Birthname: William Scott Elam
Sign | Scorpio |
Born | Nov 13, 1920 Miami, Gila |
Died | Oct 20, 2003 Ashland, OR |
Age | Died at 82 |
Jack Elam | |
Job | Actor |
Years active | 1944-95 |
Top Roles | Charlie, Deke Simons, The Speaker, Yost, Ace Williams |
Top Genres | Western, Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Action, Crime |
Top Topics | Wild West, Book-Based, Cars & Auto Racing |
Top Collaborators | Robert Aldrich (Director), Burt Lancaster, Lee Van Cleef, Glenn Ford |
Shares birthday with | Jean Seberg, H.C. Potter, Hermione Baddeley see more.. |
Jack Elam Overview:
Character actor, Jack Elam, was born William Scott Elam on Nov 13, 1920 in Miami, Gila. Elam died at the age of 82 on Oct 20, 2003 in Ashland, OR .
MINI BIO:
American actor with sightless left eye who gained steady employment in the 1950s (after switching to acting from accountancy) as a mean hombre always ready to shoot the hero in the back. Mainly seen in westerns, Elam could also play sympathetic characters and comedy, but was later encouraged to play his own image rather too much.
(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Character Actors: an Illustrated Directory).HONORS and AWARDS:
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Elam was inducted into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum .
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Jack Elam Quotes:
Jake:
Well, I did odd jobs... for one thing, I was a Orr holder at Madame Horse's, uh, horse holder at Madame Orr's House.
Charlie Max: Women are worse than flies.
Zimmerman: [referring to Vin] Keep away from her!
Tevis: Why, I ain't been cured of women. Ain't had your medicine, Jim.
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Charlie Max: Women are worse than flies.
Zimmerman: [referring to Vin] Keep away from her!
Tevis: Why, I ain't been cured of women. Ain't had your medicine, Jim.
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