There was an old actor in the 50's & 60's. He had a snarled face, dark h!
Question: I always saw him in Westerns -- TV and movies. His name was Jack "Something." Not Jake Palance. Not Jack Ging. This guy was always a supporting player, never the star. He had a kind of unusual last name but I can't remember it. Can anyone remember this actor? Does anyone remember his name?
Answers: I always saw him in Westerns -- TV and movies. His name was Jack "Something." Not Jake Palance. Not Jack Ging. This guy was always a supporting player, never the star. He had a kind of unusual last name but I can't remember it. Can anyone remember this actor? Does anyone remember his name?
Jack Elam
Mini-bio from IMDB:
Colorful 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.
Click this link for his filmography and more information:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001181/
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I've been a fan of Jack Elam all my life, having a father who not only was a fan of Westerns but also very knowledgable about actors and actresses. I'm sure I haven't seen all of his films, but I've certainly seen a good share of them, many of them in the theater. He has great roles in "Support Your Local Sheriff!" and "Support Your Local Gunfighter!", but my mom and I love "Night of the Grizzly", in which he plays one of those grizzled old sweethearts he does so well~crusty exterior but a heart of golden mush. *giggle*