Jack Palance

Also known as Volodymyr Palahniuk, Walter J. Palance, Walter Palance, Jack Brazzo, Walter Jack Palance

American actor (1919–2006)

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Jack Palance (1919–2006) was an American film, stage, and television actor who also worked as a boxer. Born Vladimir Palaniuk in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, he began his professional career in 1947. He received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, a Theatre World Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie. Palance was educated at Stanford University and had a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

He was the father of Holly Palance. Palance died of a stroke in Montecito from natural causes. His height was 192.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1920
Works: 3

Top works

The forest of love
The Wild West

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Film & TV

Acting · Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA

Jack Palance (born Volodymyr Palahniuk; February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American actor. Known for playing tough guys and villains, he was nominated for three Academy Awards, all for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, receiving nominations for his roles in Sudden Fear (1952) and Shane (1953) and winning almost 40 years later for his role in City Slickers (1991). Born in Lattimer…

Known for

The Bardot mystery2012
Back When We Were Grownups — Paul 'Poppy' Davitch2004
Living with the Dead — Allan Van Praagh2002
Living with the Dead — Allan Van Praagh2002
Prancer Returns2001
The Omen Legacy — Narrator (voice)2001
Night Visions — Jake Jennings (segment "Bitter Harvest")2001
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End — John Witting1999
Treasure Island — Long John Silver1999
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience — (archive footage)1999

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United States
Active from: 1919
Active to: 2006

Discography

Palance1970
Si può fare... amigo1972

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 483
Total plays: 2,665

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

A simple method for displaying the hydropathic character of a protein
· 1982 · cited 18,689x
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,938x
Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3
· 2024 · cited 15,119x
The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 13,440x
APACHE II
· 1985 · cited 13,285x

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Encyclopedic overview

Walter Jack Palance (/ˈpæləns/ PAL-əns; born Volodymyr Palahniuk; February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American actor. He was nominated for three Academy Awards, all for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, for his roles in Sudden Fear (1952) and Shane (1953), and winning almost 40 years later for City Slickers (1991).

Born in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, the son of Ukrainian immigrants, Palance served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He attended Stanford University before pursuing a career in the theater, winning a Theatre World Award in 1951. He made his film acting debut in Elia Kazan's Panic in the Streets (1950), and earned Oscar nominations for Sudden Fear and Shane, his third and fourth film roles. He also won an Emmy Award for a 1957 teleplay Requiem for a Heavyweight.

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