Jack Palance

Jack Palance

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) TV Show
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1982)
The Greatest Show on Earth TV Show
The Greatest Show on Earth
 

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

Guest TV Roles

Show Name
Characters Played
Ep Count
Lt. Alex Bronkov
25
Monroe Stahr
3
Dan Morgan
2
Tom Walker
1
Dan Morgan
1
Julian Hays
1
Harvey Bell
1
Himself
1
[Complete List]



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:
  • Desperately wanted the role of Shaleen of the film _Cat Ballou (1965)_ (qv) but was never offered it.
  • Was an avid painter and poet.
  • Was offered the role of Scaramanga in _The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)_ (qv).
  • According to a website honoring movie celebrities that flew in B-24s, Palance burned his face severely while bailing out of a B-24 which was on fire during a training flight in Tucson in 1942 (that would probably have been the Davis-Monthan Army Air Corps base at that time) and after several surgeries was discharged in 1944. He is described as a "pilot in training".
  • Never watched any of his own movies.
  • Former father-in-law of 'Roger Spottiswoode' (qv). Father-in-law of 'Michael Wilding Jr.' (qv).
  • Was infamous in Hollywood for his Method-style acting, in a time when 'Marlon Brando' (qv) was one of its few practitioners. Once, while filming a fight scene with 'Burt Lancaster' (qv), Palance actually punched the unsuspecting Lancaster in the face. Tough guy Lancaster responded by socking Palance in the gut, causing him to vomit.
  • Spoke six languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Italian, Spanish, French and English.


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