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- Jack Palance (born Volodymyr Palahniuk; February 18, 1919—November 10, 2006) gained fame playing dark, villainous characters in movies in the 1950s and 1960s. He had an unlikely surge back into stardom in the 1980s culminating in an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in 1991's City Slickers.
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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 theatre, winning a Theatre World Award in 1951.
In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Palance was a professional boxer in the heavyweight class, fighting under the name Jack Brazzo. He won his first 15 fights, then enlisted in the military when World War II broke out.
- February 18, 1919
- November 10, 2006
Oct 1, 2018 · Jack Palance (born Volodymyr Palahniuk; February 18, 1919—November 10, 2006) gained fame playing dark, villainous characters in movies in the 1950s and 1960s. He had an unlikely surge back into stardom in the 1980s culminating in an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in 1991's City Slickers .
Jack Palance was an Academy Award-winning American actor, who ruled the cinema screens with his outstanding portrayal of villainous characters. With his athletic frame, deep-set eyes, and high cheekbones, he was the quintessential evil-incarnate of his era.
Nov 11, 2006 · Jack Palance, a coal miner’s son who spent most of a long Hollywood career playing memorable heavies in movies like “Shane” and “Sudden Fear,” only to win an Academy Award in his 70s for ...
Volodymyr Palahniuk, known professionally as Jack Palance, was a Ukrainian American film actor. During half a century of film and television appearances he was nominated for three Academy Awards, all as Best Actor in a Supporting Role, winning in 1991 for his role in City Slickers.
Aug 9, 2007 · Oscar-winning actor Jack Palance, one of Hollywood's best-known screen villains who personified evil as a cold-blooded gunslinger in the classic western "Shane," died on Friday at the age of 87,...