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Jack Elam. William Scott " Jack " Elam (November 13, 1920 [1] – October 20, 2003) was an American film and television actor best known for his numerous roles as villains in Western films and, later in his career, comedies (sometimes spoofing his villainous image). His most distinguishing physical quality was his misaligned eye.
Jack Elam. 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 ...
- January 1, 1
- Miami, Arizona, USA
- January 1, 1
- Ashland, Oregon, USA
Jack Elam. Actor: Once Upon a Time in the West. 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 ...
- November 13, 1920
- October 20, 2003
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Jack Elam (1920–2003) Known as the quintessential villainous character Jack Elam lived in Ashland from 1987 until his death in 2003 at the age of eighty-two. His career in film and television spanned more than forty years, with appearances in over fifty movies and dozens of television shows. Elam was born in Miami, Arizona, on November 13, 1920.
Jan 1, 2004 · Jack Elam died October 20, 2003, at his home in Ashland, Oregon, after several years of ill health. He was recently named True West’s Best Western Film Villain in our 2003 Best of the West issue because he was the “bad guy we loved to hate.”. When asked about the movie villain of the 1970s, whose bad behavior was often explained away by ...
Oct 23, 2003 · With a face once described as belonging on a wanted poster, Elam portrayed some of the screen’s meanest, nastiest characters. He tried to knife Stewart in the back in “The Man From Laramie ...
William Scott "Jack" Elam was an American film and television actor best known for his numerous roles as villains in Western films, and later in his career, comedies. His most distinguishing physical quality was his misaligned eye. Before his career in acting, he took several jobs in finance and served two years in the United States Navy during World War II.
