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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 Sudd…
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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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BODY OF WORK
Jack Palance's Filmography
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The Bardot mystery
Back When We Were Grownups
as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
Living with the Dead
as Allan Van Praagh
Prancer Returns
The Omen Legacy
as Narrator (voice)
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
as John Witting
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience
as (archive footage)
Treasure Island
as Long John Silver
Ebenezer
as Ebenezer Scrooge
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
as Beelzebub
I'll Be Home For Christmas
as Bob Greiser
Monster Mania
as Host
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
as Self
Buffalo Girls
as Bartle Bone
The Swan Princess
as Lord Rothbart (voice)
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
as Duke Page
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")
Cops & Robbersons
as Jake Stone
Cyborg 2
as Mercy
Legends of the West
as Host / Self - Judge Roy Bean
Solar Crisis
as Travis
When It Was a Game 2
as Passage Narrator (voice)
Keep the Change
as Overstreet
Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan
as Opening Narration (voice)
City Slickers
as Curly Washburn
Tango & Cash
as Yves Perret
Batman
as Grissom
Outlaw of Gor
as Xeno
Imagine: John Lennon
as Self
Young Guns
as L. G. Murphy
Bagdad Cafe
as Rudi Cox
Gor
as Xenos
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alone in the Dark
as Frank Hawkes
The Helm of Destiny
as Narration
Psychic Confession
as Narrator
Evil Stalks This House
as Stokes
Without Warning
as Joe Taylor
Hawk the Slayer
as Voltan
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
as Whitey Robinson
The Ivory Ape
as Marc Kazarian
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
as Will Smith
Cocaine Cowboys
as Raphael
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
as Kaleel
Portrait of a Hitman
as Jim Buck
The Shape of Things to Come
as Omus
Angels' Brigade
as Mike Farrell
The One Man Jury
as Lieutenant Wade
Unknown Powers
as Himself - Host
National Geographic: The Volga
as Narrator (voice)
Welcome to Blood City
as Frendlander
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
The Unknown Force
as Self - Host
Blood and Bullets
as Duke
Rulers of the City
as Scarface' Manzari
Black Cobra
as Judas Carmichael
The Cop in Blue Jeans
as Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo
God's Gun
as Sam Clayton
Safari Express
as van Daalen
The Sensuous Nurse
as Mr. Kitch
Rickles
Africa Express
as Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter
The Four Deuces
as Vic Morono, the Boss
The Great Adventure
as William Bates
The Hatfields and the McCoys
as Devil Anse Hatfield
The Godchild
as Rourke
Dracula
as Dracula
Craze
as Neal Mottram
Oklahoma Crude
as Hellman
Brothers Blue
as Hillman
Imagine
as Self
Father Jackleg
as Buck Santini
Chato's Land
as Quincey Whitmore
It Can Be Done Amigo
as Sonny Bronston
The Horsemen
as Tursen
Compañeros
as John
Monte Walsh
as Chet Rollins
The McMasters
as Kolby
Battle of the Commandos
as Charley MacPherson
Che!
as Fidel Castro
Marquis de Sade: Justine
as Antonin
A Bullet for Rommel
as Major John Heston
The Desperados
as Parson Josiah Galt
The Mercenary
as Ricciolo ("Curly")
Madigan's Millions
as Matteo Cirini (voice) (uncredited)
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
as Douglas
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Jekyll / Mr.Hyde
Kill a Dragon
as Rick Masters
Torture Garden
as Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
The Dinosaur and the Baby
as Jeremy Prokosch (archive footage)
The Spy in the Green Hat
as Louis Strago
No Poster
And Still Champion! The Story of Archie Moore
as Narrator (voice)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Jabberwock
The Professionals
as Jesus Raza
Once a Thief
as Walter Pedak
Paparazzi
as Self
Bardot et Godard
as Self
Contempt
as Jeremy Prokosch
Warriors Five
as Jack
Night Train to Milan
as Herr Bauer / Schneider
Barabbas
as Torvald
The Last Judgment
as Matteoni
The Mongols
as Ogataï
Sword of the Conqueror
as Alboino
The Barbarians
as Revak
Austerlitz
as Gen. Weirother
Beyond All Limits
as Jim Gatsby
Ten Seconds to Hell
as Eric Koertner
The Man Inside
as Milo March
House of Numbers
as Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow
The Death of Manolete
as Manolete
The Lonely Man
as Jacob Wade
The Last Tycoon
as Monroe Stahr
Requiem for a Heavyweight
as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
Attack
as Joe Costa
I Died a Thousand Times
as Roy Earle / Roy Collins
The Big Knife
as Charles Castle
Kiss of Fire
as El Tigre
The Silver Chalice
as Simon The Magician
Sign of the Pagan
as Attila
Man in the Attic
as Slade
Flight to Tangier
as Gil Walker
Arrowhead
as Toriano
Second Chance
as Cappy Gordon
Shane
as Jack Wilson
Sudden Fear
as Lester Blaine
Halls of Montezuma
as Pigeon Lane
Panic in the Streets
as Blackie
No Poster
New Line: Independent Legacies
as Self (archive footage)