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Jack Elam
November 13, 1920 (age 82)
October 20, 2003
Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA
Male
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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…
Movies
116 credits
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High Noon
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The Comancheros
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Rancho Notorious
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Rio Lobo
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The Cannonball Run
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Finders Keepers
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A Knife for the Ladies
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Gun Belt
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Suburban Commando
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The Man from Laramie
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Cannonball Run II
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
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Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
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Hannie Caulder
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Grayeagle
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Shadow Force
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Support Your Local Gunfighter
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Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
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Kismet
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The Winds of Autumn
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Jubal
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A Ticket to Tomahawk
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Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
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Once Upon a Texas Train
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The Way West
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The Sundowners
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Ride, Vaquero!
TV Shows
96 credits
