Jack Palance

Jack Palance is known for acting, with films including Batman, Tango & Cash, Shane. Browse the full filmography and find where to stream on sseenn.

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

• Batman (1989)
• Tango & Cash (1989)
• Shane (1953)
• The Professionals (1966)
• Young Guns (1988)
• The Swan Princess (1994)
• Contempt (1963)
• City Slickers (1991)
• Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)
• Barabbas (1961)
• Bagdad Cafe (1987)
• Alone in the Dark (1982)
• The Mercenary (1968)
• Compañeros (1970)
• Without Warning (1980)
• Chato's Land (1972)
• Dracula (1974)
• Gor (1987)
• The Big Knife (1955)
• Cyborg 2 (1993)
• Monte Walsh (1970)
• Hawk the Slayer (1980)
• Sudden Fear (1952)
• Attack (1956)
• Panic in the Streets (1950)
• City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)
• Imagine: John Lennon (1988)
• Torture Garden (1967)
• Cops & Robbersons (1994)
• It Can Be Done Amigo (1972)
• Man in the Attic (1953)
• The Cop in Blue Jeans (1976)