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.

Filmography

• 2012The Bardot mystery
• 2004Back When We Were Grownups — Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
• 2002Living with the Dead — Allan Van Praagh
• Living with the Dead — Allan Van Praagh
• Night Visions — Jake Jennings (segment "Bitter Harvest")
• 2001Prancer Returns
• 2001The Omen Legacy — Narrator (voice)
• 1999Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience — (archive footage)
• 1999Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End — John Witting
• 1999Treasure Island — Long John Silver
• 1998Ebenezer — Ebenezer Scrooge
• 1998The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo — Beelzebub
• 1997I'll Be Home For Christmas — Bob Greiser
• 1997Monster Mania — Host
• 1995Buffalo Girls — Bartle Bone
• 1994City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold — Duke Page
• 1994Cops & Robbersons — Jake Stone
• 1994The Swan Princess — Lord Rothbart (voice)
• 1994The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics — Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")
• 1993Cyborg 2 — Mercy
• 1992Keep the Change — Overstreet
• 1992Legends of the West — Host / Self - Judge Roy Bean, Executive Producer
• 1992Solar Crisis — Travis
• 1992When It Was a Game 2 — Passage Narrator (voice)
• 1991City Slickers — Curly Washburn
• 1991Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan — Opening Narration (voice)
• 1989Batman — Grissom
• 1989Tango & Cash — Yves Perret
• 1988Outlaw of Gor — Xeno
• 1988Young Guns — L. G. Murphy
• 1987Bagdad Cafe — Rudi Cox
• 1987Gor — Xenos
• 1985George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey — (archive footage)
• 1982Alone in the Dark — Frank Hawkes
• 1982Psychic Confession — Narrator
• Ripley's Believe It or Not! — Host
• 1982The Helm of Destiny — Narration
• 1981Evil Stalks This House — Stokes
• 1980Hawk the Slayer — Voltan
• 1980The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story — Whitey Robinson
• 1980The Ivory Ape — Marc Kazarian
• 1980Without Warning — Joe Taylor
• 1979Angels' Brigade — Mike Farrell
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century — Kaleel
• 1979Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls — Kaleel
• 1979Cocaine Cowboys — Raphael
• 1979Portrait of a Hitman — Jim Buck
• 1979The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang — Will Smith
• 1979The Shape of Things to Come — Omus
• 1978The One Man Jury — Lieutenant Wade
• 1977Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
• 1977National Geographic: The Volga — Narrator (voice)
• 1977Welcome to Blood City — Frendlander
• 1976Black Cobra — Judas Carmichael
• 1976Blood and Bullets — Duke
• 1976God's Gun — Sam Clayton
• 1976Rulers of the City — Scarface' Manzari
• 1976Safari Express — van Daalen
• 1976The Cop in Blue Jeans — Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo
• 1975Africa Express — Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter
• Bronk — Lt. Alex Bronkov
• 1975Rickles
• 1975The Four Deuces — Vic Morono, the Boss
• 1975The Great Adventure — William Bates
• 1975The Hatfields and the McCoys — Devil Anse Hatfield
• 1975The Sensuous Nurse — Mr. Kitch
• 1974Craze — Neal Mottram
• 1974Dracula — Dracula
• 1974The Godchild — Rourke
• 1973Brothers Blue — Hillman
• 1973Oklahoma Crude — Hellman
• 1972Chato's Land — Quincey Whitmore
• 1972Father Jackleg — Buck Santini
• 1972It Can Be Done Amigo — Sonny Bronston
• 1971The Horsemen — Tursen
• The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
• 1970Compañeros — John
• 1970Monte Walsh — Chet Rollins
• 1970The McMasters — Kolby
• 1969A Bullet for Rommel — Major John Heston
• 1969Battle of the Commandos — Charley MacPherson
• 1969Che! — Fidel Castro
• 1969Marquis de Sade: Justine — Antonin
• 1969The Desperados — Parson Josiah Galt
• 1968Madigan's Millions — Matteo Cirini (voice) (uncredited)
• 1968The Mercenary — Ricciolo ("Curly")
• 1968The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Dr. Jekyll / Mr.Hyde
• 1968They Came to Rob Las Vegas — Douglas
• 1967And Still Champion! The Story of Archie Moore — Narrator (voice)
• 1967Kill a Dragon — Rick Masters
• 1967The Dinosaur and the Baby — Jeremy Prokosch (archive footage)
• 1967The Spy in the Green Hat — Louis Strago
• 1967Torture Garden — Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
• 1966Alice Through the Looking Glass — Jabberwock
• 1966The Professionals — Jesus Raza
• Convoy — Harvey Bell
• 1965Once a Thief — Walter Pedak
• Run for Your Life — Julian Hays
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. — Louis Strago
• 1963Contempt — Jeremy Prokosch
• The Greatest Show on Earth — Director
• 1962Night Train to Milan — Herr Bauer / Schneider
• 1962Warriors Five — Jack
• 1961Barabbas — Torvald
• 1961Sword of the Conqueror — Alboino
• 1961The Last Judgment — Matteoni
• 1961The Mongols — Ogataï
• 1960Austerlitz — Gen. Weirother
• 1960The Barbarians — Revak
• 1959Beyond All Limits — Jim Gatsby
• 1959Ten Seconds to Hell — Eric Koertner
• 1958The Man Inside — Milo March
• 1957House of Numbers — Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow
• 1957The Death of Manolete — Manolete
• 1957The Last Tycoon — Monroe Stahr
• 1957The Lonely Man — Jacob Wade
• 1956Attack — Joe Costa
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Dan Morgan
• Playhouse 90 — Self - Host, Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
• 1956Requiem for a Heavyweight — Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
• 1955I Died a Thousand Times — Roy Earle / Roy Collins
• 1955Kiss of Fire — El Tigre
• 1955The Big Knife — Charles Castle
• 1954Sign of the Pagan — Attila
• 1954The Silver Chalice — Simon The Magician
• 1953Arrowhead — Toriano
• 1953Flight to Tangier — Gil Walker
• 1953Man in the Attic — Slade
• 1953Second Chance — Cappy Gordon
• 1953Shane — Jack Wilson
• 1952Sudden Fear — Lester Blaine
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — John, Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
• 1951Halls of Montezuma — Pigeon Lane
• The Red Skelton Show — Jack Palance
• 1950Panic in the Streets — Blackie
• Lights Out
• Suspense — Tom Walker, Count Alessandro di Cagliostro
• Studio One — Arky

Appearances as themselves (25)

• 1996Joan Crawford: Always the Star — Self (archive footage)
• 1995Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval — Self
• The World of Hammer — Self (archive footage)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• 1988Imagine: John Lennon — Self
• 1985Night of 100 Stars II — Self
• 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Late Night with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• 1978Unknown Powers — Himself - Host
• 1977The Unknown Force — Self - Host
• Dinah! — Self
• 1972Imagine — Self
• The Carol Burnett Show — Self - Guest / Various Characters
• 1964Bardot et Godard — Self
• 1964Paparazzi — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self - Co-Host
• The Steve Allen Show — Self - Guest
• The Oscars — Self
• The Colgate Comedy Hour — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee
• New Line: Independent Legacies — Self (archive footage)