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
(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)
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
as Squires
(1986)
The Aurora Encounter
as Charlie
(1984)
Cannonball Run II
as Doc
(1984)
Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas
as Scrooge
(1983)
Lost
as Mr. Newsom
(1983)
Sacred Ground
as Lum Witcher
(1982)
Jinxed!
as Otto
(1981)
The Cannonball Run
as Doctor
(1981)
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
as Troscliar Boudreaux
(1981)
Skyward Christmas
as Clay Haller
(1981)
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
as Seth Beaumont
(1979)
The Villain
as Avery Simpson
(1979)
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
as Big Mac
(1978)
Huckleberry Finn
as King
(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)
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
as Bitterroot
(1976)
Creature from Black Lake
as Joe Canton
(1976)
The Winds of Autumn
as J. Pete Hankins
(1976)
Hawmps!
as Bad Jack Cutter
(1976)
Pony Express Rider
as Crazy Charlie
(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)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Jug May
(1971)
The Last Rebel
as Matt
(1971)
Hannie Caulder
as Frank Clemens
(1971)
Cat Ballou
as Kid Sheleen
(1970)
Dirty Dingus Magee
as John Wesley Hardin
(1970)
The Wild Country
as Thompson
(1970)
Rio Lobo
as Phillips
(1970)
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Kittrick
(1970)
(1969)
Ride a Northbound Horse
as Sheriff
(1969)
Support Your Local Sheriff!
as Jake
(1969)
The Over the Hill Gang
as Sheriff Clyde Barnes
(1968)
Once Upon a Time in the West
as Frank's Gunman
(1968)
Never a Dull Moment
as Ace Williams
(1968)
Firecreek
as Norman
(1968)
Sartana Does Not Forgive
as Slim Kovacs
(1967)
The Last Challenge
as Ernest Scarnes
(1967)
The Way West
as Preacher Weatherby
(1966)
The Rare Breed
as Deke Simons
(1966)
The Night of the Grizzly
as Hank
(1963)
4 for Texas
as Dobie
(1961)
Pocketful of Miracles
as Cheesecake
(1961)
The Last Sunset
as Ed Hobbs
(1961)
The Comancheros
as Horseface (Comanchero)
(1960)
The Girl in Lovers Lane
as Jesse
(1960)
The Slowest Gun in the West
as Ike Dalton
(1959)
Edge of Eternity
as Bill Ward
(1958)
The Gun Runners
as Arnold
(1957)
Dragoon Wells Massacre
as Tioga
(1957)
Night Passage
as Shotgun
(1957)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Tom McLowery
(1957)
Lure of the Swamp
as Henry Bliss
(1957)
Baby Face Nelson
as Fatso Nagel
(1956)
Thunder Over Arizona
as Slats Callahan
(1956)
Jubal
as McCoy
(1956)
Pardners
as Pete
(1955)
Kiss Me Deadly
as Charlie Max
(1955)
Wichita
as Al
(1955)
Man Without a Star
as Knife Murderer (uncredited)
(1955)
The Man from Laramie
as Chris Boldt
(1955)
Kismet
as Hasan-Ben
(1955)
Moonfleet
as Damen
(1955)
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
as Burger
(1955)
Artists and Models
as Ivan
(1954)
Jubilee Trail
as Whitey
(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
(1953)
Gun Belt
as Rusty Kolloway
(1953)
The Moonlighter
as Slim
(1953)
Ride, Vaquero!
as Barton
(1953)
Count the Hours!
as Max Verne
(1953)
Appointment in Honduras
as Castro
(1952)
High Noon
as Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited)
(1952)
Rancho Notorious
as Mort Geary
(1952)
Montana Territory
as Gimp
(1952)
Kansas City Confidential
as Pete Harris
(1952)
Lure of the Wilderness
as Dave Longden
(1952)
Finders Keepers
as Eddie
(1952)
The Battle at Apache Pass
as Mescal Jack
(1952)
The Ring
as Harry Jackson
(1952)
My Man and I
as Celestino Garcia
(1951)
Bird of Paradise
as The Trader
(1951)
Rawhide
as Tevis
(1951)
The Bushwhackers
as Cree
(1950)
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
as The Speaker
(1950)
One Way Street
as Arnie (uncredited)
(1950)
High Lonesome
as Smiling Man
(1950)
A Ticket to Tomahawk
as Fargo
(1950)
Key to the City
as Councilman (uncredited)
(1950)
The Sundowners
as Earl Boyce
(1949)
Wild Weed
as Raymond - Henchman