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)
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)
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)
Pony Express Rider
as Crazy Charlie
(1976)
Hawmps!
as Bad Jack Cutter
(1976)
Creature from Black Lake
as Joe Canton
(1976)
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
as Bitterroot
(1976)
The Winds of Autumn
as J. Pete Hankins
(1975)
Huckleberry Finn
as King
(1974)
Sidekicks
as Boss
(1974)
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
as Handy
(1974)
A Knife for the Ladies
as Jarrod (Sheriff)
(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)
Cat Ballou
as Kid Sheleen
(1971)
The Last Rebel
as Matt
(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)
Wichita
as Al
(1955)
Man Without a Star
as Knife Murderer (uncredited)
(1955)
Artists and Models
as Ivan
(1955)
Kismet
as Hasan-Ben
(1955)
Moonfleet
as Damen
(1955)
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
as Burger
(1955)
The Silent Partner
as Shanks
(1954)
The Far Country
as Frank Newberry
(1954)
Vera Cruz
as Tex
(1954)
Ride Clear of Diablo
as Tim Lowerie
(1954)
Princess of the Nile
as Basra
(1954)
Cattle Queen of Montana
as Yost
(1954)
Jubilee Trail
as Whitey
(1953)
Ride, Vaquero!
as Barton
(1953)
Appointment in Honduras
as Castro
(1953)
Gun Belt
as Rusty Kolloway
(1953)
Count the Hours!
as Max Verne
(1953)
The Moonlighter
as Slim
(1952)
High Noon
as Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited)
(1952)
Rancho Notorious
as Mort Geary
(1952)
Kansas City Confidential
as Pete Harris
(1952)
The Battle at Apache Pass
as Mescal Jack
(1952)
Lure of the Wilderness
as Dave Longden
(1952)
Finders Keepers
as Eddie
(1952)
Montana Territory
as Gimp
(1952)
My Man and I
as Celestino Garcia
(1952)
The Ring
as Harry Jackson
(1951)
Rawhide
as Tevis
(1951)
The Bushwhackers
as Cree
(1951)
Bird of Paradise
as The Trader
(1950)
A Ticket to Tomahawk
as Fargo
(1950)
Key to the City
as Councilman (uncredited)
(1950)
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
as The Speaker
(1950)
High Lonesome
as Smiling Man
(1950)
One Way Street
as Arnie (uncredited)
(1950)
The Sundowners
as Earl Boyce
(1949)
Wild Weed
as Raymond - Henchman