Actor profile
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 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.
116 Movies
70 TV Shows
186 Credits
Filmography
Movies & TV Shows
J.J. Starbuck
26th September 1987
Easy Street
13th September 1986
Detective in the House
15th March 1985
Simon & Simon
24th November 1981
Father Murphy
3rd November 1981
$weepstake$
26th January 1979
Eight Is Enough
15th March 1977
The Brian Keith Show
15th September 1972
Alias Smith and Jones
5th January 1971
Lancer
24th September 1968
The Outcasts
23rd September 1968
Hondo
8th September 1967
Cimarron Strip
7th September 1967
Tarzan
8th September 1966
F Troop
14th September 1965
Ben Casey
2nd October 1961
Target: The Corruptors!
29th September 1961
Outlaws
26th September 1960
Tightrope
8th September 1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
6th October 1958
Bronco
23rd September 1958
Studio 57
21st September 1954
Mr. & Mrs. North
3rd October 1952