Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 18, 1919
Died
Nov 10, 2006
Place of Birth
Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
163 titles
Jack Palance
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
Vem Var Dracula
Self
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Self (archive footage)
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
Self
Buffalo Girls
Bartle Bone
The Swan Princess
Lord Rothbart (voice)
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
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 - Guest
Legends of the West
Host / Self - Judge Roy Bean
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
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alone in the Dark
Frank Hawkes
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Host
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest
Psychic Confession
Narrator
The Helm of Destiny
Narration
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