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Jack Palance
Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA
Jack 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…
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Jack 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.
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2012
The Bardot mystery
Movie
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2004
Back When We Were Grownups
Movie Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
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2002
Living with the Dead
Movie Allan Van Praagh
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2002
Living with the Dead
TV show Allan Van Praagh
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2001
Prancer Returns
Movie
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2001
The Omen Legacy
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2001
Night Visions
TV show Jake Jennings (segment "Bitter Harvest")
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1999
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
Movie John Witting
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1999
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience
Movie (archive footage)
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1999
Treasure Island
Movie Long John Silver
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1998
Ebenezer
Movie Ebenezer Scrooge
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1998
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
Movie Beelzebub
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1997
I'll Be Home For Christmas
Movie Bob Greiser
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1997
Monster Mania
Movie Host
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1996
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1995
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
Movie Self
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1995
Buffalo Girls
Movie Bartle Bone
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1994
The Swan Princess
Movie Lord Rothbart (voice)
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1994
The World of Hammer
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1994
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
Movie Duke Page
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1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Movie Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")
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1994
Cops & Robbersons
Movie Jake Stone
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1993
Cyborg 2
Movie Mercy
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1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV show Self - Guest
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1992
Legends of the West
Movie Host / Self - Judge Roy Bean
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1992
Solar Crisis
Movie Travis
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1992
When It Was a Game 2
Movie Passage Narrator (voice)
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1992
Keep the Change
Movie Overstreet
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1991
Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan
Movie Opening Narration (voice)
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1991
City Slickers
Movie Curly Washburn
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1989
Tango & Cash
Movie Yves Perret
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1989
Batman
Movie Grissom
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1988
Outlaw of Gor
Movie Xeno
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1988
Imagine: John Lennon
Movie Self
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1988
Young Guns
Movie L. G. Murphy
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1987
Bagdad Cafe
Movie Rudi Cox
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1987
Gor
Movie Xenos
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1985
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie Self
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1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Movie (archive footage)
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1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
