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
2004
- Back When We Were Grownups as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
2002
- Living with the Dead as Allan Van Praagh
2001
- Prancer Returns
- Night Visions as Jake Jennings (segment "Bitter Harvest")
- The Omen Legacy as Narrator (voice)
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
- Ebenezer as Ebenezer Scrooge
- The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo as Beelzebub
1997
- I'll Be Home For Christmas as Bob Greiser
- Monster Mania as Host
1996
- Joan Crawford: Always the Star as Self (archive footage)
- Vem Var Dracula as Self
1995
- Buffalo Girls as Bartle Bone
- Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval as Self
1994
- Cops & Robbersons as Jake Stone
- The Swan Princess as Lord Rothbart (voice)
- The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics as Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")
- City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold as Duke Page
- The World of Hammer as Self (archive footage)
1993
- Cyborg 2 as Mercy
1992
- Solar Crisis as Travis
- When It Was a Game 2 as Passage Narrator (voice)
- Keep the Change as Overstreet
- Legends of the West as Host
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
- Outlaw of Gor as Xeno
1987
- Gor as Xenos
- Bagdad Cafe as Rudi Cox
1985
- Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1983
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
- 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
- The Ivory Ape as Marc Kazarian
- The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story as Whitey Robinson
- Hawk the Slayer as Voltan
1979
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Kaleel
- Cocaine Cowboys as Raphael
- The Shape of Things to Come as Omus
- Portrait of a Hitman as Jim Buck
- The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang as Will Smith
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls as Kaleel
- Angels' Brigade as Mike Farrell
1978
- The One Man Jury as Lieutenant Wade
- Unknown Powers as Himself - Host
1977
- Welcome to Blood City as Frendlander
- National Geographic: The Volga as Narrator (voice)
- The Unknown Force as Self - Host
1976
- God's Gun as Sam Clayton
- Black Cobra as Judas Carmichael
- Safari Express as van Daalen
- Blood and Bullets as Duke
- Rulers of the City as Scarface' Manzari
- The Cop in Blue Jeans as Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo
1975
- Africa Express as Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter
- Rickles
- Bronk as Lt. Alex Bronkov
- The Sensuous Nurse as Mr. Kitch
- The Four Deuces as Vic Morono, the Boss
- The Great Adventure as William Bates
- The Hatfields and the McCoys as Devil Anse Hatfield
1974
- Dinah! as Self
- Craze as Neal Mottram
- Dracula as Dracula
- The Godchild as Rourke
1973
- Oklahoma Crude as Hellman
- Brothers Blue as Hillman
1972
- Chato's Land as Quincey Whitmore
- Father Jackleg as Buck Santini
- Imagine as Self
- It Can Be Done Amigo as Sonny Bronson
1971
- The Horsemen as Tursen
- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1970
- The McMasters as Kolby
- Monte Walsh as Chet Rollins
- Compañeros as John
1969
- The Desperados as Parson Josiah Galt
- Marquis de Sade: Justine as Antonin
- Che! as Fidel Castro
- Battle of the Commandos as Charley MacPherson
- A Bullet for Rommel as Major John Heston
1968
- The Mercenary as Ricciolo ("Curly")
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Jekyll/Dr.Hyde
- They Came to Rob Las Vegas as Douglas
- 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
- Once a Thief as Walter Pedak
- Convoy
1964
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Louis Strago
- Bardot et Godard as Self
- Paparazzi 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 Last Judgment as Matteoni
- The Mongols as Ogataï
- Sword of the Conqueror as Alboino
1960
- The Barbarians as Revak
- The Battle of Austerlitz as Gen. Weirother
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
- Requiem for a Heavyweight as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
- Attack as Joe Costa
1955
- The Big Knife as Charles Castle
- Kiss of Fire as El Tigre
- I Died a Thousand Times as Roy Earle / Roy Collins
1954
- The Silver Chalice as Simon The Magician
- Sign of the Pagan as Attila
1953
- Second Chance as Cappy Gordon
- The Oscars as Self
- Arrowhead as Toriano
- Shane as Jack Wilson
- Man in the Attic as Slade
- Flight to Tangier as Gil Walker
1952
- Sudden Fear as Lester Blaine
1951
- The Red Skelton Show as Self
- Halls of Montezuma as Pigeon Lane
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as John
1950
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- Panic in the Streets as Blackie
1949
- Lights Out
- Suspense as Tom Walker
1948
- Studio One
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee