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Jack Palance

Born 1919-02-18

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.

Known for

Batman 1989 · 7.5 Tango & Cash 1989 · 6.4 Young Guns 1988 · 6.8 City Slickers 1991 · 6.8 Shane 1953 · 7.6 Contempt 1963 · 7.4 The Swan Princess 1994 · 6.4 City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold 1994 · 5.6 The Professionals 1966 · 7.3 Bagdad Cafe 1987 · 7.4 Panic in the Streets 1950 · 7.2 Sudden Fear 1952 · 7.5 Alone in the Dark 1982 · 6.0 Barabbas 1961 · 6.9 The Mercenary 1968 · 7.1 Attack 1956 · 7.4 Compañeros 1970 · 7.2 The Big Knife 1955 · 6.8 Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow 1993 · 3.9 Hawk the Slayer 1980 · 5.3 Torture Garden 1967 · 6.1 Marquis de Sade's Justine 1969 · 5.1 Man in the Attic 1953 · 6.1 It Can Be Done Amigo 1972 · 5.7 God's Gun 1976 · 5.0 Living with the Dead 2002 · 7.0 The Horsemen 1971 · 6.2 Ten Seconds to Hell 1959 · 6.5 The Battle of Austerlitz 1960 · 6.2 The Lonely Man 1957 · 6.3 The Sensuous Nurse 1975 · 4.8 Craze 1974 · 5.1 Black Cobra 1976 · 4.4 Sign of the Pagan 1954 · 5.9 Africa Express 1975 · 5.5 Back When We Were Grownups 2004 · 6.1 The Man Inside 1958 · 5.8 Battle of the Commandos 1969 · 5.1 Kill a Dragon 1967 · 4.5