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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Movies (46)
Back When We Were Grownups
as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
2004
Living with the Dead
as Allan Van Praagh
2002
Prancer Returns
2001
The Omen Legacy
as Narrator (voice)
2001
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
as John Witting
1999
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience
as (archive footage)
1999
Treasure Island
as Long John Silver
1999
Ebenezer
as Ebenezer Scrooge
1998
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
as Beelzebub
1998
I'll Be Home For Christmas
as Bob Greiser
1997
Monster Mania
as Host
1997
Vem Var Dracula
as Self
1996
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)
1996
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
as Self
1995
Buffalo Girls
as Bartle Bone
1995
The Swan Princess
as Lord Rothbart (voice)
1994
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
as Duke Page
1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")
1994
Cops & Robbersons
as Jake Stone
1994
Cyborg 2
as Mercy
1993
Legends of the West
as Host
1992
Solar Crisis
as Travis
1992
When It Was a Game 2
as Passage Narrator (voice)
1992
Keep the Change
as Overstreet
1992
Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan
as Opening Narration (voice)
1991
City Slickers
as Curly Washburn
1991
Tango & Cash
as Yves Perret
1989
Batman
as Grissom
1989
Outlaw of Gor
as Xeno
1988
Imagine: John Lennon
as Self
1988
Young Guns
as L. G. Murphy
1988
Bagdad Cafe
as Rudi Cox
1987
Gor
as Xenos
1987
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Alone in the Dark
as Frank Hawkes
1982
The Helm of Destiny
as Narration
1982
Psychic Confession
as Narrator
1982
Evil Stalks This House
as Stokes
1981
Without Warning
as Joe Taylor
1980
Hawk the Slayer
as Voltan
1980
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
as Whitey Robinson
1980
The Ivory Ape
as Marc Kazarian
1980
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
as Will Smith
1979
Cocaine Cowboys
as Raphael
1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
as Kaleel
1979
