Jack Elam
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1920-11-13
Day of Death
2003-10-20 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA
Jack Elam
Biography
Colorful American character actor equally adept at vicious killers or grizzled sidekicks. As a child he worked in the cotton fields. He attended Santa Monica Junior College in California and subsequently became an accountant and, at one time, manager of the Bel Air Hotel. Elam got his first movie job by trading his accounting services for a role. In short time he became one of the most memorable supporting players in Hollywood, thanks not only to his near-demented screen persona but also to an out-of-kilter left eye, sightless from a childhood fight. He appeared with great aplomb in Westerns and gangster films alike, and in later years played to wonderful effect in comedic roles.
Known For
Acting
(2004)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as (archive footage)
(1997)
(1995)
Bonanza: Under Attack
as Buckshot
(1993)
Bonanza: The Return
as Buckshot
(1993)
Uninvited
as Grady
(1992)
Shadow Force
as Tommy
(1991)
Suburban Commando
as Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell
(1990)
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
as Hezekiah Crow
(1990)
Big Bad John
as Jake Calhoun
(1988)
Once Upon a Texas Train
as Jason Fitch
(1988)
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
as Boone
(1987)
Hawken's Breed
as Tackett
(1987)
I Am Not a Freak
as Self
(1986)
The Aurora Encounter
as Charlie
(1986)
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
as Squires
(1984)
Cannonball Run II
as Doc
(1984)
Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas
as Scrooge
(1983)
Sacred Ground
as Lum Witcher
(1983)
Lost
as Mr. Newsom
(1982)
Jinxed!
as Otto
(1981)
The Cannonball Run
as Doctor
(1981)
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
as Troscliar Boudreaux
(1981)
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
as Seth Beaumont
(1981)
Skyward Christmas
as Clay Haller
(1979)
The Villain
as Avery Simpson
(1979)
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
as Big Mac
(1978)
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
as Rattlesnake
(1978)
The Norseman
as Death Dreamer
(1978)
Lacy and the Mississippi Queen
as Willie Red Fire
(1977)
Grayeagle
as Trapper Willis
(1976)
Creature from Black Lake
as Joe Canton
(1976)
Hawmps!
as Bad Jack Cutter
(1976)
The Winds of Autumn
as J. Pete Hankins
(1976)
Pony Express Rider
as Crazy Charlie
(1976)
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
as Bitterroot
(1975)
Huckleberry Finn
as King
(1974)
A Knife for the Ladies
as Jarrod (Sheriff)
(1974)
Sidekicks
as Boss
(1974)
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
as Handy
(1973)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Alamosa Bill Kermit
(1973)
The Red Pony
as Granddad
(1972)
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
as Bitterroot
(1972)
The Last Escape of Billy the Kid
as Pat Garrett
(1971)
Hannie Caulder
as Frank Clemens
(1971)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Jug May
(1971)
The Last Rebel
as Matt
(1971)
Cat Ballou
as Kid Sheleen
(1970)
Rio Lobo
as Phillips
(1970)
Dirty Dingus Magee
as John Wesley Hardin
(1970)
The Wild Country
as Thompson
(1970)
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Kittrick
(1970)
(1969)
Support Your Local Sheriff!
as Jake
(1969)
The Over the Hill Gang
as Sheriff Clyde Barnes
(1969)
Ride a Northbound Horse
as Sheriff
(1968)
Once Upon a Time in the West
as Frank's Gunman
(1968)
Firecreek
as Norman
(1968)
Never a Dull Moment
as Ace Williams
(1968)
Sartana Does Not Forgive
as Slim Kovacs
(1967)
The Way West
as Preacher Weatherby
(1967)
The Last Challenge
as Ernest Scarnes
(1966)
The Rare Breed
as Deke Simons
(1966)
The Night of the Grizzly
as Hank
(1963)
4 for Texas
as Dobie
(1961)
The Comancheros
as Horseface (Comanchero)
(1961)
Pocketful of Miracles
as Cheesecake
(1961)
The Last Sunset
as Ed Hobbs
(1960)
The Slowest Gun in the West
as Ike Dalton
(1960)
The Girl in Lovers Lane
as Jesse
(1959)
Edge of Eternity
as Bill Ward
(1958)
The Gun Runners
as Arnold
(1957)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Tom McLowery
(1957)
Night Passage
as Shotgun
(1957)
Baby Face Nelson
as Fatso Nagel
(1957)
Dragoon Wells Massacre
as Tioga
(1957)
Lure of the Swamp
as Henry Bliss
(1956)
Jubal
as McCoy
(1956)
Pardners
as Pete
(1956)
Thunder Over Arizona
as Slats Callahan
(1955)
Kiss Me Deadly
as Charlie Max
(1955)
The Man from Laramie
as Chris Boldt
(1955)
Artists and Models
as Ivan
(1955)
Wichita
as Al
(1955)
Man Without a Star
as Knife Murderer (uncredited)
(1955)
Moonfleet
as Damen
(1955)
Kismet
as Hasan-Ben
(1955)
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
as Burger
(1955)
The Silent Partner
as Shanks
(1954)
Vera Cruz
as Tex
(1954)
The Far Country
as Frank Newberry
(1954)
Ride Clear of Diablo
as Tim Lowerie
(1954)
Cattle Queen of Montana
as Yost
(1954)
Princess of the Nile
as Basra
(1954)
Jubilee Trail
as Whitey
(1953)
Count the Hours!
as Max Verne
(1953)
Gun Belt
as Rusty Kolloway
(1953)
Appointment in Honduras
as Castro
(1953)
The Moonlighter
as Slim
(1953)
Ride, Vaquero!
as Barton
(1952)
High Noon
as Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited)
(1952)
Rancho Notorious
as Mort Geary
(1952)
Kansas City Confidential
as Pete Harris
(1952)
Montana Territory
as Gimp
(1952)
The Battle at Apache Pass
as Mescal Jack
(1952)
Lure of the Wilderness
as Dave Longden
(1952)
The Ring
as Harry Jackson
(1952)
Finders Keepers
as Eddie
(1952)
My Man and I
as Celestino Garcia
(1951)
The Bushwhackers
as Cree
(1951)
Rawhide
as Tevis
(1951)
Bird of Paradise
as The Trader
(1950)
The Sundowners
as Earl Boyce
(1950)
High Lonesome
as Smiling Man
(1950)
A Ticket to Tomahawk
as Fargo
(1950)
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
as The Speaker
(1950)
Key to the City
as Councilman (uncredited)
(1950)
One Way Street
as Arnie (uncredited)
(1949)
Wild Weed
as Raymond - Henchman