Jack Palance
Jack Palance (/ˈpæləns/ PAL-əns; born Volodymyr Palahniuk (Ukrainian: Володимир Палагню́к); February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American actor. Known for playing tough guys and villains, he was nominated for three Academy Awards, all for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, receiving nominations for his roles in Sudden Fear (1952) and Shane (1953) and winning almost 40 years later for his role in City Slickers (1991). Born in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, the son of Ukrainian immigrants, Palance served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He went on to briefly attend Stanford University before pursuing a career in the theatre. He made his film acting debut in Panic in the Streets (1950). Following his roles in Sudden Fear and Shane, Palance starred as Count Dracula in the 1974 television film Bram Stoker's Dracula, and played crime lord Yves Perret in Tango & C...
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Back When We Were Grownups
Living with the Dead
The Omen Legacy
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo on His Journeys to the Ends of the Earth
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval
Buffalo Girls
The Swan Princess
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Cops & Robbersons
Cyborg 2
Legends of the West
Solar Crisis
When It Was a Game 2
Keep the Change- ELEli's Lesson
City Slickers
Tango & Cash
Batman
Young Guns
Gor II
Bagdad Cafe
Gor
Alone in the Dark
Psychic Confession
Evil Stalks This House- RIRipley's Believe It or Not!
Without Warning
Hawk the Slayer
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
Cocaine Cowboys
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
Portrait of a Hitman
The Shape of Things to Come
Angels' Brigade
The One Man Jury
Unknown Powers
Welcome to Blood City
Blood and Bullets
Rulers of the City
Black Cobra
The Cop in Blue Jeans
God's Gun
Safari Express
Rickles
The Four Deuces
The Great Adventure
The Hatfields and the McCoys
Africa Express
The Sensuous Nurse
The Godchild
Dracula
Craze
Oklahoma Crude
Brothers Blue
Imagine
Chato's Land
It Can Be Done Amigo
Father Jack-Leg
The Horsemen
Compañeros
Monte Walsh
The McMasters
Che!
Marquis de Sade: Justine
The Desperados
Battle of the Commandos
A Bullet for Rommel
The Mercenary
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Kill a Dragon
Torture Garden
The Dinosaur and the Baby
The Spy in the Green Hat
Alice Through the Looking Glass
The Professionals
Once a Thief
Paparazzi
Contempt
Night Train to Milan
Warriors Five
Barabbas
The Last Judgment
Sword of the Conqueror
The Mongols
The Battle of Austerlitz
The Barbarians
Beyond All Limits
Ten Seconds to Hell
The Man Inside
House of Numbers
The Lonely Man
The Last Tycoon
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Attack
I Died a Thousand Times
The Big Knife
Kiss of Fire
The Silver Chalice
Sign of the Pagan
Man in the Attic
Flight to Tangier
Arrowhead
Second Chance
Shane
Sudden Fear
Halls of Montezuma
Panic in the Streets