Jack Palance
American actor (1919-2006) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 87
Walter Jack Palance was an American actor. 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).
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2006Died10 November 20062002
Living with the DeadFilm, Allan Van Praagh2001
Night VisionsSeries, Jake Jennings (segment "Bitter Harvest")1993
Cyborg 2Film, Mercy1992Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorAward1991
City SlickersFilm, Curly Washburn1988
Imagine: John LennonFilm1982
Late Night with David LettermanSeries
Alone in the DarkFilm, 1982Frank Hawkes1979
The Shape of Things to ComeFilm, Omus1975
The Sensuous NurseFilm, Mr. Kitch1974
Dinah!Series1970
CompañerosFilm, John1968
The MercenaryFilm, Ricciolo ("Curly")1967
The Carol Burnett ShowSeries1966
The ProfessionalsFilm, Jesus Raza1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Series, Louis Strago1962
The Merv Griffin ShowSeries1961
BarabbasFilm, Torvald1957Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a MovieAward1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries, Dan Morgan
AttackFilm, 1956Joe Costa1953
Man in the AtticFilm, Slade1951Theatre World AwardAward
The Red Skelton ShowSeries, 1951Jack Palance1950
Panic in the StreetsFilm, Blackie1949
Lights OutSeries1944
Golden Globe AwardsSeries1919Born18 February 1919
Living with the DeadFilm, Allan Van Praagh2001Night VisionsSeries, Jake Jennings (segment "Bitter Harvest")1993Cyborg 2Film, Mercy1992Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorAward1991City SlickersFilm, Curly Washburn1988Imagine: John LennonFilm1982Late Night with David LettermanSeriesAlone in the DarkFilm, 1982Frank Hawkes1979The Shape of Things to ComeFilm, Omus1975The Sensuous NurseFilm, Mr. Kitch1974Dinah!Series1970CompañerosFilm, John1968The MercenaryFilm, Ricciolo ("Curly")1967The Carol Burnett ShowSeries1966The ProfessionalsFilm, Jesus Raza1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Series, Louis Strago1962The Merv Griffin ShowSeries1961BarabbasFilm, Torvald1957Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a MovieAward1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries, Dan MorganAttackFilm, 1956Joe Costa1953Man in the AtticFilm, Slade1951Theatre World AwardAwardThe Red Skelton ShowSeries, 1951Jack Palance1950Panic in the StreetsFilm, Blackie1949Lights OutSeries1944Golden Globe AwardsSeries1919Born18 February 1919People around Jack
- Harry Alan Towers Produced Marquis de Sade: Justine and Gor
Michael Chekhov Taught Jack
Robert Aldrich Produced The Big Knife and Attack- Dan Curtis Produced Bram Stoker's Dracula (1973)
Billy Crystal Produced City Slickers (1991)
Carlo Ponti Produced Contempt and The Sensuous Nurse
Dino De Laurentiis Produced Barabbas and The Last Judgement- Sergio Corbucci Directed The Mercenary and Compañeros
Richard Fleischer Directed Barabbas and Che!- Rudolph Maté Directed Second Chance and Revak the Rebel
Freddie Francis Directed Torture Garden and Craze- Henry Levin Directed The Desperados and The Lonely Man
Yoram Globus Produced God's Gun and The Four Deuces
Avi Lerner Produced Gor and Outlaw of Gor- Leopoldo Savona Directed The Mongols and Warriors Five
Jon Peters Produced Batman and Tango & Cash- Irving Allen Produced The Desperados and The Man Inside
Peter Guber Produced Batman and Tango & Cash
Greydon Clark Directed Without Warning and Angels Revenge
Vittorio De Sica Directed The Last Judgement (1961)
Lee Marvin Also in The Professionals and Attack
Joe D'Amato Directed Eva nera (1982)
Fernando Di Leo Directed Mister Scarface (1977)
George McCowan Directed H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come (1979)
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Shane 1953
Batman 1989
Bagdad Cafe 1987
Sudden Fear 1952
The Professionals 1966
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
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Television 24
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Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 2006 · aged 87
