Jack Elam
Actor

Jack Elam

1 Movies
1 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 1
Birthday November 13, 1920 (105 years old)
Place of Birth Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA
Also Known As William Scott Elam, William Scott "Jack" Elam, Ψ¬Ϊ© Ψ§ΫŒΩ„Ψ§Ω…
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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.

Filmography (186)

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western 1997
Bonanza: Under Attack 1995
Uninvited 1993
Bonanza: The Return 1993
Shadow Force 1992
Lucky Luke 1992
Suburban Commando 1991
Home Improvement 1991
The Giant of Thunder Mountain 1990
Big Bad John 1990
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? 1988
Once Upon a Texas Train 1988
Paradise 1988
Hawken's Breed 1987
I Am Not a Freak 1987
J.J. Starbuck 1987
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills 1986
The Aurora Encounter 1986
Easy Street 1986
Detective in the House 1985
Cannonball Run II 1984
Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas 1984
Sacred Ground 1983
Lost 1983
Jinxed! 1982
The Cannonball Run 1981
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. 1981
Skyward Christmas 1981
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite 1981
Simon & Simon 1981
Father Murphy 1981
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again 1979
The Villain 1979
The Sacketts 1979
Struck by Lightning 1979
$weepstake$ 1979
Hot Lead & Cold Feet 1978
The Norseman 1978
Lacy and the Mississippi Queen 1978
Huckleberry Finn 1978
Black Beauty 1978
Grayeagle 1977
Eight Is Enough 1977
Grizzly Adams 1977
How the West Was Won 1977
Hawmps! 1976
Creature from Black Lake 1976
The Winds of Autumn 1976
Pony Express Rider 1976
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe 1976
Sidekicks 1974
A Knife for the Ladies 1974
Shootout in a One-Dog Town 1974
The Red Pony 1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid 1973
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe 1972
The Last Escape of Billy the Kid 1972
The Brian Keith Show 1972
Kung Fu 1972
Hannie Caulder 1971
Support Your Local Gunfighter 1971
The Last Rebel 1971
Cat Ballou 1971
Alias Smith and Jones 1971
Nichols 1971
Rio Lobo 1970
Dirty Dingus Magee 1970
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County 1970
The Wild Country 1970
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo 1970
Support Your Local Sheriff! 1969
The Over the Hill Gang 1969
Ride a Northbound Horse 1969
Firecreek 1968
Never a Dull Moment 1968
Sartana Does Not Forgive 1968
Once Upon a Time in the West 1968
The Outcasts 1968
Lancer 1968
The Way West 1967
The Last Challenge 1967
Cimarron Strip 1967
The High Chaparral 1967
Hondo 1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett 1967
The Night of the Grizzly 1966
The Rare Breed 1966
Tarzan 1966
F Troop 1965
The Legend of Jesse James 1965
The Wild Wild West 1965
Daniel Boone 1964
4 for Texas 1963
The Dakotas 1963
Temple Houston 1963
The Virginian 1962
Pocketful of Miracles 1961
The Comancheros 1961
The Last Sunset 1961
Target: The Corruptors! 1961
Ben Casey 1961
Gunslinger 1961
The Girl in Lovers Lane 1960
The Slowest Gun in the West 1960
Outlaws 1960
National Velvet 1960
Stagecoach West 1960
Edge of Eternity 1959
The Twilight Zone 1959
Bonanza 1959
Rawhide 1959
The Rebel 1959
Tightrope 1959
The Untouchables 1959
Mr. Lucky 1959
Laramie 1959
The Gun Runners 1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse 1958
Bronco 1958
The Rifleman 1958
Lawman 1958
The Texan 1958
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957
Night Passage 1957
Baby Face Nelson 1957
Dragoon Wells Massacre 1957
Lure of the Swamp 1957
Tales of Wells Fargo 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel 1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective 1957
M Squad 1957
Sugarfoot 1957
The Restless Gun 1957
Zorro 1957
Pardners 1956
Thunder Over Arizona 1956
Jubal 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 1956
Moonfleet 1955
Artists and Models 1955
Kiss Me Deadly 1955
The Man from Laramie 1955
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle 1955
Wichita 1955
Man Without a Star 1955
Kismet 1955
Cheyenne 1955
Gunsmoke 1955
Frontier 1955
Screen Director's Playhouse 1955
The Far Country 1954
Princess of the Nile 1954
Jubilee Trail 1954
Vera Cruz 1954
Cattle Queen of Montana 1954
Ride Clear of Diablo 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney 1954
Studio 57 1954
Count the Hours! 1953
Ride, Vaquero! 1953
Gun Belt 1953
Appointment in Honduras 1953
The Moonlighter 1953
High Noon 1952
Finders Keepers 1952
Kansas City Confidential 1952
Rancho Notorious 1952
The Ring 1952
Lure of the Wilderness 1952
My Man and I 1952
The Battle at Apache Pass 1952
Montana Territory 1952
Mr. & Mrs. North 1952
Four Star Playhouse 1952
Rawhide 1951
Bird of Paradise 1951
The Bushwhackers 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951
The Sundowners 1950
American Guerrilla in the Philippines 1950
High Lonesome 1950
One Way Street 1950
Key to the City 1950
A Ticket to Tomahawk 1950
Wild Weed 1949
The Lone Ranger 1949