Actor
· Acting
Jack Palance
Born 1919-02-18
Died 2006-11-10
📍 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.
Filmography 165
The Bardot mystery
2012
Back When We Were Grownups
as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
2004
Living with the Dead
as Allan Van Praagh
2002
Living with the Dead
as Allan Van Praagh
2002
Prancer Returns
2001
The Omen Legacy
as Narrator (voice)
2001
Night Visions
as Jake Jennings (segment "Bitter Harvest")
2001
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
as John Witting
1999
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience
as (archive footage)
1999
Treasure Island
as Long John Silver
1999
Ebenezer
as Ebenezer Scrooge
1998
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
as Beelzebub
1998
I'll Be Home For Christmas
as Bob Greiser
1997
Monster Mania
as Host
1997
Vem Var Dracula
as Self
1996
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)
1996
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
as Self
1995
Buffalo Girls
as Bartle Bone
1995
The Swan Princess
as Lord Rothbart (voice)
1994
The Making of '...And God Spoke'
as Self (archive footage)
1994
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage)
1994
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
as Duke Page
1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")
1994
Cops & Robbersons
as Jake Stone
1994
Cyborg 2
as Mercy
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
Legends of the West
as Host / Self - Judge Roy Bean
1992
Solar Crisis
as Travis
1992
When It Was a Game 2
as Passage Narrator (voice)
1992
Keep the Change
as Overstreet
1992
Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan
as Opening Narration (voice)
1991
City Slickers
as Curly Washburn
1991
Tango & Cash
as Yves Perret
1989
Batman
as Grissom
1989
Outlaw of Gor
as Xeno
1988
Imagine: John Lennon
as Self
1988
Young Guns
as L. G. Murphy
1988
Bagdad Cafe
as Rudi Cox
1987
Gor
as Xenos
1987
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Alone in the Dark
as Frank Hawkes
1982
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1982
The Helm of Destiny
as Narration
1982
Psychic Confession
as Narrator
1982
Evil Stalks This House
as Stokes
1981
Without Warning
as Joe Taylor
1980
Hawk the Slayer
as Voltan
1980
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
as Whitey Robinson
1980
The Ivory Ape
as Marc Kazarian
1980
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
as Will Smith
1979
Cocaine Cowboys
as Raphael
1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
as Kaleel
1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as Kaleel
1979
Portrait of a Hitman
as Jim Buck
1979
The Shape of Things to Come
as Omus
1979
Angels' Brigade
as Mike Farrell
1979
The One Man Jury
as Lieutenant Wade
1978
Unknown Powers
as Himself - Host
1978
Welcome to Blood City
as Frendlander
1977
National Geographic: The Volga
as Narrator (voice)
1977
The Unknown Force
as Self - Host
1977
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
1977
Blood and Bullets
as Duke
1976
Rulers of the City
as Scarface' Manzari
1976
Black Cobra
as Judas Carmichael
1976
The Cop in Blue Jeans
as Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo
1976
God's Gun
as Sam Clayton
1976
Safari Express
as van Daalen
1976
The Sensuous Nurse
as Mr. Kitch
1975
Rickles
1975
Africa Express
as Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter
1975
The Four Deuces
as Vic Morono, the Boss
1975
Bronk
as Lt. Alex Bronkov
1975
The Great Adventure
as William Bates
1975
The Hatfields and the McCoys
as Devil Anse Hatfield
1975
The Godchild
as Rourke
1974
Dinah!
as Self
1974
Dracula
as Dracula
1974
Craze
as Neal Mottram
1974
Oklahoma Crude
as Hellman
1973
Brothers Blue
as Hillman
1973
Imagine
as Self
1972
Father Jackleg
as Buck Santini
1972
Chato's Land
as Quincey Whitmore
1972
It Can Be Done Amigo
as Sonny Bronson
1972
The Horsemen
as Tursen
1971
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
Compañeros
as John
1970
Monte Walsh
as Chet Rollins
1970
The McMasters
as Kolby
1970
Battle of the Commandos
as Charley MacPherson
1969
Che!
as Fidel Castro
1969
Marquis de Sade: Justine
as Antonin
1969
A Bullet for Rommel
as Major John Heston
1969
The Desperados
as Parson Josiah Galt
1969
The Mercenary
as Ricciolo ("Curly")
1968
Madigan's Millions
as Matteo Cirini (voice) (uncredited)
1968
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
as Douglas
1968
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Jekyll/Dr.Hyde
1968
Kill a Dragon
as Rick Masters
1967
Torture Garden
as Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
1967
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
The Dinosaur and the Baby
as Jeremy Prokosch (archive footage)
1967
The Spy in the Green Hat
as Louis Strago
1967
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Jabberwock
1966
The Professionals
as Jesus Raza
1966
Run for Your Life
as Julian Hays
1965
Once a Thief
as Walter Pedak
1965
Paparazzi
as Self
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Louis Strago
1964
Bardot et Godard
as Self
1964
Contempt
as Jeremy Prokosch
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Warriors Five
as Jack
1962
Night Train to Milan
as Herr Bauer / Schneider
1962
Barabbas
as Torvald
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
The Last Judgment
as Matteoni
1961
The Mongols
as Ogataï
1961
Sword of the Conqueror
as Alboino
1961
The Barbarians
as Revak
1960
The Battle of Austerlitz
as Gen. Weirother
1960
Beyond All Limits
as Jim Gatsby
1959
Ten Seconds to Hell
as Eric Koertner
1959
The Man Inside
as Milo March
1958
House of Numbers
as Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow
1957
The Death of Manolete
as Manolete
1957
The Lonely Man
as Jacob Wade
1957
The Last Tycoon
as Monroe Stahr
1957
Requiem for a Heavyweight
as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Dan Morgan
1956
Playhouse 90
as Self - Host
1956
Playhouse 90
as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
1956
Attack
as Joe Costa
1956
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
1956
I Died a Thousand Times
as Roy Earle / Roy Collins
1955
The Big Knife
as Charles Castle
1955
Kiss of Fire
as El Tigre
1955
The Silver Chalice
as Simon The Magician
1954
Sign of the Pagan
as Attila
1954
Man in the Attic
as Slade
1953
Flight to Tangier
as Gil Walker
1953
Arrowhead
as Toriano
1953
Second Chance
as Cappy Gordon
1953
Shane
as Jack Wilson
1953
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Sudden Fear
as Lester Blaine
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as John
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
1951
The Red Skelton Show
as Self
1951
Halls of Montezuma
as Pigeon Lane
1951
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
Panic in the Streets
as Blackie
1950
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Lights Out
1949
Suspense
as Tom Walker
1949
Suspense
as Count Alessandro di Cagliostro
1949
Studio One
1948
Studio One
as Arky
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944