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; 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.
Acting
(2004)
Back When We Were Grownups
as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
(2002)
Living with the Dead
as Allan Van Praagh
(2001)
The Omen Legacy
as Narrator (voice)
(2001)
(1999)
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
as John Witting
(1999)
Treasure Island
as Long John Silver
(1999)
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience
as (archive footage)
(1998)
Ebenezer
as Ebenezer Scrooge
(1998)
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
as Beelzebub
(1997)
I'll Be Home For Christmas
as Bob Greiser
(1997)
Monster Mania
as Host
(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 Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")
(1994)
The Swan Princess
as Lord Rothbart (voice)
(1994)
Cops & Robbersons
as Jake Stone
(1994)
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
as Duke Page
(1993)
Cyborg 2
as Mercy
(1992)
Solar Crisis
as Travis
(1992)
Keep the Change
as Overstreet
(1992)
When It Was a Game 2
as Passage Narrator (voice)
(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
(1983)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1982)
Alone in the Dark
as Frank Hawkes
(1982)
The Helm of Destiny
as Narration
(1982)
Psychic Confession
as Narrator
(1981)
Evil Stalks This House
as Stokes
(1980)
The Ivory Ape
as Marc Kazarian
(1980)
Without Warning
as Joe Taylor
(1980)
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
as Whitey Robinson
(1980)
Hawk the Slayer
as Voltan
(1979)
Portrait of a Hitman
as Jim Buck
(1979)
Angels' Brigade
as Mike Farrell
(1979)
The Shape of Things to Come
as Omus
(1979)
Cocaine Cowboys
as Raphael
(1979)
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
as Will Smith
(1979)
(1978)
The One Man Jury
as Lieutenant Wade
(1978)
Unknown Powers
as Himself - Host
(1977)
Welcome to Blood City
as Frendlander
(1977)
National Geographic: The Volga
as Narrator (voice)
(1977)
The Unknown Force
as Self - Host
(1976)
Black Cobra
as Judas Carmichael
(1976)
Blood and Bullets
as Duke
(1976)
God's Gun
as Sam Clayton
(1976)
Safari Express
as van Daalen
(1976)
Rulers of the City
as Scarface' Manzari
(1976)
The Cop in Blue Jeans
as Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo
(1975)
(1975)
Africa Express
as Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter
(1975)
The Hatfields and the McCoys
as Devil Anse Hatfield
(1975)
The Four Deuces
as Vic Morono, the Boss
(1975)
The Sensuous Nurse
as Mr. Kitch
(1975)
The Great Adventure
as William Bates
(1974)
Craze
as Neal Mottram
(1974)
Dracula
as Dracula
(1974)
The Godchild
as Rourke
(1973)
Oklahoma Crude
as Hellman
(1973)
Brothers Blue
as Hillman
(1972)
Chato's Land
as Quincey Whitmore
(1972)
Imagine
as Self
(1972)
It Can Be Done Amigo
as Sonny Bronson
(1972)
Father Jackleg
as Buck Santini
(1971)
The Horsemen
as Tursen
(1970)
Monte Walsh
as Chet Rollins
(1970)
The McMasters
as Kolby
(1970)
Compañeros
as John
(1969)
Battle of the Commandos
as Charley MacPherson
(1969)
Marquis de Sade: Justine
as Antonin
(1969)
The Desperados
as Parson Josiah Galt
(1969)
A Bullet for Rommel
as Major John Heston
(1969)
Che!
as Fidel Castro
(1968)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Jekyll/Dr.Hyde
(1968)
The Mercenary
as Ricciolo ("Curly")
(1968)
Madigan's Millions
as Matteo Cirini (voice) (uncredited)
(1968)
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
as Douglas
(1967)
And Still Champion! The Story of Archie Moore
as Narrator (voice)
(1967)
The Spy in the Green Hat
as Louis Strago
(1967)
Torture Garden
as Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
(1967)
Kill a Dragon
as Rick Masters
(1967)
The Dinosaur and the Baby
as Jeremy Prokosch (archive footage)
(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)
Sword of the Conqueror
as Alboino
(1961)
The Last Judgment
as Matteoni
(1960)
The Barbarians
as Revak
(1960)
The Battle of Austerlitz
as Gen. Weirother
(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)
The Last Tycoon
as Monroe Stahr
(1957)
House of Numbers
as Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow
(1957)
The Death of Manolete
as Manolete
(1956)
Requiem for a Heavyweight
as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
(1956)
Attack
as Joe Costa
(1955)
Kiss of Fire
as El Tigre
(1955)
The Big Knife
as Charles Castle
(1955)
I Died a Thousand Times
as Roy Earle / Roy Collins
(1954)
The Silver Chalice
as Simon The Magician
(1954)
Sign of the Pagan
as Attila
(1953)
Shane
as Jack Wilson
(1953)
Flight to Tangier
as Gil Walker
(1953)
Second Chance
as Cappy Gordon
(1953)
Arrowhead
as Toriano
(1953)
Man in the Attic
as Slade
(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