Jack Elam
Acting
Born: November 13, 1920 · Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA
Died: October 20, 2003 (aged 82)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968
High Noon
1952
The Twilight Zone
1959
Home Improvement
1991
The Cannonball Run
1981
Bonanza
1959
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
Bonanza: The Return
1993
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
Cannonball Run II
1984
Rio Lobo
1970
Photos (5)
Movies (113)
Cannonball Run II
Doc
Once Upon a Time in the West
Frank's Gunman
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Alamosa Bill Kermit
The Cannonball Run
Doctor
Wichita
Al
The Comancheros
Horseface (Comanchero)
High Noon
Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited)
Kansas City Confidential
Pete Harris
Rio Lobo
Phillips
The Villain
Avery Simpson
Artists and Models
Ivan
Kiss Me Deadly
Charlie Max
The Far Country
Frank Newberry
Night Passage
Shotgun
Edge of Eternity
Bill Ward
Hannie Caulder
Frank Clemens
Vera Cruz
Tex
The Man from Laramie
Chris Boldt
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
The Speaker
Suburban Commando
Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell
The Way West
Preacher Weatherby
Rawhide
Tevis
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Jake
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Tom McLowery
Ride, Vaquero!
Barton
Jubal
McCoy
The Rare Breed
Deke Simons
Man Without a Star
Knife Murderer (uncredited)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Jug May
Key to the City
Councilman (uncredited)
Firecreek
Norman
Rancho Notorious
Mort Geary
The Last Sunset
Ed Hobbs
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Burger
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
Big Mac
Pardners
Pete
The Night of the Grizzly
Hank
The Moonlighter
Slim
4 for Texas
Dobie
Baby Face Nelson
Fatso Nagel
Pocketful of Miracles
Cheesecake
Lure of the Wilderness
Dave Longden
Once Upon a Texas Train
Jason Fitch
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
Squires
Moonfleet
Damen
The Last Challenge
Ernest Scarnes
Dirty Dingus Magee
John Wesley Hardin
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Rattlesnake
Hawken's Breed
Tackett
The Battle at Apache Pass
Mescal Jack
Grayeagle
Trapper Willis
Ride Clear of Diablo
Tim Lowerie
Appointment in Honduras
Castro
Kismet
Hasan-Ben
Sartana Does Not Forgive
Slim Kovacs
Jubilee Trail
Whitey
Never a Dull Moment
Ace Williams
Cattle Queen of Montana
Yost
Lost
Mr. Newsom
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
Seth Beaumont
The Gun Runners
Arnold
Jinxed!
Otto
The Winds of Autumn
J. Pete Hankins
Princess of the Nile
Basra
Gun Belt
Rusty Kolloway
Creature from Black Lake
Joe Canton
My Man and I
Celestino Garcia
A Ticket to Tomahawk
Fargo
Bird of Paradise
The Trader
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Kittrick
The Norseman
Death Dreamer
Bonanza: The Return
Buckshot
The Bushwhackers
Cree
Count the Hours!
Max Verne
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
Troscliar Boudreaux
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Hezekiah Crow
Dragoon Wells Massacre
Tioga
Lure of the Swamp
Henry Bliss
Huckleberry Finn
King
The Sundowners
Earl Boyce
High Lonesome
Smiling Man
One Way Street
Arnie (uncredited)
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
Boone
Lacy and the Mississippi Queen
Willie Red Fire
Bonanza: Under Attack
Buckshot
The Wild Country
Thompson
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
Handy
The Over the Hill Gang
Sheriff Clyde Barnes
The Red Pony
Granddad
The Aurora Encounter
Charlie
The Girl in Lovers Lane
Jesse
Thunder Over Arizona
Slats Callahan
Big Bad John
Jake Calhoun
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
Bitterroot
The Slowest Gun in the West
Ike Dalton
Pony Express Rider
Crazy Charlie
Sacred Ground
Lum Witcher
The Last Rebel
Matt
Sidekicks
Boss
A Knife for the Ladies
Jarrod (Sheriff)
Ride a Northbound Horse
Sheriff
Wild Weed
Raymond - Henchman
The Ring
Harry Jackson
Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas
Scrooge
Finders Keepers
Eddie
Skyward Christmas
Clay Haller
Shadow Force
Tommy
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
Bitterroot
Hawmps!
Bad Jack Cutter
The Last Escape of Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett
Montana Territory
Gimp
Cat Ballou
Kid Sheleen
Uninvited
Grady
TV Shows (96)
Bonanza
Dodie Hoad · 1 eps
Bonanza
Honest John · 1 eps
Bonanza
Buford Buckalew · 1 eps
Home Improvement
Hick Peterson · 1 eps
The Virginian
Harve Yost · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Avery · 1 eps
The Rifleman
Sim Groder · 4 eps
The Rifleman
Russell · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Arnold Shaffner · 1 eps
Simon & Simon
1 eps
Cheyenne
1 eps
Cheyenne
Calhoun Durango · 1 eps
Cheyenne
Count Nicholas Potosi · 1 eps
The Wild Wild West
Zack Slade · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Hock Ellis · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Little Jimmy Lehigh · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Stage Driver Cass · 1 eps
Four Star Playhouse
Vic · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Jug Alverson · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Nick Bravo · 1 eps
Rawhide
Turkey Creek Jack Johnson · 1 eps
Daniel Boone
Petch · 1 eps
Ben Casey
1 eps
The High Chaparral
Macklin · 1 eps
The Lone Ranger
Reno Lawrence · 1 eps
Lawman
3 eps
Lawman
Herm Forrest · 1 eps
Lawman
Paul Henry · 1 eps
Zorro
Gomez (uncredited) · 3 eps
Gunsmoke
Dolph Quince · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Steed · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Clint Dodie · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Ben · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Hector · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Specter · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Del Ordman · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Sam Band · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Jim Barrett · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
William Prange · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Lucas Murdoch · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Titus Spangler · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Pierre Audubon · 2 eps
Laramie
Parson Hawks · 1 eps
Eight Is Enough
3 eps
M Squad
Luke Morgan · 1 eps
Alias Smith and Jones
1 eps
Sugarfoot
Toothy Thompson · 2 eps
The Rebel
Uncle Luce · 1 eps
The Texan
2 eps
The Texan
Luke Watson · 1 eps
Tales of Wells Fargo
Chris · 1 eps
Lancer
1 eps
Bronco
2 eps
Studio 57
1 eps
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Danny Boy · 1 eps
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Perk Butler · 1 eps
Outlaws
1 eps
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Sam - Sheriff · 1 eps
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1 eps
Tarzan
1 eps
Mr. & Mrs. North
1 eps
F Troop
1 eps
How the West Was Won
Cully Madigan · 2 eps
Tightrope
1 eps
Screen Director's Playhouse
Shanks · 1 eps
Nichols
Marcus A.F. Baxter · 1 eps
Target: The Corruptors!
1 eps
Cimarron Strip
1 eps
The Outcasts
1 eps
Stagecoach West
Clell · 1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Sheriff · 2 eps
Mr. Lucky
Phil Bricker · 1 eps
Grizzly Adams
Gus · 1 eps
The Dakotas
Deputy J.D. Smith · 19 eps
The Restless Gun
Tony Molinor · 1 eps
The Restless Gun
Link Jerrod · 1 eps
Lucky Luke
Axel Ericson · 1 eps
Hondo
1 eps
The Legend of Jesse James
Deacon Smith · 1 eps
Temple Houston
George Taggart · 26 eps
J.J. Starbuck
1 eps
Father Murphy
2 eps
The Brian Keith Show
1 eps
Easy Street
22 eps
National Velvet
Black Barr · 1 eps
The Sacketts
Ira Bigelow · 2 eps
Frontier
Ness Fowler · 2 eps
Gunslinger
Clint Gannet · 1 eps
Paradise
Skragg · 1 eps
Black Beauty
Jonas McBride · 5 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Lee Dineen · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Halleck · 1 eps
Detective in the House
6 eps
Struck by Lightning
Frank · 10 eps
Kung Fu
Marcus Taylor · 1 eps
