Personal Info

  • Known For

    Acting

  • Known Credits

    125

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    February 17, 1919 ( 87 years old )

  • Place of Birth

    Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA

  • Also Known As

    Walter Jack Palance

    Walter Palance

    Jack Brazzo

    Volodymyr Palahniuk

    Джек Пеланс

    Джек Паланс

    Володимир Палагнюк

    Джек Пэланс

    Джак Паланс

    Џек Паланс

    Τζακ Πάλανς

    Wolodymyr Iwanowitsch Palagnjuk

Jack Palance

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Palance, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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