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Actor

Jack Elam

Acting

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Acting credits

182

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

1.8

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Movies: 116Series: 66

TMDB ID: 4965

IMDb ID: nm0001181

Known for: Acting

Born: November 13, 1920

Died: October 20, 2003

Age: 82

Place of birth: Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1949 - 1997

Years active: 49

Average TMDB rating: 6.56

Wikidata: Q500155

Also known as

William Scott Elam • William Scott "Jack" Elam • جک ایلام

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.

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