Jack Palance Add to My Celebs Age 87 (passed away Nov. 10th, 2006) Birthday Feb. 18th, 1919 Born in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA Height 6' 4"

Jack Palance's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1982) Himself - H… The Greatest Show on Earth Johnny Slate

Main Movie Roles 1994 - City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold 1994 - The Swan Princess 1994 - Cops and Robbersons 1993 - The Making of '...And God Spoke' 1993 - Cyborg 2 1991 - City Slickers 1990 - Solar Crisis 1989 - Outlaw of Gor 1989 - Tango & Cash 1989 - Batman 1988 - Young Guns 1988 - Imagine: John Lennon 1987 - Bagdad Cafe 1982 - Alone in the Dark 1980 - Without Warning 1980 - Hawk the Slayer 1979 - Angels' Brigade 1976 - Eva nera 1972 - Chato's Land 1968 - Madigan's Millions 1966 - The Professionals 1965 - Once a Thief 1959 - Ten Seconds to Hell 1957 - The Lonely Man 1957 - House of Numbers 1956 - Attack 1955 - I Died a Thousand Times 1955 - The Big Knife 1953 - Second Chance 1953 - Shane 1952 - Sudden Fear 1950 - Panic in the Streets

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Few people know that veteran movie actor Jack Palance was a professional heavyweight boxer in the early 1940s. Fighting under the name Jack Brazzo, Palance a product of Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, won his first 15 fights, 12 by knockout before losing a 4th round decision to future heavyweight contender Joe Baksi on Dec. 17, 1940. With the outbreak of World War II, Jack Palance's boxing career ended and his military career began. Wounded in combat, he received the purple heart, good conduct medal, and the World War II Victory Medal. After the war he began his long and famous motion picture career.


TRIVIA:

• Spoke six languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Italian, Spanish, French and English.
• Former father-in-law of 'Roger Spottiswoode' (qv). Father-in-law of 'Michael Wilding Jr.' (qv).
• Once fell asleep in his square during a taping of _"The Hollywood Squares" (1965)_ (qv).
• Graduate of Stanford University in 1949 with an AB in Drama.
• The comic book villain, Phil Defer (Phil Wire in the English version) - from Lucky Luke contre Phil Defer (1956) - is based on Palance's famous evil gunslinger, Jack Wison from _Shane(1953)_.
• Brother of 'Ivan Palance' (qv), 'John Palance' (qv) and Anne Palance.
• Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Actors Branch).
• Director 'Elia Kazan' (qv) promised to cast him as 'Marlon Brando' (qv)'s brother in _Viva Zapata! (1952)_ (qv), but then changed his mind and cast 'Anthony Quinn (I)' (qv) instead. Quinn won a Best Supporting Oscar for the film and Palance never spoke to Kazan again.

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