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Jack Palance

Jack Palance

Birthday: 1919-02-17 | Place of Birth: Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Palance, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2004
Back When We Were Grownups

as    Paul 'Poppy' Davitch

2002
Living with the Dead

as    Allan Van Praagh

2001
The Omen Legacy

as    Narrator (voice)

1999
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End

as    John Witting

1999
Treasure Island

as    Long John Silver

1998
1998
Ebenezer

as    Ebenezer Scrooge

1997
I'll Be Home For Christmas

as    Bob Greiser

1995
Buffalo Girls

as    Bartle Bone

1994
Cops & Robbersons

as    Jake Stone

1994
The Swan Princess

as    Lord Rothbart (voice)

1993
Cyborg 2

as    Mercy

1991
City Slickers

as    Curly Washburn

1989
Batman

as    Grissom

1989
Tango & Cash

as    Yves Perret

1988
Young Guns

as    L. G. Murphy

1987
Bagdad Cafe

as    Rudi Cox

1987
Gor

as    Xenos

1982
Alone in the Dark

as    Frank Hawkes

1980
Without Warning

as    Joe Taylor

1980
The Ivory Ape

as    Marc Kazarian

1980
Hawk the Slayer

as    Voltan

1979
Portrait of a Hitman

as    Jim Buck

1979
Angels' Brigade

as    Mike Farrell

1979
1979
Cocaine Cowboys

as    Raphael

1977
Welcome to Blood City

as    Frendlander

1976
Black Cobra

as    Judas Carmichael