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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Palance, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Jeremy Prokosch

Le Mépris

Grissom

Batman

Curly Washburn

City Slickers

Travis

Solar Crisis

Dr. Jekyll/Dr.Hyde

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Jack Wilson

Shane

Rudi Cox

Out of Rosenheim

Self

Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval

Mr. Kitch

L'infermiera

Cappy Gordon

Second Chance

Duke Page

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

Xeno

Outlaw of Gor

Jesus Raza

The Professionals

Lord Rothbart (voice)

The Swan Princess

Mike Farrell

Angels' Brigade

Torvald

Barabbas

L. G. Murphy

Young Guns

Eric Koertner

Ten Seconds to Hell

Blackie

Panic in the Streets

Joe Costa

Attack

Jake Stone

Cops & Robbersons

Voltan

Hawk the Slayer

Yves Perret

Tango & Cash

Quincey Whitmore

Chato's Land

Ebenezer Scrooge

Ebenezer

Host

Monster Mania

Slade

Man in the Attic

Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")

Torture Garden

Roy Earle / Roy Collins

I Died a Thousand Times

Omus

The Shape of Things to Come

Walter Pedak

Once a Thief

Judas Carmichael

Eva nera

Jacob Wade

The Lonely Man

John

Vamos a matar, compañeros

Toriano

Arrowhead

Fidel Castro

Che!

Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo

Squadra antiscippo

Joe Taylor

Without Warning

Mercy

Cyborg 2

Pigeon Lane

Halls of Montezuma

Sonny Bronson

Si può fare… amigo

Simon The Magician

The Silver Chalice

Scarface' Manzari

I padroni della città

Gen. Weirother

Austerlitz

Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow

House of Numbers

Charles Castle

The Big Knife

Ricciolo ("Curly")

Il mercenario

Tursen

The Horsemen

Chet Rollins

Monte Walsh

Lester Blaine

Sudden Fear

Bob Greiser

I'll Be Home For Christmas

Prancer Returns

Jim Buck

Portrait of a Hitman

Rick Masters

Kill a Dragon

Narration

The Helm of Destiny

Vic Morono, the Boss

The Four Deuces

Self - Host

The Unknown Force

Allan Van Praagh

Living with the Dead

Matteoni

Il giudizio universale

John Witting

Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End

Beelzebub

The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo

Dracula

Dracula

Kolby

The McMasters

Xenos

Gor

Sam Clayton

Diamante Lobo

Buck Santini

Tedeum

Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter

Africa Express

Frendlander

Welcome to Blood City

Parson Josiah Galt

The Desperados

Neal Mottram

Craze

Bartle Bone

Buffalo Girls

Paul 'Poppy' Davitch

Back When We Were Grownups

Douglas

Las Vegas: 500 millones

William Bates

Il richiamo del lupo

Long John Silver

Treasure Island

Stokes

Evil Stalks This House

Louis Strago

The Spy in the Green Hat

van Daalen

Safari Express

Hellman

Oklahoma Crude

Milo March

The Man Inside

El Tigre

Kiss of Fire

Gil Walker

Flight to Tangier

Lieutenant Wade

The One Man Jury

Attila

Sign of the Pagan

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Ogataï

I mongoli

Revak

The Barbarians

Duke

Sangue di sbirro

Jabberwock

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Devil Anse Hatfield

The Hatfields and the McCoys

Rourke

The Godchild

Narrator (voice)

The Omen Legacy

Antonin

Marquis de Sade: Justine

Manolete

The Death of Manolete

Alboino

Rosmunda e Alboino

Charley MacPherson

La legione dei dannati

Raphael

Cocaine Cowboys

Self

Vem Var Dracula

Narrator (voice)

And Still Champion! The Story of Archie Moore

Marc Kazarian

The Ivory Ape

Jack

La guerra continua

Self (archive footage)

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

Monroe Stahr

The Last Tycoon

Whitey Robinson

The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story

Self

Night of 100 Stars II

Major John Heston

Hora cero: Operación Rommel

Narrator (voice)

National Geographic: The Volga

Hillman

Blu Gang e vissero per sempre felici e ammazzati

Self

Paparazzi

Herr Bauer / Schneider

Il Criminale

Himself - Host

Unknown Powers

Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")

The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

Jeremy Prokosch (archive footage)

Cinéastes de notre temps : Le Dinosaure et le Bébé, dialogue en huit parties entre Fritz Lang et Jean-Luc Godard

Self

Imagine

Will Smith

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

Self

Le Parti des choses : Bardot et Godard

Jim Gatsby

Flor de mayo

Self (archive footage)

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

Narrator

Psychic Confession

(archive footage)

Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience

Frank Hawkes

Alone in the Dark

Rickles

Host

Legends of the West

Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock

Requiem for a Heavyweight

Overstreet

Keep the Change

Matteo Cirini (voice) (uncredited)

Un dollaro per 7 vigliacchi

Passage Narrator (voice)

When It Was a Game 2

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

127

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-02-18

Place of Birth

Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

Walter Jack Palance