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Jack Palance

1919 - 2006

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Walter Jack Palance ( PAL-əns; born Volodymyr Palahniuk, Ukrainian: Володимир Іванович Палагнюк, Volodymyr Ivanovych Palahniuk; February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American screen and stage actor, known to film audiences for playing tough guys and villains. He was nominated for three Academy Awards, all for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, for his roles in Sudden Fear (1952) and Shane (1953), and winning almost 40 years later for 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 attended Stanford University before pursuing a career in the theater, winning a Theatre World Award in 1951. He made his film acting debut in Elia Kazan's Panic in the Streets (1950), and earned Oscar nominations for Sudden Fear and Shane, his third and fourth-ever film roles. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Palance is the 405th most popular actor (down from 387th in 2019), the 889th most popular biography from United States (down from 696th in 2019) and the 211th most popular American Actor.

Jack Palance is most famous for his role in Shane, where he played a villainous cowboy.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jack Palance ranks 405 out of 13,578. Before him are Richard Dean Anderson, Tim Robbins, Bill Murray, Daniel Craig, Don Johnson, and Errol Flynn. After him are Trevor Howard, Juliette Binoche, Bob Hoskins, Raquel Welch, Jennifer Aniston, and Ron Perlman.

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Among people born in 1919, Jack Palance ranks 27. Before him are Fausto Coppi, Pierre Trudeau, Georgios Papadopoulos, Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, Lino Ventura, and Margot Fonteyn. After him are Donald Pleasence, Pete Seeger, Nat King Cole, Iris Murdoch, Donald J. Cram, and Dino De Laurentiis. Among people deceased in 2006, Jack Palance ranks 29. Before him are Ibrahim Rugova, Giacinto Facchetti, Anna Politkovskaya, Melvin Schwartz, Lennart Meri, and Robert Bruce Merrifield. After him are Muriel Spark, Clay Regazzoni, Robert Altman, Joseph Barbera, Bülent Ecevit, and Paul Mauriat.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Palance ranks 889 out of 20,380. Before him are Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888), Don Johnson (1949), William Standish Knowles (1917), Frances E. Allen (1932), Alan J. Heeger (1936), and David Koch (1940). After him are Frederick Reines (1918), Ray Kroc (1902), John Deere (1804), Joe Louis (1914), Dick Van Dyke (1925), and Frank Abagnale (1948).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jack Palance ranks 211. Before him are Lana Turner (1921), Ellen Burstyn (1932), Richard Dean Anderson (1950), Tim Robbins (1958), Bill Murray (1950), and Don Johnson (1949). After him are Raquel Welch (1940), Jennifer Aniston (1969), Ron Perlman (1950), F. Murray Abraham (1939), Tippi Hedren (1930), and Farrah Fawcett (1947).

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