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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
207
Gender
Male
Birthday
1920-11-13 (104 years old)
Place of Birth
Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA
Acting
2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as (archive footage)1997
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western as Self1995
Bonanza: Under Attack as Buckshot1993
Bonanza: The Return as Buckshot1993
Uninvited as Grady1992
Lucky Luke as Axel Ericson1992
Shadow Force as Tommy1991
Home Improvement as Hick Peterson1991
Suburban Commando as Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell1990
The Giant of Thunder Mountain as Hezekiah Crow1990
Big Bad John as Jake Calhoun1988
Paradise as Skragg1988
Once Upon a Texas Train as Jason Fitch1988
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? as Boone1987
J.J. Starbuck as Not available1987
Hawken's Breed as Tackett1987
I Am Not a Freak as Self1986
Easy Street as Not available1986
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills as Squires1986
The Aurora Encounter as Charlie1985
Detective in the House as Not available1984
Cannonball Run II as Doc1984
Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas as Scrooge1983
Sacred Ground as Lum Witcher1983
Lost as Mr. Newsom1982
Jinxed! as Otto1981
Simon & Simon as Not available1981
Father Murphy as Not available1981
The Cannonball Run as Doctor1981
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. as Troscliar Boudreaux1981
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite as Seth Beaumont1981
Skyward Christmas as Clay Haller1979
Struck by Lightning as Frank1979
The Sacketts as Ira Bigelow1979
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again as Big Mac1979
The Villain as Avery Simpson1978
Black Beauty as Jonas McBride1978
Hot Lead & Cold Feet as Rattlesnake1978
Lacy and the Mississippi Queen as Willie Red Fire1978
The Norseman as Death Dreamer1977
Eight Is Enough as Not available1977
How the West Was Won as Cully Madigan1977
Grizzly Adams as Not available1977
Grayeagle as Trapper Willis1976
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe as Bitterroot1976
Creature from Black Lake as Joe Canton1976
Pony Express Rider as Crazy Charlie1976
The Winds of Autumn as J. Pete Hankins1976
Hawmps! as Bad Jack Cutter1975
Huckleberry Finn as King1974
Shootout in a One-Dog Town as Handy1974
Sidekicks as Boss1974
A Knife for the Ladies as Jarrod (Sheriff)1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Alamosa Bill Kermit1973
The Red Pony as Granddad1972
The Brian Keith Show as Not available1972
Kung Fu as Marcus Taylor1972
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe as Bitterroot1972
The Last Escape of Billy the Kid as Pat Garrett1971
Alias Smith and Jones as Not available1971
Nichols as Marcus A.F. Baxter1971
Support Your Local Gunfighter as Jug May1971
Hannie Caulder as Frank Clemens1971
Cat Ballou as Kid Sheleen1971
The Last Rebel as Matt1970
Rio Lobo as Phillips1970
Dirty Dingus Magee as John Wesley Hardin1970
The Wild Country as Thompson1970
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County as Kittrick1970
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo as Self1969
The Over the Hill Gang as Sheriff Clyde Barnes1969
Support Your Local Sheriff! as Jake1969
Ride a Northbound Horse as Sheriff1968
Once Upon a Time in the West as Frank's Gunman1968
Lancer as Not available1968
The Outcasts as Not available1968
Firecreek as Norman1968
Never a Dull Moment as Ace Williams1968
Sartana Does Not Forgive as Slim Kovacs1967
The High Chaparral as Macklin1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett as Sam - Sheriff1967
Cimarron Strip as Not available1967
Hondo as Not available1967
The Way West as Preacher Weatherby1967
The Last Challenge as Ernest Scarnes1966
Tarzan as Not available1966
The Night of the Grizzly as Hank1966
The Rare Breed as Deke Simons1965
The Legend of Jesse James as Deacon Smith1965
F Troop as Not available1964
Daniel Boone as Petch1963
The Dakotas as Deputy J.D. Smith1963
Temple Houston as George Taggart1963
4 for Texas as Dobie1962
The Virginian as Harve Yost1961
Ben Casey as Not available1961
Target: The Corruptors! as Not available1961
The Comancheros as Horseface (Comanchero)1961
The Last Sunset as Ed Hobbs1961
Pocketful of Miracles as Cheesecake1960
Outlaws as Not available1960
National Velvet as Black Barr1960
Stagecoach West as Clell1960
The Girl in Lovers Lane as Jesse1960
The Slowest Gun in the West as Ike Dalton1959
The Twilight Zone as Avery1959
Bonanza as Dodie Hoad1959
Bonanza as Honest John1959
Bonanza as Buford Buckalew1959
The Untouchables as Jug Alverson1959
The Untouchables as Nick Bravo1959
Rawhide as Turkey Creek Jack Johnson1959
The Rebel as Uncle Luce1959
Mr. Lucky as Phil Bricker1959
Tightrope as Not available1959
Edge of Eternity as Bill Ward1958
The Rifleman as Not available1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Not available1958
Lawman as Not available1958
Lawman as Herm Forrest1958
Lawman as Paul Henry1958
Bronco as Not available1958
The Texan as Not available1958
The Texan as Luke Watson1958
The Gun Runners as Arnold1957
Have Gun, Will Travel as Not available1957
Have Gun, Will Travel as Arnold Shaffner1957
Tales of Wells Fargo as Chris1957
Zorro as Gomez (uncredited)1957
The Restless Gun as Tony Molinor1957
M Squad as Luke Morgan1957
Sugarfoot as Toothy Thompson1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Danny Boy1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Perk Butler1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as Tom McLowery1957
Night Passage as Shotgun1957
Baby Face Nelson as Fatso Nagel1957
Dragoon Wells Massacre as Tioga1957
Lure of the Swamp as Henry Bliss1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Hock Ellis1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Little Jimmy Lehigh1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Stage Driver Cass1956
Jubal as McCoy1956
Pardners as Pete1956
Thunder Over Arizona as Slats Callahan1955
Cheyenne as Not available1955
Cheyenne as Calhoun Durango1955
Gunsmoke as Dolph Quince1955
Gunsmoke as Clint Dodie1955
Gunsmoke as Steed1955
Gunsmoke as Ben1955
Gunsmoke as Hector1955
Gunsmoke as Specter1955
Gunsmoke as Del Ordman1955
Gunsmoke as Sam Band1955
Gunsmoke as Jim Barrett1955
Gunsmoke as William Prange1955
Gunsmoke as Lucas Murdoch1955
Gunsmoke as Titus Spangler1955
Gunsmoke as Pierre Audubon1955
Screen Director's Playhouse as Shanks1955
Frontier as Ness Fowler1955
Kiss Me Deadly as Charlie Max1955
Artists and Models as Ivan1955
Kismet as Hasan-Ben1955
Man Without a Star as Knife Murderer (uncredited)1955
The Man from Laramie as Chris Boldt1955
Wichita as Al1955
Moonfleet as Damen1955
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle as Burger1955
The Silent Partner as Shanks1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Sheriff1954
Vera Cruz as Tex1954
Cattle Queen of Montana as Yost1954
Ride Clear of Diablo as Tim Lowerie1954
Princess of the Nile as Basra1954
The Far Country as Frank Newberry1954
Jubilee Trail as Whitey1953
Ride, Vaquero! as Barton1953
Count the Hours! as Max Verne1953
The Moonlighter as Slim1953
Appointment in Honduras as Castro1953
Gun Belt as Rusty Kolloway1952
Four Star Playhouse as Vic1952
Mr. & Mrs. North as Not available1952
High Noon as Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited)1952
Kansas City Confidential as Pete Harris1952
Rancho Notorious as Mort Geary1952
My Man and I as Celestino Garcia1952
The Ring as Harry Jackson1952
The Battle at Apache Pass as Mescal Jack1952
Finders Keepers as Eddie1952
Lure of the Wilderness as Dave Longden1952
Montana Territory as Gimp1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Lee Dineen1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Halleck1951
Rawhide as Tevis1951
Bird of Paradise as The Trader1951
The Bushwhackers as Cree1950
The Sundowners as Earl Boyce1950
High Lonesome as Smiling Man1950
Key to the City as Councilman (uncredited)1950
One Way Street as Arnie (uncredited)1950
American Guerrilla in the Philippines as The Speaker1950
A Ticket to Tomahawk as Fargo1949
The Lone Ranger as Reno Lawrence1949
Wild Weed as Raymond - Henchman