Jack Palance

Age: 87 (passed away Nov. 10th, 2006)
Height: 6' 4"

Birth Place: Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA
Born: Feb. 18th, 1919

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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

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:

Shortly before his death in 2006, he put his farm house near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and its contents up for sale. Thousands of items were auction off and more than $700,000 was raised.
Was forced to decline the role of Gen. Chang in _Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)_ (qv) due to scheduling conflicts over his work on _City Slickers (1991)_ (qv). He went on to win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for _City Slickers (1991)_ (qv). 'Christopher Plummer (I)' (qv) was eventually cast as Chang.
Never watched any of his own movies.
Grandfather of Lily, Spencer and Tarquin.
Was a vegetarian but maintained a 1000-acre cattle ranch in California's Tehachapi Mountains and a 500-acre farm in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. His ranch brand was an "H" with a "B" and a "C" woven around it, the initials of the first names of his children, Holly, Brooke and Cody.
Studied acting with 'Michael Chekhov' (qv) in Hollywood.
Attended the University of North Carolina.
Was 'Stephen King (I)' (qv)'s choice of preference for the (similarly named, coincidentally or not) role of Jack Torrance in _The Shining (1980)_ (qv).

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