Acting

Jack Elam

Jack Elam este cunoscut mai ales pentru Zona crepusculară, Meșterul casei, Bonanza și Kung Fu. Jack Elam s-a născut pe 13 noiembrie 1920. Jack Elam a murit pe 20 octombrie 2003, la vârsta de 82 ani.

Născut: 13 noiembrie 1920
Locul nașterii: Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA
Decedat: 20 octombrie 2003 (82 ani)

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.