Jack Elam
Acting
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.
TV Shows(69)
Lucky Luke
Axel Ericson
1992
Home Improvement
Hick Peterson
1991
Paradise
Skragg
1988
J.J. Starbuck
1987
Easy Street
1986
Detective in the House
1985
Simon & Simon
1981
Father Murphy
1981
Struck by Lightning
Frank
1979
The Sacketts
Ira Bigelow
1979
$weepstake$
1979
Black Beauty
Jonas McBride
1978
Eight Is Enough
1977
Grizzly Adams
Gus
1977
How the West Was Won
Cully Madigan
1977
Kung Fu
Marcus Taylor
1972
The Brian Keith Show
1972
Nichols
Marcus A.F. Baxter
1971
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Lancer
1968
The Outcasts
1968
The High Chaparral
Macklin
1967
Hondo
1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Sam - Sheriff
1967
Cimarron Strip
1967
Tarzan
1966
The Wild Wild West
Zack Slade
1965
F Troop
1965
The Legend of Jesse James
Deacon Smith
1965
Daniel Boone
Petch
1964
Temple Houston
George Taggart
1963
The Dakotas
Deputy J.D. Smith
1963
The Virginian
Harve Yost
1962
Ben Casey
1961
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Gunslinger
Clint Gannet
1961
Stagecoach West
Clell
1960
Outlaws
1960
National Velvet
Black Barr
1960
Mr. Lucky
Phil Bricker
1959
The Untouchables
Jug Alverson
1959
The Rebel
Uncle Luce
1959
The Twilight Zone
Avery
1959
Laramie
Parson Hawks
1959
Bonanza
Dodie Hoad
1959
Tightrope
1959
Rawhide
Turkey Creek Jack Johnson
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Lawman
1958
The Rifleman
Sim Groder
1958
The Texan
1958
Bronco
1958
Zorro
Gomez (uncredited)
1957
The Restless Gun
Tony Molinor
1957
M Squad
Luke Morgan
1957
Sugarfoot
Toothy Thompson
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Tales of Wells Fargo
Chris
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Hock Ellis
1956
Screen Director's Playhouse
Shanks
1955
Frontier
Ness Fowler
1955
Cheyenne
1955
Gunsmoke
Dolph Quince
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
Sheriff
1954
Studio 57
1954
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Vic
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Lee Dineen
1951
The Lone Ranger
Reno Lawrence
1949
Movies(116)
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Self
1997
Bonanza: Under Attack
Buckshot
1995
Bonanza: The Return
Buckshot
1993
Uninvited
Grady
1993
Shadow Force
Tommy
1992
Suburban Commando
Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell
1991
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Hezekiah Crow
1990
Big Bad John
Jake Calhoun
1990
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
Boone
1988
Once Upon a Texas Train
Jason Fitch
1988
I Am Not a Freak
Self
1987
Hawken's Breed
Tackett
1987
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
Squires
1986
The Aurora Encounter
Charlie
1986
Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas
Scrooge
1984
Cannonball Run II
Doc
1984
Lost
Mr. Newsom
1983
Sacred Ground
Lum Witcher
1983
Jinxed!
Otto
1982
Skyward Christmas
Clay Haller
1981
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
Troscliar Boudreaux
1981
The Cannonball Run
Doctor
1981
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
Seth Beaumont
1981
The Villain
Avery Simpson
1979
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
Big Mac
1979
The Norseman
Death Dreamer
1978
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Rattlesnake
1978
Lacy and the Mississippi Queen
Willie Red Fire
1978
Huckleberry Finn
King
1978
Grayeagle
Trapper Willis
1977
Pony Express Rider
Crazy Charlie
1976
The Winds of Autumn
J. Pete Hankins
1976
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
Bitterroot
1976
Hawmps!
Bad Jack Cutter
1976
Creature from Black Lake
Joe Canton
1976
A Knife for the Ladies
Jarrod (Sheriff)
1974
Sidekicks
Boss
1974
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
Handy
1974
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Alamosa Bill Kermit
1973
The Red Pony
Granddad
1973
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe
Bitterroot
1972
The Last Escape of Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett
1972
Hannie Caulder
Frank Clemens
1971
The Last Rebel
Matt
1971
Cat Ballou
Kid Sheleen
1971
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Jug May
1971
The Wild Country
Thompson
1970
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
Self
1970
Dirty Dingus Magee
John Wesley Hardin
1970
Rio Lobo
Phillips
1970
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Kittrick
1970
The Over the Hill Gang
Sheriff Clyde Barnes
1969
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Jake
1969
Ride a Northbound Horse
Sheriff
1969
Once Upon a Time in the West
Frank's Gunman
1968
Sartana Does Not Forgive
Slim Kovacs
1968
Never a Dull Moment
Ace Williams
1968
Firecreek
Norman
1968
The Last Challenge
Ernest Scarnes
1967
The Way West
Preacher Weatherby
1967
The Night of the Grizzly
Hank
1966
The Rare Breed
Deke Simons
1966
4 for Texas
Dobie
1963
Pocketful of Miracles
Cheesecake
1961
The Comancheros
Horseface (Comanchero)
1961
The Last Sunset
Ed Hobbs
1961
The Girl in Lovers Lane
Jesse
1960
The Slowest Gun in the West
Ike Dalton
1960
Edge of Eternity
Bill Ward
1959
The Gun Runners
Arnold
1958
Baby Face Nelson
Fatso Nagel
1957
Dragoon Wells Massacre
Tioga
1957
Night Passage
Shotgun
1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Tom McLowery
1957
Lure of the Swamp
Henry Bliss
1957
Thunder Over Arizona
Slats Callahan
1956
Pardners
Pete
1956
Jubal
McCoy
1956
Artists and Models
Ivan
1955
Kismet
Hasan-Ben
1955
The Man from Laramie
Chris Boldt
1955
Wichita
Al
1955
Moonfleet
Damen
1955
Kiss Me Deadly
Charlie Max
1955
Man Without a Star
Knife Murderer (uncredited)
1955
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Burger
1955
Vera Cruz
Tex
1954
Cattle Queen of Montana
Yost
1954
Princess of the Nile
Basra
1954
Jubilee Trail
Whitey
1954
The Far Country
Frank Newberry
1954
Ride Clear of Diablo
Tim Lowerie
1954
Appointment in Honduras
Castro
1953
The Moonlighter
Slim
1953
Gun Belt
Rusty Kolloway
1953
Ride, Vaquero!
Barton
1953
Count the Hours!
Max Verne
1953
Kansas City Confidential
Pete Harris
1952
The Ring
Harry Jackson
1952
My Man and I
Celestino Garcia
1952
Lure of the Wilderness
Dave Longden
1952
High Noon
Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited)
1952
Montana Territory
Gimp
1952
The Battle at Apache Pass
Mescal Jack
1952
Rancho Notorious
Mort Geary
1952
Finders Keepers
Eddie
1952
The Bushwhackers
Cree
1951
Rawhide
Tevis
1951
Bird of Paradise
The Trader
1951
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
The Speaker
1950
High Lonesome
Smiling Man
1950
A Ticket to Tomahawk
Fargo
1950
One Way Street
Arnie (uncredited)
1950
The Sundowners
Earl Boyce
1950
Key to the City
Councilman (uncredited)
1950
Wild Weed
Raymond - Henchman
1949