Jack Elam
Age: N/A | From: Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: William Scott Elam , William Scott "Jack" Elam
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 86
TV Involvements: 37
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
(1956) Stage Driver Cass
Bonanza
(1959) Buford Buckalew
Daniel Boone
(1964) Petch
The Twilight Zone
(1959) Avery
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
(1957) Perk Butler
The Lone Ranger
(1949) Reno Lawrence
The High Chaparral
(1967) Macklin
Rawhide
(1959) Turkey Creek Jack JohnsonActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Self | |
| 1995 | Buckshot | |
| 1993 | Buckshot | |
| Grady | ||
| 1992 | Tommy | |
| 1991 | Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell | |
| Hick Peterson | ||
| 1990 | Hezekiah Crow | |
| Jake Calhoun | ||
| 1988 | Boone | |
| N/A | ||
| Jason Fitch | ||
| 1987 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| Tackett | ||
| 1986 | Squires | |
| N/A | ||
| Charlie | ||
| 1985 | N/A | |
| 1984 | Scrooge | |
| Doc | ||
| 1983 | Mr. Newsom | |
| Lum Witcher | ||
| 1982 | Otto | |
| 1981 | Clay Haller | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Troscliar Boudreaux | ||
| Doctor | ||
| Seth Beaumont | ||
| 1979 | Frank | |
| Avery Simpson | ||
| Big Mac | ||
| Ira Bigelow | ||
| 1978 | Death Dreamer | |
| Rattlesnake | ||
| Willie Red Fire | ||
| Jonas McBride | ||
| 1977 | Trapper Willis | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1976 | Crazy Charlie | |
| J. Pete Hankins | ||
| Bitterroot | ||
| Bad Jack Cutter | ||
| Joe Canton | ||
| 1975 | King | |
| 1974 | Jarrod (Sheriff) | |
| Boss | ||
| Handy | ||
| 1973 | Alamosa Bill Kermit | |
| Granddad | ||
| 1972 | Marcus Taylor | |
| N/A | ||
| Bitterroot | ||
| Pat Garrett | ||
| 1971 | Frank Clemens | |
| Matt | ||
| Marcus A.F. Baxter | ||
| Kid Sheleen | ||
| Jug May | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1970 | Thompson | |
| Self | ||
| John Wesley Hardin | ||
| Phillips | ||
| Kittrick | ||
| 1969 | Sheriff Clyde Barnes | |
| Jake | ||
| Sheriff | ||
| 1968 | Frank's Gunman | |
| Slim Kovacs | ||
| N/A | ||
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| Ace Williams | ||
| Norman | ||
| 1967 | Ernest Scarnes | |
| Macklin | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
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| Preacher Weatherby | ||
| 1966 | N/A | |
| Hank | ||
| Deke Simons | ||
| 1965 | N/A | |
| Deacon Smith | ||
| 1964 | Petch | |
| 1963 | Dobie | |
| George Taggart | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1961 | Horseface (Comanchero) | |
| Cheesecake | ||
| N/A | ||
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| Ed Hobbs | ||
| 1960 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Jesse | ||
| Ike Dalton | ||
| 1959 | Bill Ward | |
| N/A | ||
| Uncle Luce | ||
| Avery | ||
| Dodie Hoad | ||
| Honest John | ||
| Buford Buckalew | ||
| N/A | ||
| Turkey Creek Jack Johnson | ||
| 1958 | N/A | |
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| Arnold | ||
| 1957 | Fatso Nagel | |
| Gomez (uncredited) | ||
| Tony Molinor | ||
| Luke Morgan | ||
| Toothy Thompson | ||
| N/A | ||
| Tioga | ||
| Shotgun | ||
| Danny Boy | ||
| Perk Butler | ||
| Tom McLowery | ||
| Henry Bliss | ||
| Chris | ||
| 1956 | Hock Ellis | |
| Little Jimmy Lehigh | ||
| Stage Driver Cass | ||
| Slats Callahan | ||
| Pete | ||
| McCoy | ||
| 1955 | Ivan | |
| Hasan-Ben | ||
| Shanks | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Dolph Quince | ||
| Steed | ||
| Clint Dodie | ||
| Ben | ||
| Hector | ||
| Specter | ||
| Sam Band | ||
| Del Ordman | ||
| Jim Barrett | ||
| William Prange | ||
| Lucas Murdoch | ||
| Titus Spangler | ||
| Pierre Audubon | ||
| Chris Boldt | ||
| Al | ||
| Damen | ||
| Charlie Max | ||
| Knife Murderer (uncredited) | ||
| Burger | ||
| 1954 | Tex | |
| Yost | ||
| Basra | ||
| Whitey | ||
| Frank Newberry | ||
| Tim Lowerie | ||
| 1953 | Castro | |
| Slim | ||
| Rusty Kolloway | ||
| Barton | ||
| Max Verne | ||
| 1952 | Pete Harris | |
| N/A | ||
| Harry Jackson | ||
| Vic | ||
| Celestino Garcia | ||
| Dave Longden | ||
| Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited) | ||
| Gimp | ||
| Mescal Jack | ||
| Mort Geary | ||
| Eddie | ||
| 1951 | Cree | |
| Lee Dineen | ||
| Halleck | ||
| Tevis | ||
| The Trader | ||
| 1950 | The Speaker | |
| Smiling Man | ||
| Fargo | ||
| Gangster | ||
| Earl Boyce | ||
| Councilman (uncredited) | ||
| 1949 | Reno Lawrence | |
| Raymond - Henchman | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
