ORBITRA
Jack Palance

Acting

Jack Palance

Feb 18, 1919 – Nov 10, 2006163 titles 132 movies · 31 TV
Explore orbit
IMDb

Biography

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.

Also known as

Walter Jack Palance · Walter Palance · Jack Brazzo · Джек Пеланс · Джек Паланс · Володимир Палагнюк · Джек Пэланс · Джак Паланс · Џек Паланс · Τζακ Πάλανς · Wolodymyr Iwanowitsch Palagnjuk · جک پالانس

Born

Feb 18, 1919 – Nov 10, 2006

Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA

Open in OpenStreetMap

Photos

Profile images from TMDB · click to enlarge

4 images

Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

163

Acting credits

1

Directing

0

Writing

1

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

Orbit ↑

1944 1 title(s)

1948 2 title(s)

1949 2 title(s)

1950 3 title(s)

1951 3 title(s)

1952 1 title(s)

1953 6 title(s)

1954 2 title(s)

1955 3 title(s)

1956 5 title(s)

1957 4 title(s)

1958 1 title(s)

1959 2 title(s)

1960 2 title(s)

1961 5 title(s)

1962 4 title(s)

1963 2 title(s)

1964 3 title(s)

1965 3 title(s)

1966 2 title(s)

1967 6 title(s)

1968 4 title(s)

1969 5 title(s)

1970 3 title(s)

1971 2 title(s)

1972 4 title(s)

1973 2 title(s)

1974 4 title(s)

1975 7 title(s)

1976 6 title(s)

1977 4 title(s)

1978 2 title(s)

1979 7 title(s)

1980 4 title(s)

1981 1 title(s)

1982 5 title(s)

1983 1 title(s)

1985 1 title(s)

1987 2 title(s)

1988 3 title(s)

1989 2 title(s)

1991 2 title(s)

1992 4 title(s)

1993 2 title(s)

1994 5 title(s)

1995 2 title(s)

1996 2 title(s)

1997 2 title(s)

1998 2 title(s)

1999 3 title(s)

2001 3 title(s)

2002 2 title(s)

2004 1 title(s)

2012 1 title(s)

Undated 1 title(s)