Jack Palance
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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
Tango & Cash (1989)
as Yves Perret
The Swan Princess (1994)
as Lord Rothbart (voice)
City Slickers (1991)
as Curly Washburn
Young Guns (1988)
as L. G. Murphy
Contempt (1963)
as Jeremy Prokosch
Shane (1953)
as Jack Wilson
The Professionals (1966)
as Jesus Raza
Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)
as Antonin
Treasure Island (1999)
as Long John Silver
Safari Express (1976)
as van Daalen
Gor (1987)
as Xenos
Barabbas (1961)
as Torvald
Austerlitz (1960)
as Gen. Weirother
Bagdad Cafe (1987)
as Rudi Cox
The Silver Chalice (1954)
as Simon The Magician
Dracula (1974)
as Dracula
Unknown Powers (1978)
as Himself - Host
Chato's Land (1972)
as Quincey Whitmore
The Great Adventure (1975)
as William Bates
Warriors Five (1962)
as Jack
Cyborg 2 (1993)
as Mercy
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994)
as Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")
Paparazzi (1964)
as Self
Without Warning (1980)
as Joe Taylor
The Big Knife (1955)
as Charles Castle
Imagine (1972)
as Self
Rulers of the City (1976)
as Scarface' Manzari
Alone in the Dark (1982)
as Frank Hawkes
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Sudden Fear (1952)
as Lester Blaine
The Mercenary (1968)
as Ricciolo ("Curly")
They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968)
as Douglas
The Horsemen (1971)
as Tursen
Night Train to Milan (1962)
as Herr Bauer / Schneider
Oklahoma Crude (1973)
as Hellman
Buffalo Girls (1995)
as Bartle Bone
Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)
as Eric Koertner
Once a Thief (1965)
as Walter Pedak
Halls of Montezuma (1951)
as Pigeon Lane
Cops & Robbersons (1994)
as Jake Stone
New Line: Independent Legacies (—)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
as Roy Earle / Roy Collins
The Spy in the Green Hat (1967)
as Louis Strago
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)
as Duke Page
It Can Be Done Amigo (1972)
as Sonny Bronston
The Last Judgment (1961)
as Matteoni
Imagine: John Lennon (1988)
as Self
Compañeros (1970)
as John
The Cop in Blue Jeans (1976)
as Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo
Living with the Dead (2002)
as Allan Van Praagh
The Shape of Things to Come (1979)
as Omus
Arrowhead (1953)
as Toriano
When It Was a Game 2 (1992)
as Passage Narrator (voice)
Torture Garden (1967)
as Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
Black Cobra (1976)
as Judas Carmichael
The Desperados (1969)
as Parson Josiah Galt
Monster Mania (1997)
as Host
Welcome to Blood City (1977)
as Frendlander
Solar Crisis (1992)
as Travis
God's Gun (1976)
as Sam Clayton
The McMasters (1970)
as Kolby
Attack (1956)
as Joe Costa
Che! (1969)
as Fidel Castro
Madigan's Millions (1968)
as Matteo Cirini (voice) (uncredited)
Prancer Returns (2001)
Actor
The Four Deuces (1975)
as Vic Morono, the Boss
Africa Express (1975)
as Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter
Evil Stalks This House (1981)
as Stokes
The Sensuous Nurse (1975)
as Mr. Kitch
Craze (1974)
as Neal Mottram
Sign of the Pagan (1954)
as Attila
I'll Be Home For Christmas (1997)
as Bob Greiser
Monte Walsh (1970)
as Chet Rollins
House of Numbers (1957)
as Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow
Psychic Confession (1982)
as Narrator
Outlaw of Gor (1988)
as Xeno
Back When We Were Grownups (2004)
as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
Keep the Change (1992)
as Overstreet
The Bardot mystery (2012)
Actor
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968)
as Dr. Jekyll / Mr.Hyde
Vem Var Dracula (1996)
as Self
Portrait of a Hitman (1979)
as Jim Buck
Cocaine Cowboys (1979)
as Raphael
Legends of the West (1992)
as Host / Self - Judge Roy Bean
Kiss of Fire (1955)
as El Tigre
Hawk the Slayer (1980)
as Voltan
Angels' Brigade (1979)
as Mike Farrell
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti (1977)
Actor
The Hatfields and the McCoys (1975)
as Devil Anse Hatfield
Battle of the Commandos (1969)
as Charley MacPherson
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End (1999)
as John Witting
Father Jackleg (1972)
as Buck Santini
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo (1998)
as Beelzebub
Kill a Dragon (1967)
as Rick Masters
The Mongols (1961)
as Ogataï
The Man Inside (1958)
as Milo March
Brothers Blue (1973)
as Hillman
Rickles (1975)
Actor
A Bullet for Rommel (1969)
as Major John Heston
Panic in the Streets (1950)
as Blackie
The Death of Manolete (1957)
as Manolete
Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan (1991)
as Opening Narration (voice)
The Helm of Destiny (1982)
as Narration
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1956)
as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
The Omen Legacy (2001)
as Narrator (voice)
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (1979)
as Will Smith
The Barbarians (1960)
as Revak
Sword of the Conqueror (1961)
as Alboino
Flight to Tangier (1953)
as Gil Walker
Ebenezer (1998)
as Ebenezer Scrooge
Second Chance (1953)
as Cappy Gordon
The Unknown Force (1977)
as Self - Host
The One Man Jury (1978)
as Lieutenant Wade
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966)
as Jabberwock
Joan Crawford: Always the Star (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Man in the Attic (1953)
as Slade
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls (1979)
as Kaleel
Blood and Bullets (1976)
as Duke
The Godchild (1974)
as Rourke
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story (1980)
as Whitey Robinson
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval (1995)
as Self
The Last Tycoon (1957)
as Monroe Stahr
The Ivory Ape (1980)
as Marc Kazarian
The Lonely Man (1957)
as Jacob Wade
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience (1999)
as (archive footage)
Beyond All Limits (1959)
as Jim Gatsby
And Still Champion! The Story of Archie Moore (1967)
as Narrator (voice)
National Geographic: The Volga (1977)
as Narrator (voice)
Bardot et Godard (1964)
as Self
The Dinosaur and the Baby (1967)
as Jeremy Prokosch (archive footage)