Jack Palance
Acting
🎂 1919-02-18
Jack Palance (born Volodymyr Palahniuk) 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.
Cast credits(161)
Self
1962
1962
Self - Co-Host
1961
Self
1961
Self - Nominee
1944
1948
Arky
1948
Dan Morgan
1956
Grissom
1989
Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
Julian Hays
1965
Self
1951
Tom Walker
1949
Count Alessandro di Cagliostro
1949
1949
Self - Host
1956
Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
1956
Self
1962
Kaleel
1979
Self
1948
Self
1950
Jeremy Prokosch
1963
Self
1953
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Self
1974
Louis Strago
1964
Yves Perret
1989
Lt. Alex Bronkov
1975
Self - Guest
1956
L. G. Murphy
1988
Curly Washburn
1991
Lord Rothbart (voice)
1994
Jake Jennings (segment "Bitter Harvest")
2001
Quincey Whitmore
1972
Jack Wilson
1953
1963
Antonin
1969
Rudi Cox
1987
Torvald
1961
Jesus Raza
1966
Mercy
1993
Long John Silver
1999
Sonny Bronson
1972
1971
Will Smith
1979
Gen. Weirother
1960
Louis Strago
1967
Travis
1992
Voltan
1980
Simon The Magician
1954
Kaleel
Jack
1962
Ricciolo ("Curly")
1968
Duke Page
1994
Jacob Wade
1957
Allan Van Praagh
2002
Dracula
1974
Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter
1975
Charles Castle
1955
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Roy Earle / Roy Collins
1955
Milo March
1958
Chet Rollins
1970
Stokes
1981
Judas Carmichael
1976
Walter Pedak
1965
Frank Hawkes
1982
Manolete
1957
Sam Clayton
1976
Pigeon Lane
1951
Frendlander
1977
Fidel Castro
1969
John
1951
Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
1951
Eric Koertner
1959
Blackie
1950
Xenos
1987
Parson Josiah Galt
1969
Rourke
1974
Neal Mottram
1974
Bartle Bone
1995
Scarface' Manzari
1976
Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")
1994
Jim Gatsby
1959
John
1970
Slade
1953
Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
2004
Mr. Kitch
1975
Vic Morono, the Boss
1975
Omus
1979
Self
1995
Bob Greiser
1997
Joe Costa
1956
Lieutenant Wade
1978
William Bates
1975
Joe Taylor
1980
Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
1967
Matteoni
1961
Monroe Stahr
1957
Ogataï
1961
Toriano
1953
Whitey Robinson
1980
Narrator (voice)
2001
Xeno
1988
Buck Santini
1972
Jabberwock
1966
Hellman
1973
Self
1964
Matteo Cirini (voice) (uncredited)
1968
Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
1956
Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow
1957
Passage Narrator (voice)
1992
van Daalen
1976
John Witting
1999
Attila
1954
Self
1985
El Tigre
1955
Jim Buck
1979
Tursen
1971
Revak
1960
Lester Blaine
1952
Marc Kazarian
1980
Overstreet
1992
Host
1992
Devil Anse Hatfield
1975
1965
Beelzebub
1998
Raphael
1979
Jake Stone
1994
Dr. Jekyll/Dr.Hyde
1968
Self (archive footage)
1996
Jeremy Prokosch (archive footage)
1967
Kolby
1970
Cappy Gordon
1953
Alboino
1961
1975
Duke
1976
Gil Walker
1953
Ebenezer Scrooge
1998
Hillman
1973
Rick Masters
1967
Self
1964
Major John Heston
1969
Self
1996
2001
Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo
1976
Douglas
1968
(archive footage)
1999
Charley MacPherson
1969
Self
1972
Host
1982
Mike Farrell
1979
Herr Bauer / Schneider
1962
Narrator (voice)
1977
Himself - Host
1978
Narration
1982
Self - Host
1977
Host
1997
Narrator
1982
Opening Narration (voice)
1991
Narrator (voice)
1967