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Jack Palance

Model (person) | * 02/18/1919 († 87, 11/10/2006) | Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
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Walter Jack Palance ( PAL-əns; born Volodymyr Ivanovich Palahniuk; Ukrainian: Володимир Іванович Палагнюк, romanized: Volodymyr Ivanovych Palahniuk; February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American screen and stage actor, known to film audiences for playing tough guys and villains. He was nominated for three Academy Awards, all for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, for his roles in Sudden Fear (1952) and Shane (1953), and winning almost 40 years later for 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 attended Stanford University before pursuing a career in the theatre, winning a Theatre World Award in 1951. He made his film acting debut in Elia Kazan's Panic in the Streets (1950), and earned Oscar nominations for Sudden Fear and ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Action | Comedies

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A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems th ...

Contempt

NR

1963 | 3.6/5 | 1h 43min
Drama
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Three New York businessmen decide to take a "Wild West" vacation that turns out not to be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned. ...

City Slickers

PG-13

1991 | 3.2/5 | 1h 54min
Comedy, Western
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Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are narcotics detectives who, while both being extremely successful, can't stand each other. Crime Lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income that Tango and Cash have c ...

Tango & Cash

R

1989 | 3.2/5 | 1h 44min
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
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A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act. ...

Shane

NR

1953 | 3.7/5 | 1h 58min
Drama, Western
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Awards & Nominations for Jack Palance

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Theatre World Award Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame 3x Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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Movies with Jack Palance as Actor(118)

as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch2004 Back When We Were Grownups
as Allan Van Praagh2002 Living with the Dead
as Narrator (voice)2001 The Omen Legacy
2001 Prancer Returns
as Long John Silver1999 Treasure Island
as (archive footage)1999 Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience
as John Witting1999 Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
as Beelzebub1998 The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
as Ebenezer Scrooge1998 Ebenezer
as Bob Greiser1997 I'll Be Home For Christmas
as Host1997 Monster Mania
as himself1996 In Search of Dracula with Jonathan Ross
as Bartle Bone1995 Buffalo Girls
as himself1995 Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
as Jake Stone1994 Cops & Robbersons
as Lord Rothbart (voice)1994 The Swan Princess
as Duke Page1994 City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
as Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")1994 Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Mercy1993 Cyborg 2
as Overstreet1992 Keep the Change
as Curly Washburn1991 City Slickers
as Travis1990 Solar Crisis
as Carl Grissom1989 Batman
as Yves Perret1989 Tango & Cash
as L. G. Murphy1988 Young Guns
as Xeno1988 Outlaw of Gor
as Rudi Cox1987 Bagdad Cafe
as Xenos1987 Gor
1985 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Narrator1982 Psychic Confession
as Narration1982 The Helm of Destiny
as Frank Hawkes1982 Alone in the Dark
as Stokes1981 Evil Stalks This House
as Marc Kazarian1980 The Ivory Ape
as Voltan1980 Hawk the Slayer
as Joe Taylor1980 Without Warning
as Whitey Robinson1980 The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
as Jim Buck1979 Portrait of a Hitman
as Mike Farrell1979 Angels' Brigade
as Will Smith1979 The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
as Omus1979 The Shape of Things to Come
as Raphael1979 Cocaine Cowboys
as Lieutenant Wade1978 The One Man Jury
as Himself - Host1978 Unknown Powers
as Self - Host1977 The Unknown Force
as Frendlander1977 Welcome to Blood City
as Vic Morono, the Boss1976 The Four Deuces
as Scarface' Manzari1976 Rulers of the City
as van Daalen1976 Safari Express
as Judas Carmichael1976 Black Cobra
as Duke1976 Blood and Bullets
as Sam Clayton1976 God's Gun
as Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo1976 The Cop in Blue Jeans
as Mr. Kitch1975 The Sensuous Nurse
as Devil Anse Hatfield1975 The Hatfields and the McCoys
as William Bates1975 The Great Adventure
as Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter1975 Africa Express
as Neal Mottram1974 Craze
as Rourke1974 The Godchild
as Dracula1974 Dracula
as Hellman1973 Oklahoma Crude
as Hillman1973 Brothers Blue
as himself1972 Imagine
as Quincey Whitmore1972 Chato's Land
as Buck Santini1972 Father Jackleg
as Sonny Bronson1972 It Can Be Done, Amigo
as Tursen1971 The Horsemen
as John1970 Compañeros
as Chet Rollins1970 Monte Walsh
as Kolby1970 The McMasters
as Antonin1969 Marquis de Sade: Justine
as Major John Heston1969 A Bullet for Rommel
as Fidel Castro1969 Che!
as Parson Josiah Galt1969 The Desperados
as Charley MacPherson1969 Legion of the Damned
as Dr. Jekyll/Dr.Hyde1968 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Ricciolo ("Curly")1968 The Mercenary
as Douglas1968 They Came to Rob Las Vegas
as Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")1967 Torture Garden
as Louis Strago1967 The Spy in the Green Hat
as Jeremy Prokosch (archive footage)1967 The Dinosaur and the Baby
as Rick Masters1967 Kill a Dragon
as Jesus Raza1966 The Professionals
as Jabberwock1966 Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Walter Pedak1965 Once a Thief
as himself1964 Paparazzi
as himself1964 Le Parti des choses: Bardot et Godard
as Jeremy Prokosch1963 Contempt
as Jack1962 Warriors Five
as Herr Bauer / Schneider1962 Night Train to Milan
as Alboino1961 Sword of the Conqueror
as Torvald1961 Barabbas
as Ogataï1961 The Mongols
as Matteoni1961 The Last Judgment
as Gen. Weirother1960 The Battle of Austerlitz
as Revak1960 The Barbarians
as Jim Gatsby1959 Beyond All Limits
as Eric Koertner1959 Ten Seconds to Hell
as Milo March1958 The Man Inside
as Jacob Wade1957 The Lonely Man
as Monroe Stahr1957 The Last Tycoon
as Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow1957 House of Numbers
as Joe Costa1956 Attack
as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock1956 Requiem for a Heavyweight
as El Tigre1955 Kiss of Fire
as Roy Earle / Roy Collins1955 I Died a Thousand Times
as Charles Castle1955 The Big Knife
as Attila1954 Sign of the Pagan
as Simon The Magician1954 The Silver Chalice
as Jack Wilson1953 Shane
as Slade1953 Man in the Attic
as Toriano1953 Arrowhead
as Cappy Gordon1953 Second Chance
as Gil Walker1953 Flight to Tangier
as Lester Blaine1952 Sudden Fear
as Pigeon Lane1951 Halls of Montezuma
as Blackie1950 Panic in the Streets

TV Shows/Series with Jack Palance as Actor(27)

as Jake Jennings2001 Night Visions
as Host1982 Ripley's Believe It or Not!
as Kaleel1979 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1975 Bronk
1971 The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
as Self - Guest / Various Characters1967 The Carol Burnett Show
1965 Convoy
as Julian Hays1965 Run for Your Life
1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1963 The Greatest Show on Earth
as himself1962 The Merv Griffin Show
as himself1961 The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Guest1956 The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Host1956 Playhouse 90
as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock1956 Playhouse 90
as Dan Morgan1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as John1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as himself1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
as Tom Walker1949 Suspense
as Count Alessandro di Cagliostro1949 Suspense
as Self / Caliban1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as himself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 Studio One
as Arky1948 Studio One
1946 Lights Out

Full Name: Jack Palance
Born: Tuesday, 02/18 1919 (February) in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 11/10 2006 (November) in Montecito (aged: 87)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Educated at: Stanford University
Other names for Jack Palance (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Walter Jack Palance"
"Walter Palance"
"Jack Brazzo"
"Volodymyr Palahniuk"
"Джек Пеланс"
"Джек Паланс"
"Володимир Палагнюк"
"Джек Пэланс"
"Джак Паланс"
"Џек Паланс"
"Τζακ Πάλανς"
Jack Palance frequently works together with these people:
Charlton Heston (25x, Actor)
John Forsythe (18x, Actor)
James Daly (18x, Actor)
Eddie Albert (17x, Actor)
E.G. Marshall (16x, Actor)
Berry Kroeger (16x, Actor)
Maurice Evans (15x, Actor)
Tom Poston (15x, Actor)
Richard Kiley (15x, Actor)
Leslie Nielsen (14x, Actor)
Everett Sloane (14x, Actor)
Harry Alan Towers (11x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:4392, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 08/26/2024