
Jack Elam
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 13, 1920
- Died
- October 20, 2003 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA
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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Filmography

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Movie · as Self

Bonanza: Under Attack
Movie · as Buckshot

Uninvited
Movie · as Grady

Bonanza: The Return
Movie · as Buckshot

Shadow Force
Movie · as Tommy

Lucky Luke
TV · as Axel Ericson · 1 ep

Suburban Commando
Movie · as Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell

Home Improvement
TV · as Hick Peterson · 1 ep

The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Movie · as Hezekiah Crow

Big Bad John
Movie · as Jake Calhoun

Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
Movie · as Boone

Once Upon a Texas Train
Movie · as Jason Fitch

Paradise
TV · as Skragg · 1 ep

Hawken's Breed
Movie · as Tackett

I Am Not a Freak
Movie · as Self

J.J. Starbuck
TV · 1 ep

Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
Movie · as Squires

The Aurora Encounter
Movie · as Charlie

Easy Street
TV · 22 eps

Detective in the House
TV · 6 eps

Cannonball Run II
Movie · as Doc

Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas
Movie · as Scrooge

Sacred Ground
Movie · as Lum Witcher

Lost
Movie · as Mr. Newsom

Jinxed!
Movie · as Otto

The Cannonball Run
Movie · as Doctor

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
Movie · as Troscliar Boudreaux

Skyward Christmas
Movie · as Clay Haller

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
Movie · as Seth Beaumont

Simon & Simon
TV · 1 ep

Father Murphy
TV · 2 eps

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
Movie · as Big Mac

The Villain
Movie · as Avery Simpson

The Sacketts
TV · as Ira Bigelow · 2 eps

Struck by Lightning
TV · as Frank · 10 eps
$weepstake$
TV · 1 ep

Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Movie · as Rattlesnake

The Norseman
Movie · as Death Dreamer

Lacy and the Mississippi Queen
Movie · as Willie Red Fire

Huckleberry Finn
Movie · as King

Black Beauty
TV · as Jonas McBride · 5 eps

Grayeagle
Movie · as Trapper Willis

Eight Is Enough
TV · 3 eps

Grizzly Adams
TV · as Gus · 1 ep

How the West Was Won
TV · as Cully Madigan · 2 eps

Hawmps!
Movie · as Bad Jack Cutter

Creature from Black Lake
Movie · as Joe Canton

The Winds of Autumn
Movie · as J. Pete Hankins

Pony Express Rider
Movie · as Crazy Charlie

The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
Movie · as Bitterroot

Sidekicks
Movie · as Boss

A Knife for the Ladies
Movie · as Jarrod (Sheriff)

Shootout in a One-Dog Town
Movie · as Handy

The Red Pony
Movie · as Granddad

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Movie · as Alamosa Bill Kermit

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
Movie · as Bitterroot

The Last Escape of Billy the Kid
Movie · as Pat Garrett

The Brian Keith Show
TV · 1 ep

Kung Fu
TV · as Marcus Taylor · 1 ep

Hannie Caulder
Movie · as Frank Clemens

Support Your Local Gunfighter
Movie · as Jug May

The Last Rebel
Movie · as Matt

Cat Ballou
Movie · as Kid Sheleen

Alias Smith and Jones
TV · 1 ep

Nichols
TV · as Marcus A.F. Baxter · 1 ep

Rio Lobo
Movie · as Phillips

Dirty Dingus Magee
Movie · as John Wesley Hardin

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Movie · as Kittrick

The Wild Country
Movie · as Thompson

Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
Movie · as Self

Support Your Local Sheriff!
Movie · as Jake

The Over the Hill Gang
Movie · as Sheriff Clyde Barnes

Ride a Northbound Horse
Movie · as Sheriff

Firecreek
Movie · as Norman

Never a Dull Moment
Movie · as Ace Williams

Sartana Does Not Forgive
Movie · as Slim Kovacs

Once Upon a Time in the West
Movie · as Frank's Gunman

The Outcasts
TV · 1 ep

Lancer
TV · 1 ep

The Way West
Movie · as Preacher Weatherby

The Last Challenge
Movie · as Ernest Scarnes

Cimarron Strip
TV · 1 ep

The High Chaparral
TV · as Macklin · 1 ep

Hondo
TV · 1 ep

The Guns of Will Sonnett
TV · as Sam - Sheriff · 1 ep

The Night of the Grizzly
Movie · as Hank

The Rare Breed
Movie · as Deke Simons

Tarzan
TV · 1 ep

F Troop
TV · 1 ep

The Legend of Jesse James
TV · as Deacon Smith · 1 ep

The Wild Wild West
TV · as Zack Slade · 1 ep

Daniel Boone
TV · as Petch · 1 ep

4 for Texas
Movie · as Dobie

The Dakotas
TV · as Deputy J.D. Smith · 19 eps

Temple Houston
TV · as George Taggart · 26 eps

The Virginian
TV · as Harve Yost · 1 ep

Pocketful of Miracles
Movie · as Cheesecake

The Comancheros
Movie · as Horseface (Comanchero)

The Last Sunset
Movie · as Ed Hobbs

Target: The Corruptors!
TV · 1 ep

Ben Casey
TV · 1 ep

Gunslinger
TV · as Clint Gannet · 1 ep

The Girl in Lovers Lane
Movie · as Jesse

The Slowest Gun in the West
Movie · as Ike Dalton

Outlaws
TV · 1 ep

National Velvet
TV · as Black Barr · 1 ep

Stagecoach West
TV · as Clell · 1 ep

Edge of Eternity
Movie · as Bill Ward

The Twilight Zone
TV · as Avery · 1 ep

Bonanza
TV · as Dodie Hoad, Honest John, Buford Buckalew · 1 ep

Rawhide
TV · as Turkey Creek Jack Johnson · 1 ep

The Rebel
TV · as Uncle Luce · 1 ep

Tightrope
TV · 1 ep

The Untouchables
TV · as Jug Alverson, Nick Bravo · 1 ep

Mr. Lucky
TV · as Phil Bricker · 1 ep

Laramie
TV · as Parson Hawks · 1 ep

The Gun Runners
Movie · as Arnold

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV · 1 ep

Bronco
TV · 2 eps

The Rifleman
TV · as Sim Groder, Russell · 4 eps

Lawman
TV · as Herm Forrest, Paul Henry · 3 eps

The Texan
TV · as Luke Watson · 2 eps

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Movie · as Tom McLowery

Night Passage
Movie · as Shotgun

Baby Face Nelson
Movie · as Fatso Nagel

Dragoon Wells Massacre
Movie · as Tioga

Lure of the Swamp
Movie · as Henry Bliss

Tales of Wells Fargo
TV · as Chris · 1 ep

Have Gun, Will Travel
TV · as Arnold Shaffner · 1 ep

Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV · as Danny Boy, Perk Butler · 1 ep

M Squad
TV · as Luke Morgan · 1 ep

Sugarfoot
TV · as Toothy Thompson · 2 eps

The Restless Gun
TV · as Tony Molinor, Link Jerrod · 1 ep

Zorro
TV · as Gomez (uncredited) · 3 eps

Pardners
Movie · as Pete

Thunder Over Arizona
Movie · as Slats Callahan

Jubal
Movie · as McCoy

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Hock Ellis, Little Jimmy Lehigh, Stage Driver Cass · 1 ep

Moonfleet
Movie · as Damen

Artists and Models
Movie · as Ivan

Kiss Me Deadly
Movie · as Charlie Max

The Man from Laramie
Movie · as Chris Boldt

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Movie · as Burger

Wichita
Movie · as Al

Man Without a Star
Movie · as Knife Murderer (uncredited)

Kismet
Movie · as Hasan-Ben

Cheyenne
TV · as Calhoun Durango, Count Nicholas Potosi, Deputy J.D. Smith

Gunsmoke
TV · as Dolph Quince, Steed, Clint Dodie, Ben, Hector, Specter, Del Ordman, Sam Band, Jim Barrett, William Prange, Lucas Murdoch, Titus Spangler, Pierre Audubon · 1 ep

Frontier
TV · as Ness Fowler · 2 eps

Screen Director's Playhouse
TV · as Shanks · 1 ep

The Far Country
Movie · as Frank Newberry

Princess of the Nile
Movie · as Basra

Jubilee Trail
Movie · as Whitey

Vera Cruz
Movie · as Tex

Cattle Queen of Montana
Movie · as Yost

Ride Clear of Diablo
Movie · as Tim Lowerie

The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Sheriff · 2 eps

Studio 57
TV · 1 ep

Count the Hours!
Movie · as Max Verne

Ride, Vaquero!
Movie · as Barton

Gun Belt
Movie · as Rusty Kolloway

Appointment in Honduras
Movie · as Castro

The Moonlighter
Movie · as Slim

High Noon
Movie · as Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited)

Finders Keepers
Movie · as Eddie

Kansas City Confidential
Movie · as Pete Harris

Rancho Notorious
Movie · as Mort Geary

The Ring
Movie · as Harry Jackson

Lure of the Wilderness
Movie · as Dave Longden

My Man and I
Movie · as Celestino Garcia

The Battle at Apache Pass
Movie · as Mescal Jack

Montana Territory
Movie · as Gimp

Mr. & Mrs. North
TV · 1 ep

Four Star Playhouse
TV · as Vic · 1 ep

Rawhide
Movie · as Tevis

Bird of Paradise
Movie · as The Trader

The Bushwhackers
Movie · as Cree

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Lee Dineen, Halleck · 1 ep

The Sundowners
Movie · as Earl Boyce

American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Movie · as The Speaker

High Lonesome
Movie · as Smiling Man

One Way Street
Movie · as Arnie (uncredited)

Key to the City
Movie · as Councilman (uncredited)

A Ticket to Tomahawk
Movie · as Fargo

Wild Weed
Movie · as Raymond - Henchman

The Lone Ranger
TV · as Reno Lawrence · 1 ep

Mystery Range
Movie · as Burvel Lambert




