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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 18, 1919
Place of Birth:
Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA
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Jack Palance
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Back When We Were Grownups | Paul 'Poppy' Davitch |
| 2002 | Living with the Dead | Allan Van Praagh |
| 2001 | Prancer Returns | |
| 2001 | The Omen Legacy | Narrator (voice) |
| 1999 | Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End | John Witting |
| 1999 | Treasure Island | Long John Silver |
| 1999 | Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience | (archive footage) |
| 1998 | Ebenezer | Ebenezer Scrooge |
| 1998 | The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo | Beelzebub |
| 1997 | Monster Mania | Host |
| 1997 | I'll Be Home For Christmas | Bob Greiser |
| 1996 | Vem Var Dracula | Self |
| 1996 | Joan Crawford: Always the Star | Self (archive footage) |
| 1995 | Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval | Self |
| 1995 | Buffalo Girls | Bartle Bone |
| 1994 | City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold | Duke Page |
| 1994 | The Swan Princess | Lord Rothbart (voice) |
| 1994 | Cops & Robbersons | Jake Stone |
| 1994 | The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics | Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are") |
| 1993 | Cyborg 2 | Mercy |
| 1992 | Solar Crisis | Travis |
| 1992 | Legends of the West | Host |
| 1992 | Keep the Change | Overstreet |
| 1992 | When It Was a Game 2 | Passage Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | City Slickers | Curly Washburn |
| 1991 | Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan | Opening Narration (voice) |
| 1989 | Batman | Grissom |
| 1989 | Tango & Cash | Yves Perret |
| 1988 | Outlaw of Gor | Xeno |
| 1988 | Young Guns | L. G. Murphy |
| 1987 | Bagdad Cafe | Rudi Cox |
| 1987 | Gor | Xenos |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self |
| 1985 | George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self (archive footage) |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1982 | The Helm of Destiny | Narration |
| 1982 | Psychic Confession | Narrator |
| 1982 | Alone in the Dark | Frank Hawkes |
| 1981 | Evil Stalks This House | Stokes |
| 1980 | Hawk the Slayer | Voltan |
| 1980 | Without Warning | Joe Taylor |
| 1980 | The Ivory Ape | Marc Kazarian |
| 1980 | The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story | Whitey Robinson |
| 1979 | Angels' Brigade | Mike Farrell |
| 1979 | The Shape of Things to Come | Omus |
| 1979 | Portrait of a Hitman | Jim Buck |
| 1979 | Cocaine Cowboys | Raphael |
| 1979 | The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang | Will Smith |
| 1978 | The One Man Jury | Lieutenant Wade |
| 1978 | Unknown Powers | Himself - Host |
| 1977 | The Unknown Force | Self - Host |
| 1977 | Welcome to Blood City | Frendlander |
| 1977 | National Geographic: The Volga | Narrator (voice) |
| 1976 | Black Cobra | Judas Carmichael |
| 1976 | The Cop in Blue Jeans | Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo |
| 1976 | Rulers of the City | Scarface' Manzari |
| 1976 | God's Gun | Sam Clayton |
| 1976 | Safari Express | van Daalen |
| 1976 | Blood and Bullets | Duke |
| 1975 | The Sensuous Nurse | Mr. Kitch |
| 1975 | The Four Deuces | Vic Morono, the Boss |
| 1975 | Africa Express | Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter |
| 1975 | The Great Adventure | William Bates |
| 1975 | The Hatfields and the McCoys | Devil Anse Hatfield |
| 1975 | Rickles | |
| 1974 | Dracula | Dracula |
| 1974 | Craze | Neal Mottram |
| 1974 | The Godchild | Rourke |
| 1973 | Oklahoma Crude | Hellman |
| 1973 | Brothers Blue | Hillman |
| 1972 | Chato's Land | Quincey Whitmore |
| 1972 | It Can Be Done Amigo | Sonny Bronson |
| 1972 | Father Jackleg | Buck Santini |
| 1972 | Imagine | Self |
| 1971 | The Horsemen | Tursen |
| 1970 | Compañeros | John |
| 1970 | Monte Walsh | Chet Rollins |
| 1970 | The McMasters | Kolby |
| 1969 | Che! | Fidel Castro |
| 1969 | The Desperados | Parson Josiah Galt |
| 1969 | Marquis de Sade: Justine | Antonin |
| 1969 | Battle of the Commandos | Charley MacPherson |
| 1969 | A Bullet for Rommel | Major John Heston |
| 1968 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Jekyll/Dr.Hyde |
| 1968 | The Mercenary | Ricciolo ("Curly") |
| 1968 | They Came to Rob Las Vegas | Douglas |
| 1968 | Madigan's Millions | Matteo Cirini (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1967 | Torture Garden | Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe") |
| 1967 | Kill a Dragon | Rick Masters |
| 1967 | The Spy in the Green Hat | Louis Strago |
| 1967 | And Still Champion! The Story of Archie Moore | Narrator (voice) |
| 1967 | The Dinosaur and the Baby | Jeremy Prokosch (archive footage) |
| 1966 | The Professionals | Jesus Raza |
| 1966 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Jabberwock |
| 1965 | Once a Thief | Walter Pedak |
| 1964 | Paparazzi | Self |
| 1964 | Bardot et Godard | Self |
| 1963 | Contempt | Jeremy Prokosch |
| 1962 | Warriors Five | Jack |
| 1962 | Night Train to Milan | Herr Bauer / Schneider |
| 1961 | Barabbas | Torvald |
| 1961 | The Last Judgment | Matteoni |
| 1961 | The Mongols | Ogataï |
| 1961 | Sword of the Conqueror | Alboino |
| 1960 | The Battle of Austerlitz | Gen. Weirother |
| 1960 | The Barbarians | Revak |
| 1959 | Ten Seconds to Hell | Eric Koertner |
| 1959 | Beyond All Limits | Jim Gatsby |
| 1958 | The Man Inside | Milo March |
| 1957 | The Lonely Man | Jacob Wade |
| 1957 | House of Numbers | Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow |
| 1957 | The Death of Manolete | Manolete |
| 1957 | The Last Tycoon | Monroe Stahr |
| 1956 | Attack | Joe Costa |
| 1956 | Requiem for a Heavyweight | Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock |
| 1955 | I Died a Thousand Times | Roy Earle / Roy Collins |
| 1955 | The Big Knife | Charles Castle |
| 1955 | Kiss of Fire | El Tigre |
| 1954 | The Silver Chalice | Simon The Magician |
| 1954 | Sign of the Pagan | Attila |
| 1953 | Shane | Jack Wilson |
| 1953 | Second Chance | Cappy Gordon |
| 1953 | Man in the Attic | Slade |
| 1953 | Arrowhead | Toriano |
| 1953 | Flight to Tangier | Gil Walker |
| 1952 | Sudden Fear | Lester Blaine |
| 1951 | Halls of Montezuma | Pigeon Lane |
| 1950 | Panic in the Streets | Blackie |
| Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls | Kaleel |