Jack Palance
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
Credits
Batman (1989)
as Grissom
Young Guns (1988)
as L. G. Murphy
The Swan Princess (1994)
as Lord Rothbart (voice)
City Slickers (1991)
as Curly Washburn
Tango & Cash (1989)
as Yves Perret
The Professionals (1966)
as Jesus Raza
Shane (1953)
as Jack Wilson
Contempt (1963)
as Jeremy Prokosch
Alone in the Dark (1982)
as Frank Hawkes
Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)
as Antonin
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)
as Duke Page
Chato's Land (1972)
as Quincey Whitmore
Barabbas (1961)
as Torvald
Sign of the Pagan (1954)
as Attila
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994)
as Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")
The Mercenary (1968)
as Ricciolo ("Curly")
Cyborg 2 (1993)
as Mercy
Black Cobra (1976)
as Judas Carmichael
Without Warning (1980)
as Joe Taylor
It Can Be Done Amigo (1972)
as Sonny Bronston
Bagdad Cafe (1987)
as Rudi Cox
Living with the Dead (2002)
as Allan Van Praagh
I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
as Roy Earle / Roy Collins
God's Gun (1976)
as Sam Clayton
Austerlitz (1960)
as Gen. Weirother
Compañeros (1970)
as John
Treasure Island (1999)
as Long John Silver
Solar Crisis (1992)
as Travis
Panic in the Streets (1950)
as Blackie
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hawk the Slayer (1980)
as Voltan
Gor (1987)
as Xenos
The Shape of Things to Come (1979)
as Omus
Safari Express (1976)
as van Daalen
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Back When We Were Grownups (2004)
as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti (1977)
Actor
Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)
as Eric Koertner
Torture Garden (1967)
as Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
Rulers of the City (1976)
as Scarface' Manzari
Cops & Robbersons (1994)
as Jake Stone
The Big Knife (1955)
as Charles Castle
Monte Walsh (1970)
as Chet Rollins
Imagine (1972)
as Self
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (1979)
as Will Smith
When It Was a Game 2 (1992)
as Passage Narrator (voice)
Imagine: John Lennon (1988)
as Self
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966)
as Jabberwock
The Horsemen (1971)
as Tursen
Once a Thief (1965)
as Walter Pedak
New Line: Independent Legacies (—)
as Self (archive footage)
Man in the Attic (1953)
as Slade
Legends of the West (1992)
as Host / Self - Judge Roy Bean
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience (1999)
as (archive footage)
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End (1999)
as John Witting
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985)
as (archive footage)
Paparazzi (1964)
as Self
The Sensuous Nurse (1975)
as Mr. Kitch
The Spy in the Green Hat (1967)
as Louis Strago
Monster Mania (1997)
as Host
Portrait of a Hitman (1979)
as Jim Buck
They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968)
as Douglas
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story (1980)
as Whitey Robinson
I'll Be Home For Christmas (1997)
as Bob Greiser
Prancer Returns (2001)
Actor
Halls of Montezuma (1951)
as Pigeon Lane
The Silver Chalice (1954)
as Simon The Magician
Battle of the Commandos (1969)
as Charley MacPherson
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968)
as Dr. Jekyll / Mr.Hyde
Dracula (1974)
as Dracula
The One Man Jury (1978)
as Lieutenant Wade
The Lonely Man (1957)
as Jacob Wade
The Hatfields and the McCoys (1975)
as Devil Anse Hatfield
Che! (1969)
as Fidel Castro
Attack (1956)
as Joe Costa
The Great Adventure (1975)
as William Bates
The Mongols (1961)
as Ogataï
Buffalo Girls (1995)
as Bartle Bone
Africa Express (1975)
as Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter
Welcome to Blood City (1977)
as Frendlander
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo (1998)
as Beelzebub
The Four Deuces (1975)
as Vic Morono, the Boss
Bardot et Godard (1964)
as Self
Oklahoma Crude (1973)
as Hellman
The Death of Manolete (1957)
as Manolete
Outlaw of Gor (1988)
as Xeno
Sudden Fear (1952)
as Lester Blaine
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval (1995)
as Self
Unknown Powers (1978)
as Himself - Host
The McMasters (1970)
as Kolby
A Bullet for Rommel (1969)
as Major John Heston
Arrowhead (1953)
as Toriano
Madigan's Millions (1968)
as Matteo Cirini (voice) (uncredited)
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1956)
as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
Second Chance (1953)
as Cappy Gordon
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls (1979)
as Kaleel
Craze (1974)
as Neal Mottram
Brothers Blue (1973)
as Hillman
The Omen Legacy (2001)
as Narrator (voice)
The Last Judgment (1961)
as Matteoni
The Bardot mystery (2012)
Actor
The Dinosaur and the Baby (1967)
as Jeremy Prokosch (archive footage)
The Barbarians (1960)
as Revak
The Cop in Blue Jeans (1976)
as Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo
The Godchild (1974)
as Rourke
Evil Stalks This House (1981)
as Stokes
Kiss of Fire (1955)
as El Tigre
The Desperados (1969)
as Parson Josiah Galt
Angels' Brigade (1979)
as Mike Farrell
The Man Inside (1958)
as Milo March
House of Numbers (1957)
as Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow
Joan Crawford: Always the Star (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Night Train to Milan (1962)
as Herr Bauer / Schneider
Cocaine Cowboys (1979)
as Raphael
Sword of the Conqueror (1961)
as Alboino
Warriors Five (1962)
as Jack
And Still Champion! The Story of Archie Moore (1967)
as Narrator (voice)
Flight to Tangier (1953)
as Gil Walker
Blood and Bullets (1976)
as Duke
Beyond All Limits (1959)
as Jim Gatsby
Father Jackleg (1972)
as Buck Santini
The Ivory Ape (1980)
as Marc Kazarian
Ebenezer (1998)
as Ebenezer Scrooge
Rickles (1975)
Actor
National Geographic: The Volga (1977)
as Narrator (voice)
Psychic Confession (1982)
as Narrator
Kill a Dragon (1967)
as Rick Masters
The Helm of Destiny (1982)
as Narration
The Last Tycoon (1957)
as Monroe Stahr
Keep the Change (1992)
as Overstreet
Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan (1991)
as Opening Narration (voice)
The Unknown Force (1977)
as Self - Host