Jack Palance
- Acting
- February 18, 1919 · Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA
- November 10, 2006
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
Filmography
- The Bardot mystery
- Back When We Were Grownups · Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
- Living with the Dead · Allan Van Praagh
- Living with the Dead · Allan Van Praagh
- Prancer Returns
- The Omen Legacy · Narrator (Voice)
- Night Visions · Jake Jennings (segment "Bitter Harvest")
- Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End · John Witting
- Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience · (archive footage)
- Treasure Island · Long John Silver
- Ebenezer · Ebenezer Scrooge
- The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo · Beelzebub
- I'll Be Home For Christmas · Bob Greiser
- Monster Mania · Host
- Joan Crawford: Always the Star · Self
- Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval · Self
- Buffalo Girls · Bartle Bone
- The Swan Princess · Lord Rothbart (Voice)
- The World of Hammer · Self
- City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold · Duke Page
- The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics · Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")
- Cops & Robbersons · Jake Stone
- Cyborg 2 · Mercy
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien · Self
- Legends of the West · Host / Self - Judge Roy Bean, Executive producer
- Solar Crisis · Travis
- When It Was a Game 2 · Passage Narrator (Voice)
- Keep the Change · Overstreet
- Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan · Opening Narration (Voice)
- City Slickers · Curly Washburn
- Tango & Cash · Yves Perret
- Batman · Grissom
- Outlaw of Gor · Xeno
- Imagine: John Lennon · Self
- Young Guns · L. G. Murphy
- Bagdad Cafe · Rudi Cox
- Gor · Xenos
- Night of 100 Stars II · Self
- George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey · (archive footage)
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage · Self
- Alone in the Dark · Frank Hawkes
- Ripley's Believe It or Not! · Host
- Late Night with David Letterman · Self
- The Helm of Destiny · Narration
- Psychic Confession · Narrator
- Evil Stalks This House · Stokes
- Without Warning · Joe Taylor
- Hawk the Slayer · Voltan
- The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story · Whitey Robinson
- The Ivory Ape · Marc Kazarian
- The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang · Will Smith
- Cocaine Cowboys · Raphael
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls · Kaleel
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century · Kaleel
- Portrait of a Hitman · Jim Buck
- The Shape of Things to Come · Omus
- Angels' Brigade · Mike Farrell
- The One Man Jury · Lieutenant Wade
- Unknown Powers · Self
- National Geographic: The Volga · Narrator (Voice)
- Welcome to Blood City · Frendlander
- The Unknown Force · Self
- Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
- Blood and Bullets · Duke
- Rulers of the City · Scarface' Manzari
- Black Cobra · Judas Carmichael
- The Cop in Blue Jeans · Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo
- God's Gun · Sam Clayton
- Safari Express · van Daalen
- The Sensuous Nurse · Mr. Kitch
- Rickles
- Africa Express · Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter
- The Four Deuces · Vic Morono, the Boss
- Bronk · Lt. Alex Bronkov
- The Great Adventure · William Bates
- The Hatfields and the McCoys · Devil Anse Hatfield
- The Godchild · Rourke
- Dinah! · Self
- Dracula · Dracula
- Craze · Neal Mottram