Jack Elam

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

209

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-11-13

Day of death

2003-10-20 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA

Jack Elam

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.

Known For

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

  • The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

  • Home Improvement

    Home Improvement

  • Simon & Simon

    Simon & Simon

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • The High Chaparral

    The High Chaparral

  • The Untouchables

    The Untouchables

  • The Untouchables

    The Untouchables

  • The Lone Ranger

    The Lone Ranger

  • Lawman

    Lawman

  • Lawman

    Lawman

  • Lawman

    Lawman

  • Zorro

    Zorro

  • Tarzan

    Tarzan

  • M Squad

    M Squad

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Sugarfoot

    Sugarfoot

  • Eight Is Enough

    Eight Is Enough

  • Laramie

    Laramie

  • The Texan

    The Texan

  • The Texan

    The Texan

  • Tales of Wells Fargo

    Tales of Wells Fargo

  • Richard Diamond, Private Detective

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective

  • Richard Diamond, Private Detective

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective

  • Once Upon a Time in the West

    Once Upon a Time in the West

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • F Troop

    F Troop

  • Alias Smith and Jones

    Alias Smith and Jones

  • Bronco

    Bronco

  • The Guns of Will Sonnett

    The Guns of Will Sonnett

  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

  • How the West Was Won

    How the West Was Won

  • Lancer

    Lancer

  • Cimarron Strip

    Cimarron Strip

  • Vera Cruz

    Vera Cruz

  • Screen Director's Playhouse

    Screen Director's Playhouse

  • The Restless Gun

    The Restless Gun

  • The Restless Gun

    The Restless Gun

  • Mr. Lucky

    Mr. Lucky

  • The Outcasts

    The Outcasts

  • The Dakotas

    The Dakotas

  • Nichols

    Nichols

  • Tightrope

    Tightrope

  • Pocketful of Miracles

    Pocketful of Miracles

  • Grizzly Adams

    Grizzly Adams

  • Mr. & Mrs. North

    Mr. & Mrs. North

  • Gun Belt

    Gun Belt

  • The Legend of Jesse James

    The Legend of Jesse James

  • Cannonball Run II

    Cannonball Run II

  • Hondo

    Hondo

  • Paradise

    Paradise

  • High Noon

    High Noon

  • Target: The Corruptors!

    Target: The Corruptors!

  • Outlaws

    Outlaws

  • Wichita

    Wichita

  • Once Upon a Texas Train

    Once Upon a Texas Train

  • The Villain

    The Villain

  • Huckleberry Finn

    Huckleberry Finn

  • Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills

    Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills

  • The Gun Runners

    The Gun Runners

  • The Winds of Autumn

    The Winds of Autumn

  • National Velvet

    National Velvet

  • Father Murphy

    Father Murphy

  • Creature from Black Lake

    Creature from Black Lake

  • Hot Lead & Cold Feet

    Hot Lead & Cold Feet

  • Kiss Me Deadly

    Kiss Me Deadly

  • $weepstake$

    $weepstake$

  • Jubilee Trail

    Jubilee Trail

  • Support Your Local Sheriff!

    Support Your Local Sheriff!

  • American Guerrilla in the Philippines

    American Guerrilla in the Philippines

  • The Last Challenge

    The Last Challenge

  • Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

  • The Giant of Thunder Mountain

    The Giant of Thunder Mountain

  • The Cannonball Run

    The Cannonball Run

  • Frontier

    Frontier

  • Temple Houston

    Temple Houston

  • Rio Lobo

    Rio Lobo

  • J.J. Starbuck

    J.J. Starbuck

  • Suburban Commando

    Suburban Commando

  • Ride a Northbound Horse

    Ride a Northbound Horse

  • The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

    The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

  • The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

    The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

  • Rancho Notorious

    Rancho Notorious

  • The Wild Country

    The Wild Country

  • The Night of the Grizzly

    The Night of the Grizzly

  • The Way West

    The Way West

  • The Brian Keith Show

    The Brian Keith Show

  • 4 for Texas

    4 for Texas

  • A Knife for the Ladies

    A Knife for the Ladies

  • The Last Sunset

    The Last Sunset

  • Night Passage

    Night Passage

  • The Sacketts

    The Sacketts

  • Cattle Queen of Montana

    Cattle Queen of Montana

  • Lucky Luke

    Lucky Luke

  • Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

    Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

  • Lacy and the Mississippi Queen

    Lacy and the Mississippi Queen

  • The Comancheros

    The Comancheros

  • Stagecoach West

    Stagecoach West

  • The Moonlighter

    The Moonlighter

  • The Rare Breed

    The Rare Breed

  • Dragoon Wells Massacre

    Dragoon Wells Massacre

  • Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

    Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

  • Shadow Force

    Shadow Force

  • The Aurora Encounter

    The Aurora Encounter

  • Bonanza: The Return

    Bonanza: The Return

  • Cat Ballou

    Cat Ballou

  • Uninvited

    Uninvited

  • Montana Territory

    Montana Territory

  • Sartana Does Not Forgive

    Sartana Does Not Forgive

  • Kansas City Confidential

    Kansas City Confidential

  • A Ticket to Tomahawk

    A Ticket to Tomahawk

  • Wild Weed

    Wild Weed

  • High Lonesome

    High Lonesome

  • Firecreek

    Firecreek

  • The Far Country

    The Far Country

  • Edge of Eternity

    Edge of Eternity

  • Sacred Ground

    Sacred Ground

  • Lure of the Wilderness

    Lure of the Wilderness

  • One Way Street

    One Way Street

  • The Man from Laramie

    The Man from Laramie

  • The Norseman

    The Norseman

  • Skyward Christmas

    Skyward Christmas

  • Jinxed!

    Jinxed!

  • Count the Hours!

    Count the Hours!

  • Key to the City

    Key to the City

  • Ride, Vaquero!

    Ride, Vaquero!

  • Big Bad John

    Big Bad John

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • Bird of Paradise

    Bird of Paradise

  • The Wonderful World of Disney

    The Wonderful World of Disney

  • The Last Rebel

    The Last Rebel

  • The Girl in Lovers Lane

    The Girl in Lovers Lane

  • Shootout in a One-Dog Town

    Shootout in a One-Dog Town

  • Hannie Caulder

    Hannie Caulder

  • The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

    The Daughters of Joshua Cabe

  • Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

    Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

  • The Slowest Gun in the West

    The Slowest Gun in the West

  • Black Beauty

    Black Beauty

  • Support Your Local Gunfighter

    Support Your Local Gunfighter

  • Thunder Over Arizona

    Thunder Over Arizona

  • Hawmps!

    Hawmps!

  • Hawken's Breed

    Hawken's Breed

  • Kismet

    Kismet

  • Easy Street

    Easy Street

  • The Over the Hill Gang

    The Over the Hill Gang

  • Dirty Dingus Magee

    Dirty Dingus Magee

  • Lure of the Swamp

    Lure of the Swamp

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • Moonfleet

    Moonfleet

  • The Sundowners

    The Sundowners

  • The Bushwhackers

    The Bushwhackers

  • Sidekicks

    Sidekicks

  • Jubal

    Jubal

  • Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo

    Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo

  • Grayeagle

    Grayeagle

  • Baby Face Nelson

    Baby Face Nelson

  • Pony Express Rider

    Pony Express Rider

  • Detective in the House

    Detective in the House

  • Struck by Lightning

    Struck by Lightning

  • The Battle at Apache Pass

    The Battle at Apache Pass

  • Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

    Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

  • Appointment in Honduras

    Appointment in Honduras

  • Ride Clear of Diablo

    Ride Clear of Diablo

  • Man Without a Star

    Man Without a Star

  • Kung Fu

    Kung Fu

  • The Red Pony

    The Red Pony

  • Pardners

    Pardners

  • The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite

    The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite

  • Bonanza: Under Attack

    Bonanza: Under Attack

  • Artists and Models

    Artists and Models

  • Finders Keepers

    Finders Keepers

  • The Last Escape of Billy the Kid

    The Last Escape of Billy the Kid

  • Princess of the Nile

    Princess of the Nile

  • Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas

    Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas

  • Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?

    Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?

  • Never a Dull Moment

    Never a Dull Moment

  • My Man and I

    My Man and I

  • The Ring

    The Ring

  • The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe

    The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe

  • Lost

    Lost

  • I Am Not a Freak

    I Am Not a Freak