Jack Elam

Acting

Born: November 13, 1920
Died: October 20, 2003
Place of Birth: Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA
Known For: Мужской

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

Bonanza

as Dodie Hoad, as Buford Buckalew, as Honest John

1959

Home Improvement

as Hick Peterson

1991

Have Gun, Will Travel

as Arnold Shaffner

1957

The Rifleman

as Russell, as Sim Groder

1958

The Virginian

as Harve Yost

1962

The Twilight Zone

as Avery

1959

Simon & Simon

1981

The Untouchables

as Jug Alverson, as Nick Bravo

1959

The Wild Wild West

as Zack Slade

1965

Rawhide

as Turkey Creek Jack Johnson

1959

Daniel Boone

as Petch

1964

Cheyenne

as Calhoun Durango, as Count Nicholas Potosi

1955

The Lone Ranger

as Reno Lawrence

1949

Gunsmoke

as Titus Spangler, as Pierre Audubon, as Steed, as Dolph Quince, as Ben, as Sam Band, as Del Ordman, as Jim Barrett, as Clint Dodie, as William Prange, as Hector, as Lucas Murdoch, as Specter

1955