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Jack Palance
🎂 Feb 18, 1919 — 🕯️ Nov 10, 2006 (87 years)
Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA
Jack Palance, born in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA, is an actor and producer. Made their debut in 1950 with Panic in the Streets. Best known for Batman, playing Grissom. Also starred in Tango & Cash and Young Guns. Their filmography spans 132 movies and 37 TV shows over 76 years, across genres including comedy, action.
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Oscars
87
Movies
11
Series
Movies
Batman
1989
Tango & Cash
1989
Shane
1953
The Professionals
1966
Young Guns
1988
The Swan Princess
1994
Barabbas
1961
Chato's Land
1972
City Slickers
1991
Alone in the Dark
1982
Contempt
1963
Marquis de Sade: Justine
1969
The Mercenary
1968
Sudden Fear
1952
Attack
1956
The Big Knife
1955
Cyborg 2
1993
Bagdad Cafe
1987
Monte Walsh
1970
Solar Crisis
1992
Panic in the Streets
1950
Without Warning
1980
Compañeros
1970
The Battle of Austerlitz
1960
Arrowhead
1953
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
1994
Black Cobra
1976
Gor
1987
Cops & Robbersons
1994
It Can Be Done Amigo
1972
The Silver Chalice
1954
The Spy in the Green Hat
1967
Rulers of the City
1976
Oklahoma Crude
1973
Halls of Montezuma
1951
The Sensuous Nurse
1975
Craze
1974
Torture Garden
1967
The Horsemen
1971
Che!
1969
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
1968
The Lonely Man
1957
Hawk the Slayer
1980
The Shape of Things to Come
1979
The Last Judgment
1961
Sign of the Pagan
1954
I Died a Thousand Times
1955
A Bullet for Rommel
1969
Father Jackleg
1972
The McMasters
1970
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Allan Van Praagh
2002
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Night Visions
Jake Jennings (segment "Bitter Harvest")
2001
TV
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
John Witting
1999
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Treasure Island
Long John Silver
1999
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The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
Beelzebub
1998
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The Swan Princess
Lord Rothbart (voice)
1994
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Jack Palance
1919-02-18 · 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.