Jack Palance
AKA: Walter Jack Palance
Birthday: 1919-02-17
Died: 2006-11-10
Birthplace: Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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Filmography
Character: Jeremy Prokosch
Character: Curly Washburn
Character: Dr. Jekyll/Dr.Hyde
Character: Lord Rothbart (voice)
Character: Quincey Whitmore
Character: Roy Earle / Roy Collins
Character: Ebenezer Scrooge
Character: Judas Carmichael
Character: Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo
Character: Simon The Magician
Character: Scarface' Manzari
Character: Ricciolo ("Curly")
Character: Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow
Character: Charles Castle
Character: Vic Morono, the Boss
Character: Allan Van Praagh
Character: Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter
Character: Parson Josiah Galt
Character: Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
Character: Long John Silver
Character: Charley MacPherson
Character: Lieutenant Wade
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character: Devil Anse Hatfield
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
Character: Whitey Robinson
Character: Major John Heston
Character: Herr Bauer / Schneider
Character: Himself - Host
Character: Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")
Character: Jeremy Prokosch (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
Character: Gen. Weirother
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Narrator (voice)