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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 18, 1919
Died
November 10, 2006
Place of Birth
Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Walter Jack Palance
- Walter Palance
- Jack Brazzo
- Volodymyr Palahniuk
- Джек Пеланс
- Джек Паланс
- Володимир Палагнюк
- Джек Пэланс
- Джак Паланс
- Џек Паланс
- Τζακ Πάλανς
- Wolodymyr Iwanowitsch Palagnjuk
- جک پالانس
Jack Palance
2.0 Popularity
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.
Known For
4.6
Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
Back When We Were Grownups
2004
5.3
Allan Van Praagh
Living with the Dead
2002
5.4
Prancer Returns
2001
7.0
Narrator (voice)
The Omen Legacy
2001
7.2
Jake Jennings (segment "Bitter Harvest")
Night Visions
2001
7.4
John Witting
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
1999
6.3
(archive footage)
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience
1999
5.0
Long John Silver
Treasure Island
1999
3.1
Ebenezer Scrooge
Ebenezer
1998
7.2
Beelzebub
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
1998
Credits
Back When We Were Grownups
as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
2004
4.6
Living with the Dead
as Allan Van Praagh
2002
5.3
Prancer Returns
2001
5.4
The Omen Legacy
as Narrator (voice)
2001
7.0
Night Visions
as Jake Jennings (segment "Bitter Harvest")
2001
7.2
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
as John Witting
1999
7.4
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience
as (archive footage)
1999
6.3
Treasure Island
as Long John Silver
1999
5.0
Ebenezer
as Ebenezer Scrooge
1998
3.1
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
as Beelzebub
1998
7.2
I'll Be Home For Christmas
as Bob Greiser
1997
6.6
Monster Mania
as Host
1997
10.0
Vem Var Dracula
as Self
1996
0.0
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)
1996
7.5
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
as Self
1995
7.0
Buffalo Girls
as Bartle Bone
1995
6.4
The Swan Princess
as Lord Rothbart (voice)
1994
6.6
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage)
1994
6.5
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
as Duke Page
1994
5.3
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")
1994
6.6
Cops & Robbersons
as Jake Stone
1994
5.1
Cyborg 2
as Mercy
1993
4.3
Legends of the West
as Host
1992
0.0
Solar Crisis
as Travis
1992
4.2
When It Was a Game 2
as Passage Narrator (voice)
1992
9.0
Keep the Change
as Overstreet
1992
6.0
Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan
as Opening Narration (voice)
1991
2.0
City Slickers
as Curly Washburn
1991
6.4
Tango & Cash
as Yves Perret
1989
6.5
Batman
as Grissom
1989
7.2
Outlaw of Gor
as Xeno
1988
2.8
Imagine: John Lennon
as Self
1988
6.8
Young Guns
as L. G. Murphy
1988
6.7
Bagdad Cafe
as Rudi Cox
1987
7.2
Gor
as Xenos
1987
3.6
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
Alone in the Dark
as Frank Hawkes
1982
5.8
🎬
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
as Host
1982
7.5
The Helm of Destiny
as Narration
1982
0.0
Psychic Confession
as Narrator
1982
0.0
Evil Stalks This House
as Stokes
1981
3.5
Without Warning
as Joe Taylor
1980
5.3
Hawk the Slayer
as Voltan
1980
4.7
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
as Whitey Robinson
1980
0.0
The Ivory Ape
as Marc Kazarian
1980
3.5
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
as Will Smith
1979
1.9
Cocaine Cowboys
as Raphael
1979
4.2
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
as Kaleel
1979
0.0
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as Kaleel
1979
7.0
Portrait of a Hitman
as Jim Buck
1979
4.2
The Shape of Things to Come
as Omus
1979
3.9
Angels' Brigade
as Mike Farrell
1979
2.8
The One Man Jury
as Lieutenant Wade
1978
4.9
Unknown Powers
as Himself - Host
1978
5.8
Welcome to Blood City
as Frendlander
1977
4.9
National Geographic: The Volga
as Narrator (voice)
1977
0.0
The Unknown Force
as Self - Host
1977
0.0
Blood and Bullets
as Duke
1976
3.4
Rulers of the City
as Scarface' Manzari
1976
6.3
Black Cobra
as Judas Carmichael
1976
4.2
The Cop in Blue Jeans
as Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo
1976
6.1
God's Gun
as Sam Clayton
1976
5.2
Safari Express
as van Daalen
1976
4.9
The Sensuous Nurse
as Mr. Kitch
1975
5.1
Rickles
1975
0.0
Africa Express
as Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter
1975
4.6
The Four Deuces
as Vic Morono, the Boss
1975
4.0
Bronk
as Lt. Alex Bronkov
1975
6.2
The Great Adventure
as William Bates
1975
3.7
The Hatfields and the McCoys
as Devil Anse Hatfield
1975
10.0
The Godchild
as Rourke
1974
2.0
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
Dracula
as Dracula
1974
6.3
Craze
as Neal Mottram
1974
4.9
Oklahoma Crude
as Hellman
1973
6.1
Brothers Blue
as Hillman
1973
5.8
Imagine
as Self
1972
7.0
Father Jackleg
as Buck Santini
1972
4.0
Chato's Land
as Quincey Whitmore
1972
6.5
It Can Be Done Amigo
as Sonny Bronson
1972
5.7
The Horsemen
as Tursen
1971
6.3
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
6.5
Compañeros
as John
1970
6.5
Monte Walsh
as Chet Rollins
1970
6.2
The McMasters
as Kolby
1970
4.2
Battle of the Commandos
as Charley MacPherson
1969
5.5
Che!
as Fidel Castro
1969
4.9
Marquis de Sade: Justine
as Antonin
1969
5.0
A Bullet for Rommel
as Major John Heston
1969
5.4
The Desperados
as Parson Josiah Galt
1969
3.9
The Mercenary
as Ricciolo ("Curly")
1968
6.9
Madigan's Millions
as Matteo Cirini (voice) (uncredited)
1968
3.7
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
as Douglas
1968
5.9
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Jekyll/Dr.Hyde
1968
6.6
Kill a Dragon
as Rick Masters
1967
3.3
Torture Garden
as Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
1967
6.1
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
7.7
The Dinosaur and the Baby
as Jeremy Prokosch (archive footage)
1967
6.0
The Spy in the Green Hat
as Louis Strago
1967
6.6
🎬
And Still Champion! The Story of Archie Moore
as Narrator (voice)
1967
0.0
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Jabberwock
1966
6.0
The Professionals
as Jesus Raza
1966
7.1
🎬
Convoy
1965
6.5
Run for Your Life
as Julian Hays
1965
7.2
Once a Thief
as Walter Pedak
1965
6.4
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Louis Strago
1964
7.1
Paparazzi
as Self
1964
6.8
Bardot et Godard
as Self
1964
6.1
Contempt
as Jeremy Prokosch
1963
7.1
🎬
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
5.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
Warriors Five
as Jack
1962
0.0
Night Train to Milan
as Herr Bauer / Schneider
1962
5.8
Barabbas
as Torvald
1961
6.9
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Last Judgment
as Matteoni
1961
6.4
The Mongols
as Ogataï
1961
4.8
Sword of the Conqueror
as Alboino
1961
5.5
The Barbarians
as Revak
1960
0.0
The Battle of Austerlitz
as Gen. Weirother
1960
6.6
Beyond All Limits
as Jim Gatsby
1959
4.6
Ten Seconds to Hell
as Eric Koertner
1959
6.2
The Man Inside
as Milo March
1958
5.7
House of Numbers
as Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow
1957
5.3
The Death of Manolete
as Manolete
1957
0.0
The Lonely Man
as Jacob Wade
1957
5.9
The Last Tycoon
as Monroe Stahr
1957
0.0
Requiem for a Heavyweight
as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
1956
8.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Dan Morgan
1956
6.0
Playhouse 90
as Self - Host
1956
7.6
Playhouse 90
as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
1956
7.6
Attack
as Joe Costa
1956
6.8
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
1956
5.6
I Died a Thousand Times
as Roy Earle / Roy Collins
1955
6.1
The Big Knife
as Charles Castle
1955
6.0
Kiss of Fire
as El Tigre
1955
3.0
The Silver Chalice
as Simon The Magician
1954
4.4
Sign of the Pagan
as Attila
1954
5.2
Man in the Attic
as Slade
1953
5.4
Flight to Tangier
as Gil Walker
1953
6.1
Arrowhead
as Toriano
1953
5.9
Second Chance
as Cappy Gordon
1953
5.9
Shane
as Jack Wilson
1953
7.4
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Sudden Fear
as Lester Blaine
1952
7.3
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as John
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
1951
8.6
The Red Skelton Show
as Self
1951
7.4
Halls of Montezuma
as Pigeon Lane
1951
5.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
Panic in the Streets
as Blackie
1950
6.9
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
Lights Out
1949
5.8
Suspense
as Tom Walker
1949
4.9
Suspense
as Count Alessandro di Cagliostro
1949
4.9
Studio One
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Arky
1948
5.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2