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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Omen Legacy | Narrator (voice) | HIT | |
| 1999 | Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End | John Witting | HIT | |
| 1999 | Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience | (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 1998 | The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo | Beelzebub | HIT | |
| 1997 | I'll Be Home For Christmas | Bob Greiser | HIT | |
| 1997 | Monster Mania | Host | HIT | |
| 1996 | Joan Crawford: Always the Star | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1995 | Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval | Self | HIT | |
| 1995 | Buffalo Girls | Bartle Bone | FLOP | |
| 1994 | The Swan Princess | Lord Rothbart (voice) | HIT | |
| 1994 | The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics | Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are") | HIT | |
| 1992 | When It Was a Game 2 | Passage Narrator (voice) | HIT | |
| 1991 | City Slickers | Curly Washburn | HIT | |
| 1989 | Tango & Cash | Yves Perret | HIT | |
| 1989 | Batman | Grissom | HIT | |
| 1988 | Imagine: John Lennon | Self | HIT | |
| 1988 | Young Guns | L. G. Murphy | HIT | |
| 1987 | Bagdad Cafe | Rudi Cox | HIT | |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | HIT | |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | HIT | |
| 1976 | Rulers of the City | Scarface' Manzari | FLOP | |
| 1976 | The Cop in Blue Jeans | Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo | FLOP | |
| 1975 | The Hatfields and the McCoys | Devil Anse Hatfield | HIT | |
| 1974 | Dracula | Dracula | FLOP | |
| 1973 | Oklahoma Crude | Hellman | FLOP | |
| 1972 | Imagine | Self | HIT | |
| 1972 | Chato's Land | Quincey Whitmore | HIT | |
| 1971 | The Horsemen | Tursen | FLOP | |
| 1970 | Compañeros | John | HIT | |
| 1970 | Monte Walsh | Chet Rollins | FLOP | |
| 1968 | The Mercenary | Ricciolo ("Curly") | HIT | |
| 1968 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Jekyll/Dr.Hyde | HIT | |
| 1967 | Torture Garden | Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe") | FLOP | |
| 1967 | The Spy in the Green Hat | Louis Strago | HIT | |
| 1966 | The Professionals | Jesus Raza | HIT | |
| 1965 | Once a Thief | Walter Pedak | FLOP | |
| 1964 | Paparazzi | Self | HIT | |
| 1964 | Bardot et Godard | Self | FLOP | |
| 1963 | Contempt | Jeremy Prokosch | HIT | |
| 1961 | Barabbas | Torvald | HIT | |
| 1961 | The Last Judgment | Matteoni | FLOP | |
| 1960 | The Battle of Austerlitz | Gen. Weirother | HIT | |
| 1959 | Ten Seconds to Hell | Eric Koertner | FLOP | |
| 1956 | Requiem for a Heavyweight | Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock | HIT | |
| 1956 | Attack | Joe Costa | HIT | |
| 1955 | I Died a Thousand Times | Roy Earle / Roy Collins | FLOP | |
| 1953 | Flight to Tangier | Gil Walker | FLOP | |
| 1953 | Shane | Jack Wilson | HIT | |
| 1952 | Sudden Fear | Lester Blaine | HIT | |
| 1950 | Panic in the Streets | Blackie | HIT |