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Jack Elam

Jack Elam

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1920-11-13

Birth Place

Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA

Movies and TV shows :

4 for Texas

4 for Texas

1963

5.1

Movie
A Knife for the Ladies

A Knife for the Ladies

1974

4.9

Movie
A Ticket to Tomahawk

A Ticket to Tomahawk

1950

5.8

Movie
poster

Alias Smith and Jones

1971

6.9

TV
American Guerrilla in the Philippines

American Guerrilla in the Philippines

1950

5.4

Movie
Appointment in Honduras

Appointment in Honduras

1953

5.7

Movie
Artists and Models

Artists and Models

1955

6.7

Movie
Baby Face Nelson

Baby Face Nelson

1957

5.8

Movie
poster

Ben Casey

1961

5.7

TV
Big Bad John

Big Bad John

1990

4.0

Movie
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

1997

0.0

Movie
Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise

1951

5.7

Movie
poster

Black Beauty

1978

6.9

TV
poster

Bonanza

1959

7.5

TV
Bonanza: The Return

Bonanza: The Return

1993

6.4

Movie
Bonanza: Under Attack

Bonanza: Under Attack

1995

6.7

Movie
poster

Bronco

1958

4.8

TV
Cannonball Run II

Cannonball Run II

1984

5.4

Movie
Cat Ballou

Cat Ballou

1971

0.0

Movie
Cattle Queen of Montana

Cattle Queen of Montana

1954

5.6

Movie
poster

Cheyenne

1955

5.8

TV
poster

Cimarron Strip

1967

5.0

TV
Count the Hours!

Count the Hours!

1953

5.5

Movie
Creature from Black Lake

Creature from Black Lake

1976

5.1

Movie
poster

Daniel Boone

1964

6.9

TV
poster

Detective in the House

1985

5.0

TV
poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

5.5

TV
Dirty Dingus Magee

Dirty Dingus Magee

1970

4.7

Movie
Dragoon Wells Massacre

Dragoon Wells Massacre

1957

6.8

Movie
poster

Easy Street

1986

5.7

TV
Edge of Eternity

Edge of Eternity

1959

6.5

Movie
poster

Eight Is Enough

1977

6.1

TV
poster

F Troop

1965

6.1

TV
poster

Father Murphy

1981

8.0

TV
Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers

1952

0.0

Movie
Firecreek

Firecreek

1968

6.4

Movie
poster

Four Star Playhouse

1952

6.1

TV
poster

Frontier

1955

5.0

TV
Grayeagle

Grayeagle

1977

5.6

Movie
poster

Grizzly Adams

1977

7.0

TV
Gun Belt

Gun Belt

1953

6.3

Movie
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957

7.0

Movie
poster

Gunsmoke

1955

6.5

TV
Hannie Caulder

Hannie Caulder

1971

6.2

Movie
poster

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

7.4

TV
Hawken's Breed

Hawken's Breed

1987

3.5

Movie
Hawmps!

Hawmps!

1976

4.3

Movie
High Lonesome

High Lonesome

1950

5.1

Movie
High Noon

High Noon

1952

7.7

Movie
poster

Home Improvement

1991

7.4

TV
poster

Hondo

1967

6.2

TV
Hot Lead & Cold Feet

Hot Lead & Cold Feet

1978

5.9

Movie
poster

How the West Was Won

1977

7.0

TV
Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn

1975

6.0

Movie
I Am Not a Freak

I Am Not a Freak

1987

5.0

Movie
poster

J.J. Starbuck

1987

5.0

TV
Jinxed!

Jinxed!

1982

4.6

Movie
Jubal

Jubal

1956

6.7

Movie
Jubilee Trail

Jubilee Trail

1954

4.6

Movie
Kansas City Confidential

Kansas City Confidential

1952

7.1

Movie
Key to the City

Key to the City

1950

6.1

Movie
Kismet

Kismet

1955

5.0

Movie
Kiss Me Deadly

Kiss Me Deadly

1955

7.2

Movie
poster

Kung Fu

1972

7.6

TV
Lacy and the Mississippi Queen

Lacy and the Mississippi Queen

1978

0.0

Movie
poster

Lancer

1968

4.7

TV
poster

Lawman

1958

5.4

TV
Lost

Lost

1983

4.8

Movie
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills

Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills

1986

6.8

Movie
poster

Lucky Luke

1992

5.6

TV
Lure of the Swamp

Lure of the Swamp

1957

6.5

Movie
Lure of the Wilderness

Lure of the Wilderness

1952

6.0

Movie
poster

M Squad

1957

5.2

TV
Man Without a Star

Man Without a Star

1955

6.5

Movie
Montana Territory

Montana Territory

1952

0.0

Movie
Moonfleet

Moonfleet

1955

6.4

Movie
poster

Mr. & Mrs. North

1952

4.8

TV
poster

Mr. Lucky

1959

7.0

TV
My Man and I

My Man and I

1952

6.8

Movie
poster

National Velvet

1960

7.5

TV
Never a Dull Moment

Never a Dull Moment

1968

6.2

Movie
poster

Nichols

1971

5.0

TV
Night Passage

Night Passage

1957

6.3

Movie
Once Upon a Texas Train

Once Upon a Texas Train

1988

5.4

Movie
Once Upon a Time in the West

Once Upon a Time in the West

1968

8.3

Movie
One Way Street

One Way Street

1950

5.1

Movie
poster

Outlaws

1960

6.2

TV
poster

Paradise

1988

5.4

TV
Pardners

Pardners

1956

6.6

Movie
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973

7.2

Movie
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo

Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo

1970

0.0

Movie
Pocketful of Miracles

Pocketful of Miracles

1961

7.3

Movie
Pony Express Rider

Pony Express Rider

1976

5.0

Movie
Princess of the Nile

Princess of the Nile

1954

7.1

Movie
Rancho Notorious

Rancho Notorious

1952

6.5

Movie
Rawhide

Rawhide

1951

6.7

Movie
poster

Rawhide

1959

7.1

TV
Ride a Northbound Horse

Ride a Northbound Horse

1969

0.0

Movie
Ride Clear of Diablo

Ride Clear of Diablo

1954

5.7

Movie
Ride, Vaquero!

Ride, Vaquero!

1953

5.8

Movie
Rio Lobo

Rio Lobo

1970

6.4

Movie
Sacred Ground

Sacred Ground

1983

6.0

Movie
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004

7.3

Movie
Sartana Does Not Forgive

Sartana Does Not Forgive

1968

6.1

Movie
poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

7.0

TV
poster

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955

6.5

TV
Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas

Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas

1984

6.0

Movie
Shadow Force

Shadow Force

1992

0.0

Movie
Shootout in a One-Dog Town

Shootout in a One-Dog Town

1974

0.0

Movie
Sidekicks

Sidekicks

1974

6.0

Movie
poster

Simon & Simon

1981

6.7

TV
Skyward Christmas

Skyward Christmas

1981

0.0

Movie
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

1981

4.5

Movie
poster

Struck by Lightning

1979

5.0

TV
Suburban Commando

Suburban Commando

1991

4.7

Movie
poster

Sugarfoot

1957

4.8

TV
Support Your Local Gunfighter

Support Your Local Gunfighter

1971

6.5

Movie
Support Your Local Sheriff!

Support Your Local Sheriff!

1969

6.9

Movie
poster

Tales of Wells Fargo

1957

6.8

TV
poster

Target: The Corruptors!

1961

3.5

TV
poster

Tarzan

1966

6.7

TV
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

1955

4.9

Movie
poster

Temple Houston

1963

5.7

TV
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

1979

6.4

Movie
The Aurora Encounter

The Aurora Encounter

1986

4.3

Movie
The Battle at Apache Pass

The Battle at Apache Pass

1952

6.3

Movie
poster

The Brian Keith Show

1972

5.0

TV
The Bushwhackers

The Bushwhackers

1951

5.1

Movie
The Cannonball Run

The Cannonball Run

1981

6.1

Movie
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

1970

6.3

Movie
The Comancheros

The Comancheros

1961

6.7

Movie
poster

The Dakotas

1963

5.7

TV
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

1972

5.2

Movie
The Far Country

The Far Country

1954

6.8

Movie
The Giant of Thunder Mountain

The Giant of Thunder Mountain

1990

5.2

Movie
The Girl in Lovers Lane

The Girl in Lovers Lane

1960

2.8

Movie
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite

1981

3.0

Movie
The Gun Runners

The Gun Runners

1958

6.0

Movie
poster

The Guns of Will Sonnett

1967

6.3

TV
poster

The High Chaparral

1967

6.5

TV
The Last Challenge

The Last Challenge

1967

6.4

Movie
The Last Escape of Billy the Kid

The Last Escape of Billy the Kid

1972

0.0

Movie
The Last Rebel

The Last Rebel

1971

0.0

Movie
The Last Sunset

The Last Sunset

1961

6.7

Movie
poster

The Legend of Jesse James

1965

4.8

TV
poster

The Lone Ranger

1949

6.8

TV
The Man from Laramie

The Man from Laramie

1955

7.2

Movie
The Moonlighter

The Moonlighter

1953

5.7

Movie
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe

The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe

1976

0.0

Movie
The Night of the Grizzly

The Night of the Grizzly

1966

5.6

Movie
The Norseman

The Norseman

1978

2.9

Movie
poster

The Outcasts

1968

5.3

TV
The Over the Hill Gang

The Over the Hill Gang

1969

5.6

Movie
The Rare Breed

The Rare Breed

1966

6.0

Movie
poster

The Rebel

1959

5.3

TV
The Red Pony

The Red Pony

1973

0.0

Movie
poster

The Restless Gun

1957

3.7

TV
poster

The Rifleman

1958

7.0

TV
The Ring

The Ring

1952

4.7

Movie
poster

The Sacketts

1979

7.6

TV
The Silent Partner

The Silent Partner

1955

6.0

Movie
The Slowest Gun in the West

The Slowest Gun in the West

1960

2.0

Movie
The Sundowners

The Sundowners

1950

5.4

Movie
poster

The Texan

1958

5.5

TV
poster

The Twilight Zone

1959

8.4

TV
poster

The Untouchables

1959

7.9

TV
The Villain

The Villain

1979

5.7

Movie
poster

The Virginian

1962

6.4

TV
The Way West

The Way West

1967

6.0

Movie
The Wild Country

The Wild Country

1970

6.0

Movie
The Winds of Autumn

The Winds of Autumn

1976

5.8

Movie
poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

7.6

TV
Thunder Over Arizona

Thunder Over Arizona

1956

6.0

Movie
poster

Tightrope

1959

5.5

TV
Uninvited

Uninvited

1993

4.6

Movie
Vera Cruz

Vera Cruz

1954

6.6

Movie
poster

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

5.3

TV
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?

Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?

1988

3.0

Movie
Wichita

Wichita

1955

6.2

Movie
Wild Weed

Wild Weed

1949

4.8

Movie
poster

Zorro

1957

7.5

TV