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William Scott "Jack" Elam (November 13, 1920 [1] – October 20, 2003) was an American film and television actor best known for his numerous roles as villains in Western films and, later in his career, comedies (sometimes spoofing his villainous image).
In 1884, after freeing a convict from a prison work detail, a family of outlaws take refuge with a Quaker family consisting of two parents, an eleven year old son, Joel, and a slightly older daughter. After the killing of the parents and daughter, Joel sets out on his own to seek revenge against the outlaws who senselessly murdered his family.
This is the filmography of American actor Jack Elam (November 13, 1920 – October 20, 2003), including his film and television appearances, between 1949 and 1995.
The supporting cast features Harry Morgan, Jack Elam, Bruce Dern, and Chubby Johnson. The picture was distributed by United Artists and produced by William Bowers (who also wrote the screenplay) and Bill Finnegan. The film is a parody of a common Western trope: the selfless, rugged stranger who tames a lawless frontier town.
Support Your Local Gunfighter is a 1971 American comic Western film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring James Garner and Suzanne Pleshette.The screenplay was originally written by James Edward Grant, who died in 1966; Kennedy rewrote it but let Grant keep sole credit.
Film critic Howard Thompson in The New York Times wrote: “Even with fairly thoughtful direction by Don Seigel, in addition to some nice raw photography throughout, this offering sacrifices substance of plain conviction for standardized suspense.” [4] Thompson attributes the film’s inadequacies to the screenplay by Doane H. Hoag and Karen DeWolf, which moves the action “along familiar ...
Two days after Franks reported Elam’s sex offender status to city officials in an email, she was fired from her position on Aug. 4 and demoted to a different position, special events manager, a ...
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again is a 1979 American comedy-Western film directed by Vincent McEveety.Produced by Walt Disney Productions, it is a sequel to The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975), starring the comedy duo of Tim Conway and Don Knotts reprising their respective roles as Amos and Theodore.