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Jack Elam
Actor
Died October 20, 2003 (82 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2004 | |
| 1995 | Bonanza: Under Attack · as Buckshot |
| 1993 | Uninvited · as Grady |
| 1993 | Bonanza: The Return · as Buckshot |
| 1992 | Shadow Force · as Tommy |
| 1992 | Lucky Luke (1992) (TV Series) · as Axel Ericson |
| 1991 | Suburban Commando · as Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell |
| 1991 | Home Improvement (TV Series) · as Hick Peterson |
| 1990 | The Giant of Thunder Mountain · as Hezekiah Crow |
| 1990 | Big Bad John · as Jake Calhoun |
| 1988 | Once Upon a Texas Train · as Jason Fitch |
| 1988 | Hawken's Breed · as Tackett |
| 1988 | Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? · as Boone |
| 1986 | The Aurora Encounter · as Charlie |
| 1986 | Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills · as Squires |
| 1984 | Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas · as Scrooge |
| 1984 | Cannonball Run II · as Doc |
| 1983 | Sacred Ground · as Lum Witcher |
| 1983 | Lost · as Mr. Newsom |
| 1983 | Webster (TV Series) · as Dusty |
| 1982 | Jinxed! · as Otto |
| 1981 | The Cannonball Run · as Doctor |
| 1981 | Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. · as Troscliar Boudreaux |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1980 | Here's Boomer (TV Series) · as Captain O'Connell |
| 1979 | The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again · as Big Mac |
| 1979 | The Villain · as Avery Simpson |
| 1979 | The Sacketts (TV Series) · as Ira Bigelow |
| 1978 | Hot Lead and Cold Feet · as Rattlesnake |
| 1978 | The Norseman · as Death Dreamer |
| 1978 | Lacy and the Mississippi Queen · as Willie Red Fire |
| 1977 | Grayeagle · as Trapper Willis |
| 1977 | Eight is Enough (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1977 | ABC Weekend Special (TV Series) · as Sam |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Hollis Buford Jr. |
| 1977 | The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1976 | Hawmps! · as Bad Jack Cutter |
| 1976 | The Winds of Autumn · as J. Pete Hankins |
| 1976 | Pony Express Rider · as Crazy Charlie |
| 1976 | Creature from Black Lake · as Joe Canton |
| 1976 | The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe · as Bitterroot |
| 1976 | How the West Was Won (TV Series) · as Cully Madigan |
| 1975 | Huckleberry Finn · as King |
| 1974 | A Knife for the Ladies · as Jarrod (Sheriff) |
| 1973 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid · as Alamosa Bill Kermit |
| 1972 | The Daughters of Joshua Cabe · as Bitterroot |
| 1972 | The Brian Keith Show/The Little People (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | Kung Fu (TV Series) · as Marcus Taylor |
| 1972 | The Great Hitch-Hike Race · as Unknown |
| 1971 | Support Your Local Gunfighter · as Jug May |
| 1971 | Hannie Caulder · as Frank Clemens |
| 1971 | Nichols (TV Series) · as Marcus A.F. Baxter |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | Dirty Dingus Magee · as John Wesley Hardin |
| 1970 | The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County · as Kittrick |
| 1970 | The Wild Country · as Thompson |
| 1969 | Support Your Local Sheriff! · as Jake |
| 1969 | The Over-the-Hill Gang · as Sheriff Clyde Barnes |
| 1968 | Once Upon a Time in the West · as Frank's Gunman |
| 1968 | Firecreek · as Norman |
| 1968 | Never a Dull Moment · as Ace Williams |
| 1968 | Sartana Does Not Forgive · as Slim Kovacs |
| 1968 | The Outcasts (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1967 | The Last Challenge · as Ernest Scarnes |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral (TV Series) · as Macklin |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1967 | The Way West · as Preacher Weatherby |
| 1966 | The Night of the Grizzly · as Hank |
| 1966 | The Rare Breed · as Deke Simons |
| 1966 | Tarzan (1966) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West (TV Series) · as Zack Slade |
| 1965 | F Troop (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone (TV Series) · as Petch |
| 1963 | 4 for Texas · as Dobie |
| 1963 | Temple Houston (TV Series) · as George Taggart |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Harve Yost |
| 1962 | The Dakotas (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1961 | Pocketful of Miracles · as Cheesecake |
| 1961 | The Comancheros · as Horseface (Comanchero) |
| 1961 | The Last Sunset · as Ed Hobbs |
| 1960 | The Girl in Lovers Lane · as Jesse |
| 1960 | The Slowest Gun in the West · as Ike Dalton |
| 1960 | Stagecoach West (TV Series) · as Clell |
| 1960 | National Velvet (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Turkey Creek Jack Johnson |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The Rebel (TV Series) · as Uncle Luce |
| 1959 | Laramie (TV Series) · as Charley Fox |
| 1959 | Mr. Lucky (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as Avery |
| 1959 | The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Jug Alverson |
| 1958 | The Gun Runners · as Arnold |
| 1958 | Bronco (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | The Texan (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | The Rifleman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | Lawman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral · as Tom McLowery |
| 1957 | Night Passage · as Shotgun |
| 1957 | Dragoon Wells Massacre · as Tioga |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | M Squad (TV Series) · as Luke Morgan |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun (TV Series) · as Link Jerrod |
| 1957 | Tombstone Territory (TV Series) · as Wally Jobe |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Chris |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot (TV Series) · as Toothy Thompson |
| 1957 | Zorro (1957) (TV Series) · as Gomez |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Charlie Otis |
| 1956 | Pardners · as Pete |
| 1956 | Jubal · as McCoy |
| 1956 | Thunder Over Arizona · as Slats Callahan |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Hock Ellis |
| 1955 | Kismet · as Hasan-Ben |
| 1955 | Kiss Me Deadly · as Charlie Max |
| 1955 | The Man from Laramie · as Chris Boldt |
| 1955 | Moonfleet · as Damen |
| 1955 | Artists and Models · as Ivan |
| 1955 | Tarzan's Hidden Jungle · as Burger |
| 1955 | Wichita · as Al |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Pierre Audubon |
| 1955 | Cheyenne (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1955 | Man Without a Star · as Knife Murderer (Uncredited) |
| 1954 | Vera Cruz · as Tex |
| 1954 | The Far Country · as Newberry |
| 1954 | Cattle Queen of Montana · as Yost |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV Series) · as Shields |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Sheriff |
| 1954 | Stories of the Century (TV Series) · as Black Jack Ketchum |
| 1953 | Count the Hours! · as Max Verne |
| 1953 | Ride, Vaquero! · as Barton |
| 1953 | The Moonlighter · as Slim |
| 1953 | Appointment in Honduras · as Castro |
| 1952 | High Noon · as Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Rancho Notorious · as Mort Geary |
| 1952 | The Battle at Apache Pass · as Mescal Jack |
| 1952 | The Ring · as Harry Jackson |
| 1952 | Lure of the Wilderness · as Dave Longden |
| 1952 | My Man and I · as Celestino Garcia |
| 1952 | Kansas City Confidential · as Peter Harris / Johnson |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Juan Cortina |
| 1952 | Mr. & Mrs. North (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Vic |
| 1951 | Rawhide · as Tevis |
| 1951 | The Bushwhackers · as Cree |
| 1951 | Bird of Paradise · as The Trader |
| 1950 | The Sundowners · as Earl Boyce |
| 1950 | American Guerrilla in the Philippines · as The Speaker |
| 1950 | High Lonesome · as Smiling Man |
| 1950 | Key to the City · as Councilman (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Texan Meets Calamity Jane · as Henchman |
| 1950 | Quicksand · as Man at Bar |
| 1949 | Wild Weed · as Raymond - Henchman |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger (TV Series) · as Jack Miles |