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1990
Easy Street

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1986
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1986
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1983
The Cannonball Run

as Doctor

1981
The Sacketts

as Ira Bigelow

1979
The Sacketts

as Ira Bigelow

1979
The Villain

as Avery Simpson

1979
Hot Lead & Cold Feet

as Rattlesnake

1978
The Norseman

as Death Dreamer

1978
Hawmps!

as Bad Jack Cutter

1976
Creature from Black Lake

as Joe Canton

1976
The Winds of Autumn

as J. Pete Hankins

1976
Pony Express Rider

as Crazy Charlie

1976
A Knife for the Ladies

as Jarrod (Sheriff)

1974
The Red Pony

as Granddad

1973
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

as Bitterroot

1972
Hannie Caulder

as Frank Clemens

1972
Rio Lobo

as Phillips

1970
Dirty Dingus Magee

as John Wesley Hardin

1970
Jack Elam Jack Elam

Birthday

1920-11-13

Place of Birth

Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA

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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