Jack Palance
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.
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CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
7.185
The Colgate Comedy Hour
6.8
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
6.5
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
6.975
Playhouse 90
7.6
The Merv Griffin Show
6.222
Playhouse 90
7.6
Studio One
5
Night Visions
7.194
Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.571
The Greatest Show on Earth
5
Run for Your Life
7.2
Convoy
6.5
Suspense
4.909
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
5.5
The Steve Allen Show
5.6
Lights Out
5.3
The Oscars
7.056
Bronk
6.2
The Red Skelton Show
7.375
The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.459
Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.571
Studio One
5
The Carol Burnett Show
7.7
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
7.185
Suspense
4.909
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
7.5
The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
What's My Line?
6.9
Dinah!
6.667
Golden Globe Awards
7.2
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.459
Movies
Contempt
7.1
Batman
7.2
City Slickers
6.4
Solar Crisis
4.29
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
6.308
Shane
7.4
Bagdad Cafe
7.213
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
7
The Sensuous Nurse
5.2
Second Chance
5.9
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
5.3
Outlaw of Gor
2.75
The Professionals
7.1
The Swan Princess
6.58
Angels' Brigade
2.8
Barabbas
6.883
Young Guns
6.7
Ten Seconds to Hell
6.1
Panic in the Streets
6.879
Attack
6.76
Cops & Robbersons
5.131
Hawk the Slayer
4.795
Tango & Cash
6.5
Chato's Land
6.6
Ebenezer
3
Monster Mania
10
Man in the Attic
5.5
Torture Garden
6.115
I Died a Thousand Times
6.143
The Shape of Things to Come
4
Once a Thief
6.5
Black Cobra
4.3
The Lonely Man
6.1
Compañeros
6.5
Arrowhead
5.9
Che!
5
The Cop in Blue Jeans
6.17
Without Warning
5.3
Cyborg 2
4.338
Halls of Montezuma
5.9
It Can Be Done Amigo
5.795
The Silver Chalice
4.4
Rulers of the City
6.4
The Battle of Austerlitz
6.6
House of Numbers
5.3
The Big Knife
5.943
The Mercenary
6.914
The Horsemen
6.5
Monte Walsh
6.2
Sudden Fear
7.281
I'll Be Home For Christmas
6.6
Prancer Returns
5.4
Portrait of a Hitman
4.2
Kill a Dragon
3.429
The Helm of Destiny
0
The Four Deuces
4
The Unknown Force
0
Living with the Dead
5.18
The Last Judgment
6.4
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
7.4
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
7.2
Dracula
6.275
The McMasters
4.4
Gor
3.633
God's Gun
5.2
Father Jackleg
4
Africa Express
4.765
Welcome to Blood City
4.9
The Desperados
4.1
Craze
5.029
Buffalo Girls
6.636
Back When We Were Grownups
4.9
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
5.881
The Great Adventure
4
Treasure Island
4.875
Evil Stalks This House
3.5
The Spy in the Green Hat
6.5
Safari Express
4.929
Oklahoma Crude
6.1
The Man Inside
5.722
Kiss of Fire
3
Flight to Tangier
6.1
The One Man Jury
5.4
Sign of the Pagan
5.2
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
6.5
The Mongols
4.8
The Barbarians
0
Blood and Bullets
4
Alice Through the Looking Glass
6
The Hatfields and the McCoys
10
The Godchild
2
The Omen Legacy
7
Marquis de Sade: Justine
5.1
The Death of Manolete
0
Sword of the Conqueror
5.5
Battle of the Commandos
5.5
Cocaine Cowboys
4.6
Vem Var Dracula
0
And Still Champion! The Story of Archie Moore
0
The Ivory Ape
3.5
Warriors Five
0
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
7.5
The Last Tycoon
0
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
0
Night of 100 Stars II
8
A Bullet for Rommel
5.4
National Geographic: The Volga
0
Brothers Blue
5.8
Paparazzi
6.8
Night Train to Milan
5.75
Unknown Powers
5.8
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
6.6
The Dinosaur and the Baby
6
Imagine
7
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
2.1
Bardot et Godard
6.071
Beyond All Limits
5.2
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
5.6
Psychic Confession
0
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience
6.333
Alone in the Dark
5.8
Rickles
0
Legends of the West
0
Requiem for a Heavyweight
7
Keep the Change
6
Madigan's Millions
3.7
When It Was a Game 2
9
Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan
2
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
0