Acting
Jack Elam
Born Nov 13, 1920 · Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA · Died Oct 20, 2003
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.
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Acting
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
Documentary · TV Movie
Bonanza: Under Attack
1995
Western · TV Movie
Bonanza: The Return
1993
Western · TV Movie
Uninvited
1993
Mystery · Drama · Western
Shadow Force
1992
Action · Crime
Lucky Luke
1992
Western · Comedy
Suburban Commando
1991
Action · Comedy · Family
Home Improvement
1991
Comedy
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
1990
Western · Drama · Family
Big Bad John
1990
Action · Western
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
1988
Western · TV Movie
Paradise
1988
Western · Drama
Once Upon a Texas Train
1988
Action · Western · TV Movie
I Am Not a Freak
1987
Documentary · TV Movie
J.J. Starbuck
1987
Drama
Hawken's Breed
1987
Adventure · Western · Drama
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
1986
TV Movie · Western
Easy Street
1986
Comedy
The Aurora Encounter
1986
Science Fiction · Comedy · Western
Detective in the House
1985
Drama
Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas
1984
TV Movie · Music
Cannonball Run II
1984
Action · Comedy
Lost
1983
Drama
Sacred Ground
1983
Drama · Western
Jinxed!
1982
Comedy
Skyward Christmas
1981
Drama · TV Movie
Simon & Simon
1981
Drama
Father Murphy
1981
Western · Drama
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
1981
Comedy
The Cannonball Run
1981
Action · Comedy · Family
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
1981
Comedy · Fantasy · TV Movie
Struck by Lightning
1979
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Comedy
The Villain
1979
Comedy · Western
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
1979
Comedy · Family · Western
The Sacketts
1979
Western
The Norseman
1978
Action · Adventure · Drama
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
1978
Action · Comedy · Family
Lacy and the Mississippi Queen
1978
Western · TV Movie
Huckleberry Finn
1978
Adventure · TV Movie
Black Beauty
1978
Drama
Grayeagle
1977
Action · Western
Eight Is Enough
1977
Drama · Comedy
Grizzly Adams
1977
Western · Action & Adventure
How the West Was Won
1977
Western · Drama
Pony Express Rider
1976
Western
The Winds of Autumn
1976
Western
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1976
Western · Comedy · TV Movie
Hawmps!
1976
Comedy · Family
Creature from Black Lake
1976
Mystery · Horror · Drama
A Knife for the Ladies
1974
Horror · Western
Sidekicks
1974
Comedy · Western · TV Movie
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
1974
Western · TV Movie
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
Western · Drama · History
The Red Pony
1973
TV Movie · Drama
Kung Fu
1972
Action & Adventure · Drama · Western
The Brian Keith Show
1972
Comedy
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
1972
Western · Comedy · TV Movie
The Last Escape of Billy the Kid
1972
Western · Drama
Hannie Caulder
1971
Drama · Western
The Last Rebel
1971
TV Movie · Western
Nichols
1971
Western
Cat Ballou
1971
Western · Comedy · TV Movie
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
Comedy · Western
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Western · Crime
The Wild Country
1970
Adventure · Family · Western
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
1970
Documentary
Dirty Dingus Magee
1970
Comedy · Western
Rio Lobo
1970
Western
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970
Action · Comedy · Western
The Over the Hill Gang
1969
Western · Comedy · TV Movie
Support Your Local Sheriff!
1969
Comedy · Western
Ride a Northbound Horse
1969
Western · Drama · Family
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968
Drama · Western
Sartana Does Not Forgive
1968
Western
Lancer
1968
Western
The Outcasts
1968
Western · Action & Adventure
Never a Dull Moment
1968
Action · Comedy · Family
Firecreek
1968
Western
The High Chaparral
1967
Western · Drama
Hondo
1967
Western
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Western
Cimarron Strip
1967
Western
The Last Challenge
1967
Western
The Way West
1967
Action · Adventure · Drama
Tarzan
1966
Action & Adventure · Drama
The Night of the Grizzly
1966
Adventure · Western
The Rare Breed
1966
Western
The Wild Wild West
1965
Action & Adventure · Comedy · Drama
F Troop
1965
Comedy · Western
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
Western · Drama
Daniel Boone
1964
Action & Adventure · Western
4 for Texas
1963
Comedy · Western
Temple Houston
1963
Western
The Dakotas
1963
Western
The Virginian
1962
Western · Drama
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
Comedy · Drama
The Comancheros
1961
Western
Ben Casey
1961
Drama
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Mystery · Crime · Drama
The Last Sunset
1961
Western · Drama
Gunslinger
1961
Western · Drama
Stagecoach West
1960
Western · Crime
Outlaws
1960
Western · Drama
National Velvet
1960
Drama
The Girl in Lovers Lane
1960
Drama · Romance · Crime
The Slowest Gun in the West
1960
Western · Comedy · TV Movie
Edge of Eternity
1959
Thriller · Crime · Mystery
Mr. Lucky
1959
Drama
The Untouchables
1959
Drama · Crime
The Rebel
1959
Western
The Twilight Zone
1959
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Mystery · Drama
Laramie
1959
Western · Drama
Bonanza
1959
Western · Action & Adventure · Drama
Tightrope
1959
Drama · Crime
Rawhide
1959
Western · Drama
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Drama
Lawman
1958
Western
The Rifleman
1958
Action & Adventure · Western · Family
The Texan
1958
Western
Bronco
1958
Western
The Gun Runners
1958
Action · Crime · Thriller
Baby Face Nelson
1957
Crime · Drama
Zorro
1957
Western · Action & Adventure
The Restless Gun
1957
Western
M Squad
1957
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Sugarfoot
1957
Western
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Western · Action & Adventure · Drama
Dragoon Wells Massacre
1957
Western
Night Passage
1957
Western
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
Crime · Drama · Action & Adventure
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
Western
Lure of the Swamp
1957
Thriller · Adventure · Crime
Tales of Wells Fargo
1957
Western · Drama
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Western · Drama
Thunder Over Arizona
1956
Western · Drama · Action
Pardners
1956
Comedy · Western
Jubal
1956
Western · Drama
Artists and Models
1955
Comedy
Kismet
1955
Music · Romance · Adventure
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
Comedy · Drama
Frontier
1955
Western
Cheyenne
1955
Western · Drama
Gunsmoke
1955
Western · Action & Adventure · Drama
The Man from Laramie
1955
Drama · Western
Wichita
1955
Western
Moonfleet
1955
Adventure · Drama · History
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
Mystery · Thriller · Crime
Man Without a Star
1955
Western
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
1955
Romance · Adventure · Drama
Vera Cruz
1954
Western
Cattle Queen of Montana
1954
Western
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Action & Adventure · Animation · Documentary
Studio 57
1954
Drama · Family
Princess of the Nile
1954
Romance · Adventure · Fantasy
Jubilee Trail
1954
Western
The Far Country
1954
Western
Ride Clear of Diablo
1954
Western
Appointment in Honduras
1953
Adventure · Thriller · Crime
The Moonlighter
1953
Western
Gun Belt
1953
Western
Ride, Vaquero!
1953
Western · Drama
Count the Hours!
1953
Crime · Drama · Thriller
Kansas City Confidential
1952
Crime
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Comedy · Crime
The Ring
1952
Comedy · Drama
Four Star Playhouse
1952
Drama · Comedy
My Man and I
1952
Drama
Lure of the Wilderness
1952
Adventure · Drama · Romance
High Noon
1952
Western
Montana Territory
1952
Western
The Battle at Apache Pass
1952
Western
Rancho Notorious
1952
Drama · Western
Finders Keepers
1952
Comedy
The Bushwhackers
1951
Thriller · Western
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Drama · Comedy
Rawhide
1951
Western
Bird of Paradise
1951
Drama · Romance · Adventure
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950
Drama · War
High Lonesome
1950
Western · Mystery
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950
Comedy · Western
One Way Street
1950
Crime · Drama
The Sundowners
1950
Action · Western
Key to the City
1950
Comedy · Romance
The Lone Ranger
1949
Western · Action & Adventure
Wild Weed
1949
Drama
Mystery Range
1947
Western