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Jack Palance (1919-2006)

Alias:
Jack Brazzo
Volodymyr Palahniuk
Walter Jack Palance
Walter Palance
Wolodymyr Iwanowitsch Palagnjuk
Τζακ Πάλανς
Џек Паланс
Володимир Палагнюк
Джак Паланс
Джек Паланс
Джек Пеланс
Джек Пэланс

Birthplace:
Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA

Born:
February 17, 1919

Died:
November 10, 2006

Biography from TheMovieDB

Jack Palance (born Volodymyr Palahniuk; February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American actor. Known for playing tough guys and villains, he was nominated for three Academy Awards, all for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, receiving nominations for his roles in Sudden Fear (1952) and Shane (1953) and winning almost 40 years later for his role in City Slickers (1991).  Born in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, the son of Ukrainian immigrants, Palance served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He went on to briefly attend Stanford University before pursuing a career in the theatre. He made his film acting debut in Panic in the Streets (1950). Following his roles in Sudden Fear and Shane, Palance starred as Count Dracula in the 1974 television film Bram Stoker's Dracula, and played crime lord Yves Perret in Tango & Cash (1989). He also served as the host of the ABC television series Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1982–1986). In 2006, Palance died of natural causes at the home of his daughter Holly in Montecito, California.  Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Palance, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Executive Producer:
1992  Legends of the West

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TV Production

Director:
1963  The Greatest Show on Earth

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