Jack Elam
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: November 13, 1920
Day of Death: October 20, 2003 (83 years old)
Place of Birth: 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.
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Actor Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited)
High Noon
Actor Eddie
Finders Keepers
Actor Pete Harris
Kansas City Confidential
Actor Mort Geary
Rancho Notorious
Actor Harry Jackson
The Ring
Actor Dave Longden
Lure of the Wilderness
Actor Celestino Garcia
My Man and I
Actor Mescal Jack
The Battle at Apache Pass
Actor Gimp
Montana Territory
