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Jack Elam

Jack Elam

Acting
Born: Nov 13, 1920 — Died: Oct 20, 2003
From: Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA
Credits: 30 titles

Biography

Colorful American character actor equally adept at vicious killers or grizzled sidekicks. As a child he worked in the cotton fields. He attended Santa Monica Junior College in California and subsequently became an accountant and, at one time, manager of the Bel Air Hotel. Elam got his first movie job by trading his accounting services for a role. In short time he became one of the most memorable supporting players in Hollywood, thanks not only to his near-demented screen persona but also to an out-of-kilter left eye, sightless from a childhood fight. He appeared with great aplomb in Westerns and gangster films alike, and in later years played to wonderful effect in comedic roles.

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Suburban Commando Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell 1991 4.711
Cannonball Run II Doc 1984 5.4
The Cannonball Run Doctor 1981 6.2
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again Big Mac 1979 6.486
Hot Lead & Cold Feet Rattlesnake 1978 5.926
Hawmps! Bad Jack Cutter 1976 5.75
Creature from Black Lake Joe Canton 1976 5.231
Hannie Caulder Frank Clemens 1971 6.211
Rio Lobo Phillips 1970 6.472
Support Your Local Sheriff! Jake 1969 6.973
Firecreek Norman 1968 6.279
Never a Dull Moment Ace Williams 1968 6.25
The Way West Preacher Weatherby 1967 6.127
The Night of the Grizzly Hank 1966 5.935
The Rare Breed Deke Simons 1966 6.122
Pocketful of Miracles Cheesecake 1961 7.307
The Comancheros Horseface (Comanchero) 1961 6.69
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Tom McLowery 1957 7.019
Night Passage Shotgun 1957 6.469
Baby Face Nelson Fatso Nagel 1957 5.638
Pardners Pete 1956 6.664
Moonfleet Damen 1955 6.555
Artists and Models Ivan 1955 6.668
Count the Hours! Max Verne 1953 5.5
High Noon Charlie - Drunk in Jail … 1952 7.667
Finders Keepers Eddie 1952 10.0
Kansas City Confidential Pete Harris 1952 7.08
Rancho Notorious Mort Geary 1952 6.484
Rawhide Tevis 1951 6.717
The Sundowners Earl Boyce 1950 5.214
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1920
FromMiami, Gila, Arizona, …