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Jack Palance

Jack Palance (/ˈpæləns/ PAL-əns; born Volodymyr Palahniuk (Ukrainian: Володимир Палагню́к); 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, for his roles in Sudden Fear (1952) and Shane (1953), and winning almost 40 years later for City Slickers (1991).

Jack Palance
Palance in 1954
Born
Volodymyr Palahniuk

(1919-02-18)February 18, 1919
DiedNovember 10, 2006(2006-11-10) (aged 87)
Other names
  • Jack Brazzo
  • Walter Palance
  • Walter J. Palance
  • Walter Jack Palance
OccupationActor
Years active1947–2004
Spouses
  • Virginia Baker
    (m. 1949; div. 1968)
  • Elaine Rogers
    (m. 1987)
Children3; including Holly Palance

Born in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, the son of Ukrainian immigrants, Palance served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He briefly attended 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, he starred as Count Dracula in the 1974 television film Bram Stoker's Dracula, and played crime lord Yves Perret in Tango & Cash (1989). He was also the host of the ABC television series Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1982–1986).

Early life edit

Palance was born Volodymyr Palahniuk on February 18, 1919, in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, the son of Anna (née Gramiak) and Ivan Palahniuk, an anthracite coal miner.[1] His parents were Ukrainian immigrants,[2][3] his father a native of Ivane-Zolote in southwestern Ukraine (modern Ternopil Oblast) and his mother from the Lviv Oblast.[4][5] One of six children, he worked in coal mines during his youth before becoming a professional boxer in the late 1930s.[citation needed]

Boxing under the name Jack Brazzo, Palahniuk lost his only recorded match, in a four-round decision on points, to future heavyweight contender Joe Baksi in a Pier-6 brawl rough fight.[6][7][8] Years later he recounted: "Then I thought, 'You must be nuts to get your head beat in for $200.' The theater seemed a lot more appealing."[9]

College edit

Palance won a football scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill but left after two years, disgusted by commercialization of the sport.[10]

Early acting career edit

After the war, he attended Stanford University, leaving just one credit shy of graduating in order to pursue a career in the theatre.[11]

During his university years, he worked as a short order cook, waiter, soda jerk, lifeguard at Jones Beach State Park, and photographer's model.[citation needed]

His last name was actually a derivative of his original name. In an episode of What's My Line?, he described how no one could pronounce his last name, and how it was suggested that he be called Palanski. From that he decided just to use Palance instead.[12]

A Streetcar Named Desire edit

Palance made his Broadway debut in 1947 as a Russian soldier in The Big Two, directed by Robert Montgomery.[13]

His acting break came as Marlon Brando's understudy in A Streetcar Named Desire, and he eventually replaced Brando on stage as Stanley Kowalski. (Anthony Quinn, however, gained the opportunity to tour the play.)[citation needed]

Palance appeared in two plays in 1948 with short runs, A Temporary Island and The Vigil. He made his television debut in 1949.[citation needed]

Film career edit

Palance made his big-screen debut in Panic in the Streets (1950), directed by Elia Kazan, who had directed Streetcar on Broadway. He played a gangster, and was credited as "Walter (Jack) Palance".

That year he was featured in Halls of Montezuma (1951), about United States Marines during World War II. He returned to Broadway for Darkness at Noon (1951) by Sidney Kingsley, which was a minor hit.

Two Oscar nominations edit

Palance was second-billed in just his third film, opposite Joan Crawford in the thriller Sudden Fear (1952). His character is a former coal miner, as Palance's father had been.[14] Palance received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.[15]

He was nominated in the same category the following year for his role as hired gunfighter Jack Wilson in Shane (1953). The film was a huge hit, and Palance was now an established film name.[citation needed]

Stardom edit

Palance played a villain in Second Chance opposite Robert Mitchum, and was an Indian in Arrowhead (both 1953). He got a chance to play a heroic role in Flight to Tangier (1953), a thriller.[16]

He played the lead in Man in the Attic (1953), an adaptation of The Lodger. He was Attila the Hun in Sign of the Pagan with Jeff Chandler, and Simon Magus in the Ancient World epic The Silver Chalice (both 1954) with Paul Newman.[17]

He had the star part in I Died a Thousand Times (1955), a remake of High Sierra, and was cast by Robert Aldrich in two star parts: The Big Knife (1955), from the play by Clifford Odets, as a Hollywood star; and Attack (1956), as a tough soldier in World War II.

In 1955 he had an operation for appendicitis.[18]

Palance was in a Western, The Lonely Man (1957), playing the father of Anthony Perkins, and played a double role in House of Numbers (1957).

In 1957, Palance won an Emmy Award for best actor for his portrayal of Mountain McClintock in the Playhouse 90 production of Rod Serling's Requiem for a Heavyweight.[19]

International star edit

Warwick Films hired Palance to play the hero in The Man Inside (1958), shot in Europe. He was reunited with Robert Aldrich and Jeff Chandler when they worked on Ten Seconds to Hell (1959), filmed in Germany, playing a bomb disposal expert.

 
Palance with Sharon Tate during the filming of Barabbas (1961).

He made Beyond All Limits (1959) in Mexico, and Austerlitz (1960) in France, then did a series of films in Italy: Revak the Rebel, Sword of the Conqueror, The Mongols, The Last Judgment, and Barabbas (all 1961), and Night Train to Milan and Warriors Five (both 1962).

Jean-Luc Godard persuaded Palance to take on the role of Hollywood producer Jeremy Prokosch in the nouvelle vague movie Le Mépris (1963) with Brigitte Bardot. Although the main dialogue was in French, Palance spoke mostly English.

Return to Hollywood edit

Palance returned to the U.S. to star in the TV series The Greatest Show on Earth (1963–64).[20]

In 1964, his presence at a recently integrated movie theatre in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, prompted a riot from segregationists who assumed Palance was there to promote civil rights.[21]

He played a gangster in Once a Thief (1965) with Alain Delon. In the following year he appeared in the television film Alice Through the Looking Glass, directed by Alan Handley, in which he played the Jabberwock, and had a featured role opposite Lee Marvin and Burt Lancaster in the Western adventure The Professionals. Palance guest-starred in The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and the episodes were released as a film, The Spy in the Green Hat (1967).

He went to England to make Torture Garden (1967), and made Kill a Dragon (1968) in Hong Kong.

Palance provided narration for the 1967 documentary And Still Champion! The Story of Archie Moore. He was in the TV film The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde produced by Dan Curtis, during the making of which he fell and injured himself.[22]

In 1969, Palance recorded a country music album in Nashville, released on Warner Bros. Records. It featured his self-penned song "The Meanest Guy that Ever Lived". The album was re-released on CD in 2003 by the Water label (Water 119).

His films tended to be international co-productions by now: They Came to Rob Las Vegas, The Mercenary (both 1968), The Desperados, and Marquis de Sade: Justine (both 1969).

Palance had a part in the Hollywood blockbuster Che! (1969) playing Fidel Castro opposite Omar Sharif in the title role, but the film flopped. Palance went back to action films and Westerns: Battle of the Commandos (1970), The McMasters (1970) and Compañeros (1970).

He had another role in Monte Walsh (1970), from the author of Shane, opposite Lee Marvin, but the film was a box-office disappointment. So too was The Horsemen (1971) with Sharif, directed by John Frankenheimer.

Palance supported Bud Spencer in It Can Be Done Amigo and Charles Bronson in Chato's Land (both 1972), and had the lead in Sting of the West (1972) and Brothers Blue (1973).

 
Palance as Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1973)

In Great Britain he appeared in a highly acclaimed TV film, Bram Stoker's Dracula (1973), in the title role; it was directed by Dan Curtis. Three years earlier, comic book artist Gene Colan had based his interpretation of Dracula for the acclaimed Marvel Comics comic book series The Tomb of Dracula on Palance, explaining, "He had that cadaverous look, a serpentine look on his face. I knew that Jack Palance would do the perfect Dracula."[23]

Palance went back to Hollywood for Oklahoma Crude (1973) then to England to star in Craze (1975).

He starred in the television series Bronk between 1975 and 1976 for MGM Television, and starred in the TV films The Hatfields and the McCoys (1975) and The Four Deuces (1976).

Italy edit

In the late 1970s, Palance was mostly based in Italy. He supported Ursula Andress in Africa Express and L'Infermiera, Lee Van Cleef in God's Gun, and Thomas Milian in The Cop in Blue Jeans (all 1976).

Palance was in Black Cobra Woman; Safari Express, a sequel to Africa Express; Mister Scarface; and Blood and Bullets (all 1976). He travelled to Canada to make Welcome to Blood City (1977) and the US for The One Man Jury (1978), Portrait of a Hitman and Angels Revenge (both 1979).

Palance later said his Italian sojourn was the most enjoyable of his career. "In Italy, everyone on the set has a drinking cubicle, and no one is ever interested in working after lunch", he said. "That's a highly civilized way to make a movie."[24]

Palance went back to Canada for H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come (1979).[25]

Return to the U.S. and Ripley's Believe It or Not! edit

In 1980, Jack Palance narrated the documentary The Strongest Man in the World by Canadian filmmaker Halya Kuchmij, about Mike Swistun, a circus strongman who had been a student of Houdini. Palance attended the premiere of the film on June 6, 1980, at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.[26]

He appeared in The Ivory Ape (1980), Without Warning (1980), Hawk the Slayer (1980), and the slasher film, Alone in the Dark (1982).

In 1982, Palance began hosting a television revival of Ripley's Believe It or Not!. The weekly series ran from 1982 to 1986 on the American ABC network. The series also starred three different co-hosts from season to season, including Palance's daughter Holly Palance, actress Catherine Shirriff and singer Marie Osmond. Ripley's Believe It or Not! was in rerun syndication on the Sci-fi Channel (U.K.) and the Sci-fi Channel (U.S.) during the 1990s.

He appeared in the films Gor and Bagdad Café (both 1987).

Later career edit

Career revival edit

Palance had never been out of work since his career began, but his success on Ripley's Believe It or Not! and the international popularity of Bagdad Cafe (1987) created a new demand for his services in big-budget Hollywood films.

He made memorable appearances as villains in Young Guns (1988) as Lawrence Murphy, Tango & Cash (1989) and Tim Burton's Batman (1989). He also performed on Roger Waters' first solo album release, The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (1984), and was in Outlaw of Gor (1988) and Solar Crisis (1990).

City Slickers edit

Palance was then cast as cowboy Curly Washburn in the 1991 comedy City Slickers, directed by Ron Underwood. He quipped:

I don't go to California much any more. I live on a farm in Pennsylvania, about 100 miles from New York, so I can go into the city for dinner and a show when I want to. I also have a ranch about two hours from Los Angeles, but I don't go there very often at all...But I will always read a decent script when it is offered, and the script to City Slickers made sense. Curly (his character in the film) is the kind of man I would like to be. He is in control of himself, except for deciding the moment of his own death. Besides all that, I got paid pretty good money to make it.[24]

Four decades after his film debut, Palance won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor on March 30, 1992, for his performance as Curly.[27] Stepping onstage to accept the award, the 6' 4" (1.93 m) actor looked down at 5' 7" (1.70 m) Oscar host Billy Crystal (who was also his co-star in the movie) and joked, mimicking one of his lines from the film, "Billy Crystal ... I crap bigger than him." He then dropped to the floor and demonstrated his ability, at the age of 73, to perform one-armed push-ups.

The audience loved the moment as host Crystal turned it into a running gag. At various points in the broadcast, Crystal announced that Palance was "backstage on the StairMaster", had bungee-jumped off the Hollywood sign, had rendezvoused with the space shuttle in orbit, had fathered all the children in a production number, had been named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive", and had won the New York primary election. At the end of the broadcast Crystal said he wished he could be back next year, but "I've just been informed Jack Palance will be hosting."

Years later, Crystal appeared on Inside the Actors Studio and fondly recalled that, after the Oscar ceremony, Palance approached him during the reception: "He stopped me and put his arms out and went, 'Billy Crystal, who thought it would be you?' It was his really funny way of saying thank you to a little New York Jewy guy who got him the Oscars."[28]

In 1993, during the opening of the Oscars, a spoof of that Oscar highlight featured Palance appearing to drag in an enormous Academy Award statuette with Crystal again hosting, riding on the rear end of it. Halfway across the stage, Palance dropped to the ground as if exhausted, but then performed several one-armed push-ups before regaining his feet and dragging the giant Oscar the rest of the way across the stage.[29]

He appeared in Cyborg 2 (1993); Cops & Robbersons (1994) with Chevy Chase; City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994); and on TV in Buffalo Girls (1995). He also voiced Rothbart in the 1994 animated film The Swan Princess.

Final years edit

Palance's final films included Ebenezer (1998), a TV Western version of Charles Dickens's classic A Christmas Carol, with Palance as Scrooge; Treasure Island (1999); Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End (2000); and Prancer Returns (2001).

 
Palance (left) visits a VA Hospital in 2005

Palance, at the time chairman of the Hollywood Trident Foundation, walked out of a Russian Film Festival in Hollywood in 2004. After being introduced, Palance said, "I feel like I walked into the wrong room by mistake. I think that Russian film is interesting, but I have nothing to do with Russia or Russian film. My parents were born in Ukraine: I'm Ukrainian. I'm not Russian. So, excuse me, but I don't belong here. It's best if we leave."[30] Palance was awarded the title of "People's Artist" by Vladimir Putin, president of Russia; however, Palance refused it.[30]

In 2001, Palance returned to the recording studio as a special guest on friend Laurie Z's album Heart of the Holidays to narrate the classic poem "The Night Before Christmas".

In 2002, he starred in the television movie Living with the Dead opposite Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen and Diane Ladd. In 2004, he starred in another television production, Back When We Were Grownups, once again directed by Ron Underwood, opposite Blythe Danner; it was his final performance.

Personal life edit

Palance lived for several years around Tehachapi, California.

He was married to his first wife, Virginia (née Baker), from 1949 to 1968. They had three children: Holly, Brooke, and Cody. On New Year's Day, 2003, Virginia was struck and killed by a car in Los Angeles.

Palance's daughter Brooke married Michael Wilding, son of Michael Wilding Sr. and Elizabeth Taylor; they have three children. Cody Palance, also an actor, appeared alongside his father in the films God's Gun and Young Guns.

In May 1987, Palance married his second wife, Elaine Rogers.

Palance painted and sold landscape art, with a poem included on the back of each picture. He was also the author of The Forest of Love, a book of poems published in 1996 by Summerhouse Press.[31] He was a supporter of the Republican Party.[32]

Palance enjoyed raising cattle on his ranch in the Tehachapi Mountains.[33] He gave up eating red meat after working on his ranch, commenting that he couldn't eat a cow.[34]

Palance acknowledged a lifelong attachment to his Pennsylvania heritage, and visited there when able. Shortly before his death, he sold his farm in Butler Township and put his art collection up for auction.[35]

Novelist Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club and other works, acknowledged in a 2007 interview that he was a distant nephew of Palance.[36]

Death edit

Palance died on November 10, 2006, at his daughter Holly's home in Montecito, California, at age 87 surrounded by family.[37]

Legacy edit

Palance has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6608 Hollywood Boulevard.

In 1992, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

According to writer Mark Evanier, comic book creator Jack Kirby modeled his character Darkseid on the actor.[38]

The Lucky Luke 1956 comic Lucky Luke contre Phil Defer by Morris features a villain named Phil Defer who is a caricature of Jack Palance.

The song "And now we dance" by punk band The Vandals features the lyrics, "Come on and do one hand pushups just like Jack Palance."

American comedian Bill Hicks incorporated a reference to Palance in one of his most famous routines, likening Palance's character in Shane to how he views the United States' role in international warfare.[39]

Novelist Donald E. Westlake stated that he sometimes imagined Palance as the model for the career-criminal character Parker he wrote in a series of novels under the name Richard Stark.[40]

Filmography edit

 
Palance in The Godchild (1974)
Year Title Role Director Notes
1950 Panic in the Streets 'Blackie' Elia Kazan
1951 Halls of Montezuma 'Pigeon' Lane Lewis Milestone
1952 Sudden Fear Lester Blaine David Miller Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1953 Shane Jack Wilson George Stevens Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Second Chance 'Cappy' Gordon Rudolph Maté
Arrowhead Toriano Charles Marquis Warren
Flight to Tangier Gil Walker Charles Marquis Warren
Man in the Attic Slade Hugo Fregonese
1954 Sign of the Pagan Attila Douglas Sirk
The Silver Chalice Simon The Magician Victor Saville
1955 Kiss of Fire 'El Tigre' Joseph M. Newman
I Died a Thousand Times Roy Earle / Roy Collins Stuart Heisler
The Big Knife Charles Castle Robert Aldrich
1956 Attack Lieutenant Joe Costa – Fox Company Robert Aldrich
1957 The Lonely Man Jacob Wade Henry Levin
House of Numbers Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow Russell Rouse
1958 The Man Inside Milo March John Gilling
1959 Ten Seconds to Hell Eric Koertner Robert Aldrich
Beyond All Limits Jim Gatsby Roberto Gavaldón
1960 Austerlitz General Franz Von Weyrother Abel Gance
The Barbarians Revak Rudolph Maté
1961 Sword of the Conqueror Alboin Carlo Campogalliani
The Mongols Ogotaï Andre de Toth
The Last Judgment Matteoni Vittorio De Sica
Barabbas Torvald Richard Fleischer
1962 Night Train to Milan Bauer / Schneider Marcello Baldi
Warriors Five Jack Leopoldo Savona
1963 Contempt Jeremy Prokosch Jean-Luc Godard
1965 Once a Thief Walter Pedak Ralph Nelson
1966 The Professionals Raza Richard Brooks
1967 Torture Garden Ronald Wyatt Freddie Francis (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
Kill a Dragon Rick Masters Michael Moore
1968 Madigan's Millions Matteo Cirini Stanley Prager (voice of Riccardo Garrone in the English-language version, uncredited)
They Came to Rob Las Vegas Douglas Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi
The Mercenary 'Curly' Ricciolo Sergio Corbucci
1969 The Desperados Parson Josiah Galt Henry Levin
A Bullet for Rommel Major John Heston León Klimovsky
Marquis de Sade: Justine Father Antonin Jesús Franco
Che! Fidel Castro Richard Fleischer
Legion of the Damned Colonel Charley MacPherson Umberto Lenzi
1970 The McMasters Kolby Alf Kjellin
Monte Walsh Chet Rollins William A. Fraker
Compañeros John Sergio Corbucci
1971 Horsemen Tursen John Frankenheimer
1972 It Can Be Done Amigo 'Sonny' Bronston Maurizio Lucidi
Chato's Land Captain Quincey Whitmore Michael Winner
Sting of the West Buck Santini Enzo G. Castellari
And So Ends (Narrator) Robert Young Voice
1973 Brothers Blue Captain Hillman Luigi Bazzoni
Oklahoma Crude Hellman Stanley Kramer
1974 Craze Neal Mottram Freddie Francis
Dan Curtis' Dracula Count Dracula Dan Curtis
1975 The Four Deuces Victor 'Vic' Morono William H. Bushnell
The Great Adventure William Bates Gianfranco Baldanello
Africa Express Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter Michele Lupo
L'Infermiera Mr. Kitch Nello Rossati
1976 God's Gun Sam Clayton Gianfranco Parolini
The Cop in Blue Jeans Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo Bruno Corbucci
Black Cobra Woman Judas Carmichael Joe D'Amato
Safari Express Van Daalen Duccio Tessari
Mister Scarface 'Scarface' Manzari Fernando Di Leo
Blood and Bullets Duke Alfonso Brescia
1977 Welcome to Blood City Frendlander Peter Sasdy
1978 The One Man Jury Lieutenant Wade Charles Martin
1979 Angels' Brigade Mike Farrell Greydon Clark
The Shape of Things to Come Omus George McCowan
Portrait of a Hitman Jim Buck Allan A. Buckhantz
Cocaine Cowboys Raphael Ulli Lommel
1980 Without Warning Joe Taylor Greydon Clark
Hawk the Slayer Voltan Terry Marcel
1982 Alone in the Dark Frank Hawkes Jack Sholder
1987 Gor Xenos Fritz Kiersch
Bagdad Café Rudi Cox Percy Adlon
1988 Young Guns Lawrence G. Murphy Christopher Cain
Outlaw of Gor Xenos John Cardos
1989 Batman Carl Grissom Tim Burton
Tango & Cash Yves Perret Andrei Konchalovsky
1990 Solar Crisis Travis Richard C. Sarafian
1991 City Slickers 'Curly' Washburn Ron Underwood Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
1992 Eli's Lesson Old Pilot Peter D. Marshall
1993 Cyborg 2 Mercy Michael Schroeder
1994 Cops & Robbersons Detective Jake Stone Michael Ritchie
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold Duke Washburn Paul Weiland
The Swan Princess Sir Rothbart Richard Rich Voice, animated film
1998 The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo Beelzebub George Erschbamer
1999 Treasure Island Long John Silver Peter Rowe
2001 Prancer Returns Old Man Richards Joshua Butler Direct to DVD
2003 Between Hitler and Stalin Narrator Slavko Nowytski Voice

Television movies/miniseries edit

Year Title Role Notes
1956 Requiem for a Heavyweight Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
1966 Alice Through the Looking Glass Jabberwock [41]
1968 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
1974 Bram Stoker's Dracula Count Dracula
The Godchild Rourke
1975 The Hatfields and the McCoys Anderson 'Devil Anse' Hatfield
1979 The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang Will Smith
1980 The Ivory Ape Marc Kazarian
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story 'Whitey' Robinson
1981 Evil Stalks This House Stokes
1992 Keep the Change Overstreet
1994 Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")
1995 Buffalo Girls Bartle Bone
1997 I'll Be Home for Christmas Bob
1998 Ebenezer Ebenezer Scrooge
1999 Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End John Witting
2001 Living With the Dead Allan Van Praagh
2004 Back When We Were Grownups Paul 'Poppy' Davitch (final film role)

Television series edit

Year Title Role Notes
1950 Lights Out Episode: "The Man Who Couldn't Remember"
1952 Westinghouse Studio One Episode: "The King in Yellow"
Curtain Call Episode: "Azaya"
Westinghouse Studio One Episode: "Little Man, Big World"
The Gulf Playhouse Episode: "Necktie Party"
1953 Danger Episode: "Said the Spider to the Fly"
The Web Episode: "The Last Chance"
Suspense Tom Walker Episode: "The Kiss-Off"
The Motorola Television Hour Scott Malone / Kurt Bauman Episode: "Brandenburg Gate"
Suspense Episode: "Cagliostro and the Chess Player"
1955 What's My Line Himself Mystery guest
1956 Playhouse 90 Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock "Requiem for a Heavyweight"
Emmy Award for Best Single Performance by an Actor
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Dan Morgan Episode: "The Lariat" opposite Constance Ford
1957 Playhouse 90 Monroe Stahr "The Last Tycoon"
Playhouse 90 Manolete "The Death of Manolete"
1963 The Greatest Show on Earth Circus Manager Johnny Slate Series – top billing, 30 episodes
1964 What's My Line Himself Mystery guest
1965 Convoy Harvey Bell Episode: "The Many Colors of Courage"
1966 Run for Your Life Julian Hays Episode: "I Am the Late Diana Hays"
Alice Through the Looking Glass Jabberwock (Live Theatre)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Louis Strago 2 episodes "The Concrete Overcoat Affair: Parts I and II"
(reedited as The Spy in the Green Hat)
1971 Net Playhouse President Jackson "Trail of Tears"
1973 The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour Himself
1975–1976 Bronk Lieutenant Alex 'Bronk' Bronkov Series – top billing, 25 episodes
1979 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Kaleel Episode: "Planet of the Slave Girls"
Unknown Powers Presenter/Narrator
1981 Tales of the Haunted Stokes Episode: "Evil Stalks This House"
1982–1986 Ripley's Believe It or Not! Himself – Host Series
2001 Night Visions Jake Jennings Segment: "Bitter Harvest"

Awards and nominations edit

Year Association Category Nominated work Result
1953 Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor Sudden Fear Nominated
1954 Shane Nominated
1992 City Slickers Won
1992 Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Won
1957 Primetime Emmy Awards Best Single Performance by an Actor Playhouse 90 Won
1992 American Comedy Awards Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture City Slickers Won
1992 Chicago Film Critics Association Award Best Supporting Actor Nominated
1993 Golden Boot Awards Golden Boot Won
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Bronze Wrangler – Factual Narrative Legends of the West Won
1998 WorldFest Flagstaff Lifetime Achievement Award Won
2001 DVD Exclusive Awards Best Supporting Actor Prancer Returns Won
2004 Online Film & Television Association Award Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries Back When We Were Grownups Nominated
2012 20/20 Award Best Supporting Actor City Slickers Nominated

Discography edit

  • Palance, Warner Bros, 1969[42]

References edit

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jack, palance, əns, born, volodymyr, palahniuk, ukrainian, Володимир, Палагню, february, 1919, november, 2006, american, actor, known, playing, tough, guys, villains, nominated, three, academy, awards, best, actor, supporting, role, roles, sudden, fear, 1952, . Jack Palance ˈ p ae l en s PAL ens born Volodymyr Palahniuk Ukrainian Volodimir Palagnyu k 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 for his roles in Sudden Fear 1952 and Shane 1953 and winning almost 40 years later for City Slickers 1991 Jack PalancePalance in 1954BornVolodymyr Palahniuk 1919 02 18 February 18 1919Lattimer Mines Pennsylvania U S DiedNovember 10 2006 2006 11 10 aged 87 Montecito California U S Other namesJack BrazzoWalter PalanceWalter J PalanceWalter Jack PalanceOccupationActorYears active1947 2004SpousesVirginia Baker m 1949 div 1968 wbr Elaine Rogers m 1987 wbr Children3 including Holly PalanceBorn in Lattimer Mines Pennsylvania the son of Ukrainian immigrants Palance served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II He briefly attended 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 he starred as Count Dracula in the 1974 television film Bram Stoker s Dracula and played crime lord Yves Perret in Tango amp Cash 1989 He was also the host of the ABC television series Ripley s Believe It or Not 1982 1986 Contents 1 Early life 1 1 College 2 Early acting career 2 1 A Streetcar Named Desire 2 2 Film career 2 3 Two Oscar nominations 3 Stardom 3 1 International star 3 2 Return to Hollywood 3 3 Italy 3 4 Return to the U S and Ripley s Believe It or Not 4 Later career 4 1 Career revival 4 2 City Slickers 4 3 Final years 5 Personal life 6 Death 7 Legacy 8 Filmography 8 1 Television movies miniseries 8 2 Television series 9 Awards and nominations 10 Discography 11 References 12 External linksEarly life editPalance was born Volodymyr Palahniuk on February 18 1919 in Lattimer Mines Pennsylvania the son of Anna nee Gramiak and Ivan Palahniuk an anthracite coal miner 1 His parents were Ukrainian immigrants 2 3 his father a native of Ivane Zolote in southwestern Ukraine modern Ternopil Oblast and his mother from the Lviv Oblast 4 5 One of six children he worked in coal mines during his youth before becoming a professional boxer in the late 1930s citation needed Boxing under the name Jack Brazzo Palahniuk lost his only recorded match in a four round decision on points to future heavyweight contender Joe Baksi in a Pier 6 brawl rough fight 6 7 8 Years later he recounted Then I thought You must be nuts to get your head beat in for 200 The theater seemed a lot more appealing 9 College edit Palance won a football scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill but left after two years disgusted by commercialization of the sport 10 Early acting career editAfter the war he attended Stanford University leaving just one credit shy of graduating in order to pursue a career in the theatre 11 During his university years he worked as a short order cook waiter soda jerk lifeguard at Jones Beach State Park and photographer s model citation needed His last name was actually a derivative of his original name In an episode of What s My Line he described how no one could pronounce his last name and how it was suggested that he be called Palanski From that he decided just to use Palance instead 12 A Streetcar Named Desire edit Palance made his Broadway debut in 1947 as a Russian soldier in The Big Two directed by Robert Montgomery 13 His acting break came as Marlon Brando s understudy in A Streetcar Named Desire and he eventually replaced Brando on stage as Stanley Kowalski Anthony Quinn however gained the opportunity to tour the play citation needed Palance appeared in two plays in 1948 with short runs A Temporary Island and The Vigil He made his television debut in 1949 citation needed Film career edit Palance made his big screen debut in Panic in the Streets 1950 directed by Elia Kazan who had directed Streetcar on Broadway He played a gangster and was credited as Walter Jack Palance That year he was featured in Halls of Montezuma 1951 about United States Marines during World War II He returned to Broadway for Darkness at Noon 1951 by Sidney Kingsley which was a minor hit Two Oscar nominations edit Palance was second billed in just his third film opposite Joan Crawford in the thriller Sudden Fear 1952 His character is a former coal miner as Palance s father had been 14 Palance received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor 15 He was nominated in the same category the following year for his role as hired gunfighter Jack Wilson in Shane 1953 The film was a huge hit and Palance was now an established film name citation needed Stardom editPalance played a villain in Second Chance opposite Robert Mitchum and was an Indian in Arrowhead both 1953 He got a chance to play a heroic role in Flight to Tangier 1953 a thriller 16 He played the lead in Man in the Attic 1953 an adaptation of The Lodger He was Attila the Hun in Sign of the Pagan with Jeff Chandler and Simon Magus in the Ancient World epic The Silver Chalice both 1954 with Paul Newman 17 He had the star part in I Died a Thousand Times 1955 a remake of High Sierra and was cast by Robert Aldrich in two star parts The Big Knife 1955 from the play by Clifford Odets as a Hollywood star and Attack 1956 as a tough soldier in World War II In 1955 he had an operation for appendicitis 18 Palance was in a Western The Lonely Man 1957 playing the father of Anthony Perkins and played a double role in House of Numbers 1957 In 1957 Palance won an Emmy Award for best actor for his portrayal of Mountain McClintock in the Playhouse 90 production of Rod Serling s Requiem for a Heavyweight 19 International star edit Warwick Films hired Palance to play the hero in The Man Inside 1958 shot in Europe He was reunited with Robert Aldrich and Jeff Chandler when they worked on Ten Seconds to Hell 1959 filmed in Germany playing a bomb disposal expert nbsp Palance with Sharon Tate during the filming of Barabbas 1961 He made Beyond All Limits 1959 in Mexico and Austerlitz 1960 in France then did a series of films in Italy Revak the Rebel Sword of the Conqueror The Mongols The Last Judgment and Barabbas all 1961 and Night Train to Milan and Warriors Five both 1962 Jean Luc Godard persuaded Palance to take on the role of Hollywood producer Jeremy Prokosch in the nouvelle vague movie Le Mepris 1963 with Brigitte Bardot Although the main dialogue was in French Palance spoke mostly English Return to Hollywood edit Palance returned to the U S to star in the TV series The Greatest Show on Earth 1963 64 20 In 1964 his presence at a recently integrated movie theatre in Tuscaloosa Alabama prompted a riot from segregationists who assumed Palance was there to promote civil rights 21 He played a gangster in Once a Thief 1965 with Alain Delon In the following year he appeared in the television film Alice Through the Looking Glass directed by Alan Handley in which he played the Jabberwock and had a featured role opposite Lee Marvin and Burt Lancaster in the Western adventure The Professionals Palance guest starred in The Man from U N C L E and the episodes were released as a film The Spy in the Green Hat 1967 He went to England to make Torture Garden 1967 and made Kill a Dragon 1968 in Hong Kong Palance provided narration for the 1967 documentary And Still Champion The Story of Archie Moore He was in the TV film The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde produced by Dan Curtis during the making of which he fell and injured himself 22 In 1969 Palance recorded a country music album in Nashville released on Warner Bros Records It featured his self penned song The Meanest Guy that Ever Lived The album was re released on CD in 2003 by the Water label Water 119 His films tended to be international co productions by now They Came to Rob Las Vegas The Mercenary both 1968 The Desperados and Marquis de Sade Justine both 1969 Palance had a part in the Hollywood blockbuster Che 1969 playing Fidel Castro opposite Omar Sharif in the title role but the film flopped Palance went back to action films and Westerns Battle of the Commandos 1970 The McMasters 1970 and Companeros 1970 He had another role in Monte Walsh 1970 from the author of Shane opposite Lee Marvin but the film was a box office disappointment So too was The Horsemen 1971 with Sharif directed by John Frankenheimer Palance supported Bud Spencer in It Can Be Done Amigo and Charles Bronson in Chato s Land both 1972 and had the lead in Sting of the West 1972 and Brothers Blue 1973 nbsp Palance as Count Dracula in Bram Stoker s Dracula 1973 In Great Britain he appeared in a highly acclaimed TV film Bram Stoker s Dracula 1973 in the title role it was directed by Dan Curtis Three years earlier comic book artist Gene Colan had based his interpretation of Dracula for the acclaimed Marvel Comics comic book series The Tomb of Dracula on Palance explaining He had that cadaverous look a serpentine look on his face I knew that Jack Palance would do the perfect Dracula 23 Palance went back to Hollywood for Oklahoma Crude 1973 then to England to star in Craze 1975 He starred in the television series Bronk between 1975 and 1976 for MGM Television and starred in the TV films The Hatfields and the McCoys 1975 and The Four Deuces 1976 Italy edit In the late 1970s Palance was mostly based in Italy He supported Ursula Andress in Africa Express and L Infermiera Lee Van Cleef in God s Gun and Thomas Milian in The Cop in Blue Jeans all 1976 Palance was in Black Cobra Woman Safari Express a sequel to Africa Express Mister Scarface and Blood and Bullets all 1976 He travelled to Canada to make Welcome to Blood City 1977 and the US for The One Man Jury 1978 Portrait of a Hitman and Angels Revenge both 1979 Palance later said his Italian sojourn was the most enjoyable of his career In Italy everyone on the set has a drinking cubicle and no one is ever interested in working after lunch he said That s a highly civilized way to make a movie 24 Palance went back to Canada for H G Wells The Shape of Things to Come 1979 25 Return to the U S and Ripley s Believe It or Not edit In 1980 Jack Palance narrated the documentary The Strongest Man in the World by Canadian filmmaker Halya Kuchmij about Mike Swistun a circus strongman who had been a student of Houdini Palance attended the premiere of the film on June 6 1980 at the Winnipeg Art Gallery 26 He appeared in The Ivory Ape 1980 Without Warning 1980 Hawk the Slayer 1980 and the slasher film Alone in the Dark 1982 In 1982 Palance began hosting a television revival of Ripley s Believe It or Not The weekly series ran from 1982 to 1986 on the American ABC network The series also starred three different co hosts from season to season including Palance s daughter Holly Palance actress Catherine Shirriff and singer Marie Osmond Ripley s Believe It or Not was in rerun syndication on the Sci fi Channel U K and the Sci fi Channel U S during the 1990s He appeared in the films Gor and Bagdad Cafe both 1987 Later career editCareer revival edit This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed December 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Palance had never been out of work since his career began but his success on Ripley s Believe It or Not and the international popularity of Bagdad Cafe 1987 created a new demand for his services in big budget Hollywood films He made memorable appearances as villains in Young Guns 1988 as Lawrence Murphy Tango amp Cash 1989 and Tim Burton s Batman 1989 He also performed on Roger Waters first solo album release The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking 1984 and was in Outlaw of Gor 1988 and Solar Crisis 1990 City Slickers edit Palance was then cast as cowboy Curly Washburn in the 1991 comedy City Slickers directed by Ron Underwood He quipped I don t go to California much any more I live on a farm in Pennsylvania about 100 miles from New York so I can go into the city for dinner and a show when I want to I also have a ranch about two hours from Los Angeles but I don t go there very often at all But I will always read a decent script when it is offered and the script to City Slickers made sense Curly his character in the film is the kind of man I would like to be He is in control of himself except for deciding the moment of his own death Besides all that I got paid pretty good money to make it 24 Four decades after his film debut Palance won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor on March 30 1992 for his performance as Curly 27 Stepping onstage to accept the award the 6 4 1 93 m actor looked down at 5 7 1 70 m Oscar host Billy Crystal who was also his co star in the movie and joked mimicking one of his lines from the film Billy Crystal I crap bigger than him He then dropped to the floor and demonstrated his ability at the age of 73 to perform one armed push ups The audience loved the moment as host Crystal turned it into a running gag At various points in the broadcast Crystal announced that Palance was backstage on the StairMaster had bungee jumped off the Hollywood sign had rendezvoused with the space shuttle in orbit had fathered all the children in a production number had been named People magazine s Sexiest Man Alive and had won the New York primary election At the end of the broadcast Crystal said he wished he could be back next year but I ve just been informed Jack Palance will be hosting Years later Crystal appeared on Inside the Actors Studio and fondly recalled that after the Oscar ceremony Palance approached him during the reception He stopped me and put his arms out and went Billy Crystal who thought it would be you It was his really funny way of saying thank you to a little New York Jewy guy who got him the Oscars 28 In 1993 during the opening of the Oscars a spoof of that Oscar highlight featured Palance appearing to drag in an enormous Academy Award statuette with Crystal again hosting riding on the rear end of it Halfway across the stage Palance dropped to the ground as if exhausted but then performed several one armed push ups before regaining his feet and dragging the giant Oscar the rest of the way across the stage 29 He appeared in Cyborg 2 1993 Cops amp Robbersons 1994 with Chevy Chase City Slickers II The Legend of Curly s Gold 1994 and on TV in Buffalo Girls 1995 He also voiced Rothbart in the 1994 animated film The Swan Princess Final years edit Palance s final films included Ebenezer 1998 a TV Western version of Charles Dickens s classic A Christmas Carol with Palance as Scrooge Treasure Island 1999 Sarah Plain and Tall Winter s End 2000 and Prancer Returns 2001 nbsp Palance left visits a VA Hospital in 2005Palance at the time chairman of the Hollywood Trident Foundation walked out of a Russian Film Festival in Hollywood in 2004 After being introduced Palance said I feel like I walked into the wrong room by mistake I think that Russian film is interesting but I have nothing to do with Russia or Russian film My parents were born in Ukraine I m Ukrainian I m not Russian So excuse me but I don t belong here It s best if we leave 30 Palance was awarded the title of People s Artist by Vladimir Putin president of Russia however Palance refused it 30 In 2001 Palance returned to the recording studio as a special guest on friend Laurie Z s album Heart of the Holidays to narrate the classic poem The Night Before Christmas In 2002 he starred in the television movie Living with the Dead opposite Ted Danson Mary Steenburgen and Diane Ladd In 2004 he starred in another television production Back When We Were Grownups once again directed by Ron Underwood opposite Blythe Danner it was his final performance Personal life editThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed December 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Palance lived for several years around Tehachapi California He was married to his first wife Virginia nee Baker from 1949 to 1968 They had three children Holly Brooke and Cody On New Year s Day 2003 Virginia was struck and killed by a car in Los Angeles Palance s daughter Brooke married Michael Wilding son of Michael Wilding Sr and Elizabeth Taylor they have three children Cody Palance also an actor appeared alongside his father in the films God s Gun and Young Guns In May 1987 Palance married his second wife Elaine Rogers Palance painted and sold landscape art with a poem included on the back of each picture He was also the author of The Forest of Love a book of poems published in 1996 by Summerhouse Press 31 He was a supporter of the Republican Party 32 Palance enjoyed raising cattle on his ranch in the Tehachapi Mountains 33 He gave up eating red meat after working on his ranch commenting that he couldn t eat a cow 34 Palance acknowledged a lifelong attachment to his Pennsylvania heritage and visited there when able Shortly before his death he sold his farm in Butler Township and put his art collection up for auction 35 Novelist Chuck Palahniuk author of Fight Club and other works acknowledged in a 2007 interview that he was a distant nephew of Palance 36 Death editPalance died on November 10 2006 at his daughter Holly s home in Montecito California at age 87 surrounded by family 37 Legacy editPalance has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6608 Hollywood Boulevard In 1992 he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy amp Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City Oklahoma According to writer Mark Evanier comic book creator Jack Kirby modeled his character Darkseid on the actor 38 The Lucky Luke 1956 comic Lucky Luke contre Phil Defer by Morris features a villain named Phil Defer who is a caricature of Jack Palance The song And now we dance by punk band The Vandals features the lyrics Come on and do one hand pushups just like Jack Palance American comedian Bill Hicks incorporated a reference to Palance in one of his most famous routines likening Palance s character in Shane to how he views the United States role in international warfare 39 Novelist Donald E Westlake stated that he sometimes imagined Palance as the model for the career criminal character Parker he wrote in a series of novels under the name Richard Stark 40 Filmography edit nbsp Palance in The Godchild 1974 Year Title Role Director Notes1950 Panic in the Streets Blackie Elia Kazan1951 Halls of Montezuma Pigeon Lane Lewis Milestone1952 Sudden Fear Lester Blaine David Miller Nominated Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor1953 Shane Jack Wilson George Stevens Nominated Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorSecond Chance Cappy Gordon Rudolph MateArrowhead Toriano Charles Marquis WarrenFlight to Tangier Gil Walker Charles Marquis WarrenMan in the Attic Slade Hugo Fregonese1954 Sign of the Pagan Attila Douglas SirkThe Silver Chalice Simon The Magician Victor Saville1955 Kiss of Fire El Tigre Joseph M NewmanI Died a Thousand Times Roy Earle Roy Collins Stuart HeislerThe Big Knife Charles Castle Robert Aldrich1956 Attack Lieutenant Joe Costa Fox Company Robert Aldrich1957 The Lonely Man Jacob Wade Henry LevinHouse of Numbers Arnie Judlow Bill Judlow Russell Rouse1958 The Man Inside Milo March John Gilling1959 Ten Seconds to Hell Eric Koertner Robert AldrichBeyond All Limits Jim Gatsby Roberto Gavaldon1960 Austerlitz General Franz Von Weyrother Abel GanceThe Barbarians Revak Rudolph Mate1961 Sword of the Conqueror Alboin Carlo CampogallianiThe Mongols Ogotai Andre de TothThe Last Judgment Matteoni Vittorio De SicaBarabbas Torvald Richard Fleischer1962 Night Train to Milan Bauer Schneider Marcello BaldiWarriors Five Jack Leopoldo Savona1963 Contempt Jeremy Prokosch Jean Luc Godard1965 Once a Thief Walter Pedak Ralph Nelson1966 The Professionals Raza Richard Brooks1967 Torture Garden Ronald Wyatt Freddie Francis segment 4 The Man Who Collected Poe Kill a Dragon Rick Masters Michael Moore1968 Madigan s Millions Matteo Cirini Stanley Prager voice of Riccardo Garrone in the English language version uncredited They Came to Rob Las Vegas Douglas Antonio Isasi IsasmendiThe Mercenary Curly Ricciolo Sergio Corbucci1969 The Desperados Parson Josiah Galt Henry LevinA Bullet for Rommel Major John Heston Leon KlimovskyMarquis de Sade Justine Father Antonin Jesus FrancoChe Fidel Castro Richard FleischerLegion of the Damned Colonel Charley MacPherson Umberto Lenzi1970 The McMasters Kolby Alf KjellinMonte Walsh Chet Rollins William A FrakerCompaneros John Sergio Corbucci1971 Horsemen Tursen John Frankenheimer1972 It Can Be Done Amigo Sonny Bronston Maurizio LucidiChato s Land Captain Quincey Whitmore Michael WinnerSting of the West Buck Santini Enzo G CastellariAnd So Ends Narrator Robert Young Voice1973 Brothers Blue Captain Hillman Luigi BazzoniOklahoma Crude Hellman Stanley Kramer1974 Craze Neal Mottram Freddie FrancisDan Curtis Dracula Count Dracula Dan Curtis1975 The Four Deuces Victor Vic Morono William H BushnellThe Great Adventure William Bates Gianfranco BaldanelloAfrica Express Robert Preston Willaim Hunter Michele LupoL Infermiera Mr Kitch Nello Rossati1976 God s Gun Sam Clayton Gianfranco ParoliniThe Cop in Blue Jeans Norman Shelley Richard J Russo Bruno CorbucciBlack Cobra Woman Judas Carmichael Joe D AmatoSafari Express Van Daalen Duccio TessariMister Scarface Scarface Manzari Fernando Di LeoBlood and Bullets Duke Alfonso Brescia1977 Welcome to Blood City Frendlander Peter Sasdy1978 The One Man Jury Lieutenant Wade Charles Martin1979 Angels Brigade Mike Farrell Greydon ClarkThe Shape of Things to Come Omus George McCowanPortrait of a Hitman Jim Buck Allan A BuckhantzCocaine Cowboys Raphael Ulli Lommel1980 Without Warning Joe Taylor Greydon ClarkHawk the Slayer Voltan Terry Marcel1982 Alone in the Dark Frank Hawkes Jack Sholder1987 Gor Xenos Fritz KierschBagdad Cafe Rudi Cox Percy Adlon1988 Young Guns Lawrence G Murphy Christopher CainOutlaw of Gor Xenos John Cardos1989 Batman Carl Grissom Tim BurtonTango amp Cash Yves Perret Andrei Konchalovsky1990 Solar Crisis Travis Richard C Sarafian1991 City Slickers Curly Washburn Ron Underwood Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorAmerican Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion PictureGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor Motion Picture Nominated Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor1992 Eli s Lesson Old Pilot Peter D Marshall1993 Cyborg 2 Mercy Michael Schroeder1994 Cops amp Robbersons Detective Jake Stone Michael RitchieCity Slickers II The Legend of Curly s Gold Duke Washburn Paul WeilandThe Swan Princess Sir Rothbart Richard Rich Voice animated film1998 The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo Beelzebub George Erschbamer1999 Treasure Island Long John Silver Peter Rowe2001 Prancer Returns Old Man Richards Joshua Butler Direct to DVD2003 Between Hitler and Stalin Narrator Slavko Nowytski VoiceTelevision movies miniseries edit Year Title Role Notes1956 Requiem for a Heavyweight Harlan Mountain McClintock1966 Alice Through the Looking Glass Jabberwock 41 1968 The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Dr Henry Jekyll Mr Edward Hyde1974 Bram Stoker s Dracula Count DraculaThe Godchild Rourke1975 The Hatfields and the McCoys Anderson Devil Anse Hatfield1979 The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang Will Smith1980 The Ivory Ape Marc KazarianThe Golden Moment An Olympic Love Story Whitey Robinson1981 Evil Stalks This House Stokes1992 Keep the Change Overstreet1994 Twilight Zone Rod Serling s Lost Classics Dr Jeremy Wheaton segment Where the Dead Are 1995 Buffalo Girls Bartle Bone1997 I ll Be Home for Christmas Bob1998 Ebenezer Ebenezer Scrooge1999 Sarah Plain and Tall Winter s End John Witting2001 Living With the Dead Allan Van Praagh2004 Back When We Were Grownups Paul Poppy Davitch final film role Television series edit Year Title Role Notes1950 Lights Out Episode The Man Who Couldn t Remember 1952 Westinghouse Studio One Episode The King in Yellow Curtain Call Episode Azaya Westinghouse Studio One Episode Little Man Big World The Gulf Playhouse Episode Necktie Party 1953 Danger Episode Said the Spider to the Fly The Web Episode The Last Chance Suspense Tom Walker Episode The Kiss Off The Motorola Television Hour Scott Malone Kurt Bauman Episode Brandenburg Gate Suspense Episode Cagliostro and the Chess Player 1955 What s My Line Himself Mystery guest1956 Playhouse 90 Harlan Mountain McClintock Requiem for a Heavyweight Emmy Award for Best Single Performance by an ActorDick Powell s Zane Grey Theatre Dan Morgan Episode The Lariat opposite Constance Ford1957 Playhouse 90 Monroe Stahr The Last Tycoon Playhouse 90 Manolete The Death of Manolete 1963 The Greatest Show on Earth Circus Manager Johnny Slate Series top billing 30 episodes1964 What s My Line Himself Mystery guest1965 Convoy Harvey Bell Episode The Many Colors of Courage 1966 Run for Your Life Julian Hays Episode I Am the Late Diana Hays Alice Through the Looking Glass Jabberwock Live Theatre The Man from U N C L E Louis Strago 2 episodes The Concrete Overcoat Affair Parts I and II reedited as The Spy in the Green Hat 1971 Net Playhouse President Jackson Trail of Tears 1973 The Sonny amp Cher Comedy Hour Himself1975 1976 Bronk Lieutenant Alex Bronk Bronkov Series top billing 25 episodes1979 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Kaleel Episode Planet of the Slave Girls Unknown Powers Presenter Narrator1981 Tales of the Haunted Stokes Episode Evil Stalks This House 1982 1986 Ripley s Believe It or Not Himself Host Series2001 Night Visions Jake Jennings Segment Bitter Harvest Awards and nominations editYear Association Category Nominated work Result1953 Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor Sudden Fear Nominated1954 Shane Nominated1992 City Slickers Won1992 Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actor Motion Picture Won1957 Primetime Emmy Awards Best Single Performance by an Actor Playhouse 90 Won1992 American Comedy Awards Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture City Slickers Won1992 Chicago Film Critics Association Award Best Supporting Actor Nominated1993 Golden Boot Awards Golden Boot WonNational Cowboy amp Western Heritage Museum Bronze Wrangler Factual Narrative Legends of the West Won1998 WorldFest Flagstaff Lifetime Achievement Award Won2001 DVD Exclusive Awards Best Supporting Actor Prancer Returns Won2004 Online Film amp Television Association Award Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries Back When We Were Grownups Nominated2012 20 20 Award Best Supporting Actor City Slickers NominatedDiscography editPalance Warner Bros 1969 42 References edit Jack Palance Biography 1920 Filmreference com Retrieved September 25 2016 The Last Role of an American City Slicker with a Ukrainian Soul Ukemonde com November 14 2006 Retrieved September 25 2016 Entertainment Veteran western star Palance dies BBC News November 11 2006 Retrieved September 25 2016 A History of the Polish Americans Transaction Publishers 1987 p 113 ISBN 9781412825443 Retrieved September 25 2016 Matthew Dubas OBITUARY Academy Award winning actor Jack Palance 87 The Ukrainian Weekly November 19 2006 Official records only show Palance in one sanctioned fight His other fights may have been club fights boxrec com Accessed September 10 2022 Schmidt M A Palance From Panic To Pagan The New York Times March 14 1954 X5 In an early interview Palance claimed to have fought Baksi to a draw Enk Bryan Real Life Tough Guys Yahoo com Archived from the original on July 30 2013 Retrieved July 27 2013 Lawrence Christon Home on the Range It s been a long dusty journey since Panic in the Streets and Shane Los Angeles Times April 30 1995 In a later interview Palance admits to have lost to Baksi Jack Palance Obituary AP November 10 2006 Accomplished Alumni School of Humanities and Sciences Humsci stanford edu Archived from the original on September 11 2016 Retrieved September 25 2016 YouTube YouTube Archived from the original on December 28 2015 Retrieved September 25 2016 The Life Story of Jack Palance Picture Show London Vol 62 Iss 1605 Jan 2 1954 12 Sudden Fear 1952 Palance from Panic to Pagan By M A Schmidt Hollywood New York Times 14 Mar 1954 X5 Hopper Hedda Menace Jack Palance Cast as Apache Chief Los Angeles Times October 17 1952 B6 Scheuer Philip K Jack Palance as Attila Dominant Pagan Figure Los Angeles Times December 24 1954 p 10 Jack Palance Has Operation The New York Times October 19 1955 39 Coppola Jo March 22 1957 Palance Scores Again Newsday p 3C ProQuest 879938015 When Jack Palance accepted the Emmy Award Saturday for his role as Mountain the washed up fighter in Requiem for a Heavyweight done on Playhouse 90 in October his diction was as precise as a diamond cutter s hand when handling a 100 carat gem Page Don Jack Palance In the center ring Los Angeles Times September 1 1963 C3 Jack Palance Presence Sparks Tuscaloosa Riot Los Angeles Times July 11 1964 p 7 Jack Palance Injured in Stunt Mishap Los Angeles Times September 9 1967 B5 Field Tom 2005 Secrets in the Shadows The Art amp Life of Gene Colan Raleigh NC TwoMorrows Publishing p 99 a b Wuntch Philip Jack Palance s Image Follows Him Offscreen Sun Sentinel July 3 1991 3E Shales Tom Jack Palance The Tough Guy Behind the Tough Guy Exterior Jack Palance The Washington Post August 22 1980 C1 Strongest Man In The World on Vimeo Vimeo com October 7 2015 Retrieved September 25 2016 Martin Douglas Jack Palance Living the Western The New York Times July 21 1991 A17 Video on YouTube Grimes William March 30 1993 Eastwood Western Takes Top 2 Prizes In 65th Oscar Show The New York Times Retrieved May 9 2017 a b Declaring I m Ukrainian not Russian Palance walks out of Russian Film Festival in Hollywood Ukemonde com June 11 2004 Retrieved September 9 2016 The Forest of Love Summerhouse 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