Jack Elam

male

Born on November 13, 1920 (105 years old)

Passed Away on October 20, 2003

From Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA

Known for Acting

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.

Cast Credits

1997
- Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
  as
  Self
  1997
1995
- Bonanza: Under Attack
  as
  Buckshot
  1995
1993
- Uninvited
  as
  Grady
  1993
- Bonanza: The Return
  as
  Buckshot
  1993
1992
- Shadow Force
  as
  Tommy
  1992
- Lucky Luke
  as
  Axel Ericson
  1992
1991
- Suburban Commando
  as
  Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell
  1991
- Home Improvement
  as
  Hick Peterson
  1991
1990
- The Giant of Thunder Mountain
  as
  Hezekiah Crow
  1990
- Big Bad John
  as
  Jake Calhoun
  1990
1988
- Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
  as
  Boone
  1988
- Once Upon a Texas Train
  as
  Jason Fitch
  1988
- Paradise
  as
  Skragg
  1988
1987
- Hawken's Breed
  as
  Tackett
  1987
- I Am Not a Freak
  as
  Self
  1987
- J.J. Starbuck
  1987
1986
- Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
  as
  Squires
  1986
- The Aurora Encounter
  as
  Charlie
  1986
- Easy Street
  1986
1985
- no image
  Detective in the House
  1985
1984
- Cannonball Run II
  as
  Doc
  1984
- Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas
  as
  Scrooge
  1984
1983
- Sacred Ground
  as
  Lum Witcher
  1983
- Lost
  as
  Mr. Newsom
  1983
1982
- Jinxed!
  as
  Otto
  1982
1981
- The Cannonball Run
  as
  Doctor
  1981
- Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
  as
  Troscliar Boudreaux
  1981
- Skyward Christmas
  as
  Clay Haller
  1981
- The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
  as
  Seth Beaumont
  1981
- Simon & Simon
  1981
- Father Murphy
  1981
1979
- The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
  as
  Big Mac
  1979
- The Villain
  as
  Avery Simpson
  1979
- The Sacketts
  as
  Ira Bigelow
  1979
- Struck by Lightning
  as
  Frank
  1979
- no image
  $weepstake$
  1979
1978
- Hot Lead & Cold Feet
  as
  Rattlesnake
  1978
- The Norseman
  as
  Death Dreamer
  1978
- Lacy and the Mississippi Queen
  as
  Willie Red Fire
  1978
- Huckleberry Finn
  as
  King
  1978
- Black Beauty
  as
  Jonas McBride
  1978
1977
- Grayeagle
  as
  Trapper Willis
  1977
- Eight Is Enough
  1977
- Grizzly Adams
  as
  Gus
  1977
- How the West Was Won
  as
  Cully Madigan
  1977
1976
- Hawmps!
  as
  Bad Jack Cutter
  1976
- Creature from Black Lake
  as
  Joe Canton
  1976
- The Winds of Autumn
  as
  J. Pete Hankins
  1976
- Pony Express Rider
  as
  Crazy Charlie
  1976
- The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
  as
  Bitterroot
  1976
1974
- Sidekicks
  as
  Boss
  1974
- A Knife for the Ladies
  as
  Jarrod (Sheriff)
  1974
- Shootout in a One-Dog Town
  as
  Handy
  1974
1973
- The Red Pony
  as
  Granddad
  1973
- Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
  as
  Alamosa Bill Kermit
  1973
1972
- The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
  as
  Bitterroot
  1972
- The Last Escape of Billy the Kid
  as
  Pat Garrett
  1972
- The Brian Keith Show
  1972
- Kung Fu
  as
  Marcus Taylor
  1972
1971
- Hannie Caulder
  as
  Frank Clemens
  1971
- Support Your Local Gunfighter
  as
  Jug May
  1971
- The Last Rebel
  as
  Matt
  1971
- Cat Ballou
  as
  Kid Sheleen
  1971
- Alias Smith and Jones
  1971
- Nichols
  as
  Marcus A.F. Baxter
  1971
1970
- Rio Lobo
  as
  Phillips
  1970
- Dirty Dingus Magee
  as
  John Wesley Hardin
  1970
- The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
  as
  Kittrick
  1970
- The Wild Country
  as
  Thompson
  1970
- Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
  as
  Self
  1970
1969
- Support Your Local Sheriff!
  as
  Jake
  1969
- The Over the Hill Gang
  as
  Sheriff Clyde Barnes
  1969
- Ride a Northbound Horse
  as
  Sheriff
  1969
1968
- Firecreek
  as
  Norman
  1968
- Never a Dull Moment
  as
  Ace Williams
  1968
- Sartana Does Not Forgive
  as
  Slim Kovacs
  1968
- Once Upon a Time in the West
  as
  Frank's Gunman
  1968
- The Outcasts
  1968
- Lancer
  1968
1967
- The Way West
  as
  Preacher Weatherby
  1967
- The Last Challenge
  as
  Ernest Scarnes
  1967
- Cimarron Strip
  1967
- The High Chaparral
  as
  Macklin
  1967
- Hondo
  1967
- The Guns of Will Sonnett
  as
  Sam - Sheriff
  1967
1966
- The Night of the Grizzly
  as
  Hank
  1966
- The Rare Breed
  as
  Deke Simons
  1966
- Tarzan
  1966
1965
- F Troop
  1965
- The Legend of Jesse James
  as
  Deacon Smith
  1965
- The Wild Wild West
  as
  Zack Slade
  1965
1964
- Daniel Boone
  as
  Petch
  1964
1963
- 4 for Texas
  as
  Dobie
  1963
- The Dakotas
  as
  Deputy J.D. Smith
  1963
- Temple Houston
  as
  George Taggart
  1963
1962
- The Virginian
  as
  Harve Yost
  1962
1961
- Pocketful of Miracles
  as
  Cheesecake
  1961
- The Comancheros
  as
  Horseface (Comanchero)
  1961
- The Last Sunset
  as
  Ed Hobbs
  1961
- Target: The Corruptors!
  1961
- Ben Casey
  1961
- Gunslinger
  as
  Clint Gannet
  1961
1960
- The Girl in Lovers Lane
  as
  Jesse
  1960
- The Slowest Gun in the West
  as
  Ike Dalton
  1960
- Outlaws
  1960
- National Velvet
  as
  Black Barr
  1960
- Stagecoach West
  as
  Clell
  1960
1959
- Edge of Eternity
  as
  Bill Ward
  1959
- The Twilight Zone
  as
  Avery
  1959
- Bonanza
  as
  Dodie Hoad
  1959
- Rawhide
  as
  Turkey Creek Jack Johnson
  1959
- The Rebel
  as
  Uncle Luce
  1959
- Tightrope
  1959
- Bonanza
  as
  Honest John
  1959
- Bonanza
  as
  Buford Buckalew
  1959
- The Untouchables
  as
  Jug Alverson
  1959
- The Untouchables
  as
  Nick Bravo
  1959
- Mr. Lucky
  as
  Phil Bricker
  1959
- Laramie
  as
  Parson Hawks
  1959
1958
- The Gun Runners
  as
  Arnold
  1958
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
  1958
- Bronco
  1958
- The Rifleman
  as
  Sim Groder
  1958
- Lawman
  1958
- The Texan
  1958
- The Texan
  as
  Luke Watson
  1958
- Lawman
  as
  Herm Forrest
  1958
- Lawman
  as
  Paul Henry
  1958
- The Rifleman
  as
  Russell
  1958
1957
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
  as
  Tom McLowery
  1957
- Night Passage
  as
  Shotgun
  1957
- Baby Face Nelson
  as
  Fatso Nagel
  1957
- Dragoon Wells Massacre
  as
  Tioga
  1957
- Lure of the Swamp
  as
  Henry Bliss
  1957
- Tales of Wells Fargo
  as
  Chris
  1957
- Have Gun, Will Travel
  1957
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective
  as
  Danny Boy
  1957
- M Squad
  as
  Luke Morgan
  1957
- Sugarfoot
  as
  Toothy Thompson
  1957
- The Restless Gun
  as
  Tony Molinor
  1957
- Zorro
  as
  Gomez (uncredited)
  1957
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective
  as
  Perk Butler
  1957
- Have Gun, Will Travel
  as
  Arnold Shaffner
  1957
- The Restless Gun
  as
  Link Jerrod
  1957
1956
- Pardners
  as
  Pete
  1956
- Thunder Over Arizona
  as
  Slats Callahan
  1956
- Jubal
  as
  McCoy
  1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
  as
  Hock Ellis
  1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
  as
  Little Jimmy Lehigh
  1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
  as
  Stage Driver Cass
  1956
1955
- Moonfleet
  as
  Damen
  1955
- Artists and Models
  as
  Ivan
  1955
- Kiss Me Deadly
  as
  Charlie Max
  1955
- The Man from Laramie
  as
  Chris Boldt
  1955
- Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
  as
  Burger
  1955
- Wichita
  as
  Al
  1955
- Man Without a Star
  as
  Knife Murderer (uncredited)
  1955
- Kismet
  as
  Hasan-Ben
  1955
- Cheyenne
  1955
- Gunsmoke
  as
  Dolph Quince
  1955
- Frontier
  as
  Ness Fowler
  1955
- Gunsmoke
  as
  Steed
  1955
- Gunsmoke
  as
  Clint Dodie
  1955
- Gunsmoke
  as
  Ben
  1955
- Gunsmoke
  as
  Hector
  1955
- Gunsmoke
  as
  Specter
  1955
- Gunsmoke
  as
  Sam Band
  1955
- Gunsmoke
  as
  Del Ordman
  1955
- Gunsmoke
  as
  Jim Barrett
  1955
- Gunsmoke
  as
  William Prange
  1955
- Gunsmoke
  as
  Lucas Murdoch
  1955
- Gunsmoke
  as
  Titus Spangler
  1955
- Gunsmoke
  as
  Pierre Audubon
  1955
- Screen Director's Playhouse
  as
  Shanks
  1955
- Cheyenne
  as
  Calhoun Durango
  1955
1954
- The Far Country
  as
  Frank Newberry
  1954
- Princess of the Nile
  as
  Basra
  1954
- Jubilee Trail
  as
  Whitey
  1954
- Vera Cruz
  as
  Tex
  1954
- Cattle Queen of Montana
  as
  Yost
  1954
- Ride Clear of Diablo
  as
  Tim Lowerie
  1954
- The Wonderful World of Disney
  as
  Sheriff
  1954
1953
- Count the Hours!
  as
  Max Verne
  1953
- Ride, Vaquero!
  as
  Barton
  1953
- Gun Belt
  as
  Rusty Kolloway
  1953
- Appointment in Honduras
  as
  Castro
  1953
- The Moonlighter
  as
  Slim
  1953
1952
- High Noon
  as
  Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited)
  1952
- Finders Keepers
  as
  Eddie
  1952
- Kansas City Confidential
  as
  Pete Harris
  1952
- Rancho Notorious
  as
  Mort Geary
  1952
- The Ring
  as
  Harry Jackson
  1952
- Lure of the Wilderness
  as
  Dave Longden
  1952
- My Man and I
  as
  Celestino Garcia
  1952
- The Battle at Apache Pass
  as
  Mescal Jack
  1952
- Montana Territory
  as
  Gimp
  1952
- Mr. & Mrs. North
  1952
- no image
  Four Star Playhouse
  as
  Vic
  1952
1951
- Rawhide
  as
  Tevis
  1951
- Bird of Paradise
  as
  The Trader
  1951
- The Bushwhackers
  as
  Cree
  1951
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
  as
  Lee Dineen
  1951
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
  as
  Halleck
  1951
1950
- The Sundowners
  as
  Earl Boyce
  1950
- American Guerrilla in the Philippines
  as
  The Speaker
  1950
- High Lonesome
  as
  Smiling Man
  1950
- One Way Street
  as
  Arnie (uncredited)
  1950
- Key to the City
  as
  Councilman (uncredited)
  1950
- A Ticket to Tomahawk
  as
  Fargo
  1950
1949
- Wild Weed
  as
  Raymond - Henchman
  1949
- The Lone Ranger
  as
  Reno Lawrence
  1949

Jack Elam

Biography

Cast Credits

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

Bonanza: Under Attack

Uninvited

Bonanza: The Return

Shadow Force

Lucky Luke

Suburban Commando

Home Improvement

The Giant of Thunder Mountain

Big Bad John

Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?

Once Upon a Texas Train

Paradise

Hawken's Breed

I Am Not a Freak

J.J. Starbuck

Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills

The Aurora Encounter

Easy Street

Detective in the House

Cannonball Run II

Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas

Sacred Ground

Lost

Jinxed!

The Cannonball Run

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

Skyward Christmas

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite

Simon & Simon

Father Murphy

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

The Villain

The Sacketts

Struck by Lightning

$weepstake$

Hot Lead & Cold Feet

The Norseman

Lacy and the Mississippi Queen

Huckleberry Finn

Black Beauty

Grayeagle

Eight Is Enough

Grizzly Adams

How the West Was Won

Hawmps!

Creature from Black Lake

The Winds of Autumn

Pony Express Rider

The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe

Sidekicks

A Knife for the Ladies

Shootout in a One-Dog Town

The Red Pony

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

The Last Escape of Billy the Kid

The Brian Keith Show

Kung Fu

Hannie Caulder

Support Your Local Gunfighter

The Last Rebel

Cat Ballou

Alias Smith and Jones

Nichols

Rio Lobo

Dirty Dingus Magee

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

The Wild Country

Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo

Support Your Local Sheriff!

The Over the Hill Gang

Ride a Northbound Horse

Firecreek

Never a Dull Moment

Sartana Does Not Forgive

Once Upon a Time in the West