Jack Elam

Actor

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.

Born: November 13, 1920 in Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA

Died: October 20, 2003 (Age 82)

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Jack Elam Movies & TV Credits

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Artists and Models Movie Available on 28 streaming services.	6.7	Actor	Ivan	1955
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County Movie	6	Actor	Kittrick	1970
The Sundowners Movie	5.4	Actor	Earl Boyce	1950
Never a Dull Moment Movie	5.9	Actor	Ace Williams	1968
Finders Keepers Movie	6.1	Actor	Eddie	1952
Pocketful of Miracles Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	Cheesecake	1961
Big Bad John Movie	5.3	Actor	Jake Calhoun	1990
Cannonball Run II Movie Available on 16 streaming services.	5.2	Actor	Doc	1984
The Ring Movie	6.1	Actor	Harry Jackson	1952
Sacred Ground Movie	5.7	Actor	Lum Witcher	1983
Bird of Paradise Movie	6	Actor	The Trader	1951
Grayeagle Movie	5.4	Actor	Trapper Willis	1977
The Gun Runners Movie	6.1	Actor	Arnold	1958
Once Upon a Time in the West Movie Available on 29 streaming services.	8.4	Actor	Frank's Gunman	1968
Ride Clear of Diablo Movie	6.6	Actor	Tim Lowerie	1954
Edge of Eternity Movie	6.2	Actor	Bill Ward	1959
Lure of the Swamp Movie	5.6	Actor	Henry Bliss	1957
Key to the City Movie	6.2	Actor	Councilman (uncredited)	1950
High Noon Movie Available on 33 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited)	1952
A Ticket to Tomahawk Movie	5.9	Actor	Fargo	1950
Appointment in Honduras Movie	5.3	Actor	Castro	1953
Gun Belt Movie	5.6	Actor	Rusty Kolloway	1953
The Last Rebel Movie	3.4	Actor	Matt	1971
The Norseman Movie	3.3	Actor	Death Dreamer	1978
Jubal Movie Available on 19 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	McCoy	1956
Rio Lobo Movie Available on 27 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	Phillips	1970
Hot Lead & Cold Feet Movie Available on 14 streaming services.	6.2	Actor	Rattlesnake	1978
Princess of the Nile Movie	6	Actor	Basra	1954
The Last Sunset Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.8	Actor	Ed Hobbs	1961
The Rare Breed Movie	6.5	Actor	Deke Simons	1966
High Lonesome Movie	5.1	Actor	Smiling Man	1950
Support Your Local Sheriff! Movie Available on 27 streaming services.	7.6	Actor	Jake	1969
The Girl in Lovers Lane Movie	2.9	Actor	Jesse	1960
The Comancheros Movie Available on 29 streaming services.	7	Actor	Horseface (Comanchero)	1961
The Cannonball Run Movie	6.4	Actor	Doctor	1981
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again Movie Available on 25 streaming services.	6.2	Actor	Big Mac	1979
Ride, Vaquero! Movie	5.9	Actor	Barton	1953
Uninvited Movie	3.4	Actor	Grady	1993
4 for Texas Movie Available on 17 streaming services.	5.6	Actor	Dobie	1963
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle Movie	5.2	Actor	Burger	1955
The Man from Laramie Movie Available on 25 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	Chris Boldt	1955
Creature from Black Lake Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	4.8	Actor	Joe Canton	1976
The Winds of Autumn Movie	5.9	Actor	J. Pete Hankins	1976
A Knife for the Ladies Movie	4.3	Actor	Jarrod (Sheriff)	1974
Hawken's Breed Movie	3.3	Actor	Tackett	1987
The Aurora Encounter Movie	4.1	Actor	Charlie	1986
Support Your Local Gunfighter Movie Available on 34 streaming services.	6.6	Actor	Jug May	1971
Sartana Does Not Forgive Movie	5.6	Actor	Slim Kovacs	1968
Hannie Caulder Movie Available on 28 streaming services.	6.5	Actor	Frank Clemens	1971
Jinxed! Movie	4.5	Actor	Otto	1982
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. Movie	5.1	Actor	Troscliar Boudreaux	1981
The Way West Movie Available on 22 streaming services.	6.1	Actor	Preacher Weatherby	1967
Dirty Dingus Magee Movie	5	Actor	John Wesley Hardin	1970
Thunder Over Arizona Movie	5.1	Actor	Slats Callahan	1956
The Last Challenge Movie	5.8	Actor	Ernest Scarnes	1967
Lost Movie	4.3	Actor	Mr. Newsom	1983
The Wild Country Movie	6	Actor	Thompson	1970
Kansas City Confidential Movie Available on 21 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	Pete Harris	1952
Hawmps! Movie	5.1	Actor	Bad Jack Cutter	1976
Baby Face Nelson Movie	6.1	Actor	Fatso Nagel	1957
Rawhide Movie	6.9	Actor	Tevis	1951
Montana Territory Movie	6.2	Actor	Gimp	1952
Cattle Queen of Montana Movie	5.4	Actor	Yost	1954
Pardners Movie Available on 15 streaming services.	6.3	Actor	Pete	1956
Suburban Commando Movie Available on 19 streaming services.	4.5	Actor	Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell	1991
Count the Hours! Movie	6	Actor	Max Verne	1953
The Battle at Apache Pass Movie	6.1	Actor	Mescal Jack	1952
Dragoon Wells Massacre Movie	5.8	Actor	Tioga	1957
American Guerrilla in the Philippines Movie	5.7	Actor	The Speaker	1950
The Villain Movie	5.2	Actor	Avery Simpson	1979
The Moonlighter Movie	5.6	Actor	Slim	1953
Firecreek Movie Available on 28 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	Norman	1968
The Night of the Grizzly Movie Available on 24 streaming services.	6.7	Actor	Hank	1966
The Giant of Thunder Mountain Movie	5.6	Actor	Hezekiah Crow	1990
Lure of the Wilderness Movie	6.2	Actor	Dave Longden	1952
My Man and I Movie	6.2	Actor	Celestino Garcia	1952
Rancho Notorious Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.6	Actor	Mort Geary	1952
Vera Cruz Movie Available on 23 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	Tex	1954
Kismet Movie Available on 28 streaming services.	6.1	Actor	Hasan-Ben	1955
The Bushwhackers Movie	5.4	Actor	Cree	1952
Jubilee Trail Movie	5.6	Actor	Whitey	1954
Night Passage Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.4	Actor	Shotgun	1957
Pony Express Rider Movie	5.1	Actor	Crazy Charlie	1976
Wild Weed Movie	4.2	Actor	Raymond - Henchman	1949
Moonfleet Movie	6.5	Actor	Damen	1955
Kiss Me Deadly Movie	7.6	Actor	Charlie Max	1955
Wichita Movie Available on 17 streaming services.	6.7	Actor	Al	1955
The Far Country Movie	7.2	Actor	Frank Newberry	1954
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Movie Available on 22 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	Alamosa Bill Kermit	1973
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Movie Available on 31 streaming services.	7	Actor	Tom McLowery	1957
The Last Escape of Billy the Kid Movie		Actor	Pat Garrett	1972
Ride a Northbound Horse Movie	7.3	Actor	Sheriff	1969
One Way Street Movie	6.3	Actor	Gangster	1950
Shadow Force Movie	7.1	Actor	Tommy	1992
Man Without a Star Movie	6.7	Actor	Knife Murderer (uncredited)	1955
Temple Houston TV Show	8.2	Actor	George Taggart 26 Episodes	1963-1964
Schlitz Playhouse TV Show	7.5	Actor	Halleck 1 Episode	1951-1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse TV Show	6.9	Actor	1 Episode	1958-1960
The Dakotas TV Show	7	Actor	19 Episodes	1962-1963
Detective in the House TV Show	6.5	Actor	6 Episodes	1985-1985
Easy Street TV Show	7	Actor	22 Episodes	1986-1987
Struck by Lightning TV Show	7.4	Actor	Frank 10 Episodes	1979-1979
Home Improvement TV Show Available on 9 streaming services.	7.3	Actor	Hick Peterson 1 Episode	1991-1999
Gunsmoke TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Pierre Audubon 2 Episodes	1955-1975
Father Murphy TV Show	6.3	Actor	2 Episodes	1981-1983
Have Gun, Will Travel TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	8.2	Actor	2 Episodes	1957-1963
Richard Diamond, Private Detective TV Show	7.6	Actor	Perk Butler 1 Episode	1956-1960
Bronco TV Show	7	Actor	2 Episodes	1958-1962
Sugarfoot TV Show	7.2	Actor	Toothy Thompson 2 Episodes	1957-1961
Frontier TV Show	7.6	Actor	2 Episodes	1955-1956
F Troop TV Show Available on 8 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	1 Episode	1965-1967
Mr. Lucky TV Show Available on 4 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	1 Episode	1959-1960
Simon & Simon TV Show	7.1	Actor	1 Episode	1981-1989
Alias Smith and Jones TV Show	7.4	Actor	1 Episode	1971-1973
Eight Is Enough TV Show Available on 8 streaming services.	6.4	Actor	3 Episodes	1977-1981
The Twilight Zone TV Show Available on 15 streaming services.	8.9	Actor	Avery 1 Episode	1959-1964
Target: The Corruptors TV Show	7.8	Actor	1 Episode	1961-1962
Outlaws TV Show	7.6	Actor	1 Episode	1960-1962
Lancer TV Show	6.9	Actor	1 Episode	1968-1970
Paradise TV Show	7.8	Actor	Skragg 1 Episode	1988-1990
Tarzan TV Show	6.8	Actor	1 Episode	1966-1968
Rawhide TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	Turkey Creek Jack Johnson 1 Episode	1959-1965
Daniel Boone TV Show	7.1	Actor	Petch 1 Episode	1964-1970
The High Chaparral TV Show	7.4	Actor	Macklin 1 Episode	1967-1971
Cimarron Strip TV Show	6.9	Actor	1 Episode	1967-1968
The Outcasts TV Show	7.2	Actor	1 Episode	1968-1969
M Squad TV Show	7.9	Actor	Luke Morgan 1 Episode	1957-1960
Hondo TV Show	7	Actor	1 Episode	1967-1967
National Velvet TV Show	6.9	Actor	1 Episode	1960
The Rebel TV Show Available on 9 streaming services.	7.6	Actor	Uncle Luce 1 Episode	1959-1961
The Rifleman TV Show Available on 16 streaming services.	8.1	Actor	5 Episodes	1958-1963
Lawman TV Show	7.9	Actor	Herm Forrest 1 Episode	1958-1962
Ben Casey TV Show	6.9	Actor	1 Episode	1961-1966
The Guns of Will Sonnett TV Show	7.4	Actor	1 Episode	1967-1969
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre TV Show	7.3	Actor	Stage Driver Cass 1 Episode	1956-1961
The Texan TV Show Available on 7 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	Luke Watson 1 Episode	1958-1960
The Legend of Jesse James TV Show	6.9	Actor	Deacon Smith 1 Episode	1965-1966
Tightrope TV Show	7.2	Actor	1 Episode	1959-1960
The Little People TV Show	8.2	Actor	1 Episode	1972-1974
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams TV Show	7.3	Actor	1 Episode	1977-1978
Mr. & Mrs. North TV Show Available on 6 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	1 Episode	1952-1954
J.J. Starbuck TV Show	7.3	Actor	1 Episode	1987-1988
Kung Fu TV Show Available on 9 streaming services.	7.8	Actor	Marcus Taylor 1 Episode	1972-1975
Wells Fargo TV Show Available on 7 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	Chris 1 Episode	1957-1962
Bonanza TV Show Available on 12 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	Buford Buckalew 1 Episode	1959-1973
Nichols TV Show	7.5	Actor	Marcus A.F. Baxter 1 Episode	1971-1972
Four Star Playhouse TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	Vic 1 Episode	1952-1956
Bonanza TV Show Available on 12 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	Honest John 1 Episode	1959-1973
Bonanza TV Show Available on 12 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	Dodie Hoad 1 Episode	1959-1973
Gunsmoke TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Dolph Quince 2 Episodes	1955-1975
Gunsmoke TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Specter 1 Episode	1955-1975
Gunsmoke TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Ben 1 Episode	1955-1975
Gunsmoke TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Del Ordman 1 Episode	1955-1975
Gunsmoke TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Jim Barrett 1 Episode	1955-1975
Gunsmoke TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Lucas Murdoch 1 Episode	1955-1975
Gunsmoke TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Hector 1 Episode	1955-1975
Gunsmoke TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Clint Dodie 1 Episode	1955-1975
Gunsmoke TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Titus Spangler 1 Episode	1955-1975
Gunsmoke TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	William Prange 1 Episode	1955-1975
Gunsmoke TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Sam Band 1 Episode	1955-1975
Gunsmoke TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Steed 1 Episode	1955-1975
Cheyenne TV Show	7.8	Actor	3 Episodes	1955-1963
Richard Diamond, Private Detective TV Show	7.6	Actor	Danny Boy 1 Episode	1956-1960
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre TV Show	7.3	Actor	Hock Ellis 1 Episode	1956-1961
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre TV Show	7.3	Actor	Little Jimmy Lehigh 1 Episode	1956-1961
The Restless Gun TV Show	7.3	Actor	Tony Molinor 1 Episode	1957-1959
Zorro TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	8	Actor	Gomez (uncredited) 3 Episodes	1957-1959
Schlitz Playhouse TV Show	7.5	Actor	Lee Dineen 1 Episode	1951-1959
The Lone Ranger TV Show Available on 10 streaming services.	7.5	Actor	Reno Lawrence 1 Episode	1949-1957
Screen Director's Playhouse TV Show		Actor	Shanks 1 Episode	1955-1956
How the West Was Won TV Show Available on 8 streaming services.	8	Actor	Cully Madigan 2 Episodes	1976-1979
The Untouchables TV Show	7.8	Actor	Jug Alverson 1 Episode	1959-1963
The Virginian TV Show Available on 5 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	Harve Yost 1 Episode	1962-1971
Lawman TV Show	7.9	Actor	3 Episodes	1958-1962
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Movie	6.5	Actor	Bitterroot	1972
The Over-the-Hill Gang Movie	5.8	Actor	Sheriff Clyde Barnes	1969
Shootout in a One Dog Town Movie	7.6	Actor	Handy	1974
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills Movie	6.3	Actor	Squires	1986
Bonanza: Under Attack Movie	5.6	Actor	Buckshot	1995
Bonanza: The Return Movie	5.9	Actor	Buckshot	1993
The Slowest Gun in the West Movie	6.5	Actor	Ike Dalton	1960
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? Movie	5.1	Actor	Boone	1988
Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas Movie	4.8	Actor	Scrooge	1984
The Red Pony Movie	6.1	Actor	Granddad	1973
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite Movie	5.6	Actor	Seth Beaumont	1981
Cat Ballou Movie	7.2	Actor	Kid Sheleen	1971
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe Movie	6.2	Actor	Bitterroot	1976
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo Movie	8	Actor	Self	1970
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western Movie	7.2	Actor	Self	1997
Sidekicks Movie	6.8	Actor	Boss	1974
Once Upon a Texas Train Movie	5.5	Actor	Jason Fitch	1988
Lacy and the Mississippi Queen Movie	6.2	Actor	Willie Red Fire	1978
Skyward Christmas Movie	7	Actor	Clay Haller	1981
Huckleberry Finn Movie	5.3	Actor	King	1975
I Am Not a Freak Movie	5.8	Actor	Self	1987
The Sacketts Limited Series	7.8	Actor	Ira Bigelow 2 Episodes	1979-1979
Black Beauty Limited Series	6.1	Actor	Jonas McBride 5 Episodes	1978-1978
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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