# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-elam
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:46:58.426Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-elam"
name: "Jack Elam"
slug: "jack-elam"
description: "William Scott \"Jack\" Elam was an American film and television actor best known for his numerous roles as villains in Western films, and later in his career, comedies. His most distinguishing physical quality was his misaligned eye. Before his career in acting, he took several jobs in finance and served two years in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Elam performed in 73 movies and in at least 41 television series."
tagline: "American actor (1920–2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jack_Elam_in_Kansas_City_Confidential.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1920-11-13"
deathDate: "2003-10-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           58.42
  momentum:             3.881151346332404
  historical:           22.045836
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001181/"
    handle:    "nm0001181"
sources:
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    title: "Jack Elam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Elam"
    title: "Jack Elam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BA"
    title: "Элам, Джек"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jack Elam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A5%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "جاك إلام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "جاك الام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jack Elam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DA%A9_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "جک ایلام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джак Елам"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جاک ئیلام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jack Elam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Elam"
    title: "Jack Elam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Elam"
    title: "Jack Elam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DA%A9_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "جک ایلام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Elam"
    title: "Jack Elam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Elam"
    title: "Jack Elam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Elam"
    title: "Jack Elam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Elam"
    title: "Jack Elam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A0"
    title: "ジャック・イーラム"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9E%AD_%EC%96%BC%EB%9E%8C"
    title: "잭 얼람"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jack Elam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Elam"
    title: "Jack Elam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Elam"
    title: "Jack Elam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Elam"
    title: "Jack Elam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Elam"
    title: "Jack Elam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q500155"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4965"
    title: "Jack Elam"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump