Jack Palance
Born February 18, 1919 (Age: 107)
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Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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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Filmography
Le Mystère Bardot
2012
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as
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Age: 92
Living with the Dead
2002
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as Allan Van Praagh
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Age: 83
Ebenezer
1998
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as Ebenezer Scrooge
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Age: 79
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
1998
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as Beelzebub
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Age: 78
I'll Be Home For Christmas
1997
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as Bob Greiser
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Age: 78
Monster Mania
1997
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as Host
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Age: 77
Vem Var Dracula
1996
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as Self
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Age: 77
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 77
The Swan Princess
1994
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as Lord Rothbart (voice)
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Age: 75
The Making of '...And God Spoke'
1994
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 75
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
1994
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as Duke Page
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Age: 75
Cops & Robbersons
1994
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as Jake Stone
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Age: 75
Cyborg 2
1993
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as Mercy
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Age: 74
Legends of the West
1992
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as Host / Self - Judge Roy Bean
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Age: 73
Solar Crisis
1992
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as Travis
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Age: 73
When It Was a Game 2
1992
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as Passage Narrator (voice)
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Age: 73
Keep the Change
1992
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as Overstreet
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Age: 73
Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan
1991
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as Opening Narration (voice)
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Age: 72
City Slickers
1991
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as Curly Washburn
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Age: 72
Tango & Cash
1989
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as Yves Perret
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Age: 70
Batman
1989
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as Grissom
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Age: 70
Outlaw of Gor
1988
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as Xeno
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Age: 69
Imagine: John Lennon
1988
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as Self
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Age: 69
Young Guns
1988
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as L. G. Murphy
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Age: 69
Bagdad Cafe
1987
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as Rudi Cox
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Age: 68
Gor
1987
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as Xenos
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Age: 68
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
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as Self
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Age: 66
Evil Stalks This House
1981
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as Stokes
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Age: 62
Without Warning
1980
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as Joe Taylor
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Age: 61
Hawk the Slayer
1980
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as Voltan
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Age: 61
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980
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as Whitey Robinson
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Age: 61
The Ivory Ape
1980
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as Marc Kazarian
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Age: 61
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
1979
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as Kaleel
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Age: 60
The One Man Jury
1978
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as Lieutenant Wade
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Age: 59
Unknown Powers
1978
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as Himself - Host
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Age: 58
National Geographic: The Volga
1977
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 58
The Unknown Force
1977
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as Self - Host
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Age: 57
The Godchild
1974
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as Rourke
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Age: 55
Dracula
1974
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as Dracula
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Age: 55
Craze
1974
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as Neal Mottram
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Age: 55
Oklahoma Crude
1973
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as Hellman
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Age: 54
Brothers Blue
1973
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as Hillman
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Age: 54
Imagine
1972
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as Self
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Age: 53
Father Jackleg
1972
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as Buck Santini
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Age: 53
It Can Be Done Amigo
1972
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as Sonny Bronson
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Age: 53
Battle of the Commandos
1969
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as Charley MacPherson
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Age: 50
Che!
1969
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as Fidel Castro
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Age: 50
Marquis de Sade: Justine
1969
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as Antonin
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Age: 50
A Bullet for Rommel
1969
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as Major John Heston
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Age: 50
The Desperados
1969
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as Parson Josiah Galt
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Age: 50
Once a Thief
1965
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as Walter Pedak
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Age: 46
Paparazzi
1964
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as Self
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Age: 45
Bardot et Godard
1964
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as Self
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Age: 45
Contempt
1963
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as Jeremy Prokosch
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Age: 44
Warriors Five
1962
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as Jack
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Age: 43
Night Train to Milan
1962
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as Herr Bauer / Schneider
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Age: 43
Barabbas
1961
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as Torvald
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Age: 42
The Last Judgment
1961
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as Matteoni
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Age: 42
The Mongols
1961
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as Ogataï
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Age: 42
Sword of the Conqueror
1961
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as Alboino
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Age: 42
The Barbarians
1960
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as Revak
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Age: 41
The Battle of Austerlitz
1960
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as Gen. Weirother
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Age: 41
Beyond All Limits
1959
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as Jim Gatsby
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Age: 40
Ten Seconds to Hell
1959
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as Eric Koertner
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Age: 40
The Man Inside
1958
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as Milo March
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Age: 39
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1956
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as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
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Age: 37
Attack
1956
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as Joe Costa
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Age: 37
I Died a Thousand Times
1955
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as Roy Earle / Roy Collins
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Age: 36
The Big Knife
1955
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as Charles Castle
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Age: 36
Kiss of Fire
1955
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as El Tigre
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Age: 36
The Silver Chalice
1954
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as Simon The Magician
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Age: 35
Sign of the Pagan
1954
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as Attila
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Age: 35
Man in the Attic
1953
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as Slade
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Age: 34
Flight to Tangier
1953
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as Gil Walker
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Age: 34
Arrowhead
1953
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as Toriano
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Age: 34
Second Chance
1953
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as Cappy Gordon
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Age: 34
Shane
1953
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as Jack Wilson
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Age: 34
Panic in the Streets
1950
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as Blackie
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Age: 31