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Walter Jack Palance[1] (/ ˈpæləns / PAL-əns; born Volodymyr Ivanovich Palahniuk; [a] February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American screen and stage actor, known to film audiences for playing tough guys and villains.
In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Palance was a professional boxer in the heavyweight class, fighting under the name Jack Brazzo. He won his first 15 fights, then enlisted in the military when World War II broke out.
Jack Palance (born Volodymyr Palahniuk; February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American actor. He won an Academy Award for his role in the comedy movie City Slickers (1991).
Jack Palance was an Academy Award-winning American actor. This biography provides detailed information about his childhood, family, personal life, career, etc.
Actor Jack Palance, known for his haltingly intense speaking style and dozens of roles in Western and noir films, has died. After years of playing the heavy in Hollywood, Palance became a hit...
For more than 50 years, Jack Palance was one of Hollywood’s great character actors. Rarely the leading man, he still caught our attention with his striking looks and strong talent.
Jack Palance was an action and western movie star who frequently played villains onscreen. He won an Academy Award for his role in City Slickers.
Los Angeles (AP) — Jack Palance, the craggy-faced menace in Shane, Sudden Fear and other films who turned successfully to comedy in his 70s with his Oscar-winning self-parody in City Slickers...
Born Vladimir Palahnuik in 1919, Palance was the son of Ukrainian immigrants living in Pennsylvania. During his youth, he worked alongside his father as a coal miner and later began a career as a...
In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Palance was a professional boxer in the heavyweight class, fighting under the name Jack Brazzo. He won his first 15 fights, then enlisted in the military when World War II broke out. After the war, he took up acting and never resumed his boxing career.