Jack Palance
Born: 1919-02-18 in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 2006-11-10
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2012
2004
- Back When We Were Grownups as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
2002
- Living with the Dead as Allan Van Praagh
- Living with the Dead as Allan Van Praagh
2001
- Night Visions as Jake Jennings (segment "Bitter Harvest")
- The Omen Legacy as Narrator (voice)
- Prancer Returns
1999
- Treasure Island as Long John Silver
- Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End as John Witting
- Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience as (archive footage)
1998
- The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo as Beelzebub
- Ebenezer as Ebenezer Scrooge
1997
- Monster Mania as Host
- I'll Be Home For Christmas as Bob Greiser
1996
- Vem Var Dracula as Self
- Joan Crawford: Always the Star as Self (archive footage)
1995
- Buffalo Girls as Bartle Bone
- Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval as Self
1994
- The World of Hammer as Self (archive footage)
- The Swan Princess as Lord Rothbart (voice)
- City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold as Duke Page
- Cops & Robbersons as Jake Stone
- The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics as Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Cyborg 2 as Mercy
1992
- Solar Crisis as Travis
- Legends of the West as Host / Self - Judge Roy Bean
- Keep the Change as Overstreet
- When It Was a Game 2 as Passage Narrator (voice)
1991
- City Slickers as Curly Washburn
- Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan as Opening Narration (voice)
1989
- Batman as Grissom
- Tango & Cash as Yves Perret
1988
- Young Guns as L. G. Murphy
- Imagine: John Lennon as Self
- Outlaw of Gor as Xeno
1987
- Bagdad Cafe as Rudi Cox
- Gor as Xenos
1985
- Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1983
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
- Late Night with David Letterman as Self - Guest
- Alone in the Dark as Frank Hawkes
- Ripley's Believe It or Not! as Host
- Psychic Confession as Narrator
- The Helm of Destiny as Narration
1981
- Evil Stalks This House as Stokes
1980
- Without Warning as Joe Taylor
- Hawk the Slayer as Voltan
- The Ivory Ape as Marc Kazarian
- The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story as Whitey Robinson
1979
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Kaleel
- Angels' Brigade as Mike Farrell
- The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang as Will Smith
- The Shape of Things to Come as Omus
- Cocaine Cowboys as Raphael
- Portrait of a Hitman as Jim Buck
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls as Kaleel
1978
- Unknown Powers as Himself - Host
- The One Man Jury as Lieutenant Wade
1977
- Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
- Welcome to Blood City as Frendlander
- The Unknown Force as Self - Host
- National Geographic: The Volga as Narrator (voice)
1976
- Black Cobra as Judas Carmichael
- God's Gun as Sam Clayton
- Safari Express as van Daalen
- The Cop in Blue Jeans as Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo
- Rulers of the City as Scarface' Manzari
- Blood and Bullets as Duke
1975
- Bronk as Lt. Alex Bronkov
- The Sensuous Nurse as Mr. Kitch
- The Four Deuces as Vic Morono, the Boss
- Africa Express as Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter
- The Great Adventure as William Bates
- The Hatfields and the McCoys as Devil Anse Hatfield
- Rickles
1974
- Dinah! as Self
- Dracula as Dracula
- Craze as Neal Mottram
- The Godchild as Rourke
1973
- Oklahoma Crude as Hellman
- Brothers Blue as Hillman
1972
- Chato's Land as Quincey Whitmore
- It Can Be Done Amigo as Sonny Bronson
- Imagine as Self
- Father Jackleg as Buck Santini
1971
- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
- The Horsemen as Tursen
1970
- Monte Walsh as Chet Rollins
- Compañeros as John
- The McMasters as Kolby
1969
- Marquis de Sade: Justine as Antonin
- Che! as Fidel Castro
- The Desperados as Parson Josiah Galt
- Battle of the Commandos as Charley MacPherson
- A Bullet for Rommel as Major John Heston
1968
- The Mercenary as Ricciolo ("Curly")
- They Came to Rob Las Vegas as Douglas
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Jekyll/Dr.Hyde
- Madigan's Millions as Matteo Cirini (voice) (uncredited)
1967
- The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest / Various Characters
- Torture Garden as Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
- The Spy in the Green Hat as Louis Strago
- Kill a Dragon as Rick Masters
- The Dinosaur and the Baby as Jeremy Prokosch (archive footage)
- And Still Champion! The Story of Archie Moore as Narrator (voice)
1966
- The Professionals as Jesus Raza
- Alice Through the Looking Glass as Jabberwock
1965
- Run for Your Life as Julian Hays
- Convoy
- Once a Thief as Walter Pedak
1964
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Louis Strago
- Paparazzi as Self
- Bardot et Godard as Self
1963
- The Greatest Show on Earth
- Contempt as Jeremy Prokosch
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- Warriors Five as Jack
- Night Train to Milan as Herr Bauer / Schneider
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
- Barabbas as Torvald
- The Mongols as Ogataï
- Sword of the Conqueror as Alboino
- The Last Judgment as Matteoni
1960
- The Battle of Austerlitz as Gen. Weirother
- The Barbarians as Revak
1959
- Ten Seconds to Hell as Eric Koertner
- Beyond All Limits as Jim Gatsby
1958
- The Man Inside as Milo March
1957
- The Lonely Man as Jacob Wade
- House of Numbers as Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow
- The Last Tycoon as Monroe Stahr
- The Death of Manolete as Manolete
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Dan Morgan
- The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest
- Playhouse 90 as Self - Host
- Attack as Joe Costa
- Requiem for a Heavyweight as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
1955
- The Big Knife as Charles Castle
- I Died a Thousand Times as Roy Earle / Roy Collins
- Kiss of Fire as El Tigre
1954
- The Silver Chalice as Simon The Magician
- Sign of the Pagan as Attila
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- Shane as Jack Wilson
- Arrowhead as Toriano
- Man in the Attic as Slade
- Second Chance as Cappy Gordon
- Flight to Tangier as Gil Walker
1952
- Sudden Fear as Lester Blaine
1951
- The Red Skelton Show as Jack Palance
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as John
- Halls of Montezuma as Pigeon Lane
1950
- What's My Line? as Self
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- Panic in the Streets as Blackie
1949
- Lights Out
- Suspense as Tom Walker
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Studio One
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee