Jack Elam

William Scott "Jack" Elam ( born November 13, 1920 in Miami, Arizona; † 20 October 2003 in Ashland, Oregon ) was an American actor, who appeared mostly as a villain or outsider.

Life and work

In our memory is Elam for his appearances as the villain in westerns like play me the song of death or Even a Local Sheriff, which immediately his unusual appearance - the immobile squinting eye and his thick eyebrows - strikes. The condition of his eye went back to a suffered at the age of 12 years infringement by a pencil.

Was he still subscribed in the 1950s on the role of the villain, he played in the late 1960s increasingly outsider or comedy roles. From the mid- 1970s he joined increasingly during the television series and film comedies.

Jack Elam died at the age of 82 of heart failure.

Filmography

TV series

  • Bonanza - Season 2 Episode 49: The Taming of the Shrew (The Spitfire 1961)
  • Bonanza - Season 8 Episode 18: A woman for Buford (A Bride For Buford 1967)
  • Bonanza - Season 12, Episode 13: John the honest skin ( Honest John 1970)
  • Kung Fu - Season 2 Episode 6: Caine and the Squaw
  • Listen, Home Improvement - Season 1 Episode 20: Typical Woman (along with Ernest Borgnine )
  • The people of the Virginian
  • The Rifleman - Season 1 Episode 7: The Duel ( Duel of Honor 1958)
Miami (Arizona) Ashland (Oregon) Support Your Local Sheriff! A Ticket to Tomahawk Kansas City Confidential Rancho Notorious Vera Cruz (Film) Anthony Mann Wichita (Film) The Man from Laramie Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (film) Night Passage (film) James Neilson (director) Pocketful of Miracles The Last Sunset (film) Robert Aldrich The Rare Breed Andrew V. McLaglen The Last Challenge Richard Thorpe Support Your Local Gunfighter Rio Lobo The Villain (1979 film) Suburban Commando Kung Fu (TV series)
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