Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1920-11-13
Day of Death
2003-10-20
Place of Birth
Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA
Jack Elam
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.
Filmography (116)
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
Bonanza: Under Attack
1995
Bonanza: The Return
1993
Uninvited
1993
Shadow Force
1992
Suburban Commando
1991
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
1990
Big Bad John
1990
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
1988
Once Upon a Texas Train
1988
I Am Not a Freak
1987
Hawken's Breed
1987
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
1986
The Aurora Encounter
1986
