Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
13 Nov, 1920 (104 years old)
Death date
20 Oct, 2003
Jack Elam
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
1993
Bonanza: The Return
1991
Suburban Commando
1990
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
1988
Once Upon a Texas Train
1984
Cannonball Run II
1983
Lost
1982
Jinxed!
1981
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
1981
The Cannonball Run
1979
The Villain
1979
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
1979
The Sacketts
1978
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
1977
Grayeagle
1976
Creature from Black Lake
1974
A Knife for the Ladies
1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1971
Hannie Caulder
1971
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1970
The Wild Country
1970
Dirty Dingus Magee
1970
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970
Rio Lobo
1969
Support Your Local Sheriff!
1968
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968
Never a Dull Moment
1968
Firecreek
1967
The Last Challenge
1967
The Way West
1966
The Night of the Grizzly
1966
The Rare Breed
1963
4 for Texas
1961
The Comancheros
1961
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
The Last Sunset
1959
Edge of Eternity
1958
The Gun Runners
1957
Dragoon Wells Massacre
1957
Night Passage
1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1956
Jubal
1955
The Man from Laramie
1955
Moonfleet
1955
Man Without a Star
1954
Cattle Queen of Montana
1954
The Far Country
1954
Ride Clear of Diablo
1953
Ride, Vaquero!
1953
Count the Hours!
1952
My Man and I
1952
Lure of the Wilderness
1952
Rancho Notorious
1951
Rawhide
1951
Bird of Paradise
1950
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950
One Way Street
1950
Key to the City