Jack Palance
Acting • Born 1919-02-18 – Died 2006-11-10
Biography
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
167 credits
Contempt
Movie • 1963
Jeremy Prokosch
Batman
Movie • 1989
Grissom
City Slickers
Movie • 1991
Curly Washburn
Solar Crisis
Movie • 1992
Travis
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie • 1968
Dr. Jekyll/Dr.Hyde
Shane
Movie • 1953
Jack Wilson
Bagdad Cafe
Movie • 1987
Rudi Cox
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
Movie • 1995
Self
The Sensuous Nurse
Movie • 1975
Mr. Kitch
Second Chance
Movie • 1953
Cappy Gordon
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
Movie • 1994
Duke Page
The Professionals
Movie • 1966
Jesus Raza
Outlaw of Gor
Movie • 1988
Xeno
The Swan Princess
Movie • 1994
Lord Rothbart (voice)
Angels' Brigade
Movie • 1979
Mike Farrell
Barabbas
Movie • 1961
Torvald
Young Guns
Movie • 1988
L. G. Murphy
Ten Seconds to Hell
Movie • 1959
Eric Koertner
Panic in the Streets
Movie • 1950
Blackie
Attack
Movie • 1956
Joe Costa
Cops & Robbersons
Movie • 1994
Jake Stone
Hawk the Slayer
Movie • 1980
Voltan
Tango & Cash
Movie • 1989
Yves Perret
Chato's Land
Movie • 1972
Quincey Whitmore
Ebenezer
Movie • 1998
Ebenezer Scrooge
Monster Mania
Movie • 1997
Host
Man in the Attic
Movie • 1953
Slade
Torture Garden
Movie • 1967
Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
I Died a Thousand Times
Movie • 1955
Roy Earle / Roy Collins
The Shape of Things to Come
Movie • 1979
Omus
Once a Thief
Movie • 1965
Walter Pedak
Black Cobra
Movie • 1976
Judas Carmichael
The Lonely Man
Movie • 1957
Jacob Wade
Arrowhead
Movie • 1953
Toriano
Compañeros
Movie • 1970
John
Che!
Movie • 1969
Fidel Castro
The Cop in Blue Jeans
Movie • 1976
Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo
Without Warning
Movie • 1980
Joe Taylor
Cyborg 2
Movie • 1993
Mercy
Halls of Montezuma
Movie • 1951
Pigeon Lane
It Can Be Done Amigo
Movie • 1972
Sonny Bronson
The Silver Chalice
Movie • 1954
Simon The Magician
Rulers of the City
Movie • 1976
Scarface' Manzari
The Battle of Austerlitz
Movie • 1960
Gen. Weirother
The Big Knife
Movie • 1955
Charles Castle
House of Numbers
Movie • 1957
Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow
The Mercenary
Movie • 1968
Ricciolo ("Curly")
The Horsemen
Movie • 1971
Tursen
Monte Walsh
Movie • 1970
Chet Rollins
Sudden Fear
Movie • 1952
Lester Blaine
I'll Be Home For Christmas
Movie • 1997
Bob Greiser
Prancer Returns
Movie • 2001
Portrait of a Hitman
Movie • 1979
Jim Buck
Kill a Dragon
Movie • 1967
Rick Masters
The Helm of Destiny
Movie • 1982
Narration
The Four Deuces
Movie • 1975
Vic Morono, the Boss
The Unknown Force
Movie • 1977
Self - Host
Living with the Dead
Movie • 2002
Allan Van Praagh
The Last Judgment
Movie • 1961
Matteoni
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
Movie • 1999
John Witting
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
Movie • 1998
Beelzebub
Dracula
Movie • 1974
Dracula
The McMasters
Movie • 1970
Kolby
Gor
Movie • 1987
Xenos
God's Gun
Movie • 1976
Sam Clayton
Father Jackleg
Movie • 1972
Buck Santini
Africa Express
Movie • 1975
Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter
Welcome to Blood City
Movie • 1977
Frendlander
The Desperados
Movie • 1969
Parson Josiah Galt
Craze
Movie • 1974
Neal Mottram
Buffalo Girls
Movie • 1995
Bartle Bone
Back When We Were Grownups
Movie • 2004
Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
Movie • 1968
Douglas
The Great Adventure
Movie • 1975
William Bates
Treasure Island
Movie • 1999
Long John Silver
Evil Stalks This House
Movie • 1981
Stokes
The Spy in the Green Hat
Movie • 1967
Louis Strago
Safari Express
Movie • 1976
van Daalen
Oklahoma Crude
Movie • 1973
Hellman
The Man Inside
Movie • 1958
Milo March
Kiss of Fire
Movie • 1955
El Tigre
Flight to Tangier
Movie • 1953
Gil Walker
The One Man Jury
Movie • 1978
Lieutenant Wade
Sign of the Pagan
Movie • 1954
Attila
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Mongols
Movie • 1961
Ogataï
The Barbarians
Movie • 1960
Revak
Blood and Bullets
Movie • 1976
Duke
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Movie • 1966
Jabberwock
The Hatfields and the McCoys
Movie • 1975
Devil Anse Hatfield
The Godchild
Movie • 1974
Rourke
The Omen Legacy
Movie • 2001
Narrator (voice)
Marquis de Sade: Justine
Movie • 1969
Antonin
The Death of Manolete
Movie • 1957
Manolete
Sword of the Conqueror
Movie • 1961
Alboino
Battle of the Commandos
Movie • 1969
Charley MacPherson
Cocaine Cowboys
Movie • 1979
Raphael
Vem Var Dracula
Movie • 1996
Self
And Still Champion! The Story of Archie Moore
Movie • 1967
Narrator (voice)
The Ivory Ape
Movie • 1980
Marc Kazarian
Warriors Five
Movie • 1962
Jack
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
The Last Tycoon
Movie • 1957
Monroe Stahr
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
Movie • 1980
Whitey Robinson
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie • 1985
Self
A Bullet for Rommel
Movie • 1969
Major John Heston
National Geographic: The Volga
Movie • 1977
Narrator (voice)
Brothers Blue
Movie • 1973
Hillman
Paparazzi
Movie • 1964
Self
Night Train to Milan
Movie • 1962
Herr Bauer / Schneider
Unknown Powers
Movie • 1978
Himself - Host
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Movie • 1994
Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")
The Dinosaur and the Baby
Movie • 1967
Jeremy Prokosch (archive footage)
Imagine
Movie • 1972
Self
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
Movie • 1979
Will Smith
Bardot et Godard
Movie • 1964
Self
Beyond All Limits
Movie • 1959
Jim Gatsby
Psychic Confession
Movie • 1982
Narrator
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience
Movie • 1999
(archive footage)
Alone in the Dark
Movie • 1982
Frank Hawkes
Rickles
Movie • 1975
Legends of the West
Movie • 1992
Host / Self - Judge Roy Bean
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Movie • 1956
Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
Keep the Change
Movie • 1992
Overstreet
Madigan's Millions
Movie • 1968
Matteo Cirini (voice) (uncredited)
When It Was a Game 2
Movie • 1992
Passage Narrator (voice)
Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan
Movie • 1991
Opening Narration (voice)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
Movie • 1979
Kaleel
Imagine: John Lennon
Movie • 1988
Self
The Making of '...And God Spoke'
Movie • 1994
Self (archive footage)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
TV • 1971
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
TV • 1979
Kaleel
Playhouse 90
TV • 1956
Self - Host
Playhouse 90
TV • 1956
Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Studio One
TV • 1948
Night Visions
TV • 2001
Jake Jennings (segment "Bitter Harvest")
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
John
The Greatest Show on Earth
TV • 1963
Run for Your Life
TV • 1965
Julian Hays
Convoy
TV • 1965
Suspense
TV • 1949
Tom Walker
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Dan Morgan
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self - Guest
Lights Out
TV • 1949
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Bronk
TV • 1975
Lt. Alex Bronkov
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
Studio One
TV • 1948
Arky
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Louis Strago
Suspense
TV • 1949
Count Alessandro di Cagliostro
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
TV • 1982
Host
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Host
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
The World of Hammer
TV • 1994
Self (archive footage)
Living with the Dead
TV • 2002
Allan Van Praagh
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Late Night with David Letterman
TV • 1982
Self - Guest