joshua Cabe as Bitterroot
- 1971 The Last Rebel as Matt
- 1988 Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? as Boone
- 1953 Gun Belt as Rusty Kolloway
- 1968 Sartana Does Not Forgive as Slim Kovacs
- 1955 Wichita as Al
- 1988 Once Upon a Texas Train as Jason Fitch
- 1970 The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County as Kittrick
- 1990 The Giant of Thunder Mountain as Hezekiah Crow
- 1950 One Way Street as Arnie (uncredited)
- 1979 The Villain as Avery Simpson
- 1954 Princess of the Nile as Basra
- 1955 Man Without a Star as Knife Murderer (uncredited)
- 1983 Sacred Ground as Lum Witcher
- 1992 Shadow Force as Tommy
- 1953 Appointment in Honduras as Castro
- 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
- 1960 The Slowest Gun in the West as Ike Dalton
- 1972 The Last Escape of Billy the Kid as Pat Garrett
- 1950 Key to the City as Councilman (uncredited)
- 1986 Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills as Squires
- 1986 The Aurora Encounter as Charlie
- 1973 The Red Pony as Granddad
- 1952 My Man and I as Celestino Garcia
- 1978 Lacy and the Mississippi Queen as Willie Red Fire
- 1981 Skyward Christmas as Clay Haller
- 1993 Uninvited as Grady
- 1952 The Battle at Apache Pass as Mescal Jack
- 1969 Ride a Northbound Horse as Sheriff
- 1956 Jubal as McCoy
- 1973 Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Alamosa Bill Kermit
- 1953 The Moonlighter as Slim
- 1951 The Bushwhackers as Cree
- 1977 Grayeagle as Trapper Willis
- 1954 Jubilee Trail as Whitey
- 1954 Vera Cruz as Tex
- 1987 I Am Not a Freak as Self
- 1952 Montana Territory as Gimp
- 1954 Cattle Queen of Montana as Yost
- 1954 Ride Clear of Diablo as Tim Lowerie
- 1983 Lost as Mr. Newsom
- 1993 Bonanza: The Return as Buckshot
- 1995 Bonanza: Under Attack as Buckshot
- 1974 Shootout in a One-Dog Town as Handy
- 1984 Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas as Scrooge
- 1970 The Wild Country as Thompson
- 1976 Pony Express Rider as Crazy Charlie
- 1950 A Ticket to Tomahawk as Fargo
- 1949 Wild Weed as Raymond - Henchman
- 1978 Huckleberry Finn as King
- 1968 Once Upon a Time in the West as Frank's Gunman
- 1955 Kismet as Hasan-Ben
- 1981 The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite as Seth Beaumont
- 1971 Cat Ballou as Kid Sheleen
- 1976 The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe as Bitterroot
- 1970 Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo as Self
- 1955 Cheyenne ( 1 episode )
- 1965 F Troop ( 1 episode )
- 1991 Home Improvement ( 1 episode ) as Hick Peterson
- 1981 Simon & Simon ( 1 episode )
- 1971 Alias Smith and Jones ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Tales of Wells Fargo ( 1 episode ) as Chris
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Dolph Quince
- 1977 Eight Is Enough ( 3 episodes )
- 1981 Father Murphy ( 2 episodes )
- 1959 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Avery
- 1959 Bonanza ( 1 episode ) as Dodie Hoad
- 1961 Target: The Corruptors! ( 1 episode )
- 1960 Outlaws ( 1 episode )
- 1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Rawhide ( 1 episode ) as Turkey Creek Jack Johnson
- 1957 Have Gun, Will Travel ( 1 episode )
- 1967 Cimarron Strip ( 1 episode )
- 1964 Daniel Boone ( 1 episode ) as Petch
- 1968 The Outcasts ( 1 episode )
- 1967 The High Chaparral ( 1 episode ) as Macklin
- 1968 Lancer ( 1 episode )
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Lee Dineen
- 1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective ( 1 episode ) as Danny Boy
- 1957 M Squad ( 1 episode ) as Luke Morgan
- 1958 Bronco ( 2 episodes )
- 1966 Tarzan ( 1 episode )
- 1967 Hondo ( 1 episode )
- 1960 National Velvet ( 1 episode ) as Black Barr
- 1959 The Rebel ( 1 episode ) as Uncle Luce
- 1958 The Rifleman ( 4 episodes ) as Sim Groder
- 1963 The Dakotas ( 19 episodes ) as Deputy J.D. Smith
- 1958 Lawman ( 3 episodes )
- 1957 Sugarfoot ( 2 episodes ) as Toothy Thompson
- 1961 Ben Casey ( 1 episode )
- 1958 The Texan ( 2 episodes )
- 1972 The Brian Keith Show ( 1 episode )
- 1979 The Sacketts ( 2 episodes ) as Ira Bigelow
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Hock Ellis
- 1977 Grizzly Adams ( 1 episode ) as Gus
- 1965 The Legend of Jesse James ( 1 episode ) as Deacon Smith
- 1959 Tightrope ( 1 episode )
- 1955 Frontier ( 2 episodes ) as Ness Fowler
- 1985 Detective in the House ( 6 episodes )
- 1957 The Restless Gun ( 1 episode ) as Tony Molinor
- 1952 Mr. & Mrs. North ( 1 episode )
- 1986 Easy Street ( 22 episodes )
- 1987 J.J. Starbuck ( 1 episode )
- 1979 Struck by Lightning ( 10 episodes ) as Frank
- 1957 Zorro ( 3 episodes ) as Gomez (uncredited)
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Halleck
- 1963 Temple Houston ( 26 episodes ) as George Taggart
- 1971 Nichols ( 1 episode ) as Marcus A.F. Baxter
- 1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective ( 1 episode ) as Perk Butler
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Steed
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Clint Dodie
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Ben
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Hector
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Specter
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Sam Band
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Del Ordman
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Jim Barrett
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as William Prange
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Lucas Murdoch
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Titus Spangler
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 2 episodes ) as Pierre Audubon
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Little Jimmy Lehigh
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Stage Driver Cass
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Vic
- 1949 The Lone Ranger ( 1 episode ) as Reno Lawrence
- 1978 Black Beauty ( 5 episodes ) as Jonas McBride
- 1959 Bonanza ( 1 episode ) as Honest John
- 1958 The Texan ( 1 episode ) as Luke Watson
- 1959 Bonanza ( 1 episode ) as Buford Buckalew
- 1977 How the West Was Won ( 2 episodes ) as Cully Madigan
- 1959 The Untouchables ( 1 episode ) as Jug Alverson
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Harve Yost
- 1988 Paradise ( 1 episode ) as Skragg
- 1958 Lawman ( 1 episode ) as Herm Forrest
- 1972 Kung Fu ( 1 episode ) as Marcus Taylor
- 1992 Lucky Luke ( 1 episode ) as Axel Ericson
- 1955 Screen Director's Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Shanks
- 1955 Cheyenne ( 1 episode ) as Calhoun Durango
- 1959 The Untouchables ( 1 episode ) as Nick Bravo
- 1957 Have Gun, Will Travel ( 1 episode ) as Arnold Shaffner
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 2 episodes ) as Sheriff
- 1959 Mr. Lucky ( 1 episode ) as Phil Bricker
- 1967 The Guns of Will Sonnett ( 1 episode ) as Sam - Sheriff
- 1958 Lawman ( 1 episode ) as Paul Henry
- 1960 Stagecoach West ( 1 episode ) as Clell
- 1959 Laramie ( 1 episode ) as Parson Hawks
- 1979 $weepstake$ ( 1 episode )
- 1957 The Restless Gun ( 1 episode ) as Link Jerrod
- 1958 The Rifleman ( 1 episode ) as Russell
- 1965 The Wild Wild West ( 1 episode ) as Zack Slade
- 1961 Gunslinger ( 1 episode ) as Clint Gannet
- 1954 Studio 57 ( 1 episode )
- 1955 Cheyenne ( 1 episode ) as Count Nicholas Potosi
