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.

KNOWN FOR

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1974
The Mike Douglas Show
1975
The Merv Griffin Show
1965
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1996
Late Night with David Letterman
1984
What's My Line?
1955
Golden Globe Awards
1992
The Red Skelton Show
1966
Studio One
1951
The Carol Burnett Show
1968
Dinah!
1975
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
169
Directing
1
Producing
1
2012
The Bardot mystery
2004
Back When We Were Grownups
as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
2004
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
2002
Living with the Dead
as Allan Van Praagh
2002
Living with the Dead
as Allan Van Praagh
2001
Prancer Returns
2001
The Omen Legacy
as Narrator (voice)
2001
Night Visions
as Jake Jennings (segment "Bitter Harvest")
1999
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
as John Witting
1999
Treasure Island
as Long John Silver
1999
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience
as (archive footage)
1999
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as John
1998
Ebenezer
as Ebenezer Scrooge
1998
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
as Beelzebub
1997
Monster Mania
as Host
1997
I'll Be Home For Christmas
as Bob Greiser
1996
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)
1996
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1995
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
as Self
1995
Buffalo Girls
as Bartle Bone
1994
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
as Duke Page
1994
The Swan Princess
as Lord Rothbart (voice)
1994
Cops & Robbersons
as Jake Stone
1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")
1994
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage)
1993
Cyborg 2
as Mercy
1993
The Oscars
as Self
1992
Solar Crisis
as Travis
1992
Legends of the West
as Host / Self - Judge Roy Bean
1992
Keep the Change
as Overstreet
1992
When It Was a Game 2
as Passage Narrator (voice)
1992
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1991
City Slickers
as Curly Washburn
1991
Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan
as Opening Narration (voice)
1989
Batman
as Grissom
1989
Tango & Cash
as Yves Perret
1989
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1988
Outlaw of Gor
as Xeno
1988
Young Guns
as L. G. Murphy
1988
Imagine: John Lennon
as Self
1987
Bagdad Cafe
as Rudi Cox
1987
Gor
as Xenos
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as (archive footage)
1984
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
The Helm of Destiny
as Narration
1982
Psychic Confession
as Narrator
1982
Alone in the Dark
as Frank Hawkes
1982
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
as Host
1981
Evil Stalks This House
as Stokes
1980
Hawk the Slayer
as Voltan
1980
Without Warning
as Joe Taylor
1980
The Ivory Ape
as Marc Kazarian
1980
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
as Whitey Robinson
1979
Angels' Brigade
as Mike Farrell
1979
The Shape of Things to Come
as Omus
1979
Portrait of a Hitman
as Jim Buck
1979
Cocaine Cowboys
as Raphael
1979
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
as Will Smith
1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
as Kaleel
1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as Kaleel
1978
The One Man Jury
as Lieutenant Wade
1978
Unknown Powers
as Himself - Host
1977
The Unknown Force
as Self - Host
1977
Welcome to Blood City
as Frendlander
1977
National Geographic: The Volga
as Narrator (voice)
1977
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
1976
Black Cobra
as Judas Carmichael
1976
The Cop in Blue Jeans
as Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo
1976
Rulers of the City
as Scarface' Manzari
1976
God's Gun
as Sam Clayton
1976
Safari Express
as van Daalen
1976
Blood and Bullets
as Duke
1975
The Sensuous Nurse
as Mr. Kitch
1975
The Four Deuces
as Vic Morono, the Boss
1975
Africa Express
as Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter
1975
The Great Adventure
as William Bates
1975
The Hatfields and the McCoys
as Devil Anse Hatfield
1975
Rickles
1975
Bronk
as Lt. Alex Bronkov
1975
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1975
Dinah!
as Self
1974
Dracula
as Dracula
1974
Craze
as Neal Mottram
1974
The Godchild
as Rourke
1974
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1973
Oklahoma Crude
as Hellman
1973
Brothers Blue
as Hillman
1973
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1972
Chato's Land
as Quincey Whitmore
1972
It Can Be Done Amigo
as Sonny Bronston
1972
Father Jackleg
as Buck Santini
1972
Imagine
as Self
1971
The Horsemen
as Tursen
1970
Compañeros
as John
1970
Monte Walsh
as Chet Rollins
1970
The McMasters
as Kolby
1969
Che!
as Fidel Castro
1969
The Desperados
as Parson Josiah Galt
1969
Marquis de Sade: Justine
as Antonin
1969
Battle of the Commandos
as Charley MacPherson
1969
A Bullet for Rommel
as Major John Heston
1968
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Jekyll / Mr.Hyde
1968
The Mercenary
as Ricciolo ("Curly")
1968
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
as Douglas
1968
Madigan's Millions
as Matteo Cirini (voice) (uncredited)
1968
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
Torture Garden
as Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
1967
Kill a Dragon
as Rick Masters
1967
The Spy in the Green Hat
as Louis Strago
1967
And Still Champion! The Story of Archie Moore
as Narrator (voice)
1967
The Dinosaur and the Baby
as Jeremy Prokosch (archive footage)
1966
The Professionals
as Jesus Raza
1966
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Jabberwock
1966
Run for Your Life
as Julian Hays
1966
The Red Skelton Show
as Jack Palance
1966
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Louis Strago
1965
Once a Thief
as Walter Pedak
1965
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1965
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1965
Convoy
as Harvey Bell
1964
Paparazzi
as Self
1964
Bardot et Godard
as Self
1963
Contempt
as Jeremy Prokosch
1963
The Greatest Show on Earth
1962
Warriors Five
as Jack
1962
Night Train to Milan
as Herr Bauer / Schneider
1961
Barabbas
as Torvald
1961
The Last Judgment
as Matteoni
1961
The Mongols
as Ogataï
1961
Sword of the Conqueror
as Alboino
1960
Austerlitz
as Gen. Weirother
1960
The Barbarians
as Revak
1959
Ten Seconds to Hell
as Eric Koertner
1959
Beyond All Limits
as Jim Gatsby
1958
The Man Inside
as Milo March
1957
The Lonely Man
as Jacob Wade
1957
House of Numbers
as Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow
1957
The Death of Manolete
as Manolete
1957
The Last Tycoon
as Monroe Stahr
1956
Attack
as Joe Costa
1956
Requiem for a Heavyweight
as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
1956
Playhouse 90
as Self - Host
1956
Playhouse 90
as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Dan Morgan
1956
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
1955
I Died a Thousand Times
as Roy Earle / Roy Collins
1955
The Big Knife
as Charles Castle
1955
Kiss of Fire
as El Tigre
1955
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1955
What's My Line?
as Self
1954
The Silver Chalice
as Simon The Magician
1954
Sign of the Pagan
as Attila
1954
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1953
Shane
as Jack Wilson
1953
Second Chance
as Cappy Gordon
1953
Man in the Attic
as Slade
1953
Arrowhead
as Toriano
1953
Flight to Tangier
as Gil Walker
1953
Suspense
as Tom Walker
1953
Suspense
as Count Alessandro di Cagliostro
1952
Sudden Fear
as Lester Blaine
1952
Studio One
as Arky
1951
Halls of Montezuma
as Pigeon Lane
1951
Studio One
1950
Panic in the Streets
as Blackie
1950
Lights Out
New Line: Independent Legacies
as Self (archive footage)