Jack Palance
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-02-18
Day of Death
2006-11-10 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA
Jack Palance
Biography
Jack Palance (born Volodymyr Palahniuk) 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.
Acting
(2004)
Back When We Were Grownups
as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
(2002)
Living with the Dead
as Allan Van Praagh
(2001)
(2001)
The Omen Legacy
as Narrator (voice)
(1999)
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
as John Witting
(1999)
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience
as (archive footage)
(1999)
Treasure Island
as Long John Silver
(1998)
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
as Beelzebub
(1998)
Ebenezer
as Ebenezer Scrooge
(1997)
Monster Mania
as Host
(1997)
I'll Be Home For Christmas
as Bob Greiser
(1996)
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)
(1996)
Vem Var Dracula
as Self
(1995)
Buffalo Girls
as Bartle Bone
(1995)
(1994)
The Swan Princess
as Lord Rothbart (voice)
(1994)
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
as Duke Page
(1994)
Cops & Robbersons
as Jake Stone
(1994)
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")
(1993)
Cyborg 2
as Mercy
(1992)
Solar Crisis
as Travis
(1992)
When It Was a Game 2
as Passage Narrator (voice)
(1992)
Keep the Change
as Overstreet
(1992)
Legends of the West
as Host
(1991)
City Slickers
as Curly Washburn
(1991)
Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan
as Opening Narration (voice)
(1989)
Batman
as Grissom
(1989)
Tango & Cash
as Yves Perret
(1988)
Young Guns
as L. G. Murphy
(1988)
Outlaw of Gor
as Xeno
(1987)
Bagdad Cafe
as Rudi Cox
(1987)
Gor
as Xenos
(1985)
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
(1985)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self (archive footage)
(1983)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1982)
Alone in the Dark
as Frank Hawkes
(1982)
Psychic Confession
as Narrator
(1982)
The Helm of Destiny
as Narration
(1981)
Evil Stalks This House
as Stokes
(1980)
Without Warning
as Joe Taylor
(1980)
Hawk the Slayer
as Voltan
(1980)
The Ivory Ape
as Marc Kazarian
(1980)
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
as Whitey Robinson
(1979)
The Shape of Things to Come
as Omus
(1979)
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
as Will Smith
(1979)
Cocaine Cowboys
as Raphael
(1979)
Angels' Brigade
as Mike Farrell
(1979)
Portrait of a Hitman
as Jim Buck
(1978)
Unknown Powers
as Himself - Host
(1978)
The One Man Jury
as Lieutenant Wade
(1977)
National Geographic: The Volga
as Narrator (voice)
(1977)
Welcome to Blood City
as Frendlander
(1977)
The Unknown Force
as Self - Host
(1976)
Black Cobra
as Judas Carmichael
(1976)
God's Gun
as Sam Clayton
(1976)
Rulers of the City
as Scarface' Manzari
(1976)
The Cop in Blue Jeans
as Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo
(1976)
Safari Express
as van Daalen
(1976)
Blood and Bullets
as Duke
(1975)
Africa Express
as Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter
(1975)
The Sensuous Nurse
as Mr. Kitch
(1975)
The Great Adventure
as William Bates
(1975)
The Hatfields and the McCoys
as Devil Anse Hatfield
(1975)
The Four Deuces
as Vic Morono, the Boss
(1975)
(1974)
Dracula
as Dracula
(1974)
Craze
as Neal Mottram
(1974)
The Godchild
as Rourke
(1973)
Oklahoma Crude
as Hellman
(1973)
Brothers Blue
as Hillman
(1972)
Chato's Land
as Quincey Whitmore
(1972)
It Can Be Done Amigo
as Sonny Bronson
(1972)
Imagine
as Self
(1972)
Father Jackleg
as Buck Santini
(1971)
The Horsemen
as Tursen
(1970)
Compañeros
as John
(1970)
The McMasters
as Kolby
(1970)
Monte Walsh
as Chet Rollins
(1969)
Marquis de Sade: Justine
as Antonin
(1969)
Che!
as Fidel Castro
(1969)
The Desperados
as Parson Josiah Galt
(1969)
Battle of the Commandos
as Charley MacPherson
(1969)
A Bullet for Rommel
as Major John Heston
(1968)
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
as Douglas
(1968)
The Mercenary
as Ricciolo ("Curly")
(1968)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Jekyll/Dr.Hyde
(1968)
Madigan's Millions
as Matteo Cirini (voice) (uncredited)
(1967)
Torture Garden
as Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
(1967)
The Spy in the Green Hat
as Louis Strago
(1967)
Kill a Dragon
as Rick Masters
(1967)
The Dinosaur and the Baby
as Jeremy Prokosch (archive footage)
(1967)
And Still Champion! The Story of Archie Moore
as Narrator (voice)
(1966)
The Professionals
as Jesus Raza
(1966)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Jabberwock
(1965)
Once a Thief
as Walter Pedak
(1964)
Paparazzi
as Self
(1964)
Bardot et Godard
as Self
(1963)
Contempt
as Jeremy Prokosch
(1962)
Warriors Five
as Jack
(1962)
Night Train to Milan
as Herr Bauer / Schneider
(1961)
Barabbas
as Torvald
(1961)
The Mongols
as Ogataï
(1961)
The Last Judgment
as Matteoni
(1961)
Sword of the Conqueror
as Alboino
(1960)
The Battle of Austerlitz
as Gen. Weirother
(1960)
The Barbarians
as Revak
(1959)
Ten Seconds to Hell
as Eric Koertner
(1959)
Beyond All Limits
as Jim Gatsby
(1958)
The Man Inside
as Milo March
(1957)
The Lonely Man
as Jacob Wade
(1957)
House of Numbers
as Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow
(1957)
The Death of Manolete
as Manolete
(1957)
The Last Tycoon
as Monroe Stahr
(1956)
Attack
as Joe Costa
(1956)
Requiem for a Heavyweight
as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
(1955)
I Died a Thousand Times
as Roy Earle / Roy Collins
(1955)
The Big Knife
as Charles Castle
(1955)
Kiss of Fire
as El Tigre
(1954)
Sign of the Pagan
as Attila
(1954)
The Silver Chalice
as Simon The Magician
(1953)
Shane
as Jack Wilson
(1953)
Arrowhead
as Toriano
(1953)
Second Chance
as Cappy Gordon
(1953)
Man in the Attic
as Slade
(1953)
Flight to Tangier
as Gil Walker
(1952)
Sudden Fear
as Lester Blaine
(1951)
Halls of Montezuma
as Pigeon Lane
(1950)
Panic in the Streets
as Blackie
Crew
(1992)
Legends of the West
Executive Producer