Jack Palance

Jack Palance

Date of Birth:

Feb 17, 1919

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

filmography:

Craze Craze

1974

God's Gun God's Gun

1976

Imagine Imagine

1972

Rickles Rickles

1975

Paparazzi Paparazzi

1964

Gor Gor

1987

Attack Attack

1956

Ebenezer Ebenezer

1998

Young Guns Young Guns

1988

Barabbas Barabbas

1961

Shane Shane

1953

Batman Batman

1989

Dracula Dracula

1974

Cyborg 2 Cyborg 2

1995

Che! Che!

1969

Arrowhead Arrowhead

1953

Contempt Contempt

1963

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