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Jack Palance
Known for: ActingJack 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.
Filmography 82
Batman
as Grissom 
Shane
as Jack Wilson 
Monte Walsh
as Chet Rollins 
Young Guns
as L. G. Murphy 
The Swan Princess
as Lord Rothbart (voice) 
Tango & Cash
as Yves Perret 
Without Warning
as Joe Taylor 
City Slickers
as Curly Washburn 
Che!
as Fidel Castro 
Bagdad Cafe
as Rudi Cox 
The Professionals
as Jesus Raza 
Contempt
as Jeremy Prokosch 
Attack
as Joe Costa 
The McMasters
as Kolby 
Compañeros
as John 
Barabbas
as Torvald 
Marquis de Sade: Justine
as Antonin 
Torture Garden
as Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe") 
Chato's Land
as Quincey Whitmore 
The Mercenary
as Ricciolo ("Curly") 
Gor
as Xenos 
Alone in the Dark
as Frank Hawkes 
Cyborg 2
as Mercy 
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
as Duke Page 
Living with the Dead
as Allan Van Praagh 
God's Gun
as Sam Clayton 
Cops & Robbersons
as Jake Stone 
The Mongols
as Ogataï 
It Can Be Done Amigo
as Sonny Bronston 
Panic in the Streets
as Blackie 
The Shape of Things to Come
as Omus 
Austerlitz
as Gen. Weirother 
Solar Crisis
as Travis 
Sign of the Pagan
as Attila 
The Silver Chalice
as Simon The Magician 
Safari Express
as van Daalen 
Black Cobra
as Judas Carmichael 
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
as Douglas 
Ten Seconds to Hell
as Eric Koertner 
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are") 
Halls of Montezuma
as Pigeon Lane 
Oklahoma Crude
as Hellman 
Living with the Dead
as Allan Van Praagh 
Once a Thief
as Walter Pedak 
Rulers of the City
as Scarface' Manzari 
The Sensuous Nurse
as Mr. Kitch 
Hawk the Slayer
as Voltan 
The Lonely Man
as Jacob Wade 
Dracula
as Dracula 
Treasure Island
as Long John Silver 
The Spy in the Green Hat
as Louis Strago 
The Horsemen
as Tursen 
Sudden Fear
as Lester Blaine 
Arrowhead
as Toriano 
Outlaw of Gor
as Xeno 
Unknown Powers
as Himself - Host 
I Died a Thousand Times
as Roy Earle / Roy Collins 
Requiem for a Heavyweight
as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock 
Man in the Attic
as Slade 
The Big Knife
as Charles Castle 
The Four Deuces
as Vic Morono, the Boss 
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Jekyll / Mr.Hyde 
Welcome to Blood City
as Frendlander 
Craze
as Neal Mottram 
Imagine
as Self 
A Bullet for Rommel
as Major John Heston 
Sword of the Conqueror
as Alboino 
The Barbarians
as Revak 
The Cop in Blue Jeans
as Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo 
Africa Express
as Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter 
Angels' Brigade
as Mike Farrell 
Back When We Were Grownups
as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch 
The Desperados
as Parson Josiah Galt 
I'll Be Home For Christmas
as Bob Greiser 
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
as Beelzebub 
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage) 
Paparazzi
as Self 
The Great Adventure
as William Bates 
Kiss of Fire
as El Tigre 
Warriors Five
as Jack 
Bardot et Godard
as Self