Jack Palance
Birthday: 1919-02-17 | Place of Birth: Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USAJack 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Palance, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Acting
Role
as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
as Allan Van Praagh
as Narrator (voice)
as John Witting
as Long John Silver
as Beelzebub
as Ebenezer Scrooge
as Bob Greiser
as Bartle Bone
as Duke Page
as Jake Stone
as Lord Rothbart (voice)
as Mercy
as Curly Washburn
as Grissom
as Yves Perret
as L. G. Murphy
as Rudi Cox
as Xenos
as Frank Hawkes
as Joe Taylor
as Marc Kazarian
as Voltan
as Jim Buck
as Mike Farrell
as Omus
as Raphael
as Frendlander
as Judas Carmichael
