Acting

Jack Elam

Jack Elam is vooral bekend van The Twilight Zone, Home Improvement, Bonanza en Kung Fu. Jack Elam werd geboren op 13 november 1920. Jack Elam overleed op 20 oktober 2003 op 82-jarige leeftijd.

Geboren: 13 november 1920
Geboorteplaats: Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA
Overleden: 20 oktober 2003 (82 jaar)

Biografie

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.