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Biography

After more than 40 years in pictures, Jack Palance finally won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for City Slickers (1991), playing a tough, wheezy,…more

Born

2/18/1918, Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA

Died

11/10/2006

Birth Name

Vladimr Palanuik

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (4)

Role
- Ripley's Believe it or Not!
  Host
  - S 4: Ep 22 Episode 422
    10/15/03
  - S 4: Ep 21 Episode 421
    10/8/03
  - S 4: Ep 20 Episode 420
    10/1/03
  - S 4: Ep 19 Episode 419
    9/24/03
  - S 4: Ep 18 Episode 418
    9/17/03
  - + 82 More Credits
- Batman
  Star
  - — Batman (1989)
    6/23/89
- Bronk
  Lt. Alex "Bronk" Bronkov
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Vigilante
    3/28/76
  - S 1: Ep 23 Death With Honor
    3/21/76
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Ordeal
    3/7/76
  - S 1: Ep 20 Jailbreak
    2/15/76
  - S 1: Ep 19 Target: Unknown
    2/8/76
  - + 19 More Credits
- The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)
  Johnny Slate
  - S 1: Ep 30 You're All Right, Ivy
    4/28/64
  - S 1: Ep 29 There Are No Problems, Only Opportunities
    4/21/64
  - S 1: Ep 28 This Train Don't Stop Till It Gets There
    4/14/64
  - S 1: Ep 27 Love The Giver
    4/7/64
  - S 1: Ep 26 The Glorious Days of the Used to Be
    3/31/64
  - + 25 More Credits
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 11 640720
    7/20/64
  - S 30: Ep 95 Show #4506
    3/31/92
  - S 30: Ep 77 Show #4488
    2/28/92
  - S 29: Ep 127 Show #4357
    6/11/91
  - S 29: Ep 114 Show #4344
    5/10/91
  - + 6 More Credits
Guest Star (55)

Role
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  "Poppy" Davitch
  - S 54: Ep 1 Back When We Were Grownups
    11/22/04
- The Academy Awards
  Himself
  - S 75: Ep 1 The 75th Annual Academy Awards
    3/23/03
  - S 70: Ep 1 The 70th Annual Academy Awards
    3/23/98
  - S 64: Ep 1 The 64th Annual Academy Awards
    3/30/92
- Night Visions
  Jake Jennings
  - S 1: Ep 15 Bitter Harvest
    8/23/01
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  John
  - S 49: Ep 1 Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
    11/21/99
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 182 Show #0182
    6/21/94
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 65: Ep 1 The 65th Annual Academy Awards
    3/29/93
  - S 56: Ep 1 The 56th Annual Academy Awards
    4/9/84
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 11: Ep 126 Show #1710
    11/11/92
  - S 11: Ep 25 Show #1609
    3/24/92
  - S 3: Ep 137 Show #0480 (841129)
    11/29/84
- One On One With John Tesh
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 170 May 20, 1992
    5/20/92
  - S 1: Ep 83 January 16, 1992
    1/16/92
- Dame Edna's Hollywood
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 1
    11/30/91
- Film '72
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 22 Film 80 Episode 22
    12/1/80
- Buck Rogers
  Kaleel
  - S 1: Ep 4 Planet of the Slave Girls (2)
    9/27/79
  - S 1: Ep 3 Planet of the Slave Girls (1)
    9/27/79
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 111 February 24, 1976
    2/24/76
  - S 2: Ep 64 December 12, 1975
    12/12/75
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself/Co-host
  - S 14: Ep 66 Week of December 1, 1975
    12/1/75
  - S 9: Ep 65 December 4, 1970
    12/4/70
  - S 9: Ep 64 December 3, 1970
    12/3/70
  - S 9: Ep 63 December 2, 1970
    12/2/70
  - S 9: Ep 62 December 1, 1970
    12/1/70
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 15 Show 58 - O.J. Simpson, Teddy Neely
    1/9/74
  - S 4: Ep 5 Show 48 - Jack Palance, Ed McMahon
    10/10/73
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 170 August 31, 1970
    8/31/70
- The Porter Wagoner Show
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 17 Jack Palance (1970-71 season)
- Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central)
  unknown
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Last Chance
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 86 December 16, 1969
    12/16/69
  - S 5: Ep 27 October 10, 1967
    10/10/67
  - S 2: Ep 71 August 16, 1965
    8/16/65
  - S 2: Ep 68 August 11, 1965
    8/11/65
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 44 October 30, 1969
    10/30/69
  - S 3: Ep 237 September 1, 1971
    9/1/71
  - S 2: Ep 267 September 11, 1970
    9/11/70
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 241 Week of August 25, 1969
    8/25/69
  - S 4: Ep 28 October 13, 1965
    10/13/65
  - S 3: Ep 109 February 5, 1965
    2/5/65
  - S 16: Ep 99 February 7, 1978
    2/7/78
  - S 13: Ep 215 July 25, 1975
    7/25/75
  - + 3 More Credits
- Allen Ludden's Gallery
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 27 July 29, 1969
    7/29/69
- Della!
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 24 July 10, 1969
    7/10/69
- The Woody Woodbury Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 156 April 1, 1968
    4/1/68
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 32 February 26-March 1, 1968
    2/26/68
- The Carol Burnett Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 20 with Jack Palance, Liza Minnelli
    2/5/68
- The Bob Hope Show
  Himself
  - S 18: Ep 3 November 8, 1967
    11/8/67
- TV SPECIAL
  Jabberwock
  - S 1: Ep 3 Alice Through The Looking Glass
    11/6/66
- Run for Your Life
  Julian Hays
  - S 2: Ep 2 I Am the Late Diana Hays
    9/19/66
- Convoy
  Harvey Bell
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Many Colors of Courage
    10/8/65
- Password
  Guest
  - S 5: Ep 90 EPISODE
    2/11/65
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest
  - S 15: Ep 47 EPISODE #722
    7/19/64
  - S 7: Ep 13 EPISODE #286
    11/27/55
- Frontier Justice
  Dan Morgan
  - S 3: Ep 6 Lariat
    9/7/61
  - S 1: Ep 1 Lariat
    7/7/58
- Playhouse 90
  Manolete
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Death of Manolete
    9/12/57
- The Perry Como Show
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 30 April 6, 1957
    4/6/57
- Playhouse 90
  Monroe Stahr
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Last Tycoon
    3/14/57
- Zane Grey Theater
  Dan Morgan
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Lariat
    11/2/56
- Playhouse 90
  Harlan "Mountain" McClintock
  - S 1: Ep 2 Requiem For A Heavyweight
    10/11/56
- Playhouse 90
  Himself - Guest Host
  - S 1: Ep 1 Forbidden Area
    10/4/56
- The Steve Allen Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 3 Jack Palance, Vic Damone; Don Adams; Gogi Grant
    7/8/56
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Guest
  - S 9: Ep 9 Bo Diddley / Laverne Baker / Five Keys / Rod Steiger & Jack Palance
    11/20/55
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  scheduled guest
  - S 9: Ep 5 scheduled: Nat King Cole & Maria Cole; Jack Palance; Rod Steiger
    10/23/55
- Toast of the Town
  Guest
  - S 8: Ep 48 Bill Haley & his Comets / Jack Palance; Christopher Plummer / Roddy McDowall
    8/7/55
- Art Linkletter's House Party
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 26 November 1, 1954
    11/1/54
- Texaco Star Theater
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 22 4/27/1954
    4/27/54
- Suspense
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 16 Cagliostro and the Chess Player
    12/15/53
- Motorola Television Hour
  Scott Malone/Kurt Bauman
  - S 1: Ep 3 Brandenburg Gate
    12/1/53
- Suspense
  Tom Walker
  - S 5: Ep 26 The Kiss Off
    3/3/53
- The Web (1950)
  Character
  - S 3: Ep 2 The Last Chance
    2/22/53
- Danger
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 18 Said the Spider to the Fly
    2/17/53
- Gulf Playhouse
  unknown
  - S 1: Ep 4 Necktie Party
    10/24/52
- Studio One
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 4 Little Men, Big World
    10/13/52
  - S 4: Ep 10 The King in Yellow
    11/19/51
  - S 2: Ep 31 Walk the Dark Streets
    4/10/50
- Your Show of Shows
  unknown
  - S 4: Ep 3 September 20, 1952
    9/20/52
- Curtain Call
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 3 Azaya
    7/4/52
- Lights Out (1949)
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 33 The Man Who Couldn't Remember
    4/24/50
- Hands of Murder
  (as Walter Palance)
  - S 1: Ep 4 Street Gang
    10/28/49
Director (1)

Role
- The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 30 You're All Right, Ivy
    4/28/64

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Jack Palance dies at age 87

By Colin Mahan, Nov 10, 2006

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Trivia
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- He maintained a farm in central Pennsylvania, called Holly-Brooke Farm, named after his daughters.
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- He was buried in Kiev, Ukraine.
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- He won an Emmy Award for Best Actor in 1957.
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- Jack Palance: (referring to the many movies he's been in) Most of them are garbage.
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- Jack Palance: The only two things you can truly depend upon are gravity and greed.
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- Jack Palance: (on tabloid stories) I'm amazed people read this crap about us - about me most of all.
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