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