Jack Elam
Birthday: 1920-11-13 | Place of Birth: Miami, Gila, Arizona, USAColorful 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Buckshot
as Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell
as Hezekiah Crow
as Jake Calhoun
as Boone
as Charlie
as Squires
as Scrooge
as Lum Witcher
as Doctor
as Avery Simpson
as Big Mac
as Ira Bigelow
as Ira Bigelow
as Death Dreamer
as Rattlesnake
as Bad Jack Cutter
as Crazy Charlie
as J. Pete Hankins
as Joe Canton
as Jarrod (Sheriff)
as Granddad
as Bitterroot
as Frank Clemens
as Jug May
as John Wesley Hardin
as Phillips
