Jack Elam
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...
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...
Known For
Once Upon a Time in the West
as Frank's Gunman
The Cannonball Run
as Doctor
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Alamosa Bill Kermit
Cast Credits
Bonanza: Under Attack
as Buckshot
Bonanza: The Return
as Buckshot
Uninvited
as Grady
Shadow Force
as Tommy
Suburban Commando
as Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
as Hezekiah Crow
Big Bad John
as Jake Calhoun
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
as Boone
Once Upon a Texas Train
as Jason Fitch
Hawken's Breed
as Tackett
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
as Squires
The Aurora Encounter
as Charlie
Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas
as Scrooge
Cannonball Run II
as Doc
Lost
as Mr. Newsom
Sacred Ground
as Lum Witcher
Jinxed!
as Otto
Skyward Christmas
as Clay Haller
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
as Troscliar Boudreaux
The Cannonball Run
as Doctor
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
as Seth Beaumont
The Villain
as Avery Simpson
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
as Big Mac
The Norseman
as Death Dreamer
Hot Lead & Cold Feet
as Rattlesnake
Lacy and the Mississippi Queen
as Willie Red Fire
Huckleberry Finn
as King
Grayeagle
as Trapper Willis
Pony Express Rider
as Crazy Charlie
The Winds of Autumn
as J. Pete Hankins