Jack Palance

from Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA

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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.

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Timeline

2012Aged 93

  • Poster for The Bardot mystery

    (Unknown)

2004Aged 85

  • Poster for Back When We Were Grownups

    Paul 'Poppy' Davitch

2002Aged 83

  • Poster for Living with the Dead

    Allan Van Praagh

2001Aged 82

  • Poster for The Omen Legacy

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Prancer Returns

    (Unknown)

1999Aged 80

  • Poster for Treasure Island

    Long John Silver

  • Poster for Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience

    (archive footage)

  • Poster for Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End

    John Witting

1998Aged 79

  • Poster for The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo

    Beelzebub

  • Poster for Ebenezer

    Ebenezer Scrooge

1997Aged 78

  • Poster for Monster Mania

    Host

  • Poster for I'll Be Home For Christmas

    Bob Greiser

1996Aged 77

  • Poster for Joan Crawford: Always the Star

    Self (archive footage)

1995Aged 76

  • Poster for Buffalo Girls

    Bartle Bone

  • Poster for Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval

    Self

1994Aged 75

  • Poster for Cops & Robbersons

    Jake Stone

  • Poster for The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

    Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")

  • Poster for City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

    Duke Page

  • Poster for The Swan Princess

    Lord Rothbart (voice)

1993Aged 74

  • Poster for Cyborg 2

    Mercy

1992Aged 73

  • Poster for Keep the Change

    Overstreet

  • Poster for When It Was a Game 2

    Passage Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Solar Crisis

    Travis

  • Poster for Legends of the West

    Host / Self - Judge Roy Bean

1991Aged 72

  • Poster for City Slickers

    Curly Washburn

  • Poster for Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan

    Opening Narration (voice)

1989Aged 70

  • Poster for Batman

    Grissom

  • Poster for Tango & Cash

    Yves Perret

1988Aged 69

  • Poster for Young Guns

    L. G. Murphy

  • Poster for Imagine: John Lennon

    Self

  • Poster for Outlaw of Gor

    Xeno

1987Aged 68

  • Poster for Gor

    Xenos

  • Poster for Bagdad Cafe

    Rudi Cox

1985Aged 66

  • Poster for George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

    (archive footage)

  • Poster for Night of 100 Stars II

    Self

1983Aged 64

  • Poster for Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1982Aged 63

  • Poster for Psychic Confession

    Narrator

  • Poster for The Helm of Destiny

    Narration

  • Poster for Alone in the Dark

    Frank Hawkes

1981Aged 62

  • Poster for Evil Stalks This House

    Stokes

1980Aged 61

  • Poster for The Ivory Ape

    Marc Kazarian

  • Poster for The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story

    Whitey Robinson

  • Poster for Hawk the Slayer

    Voltan

  • Poster for Without Warning

    Joe Taylor

1979Aged 60

  • Poster for Angels' Brigade

    Mike Farrell

  • Poster for The Shape of Things to Come

    Omus

  • Poster for Portrait of a Hitman

    Jim Buck

  • Poster for Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls

    Kaleel

  • Poster for Cocaine Cowboys

    Raphael

  • Poster for The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

    Will Smith

1978Aged 59

  • Poster for Unknown Powers

    Himself - Host

  • Poster for The One Man Jury

    Lieutenant Wade

1977Aged 58

  • Poster for Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Unknown Force

    Self - Host

  • Poster for Welcome to Blood City

    Frendlander

  • Poster for National Geographic: The Volga

    Narrator (voice)

1976Aged 57

  • Poster for Safari Express

    van Daalen

  • Poster for God's Gun

    Sam Clayton

  • Poster for The Cop in Blue Jeans

    Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo

  • Poster for Black Cobra

    Judas Carmichael

  • Poster for Rulers of the City

    Scarface' Manzari

  • Poster for Blood and Bullets

    Duke

1975Aged 56

  • Poster for The Hatfields and the McCoys

    Devil Anse Hatfield

  • Poster for The Great Adventure

    William Bates

  • Poster for The Four Deuces

    Vic Morono, the Boss

  • Poster for Africa Express

    Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter

  • Poster for Rickles

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Sensuous Nurse

    Mr. Kitch

1974Aged 55

  • Poster for Craze

    Neal Mottram

  • Poster for Dracula

    Dracula

  • Poster for The Godchild

    Rourke

1973Aged 54

  • Poster for Brothers Blue

    Hillman

  • Poster for Oklahoma Crude

    Hellman

1972Aged 53

  • Poster for It Can Be Done Amigo

    Sonny Bronston

  • Poster for Chato's Land

    Quincey Whitmore

  • Poster for Father Jackleg

    Buck Santini

  • Poster for Imagine

    Self

1971Aged 52

  • Poster for The Horsemen

    Tursen

1970Aged 51

  • Poster for The McMasters

    Kolby

  • Poster for Monte Walsh

    Chet Rollins

  • Poster for Compañeros

    John

1969Aged 50

  • Poster for The Desperados

    Parson Josiah Galt

  • Poster for A Bullet for Rommel

    Major John Heston

  • Poster for Marquis de Sade: Justine

    Antonin

  • Poster for Che!

    Fidel Castro

  • Poster for Battle of the Commandos

    Charley MacPherson

1968Aged 49

  • Poster for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Dr. Jekyll / Mr.Hyde

  • Poster for They Came to Rob Las Vegas

    Douglas

  • Poster for Madigan's Millions

    Matteo Cirini (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Mercenary

    Ricciolo ("Curly")

1967Aged 48

1966Aged 47

  • Poster for The Professionals

    Jesus Raza

  • Poster for Alice Through the Looking Glass

    Jabberwock

1965Aged 46

  • Poster for Once a Thief

    Walter Pedak

1964Aged 45

  • Poster for Bardot et Godard

    Self

  • Poster for Paparazzi

    Self

1963Aged 44

  • Poster for Contempt

    Jeremy Prokosch

1962Aged 43

  • Poster for Night Train to Milan

    Herr Bauer / Schneider

  • Poster for Warriors Five

    Jack

1961Aged 42

  • Poster for Sword of the Conqueror

    Alboino

  • Poster for The Mongols

    Ogataï

  • Poster for The Last Judgment

    Matteoni

  • Poster for Barabbas

    Torvald

1960Aged 41

  • Poster for Austerlitz

    Gen. Weirother

  • Poster for The Barbarians

    Revak

1959Aged 40

  • Poster for Ten Seconds to Hell

    Eric Koertner

  • Poster for Beyond All Limits

    Jim Gatsby

1958Aged 39

  • Poster for The Man Inside

    Milo March

1957Aged 38

  • Poster for The Last Tycoon

    Monroe Stahr

  • Poster for The Lonely Man

    Jacob Wade

  • Poster for The Death of Manolete

    Manolete

  • Poster for House of Numbers

    Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow

1956Aged 37

  • Poster for Attack

    Joe Costa

  • Poster for Requiem for a Heavyweight

    Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock

1955Aged 36

  • Poster for Kiss of Fire

    El Tigre

  • Poster for The Big Knife

    Charles Castle

  • Poster for I Died a Thousand Times

    Roy Earle / Roy Collins

1954Aged 35

  • Poster for Sign of the Pagan

    Attila

  • Poster for The Silver Chalice

    Simon The Magician

1953Aged 34

  • Poster for Shane

    Jack Wilson

  • Poster for Second Chance

    Cappy Gordon

  • Poster for Arrowhead

    Toriano

  • Poster for Flight to Tangier

    Gil Walker

  • Poster for Man in the Attic

    Slade

1952Aged 33

  • Poster for Sudden Fear

    Lester Blaine

1951Aged 32

  • Poster for Halls of Montezuma

    Pigeon Lane

1950Aged 31

  • Poster for Panic in the Streets

    Blackie

Year unknown