Jack Elam
113 movies · 70 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 13, 1920
- Died
- Oct 20, 2003 (age 82)
- Place of birth
- Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA
- Also known as
- William Scott Elam · William Scott "Jack" Elam · جک ایلام
Biography
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Jack Elam: movies and TV shows
Acting (183)
- 1995 Bonanza: Under Attack
as Buckshot
- 1993 Bonanza: The Return
as Buckshot
- 1993 Uninvited
as Grady
- 1992 Shadow Force
as Tommy
- 1992
- 1991 Suburban Commando
as Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell
- 1991
- 1990 The Giant of Thunder Mountain
as Hezekiah Crow
- 1990 Big Bad John
as Jake Calhoun
- 1988 Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
as Boone
- 1988
- 1988 Once Upon a Texas Train
as Jason Fitch
- 1987
- 1987 Hawken's Breed
as Tackett
- 1986 Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
as Squires
- 1986
- 1986 The Aurora Encounter
as Charlie
- 1985
- 1984 Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas
as Scrooge
- 1984 Cannonball Run II
as Doc
- 1983 Lost
as Mr. Newsom
- 1983 Sacred Ground
as Lum Witcher
- 1982 Jinxed!
as Otto
- 1981 Skyward Christmas
as Clay Haller
- 1981
- 1981
- 1981 Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
as Troscliar Boudreaux
- 1981 The Cannonball Run
as Doctor
- 1981 The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
as Seth Beaumont
- 1979
- 1979 The Villain
as Avery Simpson
- 1979 The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
as Big Mac
- 1979
- 1979
- 1978 The Norseman
as Death Dreamer
- 1978 Hot Lead & Cold Feet
as Rattlesnake
- 1978 Lacy and the Mississippi Queen
as Willie Red Fire
- 1978 Huckleberry Finn
as King
- 1978
- 1977 Grayeagle
as Trapper Willis
- 1977
- 1977
- 1977
- 1976 Pony Express Rider
as Crazy Charlie
- 1976 The Winds of Autumn
as J. Pete Hankins
- 1976 The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
as Bitterroot
- 1976 Hawmps!
as Bad Jack Cutter
- 1976 Creature from Black Lake
as Joe Canton
- 1974 A Knife for the Ladies
as Jarrod (Sheriff)
- 1974 Sidekicks
as Boss
- 1974 Shootout in a One-Dog Town
as Handy
- 1973 Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Alamosa Bill Kermit
- 1973 The Red Pony
as Granddad
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972 The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
as Bitterroot
- 1972 The Last Escape of Billy the Kid
as Pat Garrett
- 1971 Hannie Caulder
as Frank Clemens
- 1971 The Last Rebel
as Matt
- 1971
- 1971 Cat Ballou
as Kid Sheleen
- 1971 Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Jug May
- 1971
- 1970 The Wild Country
as Thompson
- 1970 Dirty Dingus Magee
as John Wesley Hardin
- 1970 Rio Lobo
as Phillips
- 1970 The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Kittrick
- 1969 The Over the Hill Gang
as Sheriff Clyde Barnes
- 1969 Support Your Local Sheriff!
as Jake
- 1969 Ride a Northbound Horse
as Sheriff
- 1968 Once Upon a Time in the West
as Frank's Gunman
- 1968 Sartana Does Not Forgive
as Slim Kovacs
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968 Never a Dull Moment
as Ace Williams
- 1968 Firecreek
as Norman
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967 The Last Challenge
as Ernest Scarnes
- 1967 The Way West
as Preacher Weatherby
- 1966
- 1966 The Night of the Grizzly
as Hank
- 1966 The Rare Breed
as Deke Simons
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963 4 for Texas
as Dobie
- 1963
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961 Pocketful of Miracles
as Cheesecake
- 1961 The Comancheros
as Horseface (Comanchero)
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961 The Last Sunset
as Ed Hobbs
- 1961
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 The Girl in Lovers Lane
as Jesse
- 1960 The Slowest Gun in the West
as Ike Dalton
- 1959 Edge of Eternity
as Bill Ward
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 The Gun Runners
as Arnold
- 1957 Baby Face Nelson
as Fatso Nagel
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 Dragoon Wells Massacre
as Tioga
- 1957 Night Passage
as Shotgun
- 1957
- 1957 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Tom McLowery
- 1957 Lure of the Swamp
as Henry Bliss
- 1957
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre · TV
as Hock Ellis / Little Jimmy Lehigh / Stage Driver Cass · 3 episodes
- 1956 Thunder Over Arizona
as Slats Callahan
- 1956 Pardners
as Pete
- 1956 Jubal
as McCoy
- 1955 Artists and Models
as Ivan
- 1955 Kismet
as Hasan-Ben
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 Gunsmoke · TV
as Dolph Quince / Clint Dodie / Steed / Ben / Hector / Specter / Del Ordman / Sam Band / Jim Barrett / William Prange / Lucas Murdoch / Titus Spangler / Pierre Audubon · 14 episodes
- 1955 The Man from Laramie
as Chris Boldt
- 1955 Wichita
as Al
- 1955 Moonfleet
as Damen
- 1955 Kiss Me Deadly
as Charlie Max
- 1955 Man Without a Star
as Knife Murderer (uncredited)
- 1955 Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
as Burger
- 1954 Vera Cruz
as Tex
- 1954 Cattle Queen of Montana
as Yost
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954 Princess of the Nile
as Basra
- 1954 Jubilee Trail
as Whitey
- 1954 The Far Country
as Frank Newberry
- 1954 Ride Clear of Diablo
as Tim Lowerie
- 1953 Appointment in Honduras
as Castro
- 1953 The Moonlighter
as Slim
- 1953 Gun Belt
as Rusty Kolloway
- 1953 Ride, Vaquero!
as Barton
- 1953 Count the Hours!
as Max Verne
- 1952 Kansas City Confidential
as Pete Harris
- 1952
- 1952 The Ring
as Harry Jackson
- 1952
- 1952 My Man and I
as Celestino Garcia
- 1952 Lure of the Wilderness
as Dave Longden
- 1952 High Noon
as Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited)
- 1952 Montana Territory
as Gimp
- 1952 The Battle at Apache Pass
as Mescal Jack
- 1952 Rancho Notorious
as Mort Geary
- 1952 Finders Keepers
as Eddie
- 1951 The Bushwhackers
as Cree
- 1951
- 1951 Rawhide
as Tevis
- 1951 Bird of Paradise
as The Trader
- 1950 American Guerrilla in the Philippines
as The Speaker
- 1950 High Lonesome
as Smiling Man
- 1950 A Ticket to Tomahawk
as Fargo
- 1950 One Way Street
as Arnie (uncredited)
- 1950 The Sundowners
as Earl Boyce
- 1950 Key to the City
as Councilman (uncredited)
- 1949
- 1949 Wild Weed
as Raymond - Henchman
Talk shows and appearances (3)
- 1997
- 1987
- 1970