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