10.0
10.0
The Hatfields and the McCoys
1975
as Devil Anse Hatfield
Jack Palance
N/A
CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Walter Jack Palance ( PAL-əns; born Volodymyr Palahniuk; February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American screen and stage actor, known to film audiences 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). Born in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, the son of Ukrainian immigrants, Palance served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He attended Stanford University before pursuing a career in the theater, winning a Theatre World Award in 1951. He made his film acting debut in Elia Kazan's Panic in the Streets (1950), and earned Oscar nominations for Sudden Fear and Shane, his third and fourth-ever film roles. He also won an Emmy Award for a 1957 teleplay Requiem for a Heavyweight. Subsequently, Palance played a variety of both supporting and leading film roles, often appearing in crime dramas and Westerns. Beginning in the late 1950s, he would work extensively in Europe, notably in a memorable turn as a charismatic-but-corrupting Hollywood mogul in Jean-Luc Godard's 1963 film Contempt. He played the title character in the 1973 television film Bram Stoker's Dracula, which influenced future depictions of the character. During the 1980s, he became familiar to a new generation of audiences by hosting the television series Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1982–86). His newfound popularity spurred a late-career revival, and he played high-profile villain roles in the blockbusters Young Guns (1988) and Tango & Cash (1989), and culminating in his Oscar and Golden Globe-winning turn as Curly in City Slickers. Off-screen, he was involved in efforts in support of the Ukrainian American community and served as a chairman of the Hollywood Trident Foundation.
Filmography (125 movies)
10.0
10.0
Monster Mania
1997
as Host
9.0
9.0
When It Was a Game 2
1992
as Passage Narrator (voice)
8.0
8.0
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1956
as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
7.5
7.5
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996
as Self (archive footage)
7.4
7.4
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
1999
as John Witting
7.4
7.4
Shane
1953
as Jack Wilson
7.3
7.3
Sudden Fear
1952
as Lester Blaine
7.2
7.2
Batman
1989
as Grissom
7.2
7.2
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
1998
as Beelzebub
7.2
7.2
Bagdad Cafe
1987
as Rudi Cox
7.1
7.1
The Professionals
1966
as Jesus Raza
7.1
7.1
Contempt
1963
as Jeremy Prokosch
7.0
7.0
The Omen Legacy
2001
as Narrator (voice)
7.0
7.0
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
1995
as Self
7.0
7.0
Imagine
1972
as Self
6.9
6.9
Panic in the Streets
1950
as Blackie
6.9
6.9
Barabbas
1961
as Torvald
6.9
6.9
The Mercenary
1968
as Ricciolo ("Curly")
6.8
6.8
Attack
1956
as Joe Costa
6.8
6.8
Paparazzi
1964
as Self
6.7
6.7
Young Guns
1988
as L. G. Murphy
6.6
6.6
The Battle of Austerlitz
1960
as Gen. Weirother
6.6
6.6
I'll Be Home For Christmas
1997
as Bob Greiser
6.6
6.6
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
as Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")
6.6
6.6
The Swan Princess
1994
as Lord Rothbart (voice)
6.5
6.5
Chato's Land
1972
as Quincey Whitmore
6.5
6.5
Compañeros
1970
as John
6.5
6.5
The Spy in the Green Hat
1967
as Louis Strago
6.5
6.5
Tango & Cash
1989
as Yves Perret
6.4
6.4
City Slickers
1991
as Curly Washburn
6.4
6.4
Once a Thief
1965
as Walter Pedak
6.4
6.4
The Last Judgment
1961
as Matteoni
6.4
6.4
Buffalo Girls
1995
as Bartle Bone
6.3
6.3
The Horsemen
1971
as Tursen
6.3
6.3
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1968
as Dr. Jekyll/Dr.Hyde
6.3
6.3
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience
1999
as (archive footage)
6.3
6.3
Dracula
1974
as Dracula
6.3
6.3
Rulers of the City
1976
as Scarface' Manzari
6.2
6.2
Ten Seconds to Hell
1959
as Eric Koertner
6.1
6.1
Flight to Tangier
1953
as Gil Walker
6.1
6.1
Bardot et Godard
1964
as Self
6.1
6.1
I Died a Thousand Times
1955
as Roy Earle / Roy Collins
6.1
6.1
The Cop in Blue Jeans
1976
as Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo
6.1
6.1
Torture Garden
1967
as Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
6.1
6.1
Oklahoma Crude
1973
as Hellman
6.1
6.1
Monte Walsh
1970
as Chet Rollins
6.0
6.0
The Dinosaur and the Baby
1967
as Jeremy Prokosch (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1966
as Jabberwock
6.0
6.0
Keep the Change
1992
as Overstreet
6.0
6.0
The Big Knife
1955
as Charles Castle
5.9
5.9
Halls of Montezuma
1951
as Pigeon Lane
5.9
5.9
The Lonely Man
1957
as Jacob Wade
5.9
5.9
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
1968
as Douglas
5.9
5.9
Second Chance
1953
as Cappy Gordon
5.9
5.9
Arrowhead
1953
as Toriano
5.8
5.8
Alone in the Dark
1982
as Frank Hawkes
5.8
5.8
Night Train to Milan
1962
as Herr Bauer / Schneider
5.8
5.8
Brothers Blue
1973
as Hillman
5.8
5.8
Unknown Powers
1978
as Himself - Host
5.7
5.7
The Man Inside
1958
as Milo March
5.7
5.7
It Can Be Done Amigo
1972
as Sonny Bronson
5.5
5.5
Battle of the Commandos
1969
as Charley MacPherson
5.5
5.5
Sword of the Conqueror
1961
as Alboino
5.4
5.4
Man in the Attic
1953
as Slade
5.4
5.4
A Bullet for Rommel
1969
as Major John Heston
5.4
5.4
Prancer Returns
2001
5.3
5.3
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
1994
as Duke Page
5.3
5.3
House of Numbers
1957
as Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow
5.3
5.3
Living with the Dead
2002
as Allan Van Praagh
5.3
5.3
Without Warning
1980
as Joe Taylor
5.2
5.2
Sign of the Pagan
1954
as Attila
5.2
5.2
God's Gun
1976
as Sam Clayton
5.1
5.1
The Sensuous Nurse
1975
as Mr. Kitch
5.1
5.1
Cops & Robbersons
1994
as Jake Stone
5.0
5.0
Marquis de Sade: Justine
1969
as Antonin
4.9
4.9
The One Man Jury
1978
as Lieutenant Wade
4.9
4.9
Welcome to Blood City
1977
as Frendlander
4.9
4.9
Che!
1969
as Fidel Castro
4.9
4.9
Safari Express
1976
as van Daalen
4.9
4.9
Treasure Island
1999
as Long John Silver
4.9
4.9
Craze
1974
as Neal Mottram
4.8
4.8
The Mongols
1961
as Ogataï
4.8
4.8
Hawk the Slayer
1980
as Voltan
4.6
4.6
Africa Express
1975
as Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter
4.6
4.6
Cocaine Cowboys
1979
as Raphael
4.6
4.6
Beyond All Limits
1959
as Jim Gatsby
4.6
4.6
Back When We Were Grownups
2004
as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
4.4
4.4
The Silver Chalice
1954
as Simon The Magician
4.3
4.3
Cyborg 2
1993
as Mercy
4.2
4.2
Solar Crisis
1992
as Travis
4.2
4.2
Portrait of a Hitman
1979
as Jim Buck
4.2
4.2
Black Cobra
1976
as Judas Carmichael
4.2
4.2
The McMasters
1970
as Kolby
4.0
4.0
The Shape of Things to Come
1979
as Omus
4.0
4.0
Father Jackleg
1972
as Buck Santini
4.0
4.0
The Four Deuces
1975
as Vic Morono, the Boss
3.9
3.9
The Desperados
1969
as Parson Josiah Galt
3.7
3.7
The Great Adventure
1975
as William Bates
3.6
3.6
Gor
1987
as Xenos
3.5
3.5
Evil Stalks This House
1981
as Stokes
3.5
3.5
The Ivory Ape
1980
as Marc Kazarian
3.4
3.4
Blood and Bullets
1976
as Duke
3.3
3.3
Kill a Dragon
1967
as Rick Masters
3.1
3.1
Angels' Brigade
1979
as Mike Farrell
3.0
3.0
Kiss of Fire
1955
as El Tigre
2.8
2.8
Outlaw of Gor
1988
as Xeno
2.7
2.7
Ebenezer
1998
as Ebenezer Scrooge
2.0
2.0
Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan
1991
as Opening Narration (voice)
2.0
2.0
The Godchild
1974
as Rourke
1.9
1.9
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979
as Will Smith
Psychic Confession
1982
as Narrator
Rickles
1975
Legends of the West
1992
Executive Producer
The Helm of Destiny
1982
as Narration
The Unknown Force
1977
as Self - Host
Vem Var Dracula
1996
as Self
The Last Tycoon
1957
as Monroe Stahr
The Death of Manolete
1957
as Manolete
And Still Champion! The Story of Archie Moore
1967
as Narrator (voice)
National Geographic: The Volga
1977
as Narrator (voice)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
1979
as Kaleel
The Barbarians
1960
as Revak
Warriors Five
1962
as Jack
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980
as Whitey Robinson
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