Jack Palance
Birthday: February 18, 1919
Birth Place: Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA
Height: 6' 4"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Jack Palance. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

Biography

Movie Credits

Back When We Were Grownups	(2004)
[ Peter Fonda ][ Peter Riegert ][ Eric Winter ]
Living with the Dead	(2002)
[ Ted Danson ][ Michael Moriarty ][ Stephen Gyllenhaal ][ James Kirk ][ Fred Henderson ]
Prancer Returns	(2001)
[ John Corbett ]
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End	(1999)
[ Christopher Walken ]
Treasure Island	(1999)
[ Kevin Zegers ][ Patrick Bergin ][ J.P. Manoux ]
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo	(1998)
[ Oliver Reed ][ Don Diamont ][ Graham Stark ]
I'll Be Home for Christmas	(1997)
[ Robert Hays ]
Ebenezer	(1997)
[ Rick Schroder ]
War Games	(1996)
Buffalo Girls	(1995)
[ Gabriel Byrne ][ Liev Schreiber ][ Sam Elliott ][ Peter Coyote ][ John Diehl ]
The Swan Princess	(1994)
[ John Cleese ]
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold	(1994)
[ Billy Crystal ][ Jon Lovitz ][ Daniel Stern ][ Bob Balaban ][ David Paymer ]
Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics	(1994)
[ James Earl Jones ][ Gary Cole ][ Patrick Bergin ]
Cops and Robbersons	(1994)
[ Chevy Chase ][ Miko Hughes ][ M. Emmet Walsh ][ David Barry Gray ]
Cyborg 2	(1993)
[ Elias Koteas ][ Billy Drago ][ Sven-Ole Thorsen ][ Tracey Walter ]
Keep the Change	(1992)
[ William L. Petersen ][ Fred Dalton Thompson ]
Eli's Lesson	(1992)
[ Gerald Lenton ]
City Slickers	(1991)
[ Jake Gyllenhaal ][ Billy Crystal ][ Daniel Stern ][ Jeffrey Tambor ][ Bruno Kirby ]
Solar Crisis	(1990)
[ Charlton Heston ][ Tim Matheson ][ Peter Boyle ][ Corin Nemec ][ Michael Berryman ]
Tango & Cash	(1989)
[ Sylvester Stallone ][ Kurt Russell ][ Clint Howard ][ Michael Jeter ][ Geoffrey Lewis ]
Outlaw of Gor	(1989)
Batman	(1989)
[ Jack Nicholson ][ Tim Burton ][ Michael Keaton ][ Danny Elfman ][ John Cho ]
Young Guns	(1988)
[ Tom Cruise ][ Kiefer Sutherland ][ Charlie Sheen ][ Emilio Estevez ][ Dermot Mulroney ]
Gor	(1988)
[ Oliver Reed ][ Arnold Vosloo ]
Out of Rosenheim	(1987)
Alone in the Dark	(1982)
[ Martin Landau ][ Donald Pleasence ][ Dwight Schultz ]
Evil Stalks This House	(1981)
[ Christopher Lee ]
Without Warning	(1980)
[ David Caruso ][ Martin Landau ][ Kevin Peter Hall ][ Darby Hinton ]
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story	(1980)
[ James Earl Jones ][ Bruce Jenner ]
The Ivory Ape	(1980)
Hawk the Slayer	(1980)
[ Roy Kinnear ][ John Terry ][ Graham Stark ][ Barry Stokes ]
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang	(1979)
[ Randy Quaid ][ Harris Yulin ][ Bubba Smith ][ John Calvin ]
The Shape of Things to Come	(1979)
Angels' Brigade	(1979)
[ Darby Hinton ]
Cocaine Cowboys	(1979)
The One Man Jury	(1978)
Welcome to Blood City	(1977)
[ Keir Dullea ]
Portrait of a Hitman	(1977)
[ Rod Steiger ][ Richard Roundtree ]
Padroni della città, I	(1976)
Eva nera	(1976)
Squadra antiscippo	(1976)
[ Tomas Milian ]
Safari Express	(1976)
The Four Deuces	(1976)
[ Carl Weathers ][ Martin Kove ]
Diamante Lobo	(1976)
[ Lee Van Cleef ][ Leif Garrett ]
Sangue di sbirro	(1976)
The Hatfields and the McCoys	(1975)
[ Robert Carradine ][ Richard Hatch ][ Joe Estevez ][ John Calvin ]
Africa Express	(1975)
Bronk	(1975)
Infermiera, L'	(1975)
Richiamo del lupo, Il	(1975)
The Godchild	(1974)
[ Keith Carradine ][ Jack Warden ][ Bill McKinney ]
Oklahoma Crude	(1973)
[ George C Scott ][ George C. Scott ][ Stacy Keach ][ John Mills ]
Blu gang vissero per sempre felici e ammazzati	(1973)
Craze	(1973)
[ David Warbeck ]
Dracula	(1973)
Chato's Land	(1972)
[ Charles Bronson ][ Richard Jordan ][ James Whitmore ]
Si può fare... amigo	(1972)
[ Bud Spencer ]
Te deum	(1972)
And So Ends	(1972)
The Horsemen	(1971)
[ Omar Sharif ][ Robert Urich ]
Vamos a matar, compañeros	(1970)
[ Franco Nero ][ Tomas Milian ]
Monte Walsh	(1970)
[ Lee Marvin ][ Richard Farnsworth ]
The McMasters	(1970)
[ David Carradine ][ Alan Vint ]
Legione dei dannati, La	(1969)
[ Dario Argento ]
Che!	(1969)
[ Omar Sharif ][ Robert Loggia ][ Sid Haig ]
The Desperados	(1969)
[ Vince Edwards ][ George Maharis ]
Marquis de Sade: Justine	(1969)
[ Klaus Kinski ][ Jesus Franco ]
Urlo dei giganti, L'	(1969)
Las Vegas, 500 millones	(1968)
[ Lee J. Cobb ]
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	(1968)
[ Denholm Elliott ]
Mercenario, Il	(1968)
[ Franco Nero ]
Kill a Dragon	(1967)
[ Aldo Ray ]
Torture Garden	(1967)
[ Burgess Meredith ][ Peter Cushing ]
The Concrete Overcoat Affair: Part 1	(1966)
Alice Through the Looking Glass	(1966)
[ Ricardo Montalban ]
The Professionals	(1966)
[ Burt Lancaster ][ Lee Marvin ][ Ralph Bellamy ][ Robert Ryan ]
Once a Thief	(1965)
[ Alain Delon ]
Mépris, Le	(1963)
[ Jean-Luc Godard ]
Criminale, Il	(1963)
Guerra continua, La	(1962)
Barabbas	(1962)
[ Ernest Borgnine ][ Anthony Quinn ]
Rosmunda e Alboino	(1962)
[ Guy Madison ]
Giudizio universale, Il	(1961)
[ Ernest Borgnine ]
Mongoli, I	(1961)
The Barbarians	(1960)
Austerlitz	(1960)
[ Orson Welles ]
Treno di Natale	(1960)
Ten Seconds to Hell	(1959)
Flor de mayo	(1959)
Lariat	(1958)
The Man Inside	(1958)
[ Donald Pleasence ]
The Lonely Man	(1957)
[ Anthony Perkins ][ Lee Van Cleef ][ Claude Akins ]
Requiem for a Heavyweight	(1957)
[ Sean Connery ][ Keenan Wynn ]
The Last Tycoon	(1957)
[ Peter Lorre ][ Keenan Wynn ]
House of Numbers	(1957)
Attack	(1956)
[ Lee Marvin ][ Edward Albert ][ Eddie Albert ][ Buddy Ebsen ][ Strother Martin ]
Requiem for a Heavyweight	(1956)
[ Keenan Wynn ]
I Died a Thousand Times	(1955)
[ Dennis Hopper ][ Lee Marvin ][ Lon Chaney Jr. ][ Ed Fury ]
The Big Knife	(1955)
[ Rod Steiger ][ Strother Martin ]
Kiss of Fire	(1955)
The Silver Chalice	(1954)
[ Paul Newman ][ Lorne Greene ][ Strother Martin ]
Sign of the Pagan	(1954)
[ Jeff Morrow ]
Man in the Attic	(1953)
The Kiss-Off	(1953)
Flight to Tangier	(1953)
[ Jeff Morrow ]
Arrowhead	(1953)
[ Charlton Heston ][ Brian Keith ][ Richard Farnsworth ]
Second Chance	(1953)
[ Robert Mitchum ][ George Chakiris ]
Shane	(1953)
[ Alan Ladd ][ Ben Johnson ]
Sudden Fear	(1952)
[ Mike Connors ]
The King in Yellow	(1951)
Panic in the Streets	(1950)
[ Richard Widmark ]
Halls of Montezuma	(1950)
[ Robert Wagner ][ Richard Widmark ][ Karl Malden ]

Trivia

• Former father-in-law of Roger Spottiswoode. Father-in-law of Michael Wilding Jr..
• American actor of Ukrainian origin.
• Father of Brooke Palance.
• Father of Holly Palance.
• Has never watched any of his own movies.
• According to a website honoring movie celebrities that flew in B-24s, Palance burned his face severely while bailing out of a B-24 which was on fire during a training flight in Tucson in 1942 (that would probably have been the Davis-Monthan Army Air Corps base at that time) and after several surgeries was discharged in 1944. He is described as a "pilot in training".
• He replaced Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski in the Broadway production of "A Streetcar Named Desire".
• Attended the University of North Carolina.
• Speaks six languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Italian, Spanish, French and English.
• Once fell asleep in his square during a taping of "The Hollywood Squares" (1966).
• His star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is in front of the display window of Fredericks of Hollywood, a seller of intimate apparel.
• Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1992.
• Graduate of Stanford University in 1949 with an AB in Drama.
• During the early phases of pre-production for The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), 20th Century-Fox studio chief Darryl F. Zanuck suggested Palance for the role of the robot Gort. The role was eventually filled by a much taller non-actor.
• During his struggling days, he worked as a short order cook, waiter, soda jerk, lifeguard at Jones Beach, and a photographer's model.
• Son Cody was born in December of 1955.
• While an understudy to Marlon Brando in the Broadway production of "A Streetcar Named Desire," Brando, who was into athletics, rigged up a punching bag in the theater's boiler room and invited Jack to work out with him. One night, Jack threw a hard punch that missed the bag and landed square on Brando's nose. The star had to be hospitalized and understudy Palance created his own big break by going on for Brando. Jack's reviews as Stanley Kowalski helped get him a 20th Century-Fox contract.
• Son of a coal miner.
• Was forced to decline the role of Gen. Chang in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) due to scheduling conflicts over his work on City Slickers (1991). He went on to win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "City Slickers". Christopher Plummer was eventually cast as Chang.
• Was infamous in Hollywood for his Method-style acting, in a time when Marlon Brando was one of its few practitioners. Once, while filming a fight scene with Burt Lancaster, Palance actually punched the unsuspecting Lancaster in the face. Tough guy Lancaster responded by socking Palance in the gut, causing him to vomit.
• Despite all of his film work, Palance will forever be remembered for turning an Oscar acceptance speech into an uproarious display of his physical agility. While accepting his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for City Slickers (1991) at the 64th Annual Academy Awards (1992) he stumbled through a half-hearted acceptance speech and then, at a loss for anything else to say, flopped down on the floor and began doing a series of one-handed push-ups. Afterwards when he was asked about the stunt he simply said, "I didn't know what the hell else to do". A year later when he provided the voice of Rothbart in the The Swan Princess (1994), his character is featured doing one-handed push-ups.
• Is an avid painter and poet
• Brother of Ivan Palance.
• Studied acting with Michael Chekhov in Hollywood.

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