Jack Elam

Jack Elam

Known For:Acting
Gender:Male
Birthday:1920-11-13
Place of Birth:Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA
Also Known As: William Scott Elam / William Scott "Jack" Elam /
Known For: Acting Gender: Male Birthday: 1920-11-13 More

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.
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Uninvited
Mystery Drama Western
Lucky Luke
Western Comedy
Suburban Commando
Action Comedy Family Science Fiction
Big Bad John
Action Western
Paradise
Western Drama
Once Upon a Texas Train
Action Western TV Movie
I Am Not a Freak
Documentary TV Movie
Hawken's Breed
Adventure Western Drama
The Aurora Encounter
Science Fiction Comedy Western
Sacred Ground
Drama Western
Father Murphy
Western Drama
The Cannonball Run
Action Comedy Family
Struck by Lightning
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comedy
The Villain
Comedy Western
The Norseman
Action Adventure Drama War
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Action Comedy Family Western
Grayeagle
Action Western
Grizzly Adams
Western Action & Adventure
Hawmps!
Comedy Family
Huckleberry Finn
Adventure TV Movie
Sidekicks
Comedy Western TV Movie
The Red Pony
TV Movie Drama
Kung Fu
Action & Adventure Drama Western Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Hannie Caulder
Drama Western Crime
The Last Rebel
TV Movie Western
Cat Ballou
Western Comedy TV Movie
The Wild Country
Adventure Family Western
The Over the Hill Gang
Western Comedy TV Movie
Ride a Northbound Horse
Western Drama Family TV Movie
The Outcasts
Western Action & Adventure
Never a Dull Moment
Action Comedy Family
The Way West
Action Adventure Drama Western
Tarzan
Action & Adventure Drama
F Troop
Comedy Western
Daniel Boone
Action & Adventure Western
4 for Texas
Comedy Western
Outlaws
Western Drama
The Slowest Gun in the West
Western Comedy TV Movie
Edge of Eternity
Thriller Crime Mystery
The Twilight Zone
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Mystery Drama
Bonanza
Western Action & Adventure Drama Family
Tightrope
Drama Crime
Rawhide
Western Drama
The Rifleman
Action & Adventure Western Family
The Gun Runners
Action Crime Thriller Drama
Zorro
Western Action & Adventure Drama Comedy Family
M Squad
Crime Drama Mystery
Have Gun, Will Travel
Western Action & Adventure Drama
Lure of the Swamp
Thriller Adventure Crime
Thunder Over Arizona
Western Drama Action
Pardners
Comedy Western
Jubal
Western Drama
Kismet
Music Romance Adventure Fantasy
Cheyenne
Western Drama
Gunsmoke
Western Action & Adventure Drama
Moonfleet
Adventure Drama History
Kiss Me Deadly
Mystery Thriller Crime
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Romance Adventure Drama
The Wonderful World of Disney
Action & Adventure Animation Documentary Kids Family
Princess of the Nile
Romance Adventure Fantasy
Appointment in Honduras
Adventure Thriller Crime
The Ring
Comedy Drama
Lure of the Wilderness
Adventure Drama Romance
High Noon
Western Thriller
The Bushwhackers
Thriller Western
Bird of Paradise
Drama Romance Adventure
High Lonesome
Western Mystery
A Ticket to Tomahawk
Comedy Music Western
The Sundowners
Action Western
The Lone Ranger
Western Action & Adventure
  • name:Jack Elam
  • Known For:Acting
  • Gender:Male
  • Birthday:1920-11-13
  • Place of Birth:Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA
  • Also Known As: William Scott Elam · William Scott "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.
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