Jack Elam
Acting
1920-11-13 · Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA
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.
movieBig Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
as Self · 1997 · 7.0
movieBonanza: Under Attack
as Buckshot · 1995 · 6.7
movieBonanza: The Return
as Buckshot · 1993 · 6.5
movieUninvited
as Grady · 1993 · 4.4
movieShadow Force
as Tommy · 1992 · 7.0
tvLucky Luke
as Axel Ericson · 1992 · 5.9
movieSuburban Commando
as Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell · 1991 · 4.7
tvHome Improvement
as Hick Peterson · 1991 · 7.4
movieThe Giant of Thunder Mountain
as Hezekiah Crow · 1990 · 6.4
movieBig Bad John
as Jake Calhoun · 1990 · 5.0
movieWhere the Hell's That Gold?!!?
as Boone · 1988 · 4.6
tvParadise
as Skragg · 1988 · 6.0
movieOnce Upon a Texas Train
as Jason Fitch · 1988 · 5.2
movieI Am Not a Freak
as Self · 1987 · 7.5
tvJ.J. Starbuck
as · 1987 · 6.0
movieHawken's Breed
as Tackett · 1987 · 4.0
movieLouis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
as Squires · 1986 · 6.6
tvEasy Street
as · 1986 · 6.8
movieThe Aurora Encounter
as Charlie · 1986 · 5.0
tvDetective in the House
as · 1985 · 6.5
movieScrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas
as Scrooge · 1984 · 8.0
movieCannonball Run II
as Doc · 1984 · 5.4
movieLost
as Mr. Newsom · 1983 · 5.1
movieSacred Ground
as Lum Witcher · 1983 · 6.5