Jack Elam profile
Actor profile

Jack Elam

13th November 1920 Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA Acting

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

Lost poster
Lost 22nd October 1983 as Mr. Newsom
Hawmps! poster
Hawmps! 20th May 1976 as Bad Jack Cutter
Jubal poster
Jubal 25th February 1956 as McCoy
Kismet poster
Kismet 8th October 1955 as Hasan-Ben
The Ring poster
The Ring 26th September 1952 as Harry Jackson
High Noon poster
High Noon 9th June 1952 as Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited)
Kung Fu poster
Kung Fu 14th October 1972 as Marcus Taylor
Nichols poster
Nichols 16th September 1971 as Marcus A.F. Baxter
Laramie poster
Laramie 15th September 1959 as Parson Hawks
Bonanza poster
Bonanza 12th September 1959 as Buford Buckalew
Rawhide poster
Rawhide 9th January 1959 as Turkey Creek Jack Johnson
Lawman poster
Lawman 5th October 1958 as Paul Henry
Zorro poster
Zorro 10th October 1957 as Gomez (uncredited)
M Squad poster
M Squad 20th September 1957 as Luke Morgan
Sugarfoot poster
Sugarfoot 17th September 1957 as Toothy Thompson
Frontier poster
Frontier 25th September 1955 as Ness Fowler
Cheyenne poster
Cheyenne 20th September 1955 as Count Nicholas Potosi
Gunsmoke poster
Gunsmoke 10th September 1955 as Pierre Audubon