Jack Palance

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Jack Palance was an American actor of Ukrainian descent. 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 the Oscar almost 40 years later for his role in City Slickers (1991).

Birth Name

Volodymir Ivanovic Palahniuk

Born

Wednesday, 18 February 1920

Died

Friday, 10 November 2006

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

The Sixties	Himself	2013
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s	Himself	2012
Two in the Wave	Himself (archive footage)	2010
Back When We Were Grownups	Paul 'Poppy' Davitch	2004
The Great Adventure		2003
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff	Himself	2002
Living with the Dead	Allan Van Praagh	2002
Prancer Returns	Old Man Richards	2001
The Omen Legacy	Narrator (voice)	2001
Pulp Cinema	Himself (archive footage)	2001

(see additional filmography)

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

The Sixties	Himself	2013
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s	Himself	2012
Two in the Wave	Himself (archive footage)	2010
Back When We Were Grownups	Paul 'Poppy' Davitch	2004
The Great Adventure		2003
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff	Himself	2002
Living with the Dead	Allan Van Praagh	2002
Prancer Returns	Old Man Richards	2001
The Omen Legacy	Narrator (voice)	2001
Pulp Cinema	Himself (archive footage)	2001
Night Visions	Jake Jennings	2001
Sarah, Plain & Tall: Winter's End	John Witting	1999
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience	(archive footage)	1999
Treasure Island	Long John Silver	1999
Ebenezer	Ebenezer Scrooge	1998
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo on His Journeys to the Ends of the Earth	Beelzebub	1998
I'll Be Home For Christmas	Bob	1997
The Swan Princess	Lord Rothbart (voice)	1994
The Making of '...And God Spoke'	Himself [at the Academy Awards Ceremony]	1994
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold	Duke Washburn	1994
Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics	Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")	1994
Cops And Robbersons	Jake Stone	1994
Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow	Mercy	1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Himself	1993
Keep The Change	Overstreet	1992
Legends Of The West	Himself Host	1992
Dame Edna's Hollywood	Himself	1991
City Slickers	Curly	1991
Solar Crisis	Travis	1990
Tango & Cash	Yves Perret	1989
Batman	Carl Grissom	1989
Gor II	Xeno	1988
Imagine: John Lennon	Himself	1988
Young Guns	L. G. Murphy	1988
Bagdad Cafe	Rudi Cox	1987
Gor	Xenos	1987
American Masters	Self - Actor	1986
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey	Himself (archive footage)	1985
Breakaway	Himself	1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage	Himself (archive footage)	1983
Alone in the Dark	Frank Hawkes	1982
Ripley's Believe It or Not!	Himself - Host, Himself (host)	1982
Tales of the Haunted	Stokes	1981
Hawk the Slayer	Voltan	1980
Without Warning	Joe Taylor	1980
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story	Whitey Robinson	1980
The Ivory Ape	Marc Kazarian	1980
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang	Will Smith	1979
Cocaine Cowboys	Raphael	1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century	Kaleel	1979
Portrait of a Hitman	Jim Buck	1979
The Shape Of Things To Come	Omus	1979
Angels' Brigade	Mike Farrell	1979
The One Man Jury	Lieutenant Wade	1978
Unknown Powers	Himself - Host	1978
Welcome to Blood City	Sheriff Friedlander	1977
Blood and Bullets	Duke	1976
Rulers of the City	'Scarface' Manzari	1976
Safari Express	van Daalen	1976
Black Cobra Woman	Judas Carmichael	1976
Squadra antiscippo	Richard J. Russo	1976
The Four Deuces	Vic Morono - the Boss	1976
The Sensuous Nurse	Mr. Kitch	1975
Africa Express	Willaim Hunter	1975
Bronk	Lt. Alex Bronkov	1975
The Great Adventure	William Bates	1975
The Hatfields and the McCoys	Devil Anse Hatfield	1975
Diamante Lobo	Sam Clayton	1975
The Godchild	Rourke	1974
Dinah!	Himself	1974
Craze	Neal Mottram	1974
Dracula	Dracula	1974
Oklahoma Crude	Hellman	1973
Imagine	Himself	1972
It Can Be Done Amigo	Sonny Bronston	1972
Chato's Land	Quincey Whitmore	1972
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour	Himself / Various Characters, Himself	1971
The Horsemen	Tursen	1971
Companeros	John	1970
Monte Walsh	Chet Rollins	1970
The McMasters	Kolby	1970
Battle of the Commandos	Colonel Charley MacPherson	1969
The David Frost Show	Himself	1969
Allen Ludden's Gallery	Himself	1969
Che!	Fidel Castro	1969
Della	Himself	1969
Marquis de Sade's Justine	Antonin	1969
A Bullet for Rommel	Major John Heston	1969
The Desperados	Parson Josiah Galt	1969
They Came to Rob Las Vegas	Douglas	1968
The Mercenary	Ricciolo - 'Curly'	1968
Madigan's Millions	Matteo Cirini	1968
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Mr. Edward Hyde	1968
Kill a Dragon	Rick Masters	1967
Torture Garden	Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")	1967
The Carol Burnett Show	Himself	1967
Las Vegas	Himself	1967
The Spy in the Green Hat	Louis Strago	1967
Alice Through the Looking Glass	Jabberwock	1966
The Professionals	Raza	1966
Convoy	Harvey Bell	1965
Run for Your Life	Julian Hays	1965
Once a Thief	Walter Pedak	1965
The Hollywood Squares (Daytime)	Himself - Panelist	1965
Paparazzi	Himself	1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	Louis Strago	1964
Le Parti des choses: Bardot et Godard	Himself	1964
NET Playhouse	President Andrew Jackson	1964
Contempt	Jeremy Prokosch	1963
The Greatest Show on Earth	Johnny Slate	1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Himself - Guest, Himself	1962
La guerra continua	Jack	1962
Barabbas	Torvald	1961
The Mike Douglas Show	Himself - Co-Host, Himself - Guest, Himself - Actor	1961
The Last Judgment	Matteoni	1961
Password	Himself	1961
The Mongols	Ogatai	1961
Sword of the Conqueror	Alboino	1961
The Porter Wagoner Show	Himself - Performer	1961
The Barbarians	Revak - the Barbarian Celt	1960
The Battle of Austerlitz	Gen. Weirother	1960
Beyond All Limits	Jim Gatsby	1959
Ten Seconds to Hell	Eric Koertner	1959
The Man Inside	Milo March	1958
Frontier Justice	Dan Morgan	1958
House of Numbers	Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow	1957
The Lonely Man	Jacob Wade	1957
Zane Grey Theater	Dan Morgan	1956
Playhouse 90	Himself - Host, Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock, Manolete, Monroe Stahr	1956
Attack	Lt. Joe Costa - Fox Co.	1956
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show	Himself - Guest	1956
I Died A Thousand Times	Roy Earle / Roy Collins	1955
Kiss of Fire	El Tigre	1955
The Big Knife	Charles Castle	1955
The Silver Chalice	Simon The Magician	1954
Sign of the Pagan	Attila	1954
Man In The Attic	Slade	1953
Flight to Tangier	Gil Walker	1953
The Motorola Television Hour	Scott Malone / Kurt Bauman	1953
Arrowhead	Toriano	1953
Second Chance	Cappy Gordon	1953
Tonight!	Himself - Guest	1953
Shane	Jack Wilson	1953
The Gulf Playhouse		1952
Sudden Fear	Lester Blaine	1952
Curtain Call		1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame		1951
The Red Skelton Hour	Himself	1951
Halls Of Montezuma	Pigeon Lane (as Walter {Jack} Palance)	1951
Danger		1950
Panic in the Streets	Blackie (as Walter Jack Palance)	1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour	Himself - Actor	1950
The Web		1950
Your Show of Shows	Himself - Guest Performer	1950
What's My Line?	Himself - Mystery Guest	1950
Hands of Mystery	(as Walter Palance)	1949
Suspense	Tom Walker	1949
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall	Himself	1948
Studio One in Hollywood	(as Walter Palance), Arky	1948
The Ed Sullivan Show	Himself, Himself / Caliban	1948
The Milton Berle Show	Himself - Actor	1948
Lights Out		1946

Director Filmography

Title	Year

The Greatest Show on Earth

1963

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Year	Type	Category	Won

1992	Oscar	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Won
1992	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture	Won
1957	Emmy	Best Single Performance by an Actor	Won
1954	Oscar	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Nominated
1953	Oscar	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Nominated