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Jack Elam

Jack Elam

Highest Rated: 100% Jubal (1956)

Lowest Rated: 0% The Villain (1979)

Birthday: Nov 13, 1920

Birthplace: Miami, Arizona, USA

Reliable veteran Hollywood actor Jack Elam, with his distincitve face, carved a niche as a villain in numerous Westerns and crime dramas since the 1950s, and later as a reliably comedic presence in his golden years.

Highest rated movies

100% The Comancheros
100% Jubal
100% The Far Country
100% The Man From Laramie
100% Wichita
100% Rancho Notorious
98% Kiss Me Deadly
96% Once Upon a Time in the West

Photos

ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, Jack Elam, 1968 RAWHIDE, Jack Elam, 1951, TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved RAWHIDE, Jack Elam, 1951, TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL GUNFIGHTER, from left, James Garner, Jack Elam, 1971 KISS ME DEADLY, from left: Jack Elam, Jack Lambert, 1955 CANNONBALL RUN II, Jack Elam, 1984, (c)Warner Bros. GRAYEAGLE, Jack Elam, 1977 HANNIE CAULDER, Strother Martin, Jack Elam (back), Raquel Welch, Ernest Borgnine, 1971 NIGHT PASSAGE, Jack Elam, 1957 CANNONBALL RUN II, (top to bottom): Susan Anton, Catherine Bach, Foster Brooks, Sid Caesar, Jackie Chan, Tim Conway, Tony Danza, Jack Elam, Michael Gazzo, Richard Kiel, Don Knotts, Ricardo Montalban, Jim Nabors, Louis Nye, Molly Picon, Charles Nelson Reill SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF, Jack Elam, 1969 SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL GUNFIGHTER, James Garner, Jack Elam, 1971 THE LAST CHALLENGE, Jack Elam, 1967 SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL GUNFIGHTER, James Garner, Jack Elam, Harry Morgan, 1971 RANCHO NOTORIOUS, Arthur Kennedy (back left), Marlene Dietrich, Jack Elam (right), 1952 KISS ME DEADLY, from left: Jack Elam, Ralph Meeker, Jack Lambert, 1955 SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF, James Garner, Jack Elam, Harry Morgan, Walter Burke, Henry Jones, Willis Bouchey, 1969 THE MOONLIGHTER, Jack Elam, 1953 HAWMPS, Jack Elam, 1976 KISS ME DEADLY, from left: Ralph Meeker, Jack Elam, 1955
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 60% Bonanza: Under Attack Unknown (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 0% Uninvited Grady (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shadow Force Tommy (Character) - 1992
15% 33% Suburban Commando Col. Dustin "Dusty" McHowell (Character) $6.6M 1991
No Score Yet 62% The Giant of Thunder Mountain Hezekiah Crow (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 85% Big Bad John Jake Calhoun (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Paradise: A Gathering of Guns Skragg (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 44% Once Upon a Texas Train Jason Fitch (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Where the Hell's That Gold? Boone (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dynamite and Gold Boone (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hawken's Breed Tackett (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Down the Long Hills Squires (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet 0% The Aurora Encounter Charlie (Character) $23.6K 1986
No Score Yet 43% Sacred Ground Lum Witcher (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lost Unknown (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 29% Jinxed! Otto (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 71% Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. Troscliar Boudreaux (Character) - 1981
29% 61% The Cannonball Run Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing (Character) - 1981
0% 39% The Villain Avery Simpson (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 53% The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again Big Mac (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 80% The Sacketts Unknown (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 9% The Norseman Death Dreamer (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 65% Hot Lead and Cold Feet Rattlesnake (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lacy and the Mississippi Queen Willie Red Fire (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 70% Grayeagle Trapper Willis (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pony Express Rider Crazy Charlie (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 85% Hawmps! Bad Jack Cutter (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 33% Creature From Black Lake Joe Canton (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe Bitterroot (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Winds of Autumn J. Pete Hankins (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 38% Huckleberry Finn King (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Silent Sentence Jarrod (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sidekicks Boss (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shootout in a One-Dog Town Handy (Character) - 1974
57% 82% Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Alamosa Bill/Kermit (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Red Pony Granddad (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Bitteroot (Character) - 1972
60% 54% Hannie Caulder Frank Clemens (Character) - 1971
62% 61% Support Your Local Gunfighter Jug May (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wild Country Thompson (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Rebel Matt (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 55% The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County Kittrick (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet 56% Dirty Dingus Magee John Wesley Hardin (Character) - 1970
70% 70% Rio Lobo Phillips (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet 25% The Over-the-Hill Gang Sheriff Clyde Barnes (Character) - 1969
76% 82% Support Your Local Sheriff! Jake (Character) - 1969
96% 94% Once Upon a Time in the West Snaky (member of Frank's gang) (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 51% Never a Dull Moment Ace Williams (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 57% Firecreek Norman (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 25% The Last Challenge Ernest Scarnes (Character) - 1967
29% 41% The Way West Preacher Weatherby (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet 55% The Night of the Grizzly Hank (Character) - 1966
29% 58% The Rare Breed Deke Simons (Character) - 1966
11% 37% Four for Texas Dobie (Character) - 1963
60% 57% The Last Sunset Ed Hobbs (Character) - 1961
50% 72% Pocketful of Miracles Cheesecake (Character) - 1961
100% 75% The Comancheros Horseface (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet 12% The Girl in Lover's Lane Jesse (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Slowest Gun in the West Ike Dalton (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 62% Edge of Eternity Bill Ward (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 33% The Gun Runners Arnold (Character) - 1958
50% 53% Night Passage Shotgun (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 20% Dragoon Wells Massacre Tioga (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 50% Baby Face Nelson Fatso Nagel (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 52% Pardners Pete (Character) - 1956
100% 77% Jubal McCoy (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thunder Over Arizona Deputy Slats Callahan (Character) - 1956
69% 70% Moonfleet Damen (Character) - 1955
100% 75% The Far Country Newberry (Character) - 1955
100% 79% The Man From Laramie Chris Boldt (Character) - 1955
98% 84% Kiss Me Deadly Charlie Max (Character) $882 1955
57% 50% Kismet Hassan-Ben (Character) - 1955
85% 76% Artists and Models Ivan (Character) - 1955
100% 65% Wichita Al (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Princess of the Nile Basra (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 46% Ride Clear of Diablo Tim Lowerie (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 28% Cattle Queen of Montana Yost (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 57% Appointment in Honduras Castro (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 22% The Moonlighter Slim (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 38% Ride, Vaquero Barton (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gun Belt Rusty Kolloway (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 21% Count the Hours Max Verne (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 33% My Man and I Celestino Garcia (Character) - 1952
100% 69% Rancho Notorious Mort Geary (Character) - 1952
80% 75% Kansas City Confidential Pete Harris (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ring Harry Jackson (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lure of the Wilderness Dave Longden (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 33% The Battle at Apache Pass Mescal Jack (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Montana Territory Gimp (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bushwhackers Cree (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 60% Rawhide Tevis (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bird of Paradise The Trader (Character) - 1951
60% 25% American Guerrilla in the Philippines The Speaker (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 28% The Sundowners Earl Boyce (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet High Lonesome Smiling Man (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mystery Range Burvel Lambert (Character) - 1947

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Guns of Paradise Unknown (Character) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Easy Street Uncle Alvin Bully Stevenson (Character) 1986-1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Simon & Simon Bud Krelman (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1978 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Eight Is Enough Unknown (Guest Star) 1978 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sacketts Ira Bigelow (Character) 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams Gus (Guest Star) 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet How the West Was Won Unknown (Guest Star) 1977
No Score Yet 100% Kung Fu Unknown (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Del Ordman (Guest Star) 1959-1961 1964-1966 1968-1969 1971-1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alias Smith and Jones Unknown (Guest Star) 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Dodie Hoad (Guest Star) 1961 1967 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet The High Chaparral Unknown (Guest Star) 1968
No Score Yet 100% The Wild, Wild West Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Guns of Will Sonnett Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tarzan Bellak (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet F Troop Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dakotas Deputy J.D. Smith (Character) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laramie Parson Hawks (Guest Star) 1961-1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ben Casey Felix Gault (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cheyenne Unknown (Guest Star) 1961-1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rawhide Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bronco Unknown (Guest Star) 1958 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rifleman Unknown (Guest Star) 1958-1961
92% 96% The Twilight Zone Avery (Character) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rebel Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Untouchables Unknown (Guest Star) 1960-1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sugarfoot Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunslinger Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marshal Dillon Unknown (Guest Star) 1959 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zane Grey Theatre Unknown (Character) 1957 1960-1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Lucky Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Have Gun -- Will Travel Unknown (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lawman Unknown (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Restless Gun Tony Molinor (Guest Star) 1957-1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zorro Unknown (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of Wells Fargo Unknown (Guest Star) 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Screen Directors Playhouse Unknown (Character) 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lone Ranger Reno Lawrence (Guest Star) 1954-1955