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Walter Jack Palance (/ ˈ p æ l ən s / PAL-əns; born Volodymyr Ivanovich Palahniuk (Ukrainian: Володимир Іванович Палагню́к); February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American screen and stage actor, known to film audiences for playing tough guys and villains.
IMDb profile of Jack Palance, a versatile actor who starred in westerns, melodramas, and foreign films. Learn about his life, career, achievements, and trivia.
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- Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA
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Jack Palance (born Volodymyr Palahniuk; February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American actor. He won an Academy Award for his role in the comedy movie City Slickers (1991).
- Panic in the Streets (1950) Director: Elia Kazan. It’s a towering entrance: 6ft4 of him in an oversized suit, cheekbones that could cut diamonds. “I want that money,” he snarls, before a one-shot railyard robbery earns him more than he bargained for.
- Sudden Fear (1952) Director: David Miller. “He’s just not my idea of a romantic leading man,” says playwright Myra Hudson (Joan Crawford) of the actor she’s just fired from her latest Broadway smash.
- Shane (1953) Director: George Stevens. Palance may not have won the Oscar in 1952, losing out to Anthony Quinn for the Viva Zapata! role he thought was his, but he was back in the same seat a year later with another nomination for George Stevens’ Shane.
- Requiem for a Heavyweight (1956) Director: Ralph Nelson. “You raged, kid. That’s the trouble, you raged.” The Mountain is down. TKO in the 7th, a 14-year professional career over.
Nov 10, 2006 · Actor Jack Palance, known for his haltingly intense speaking style and dozens of roles in Western and noir films, has died. A veteran of World War II, Palance was 87.
Jack Palance was an American actor who played tough guys and villains in films like Shane, City Slickers, and Tango & Cash. He won an Oscar for his role in City Slickers and hosted Ripley's Believe It or Not! for six years.
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Nov 11, 2006 · Jack Palance, a coal miner’s son who spent most of a long Hollywood career playing memorable heavies in movies like “Shane” and “Sudden Fear,” only to win an Academy Award in his 70s for a...
