(Walter) Jack Palance - Academy Award and nominations, Select filmography

Actor, born in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA. The son of Ukrainian immigrants, he worked at a number of jobs, including professional boxer, before service in the US Army Air Corps during World War 2. He later entered Stanford University and graduated with a drama degree in 1947. After parts in a number of Broadway productions, he made his film debut in Panic in the Streets (1950). Success followed with Sudden Fear (1953), opposite Joan Crawford, for which he received an Oscar nomination, and his performance as a villainous gunfighter in the Western Shane (1954) gained him a second nomination. Other notable films included Halls of Montezuma (1950), Man in the Attic (1953), Sign of the Pagan (1954), Attack (1956), The Professionals (1966), and Young Guns (1988). He finally won an Oscar for his supporting role in the comedy City Slickers (1991). Television work included his Emmy award-winning performance as a prize-fighter in Requiem for a Heavyweight in 1956.

Birth name	Volodymyr Palahniuk
Born	February 18, 1919 Hazle Township, Pennsylvania
Died	November 10, 2006 Montecito, California, USA
Height	6' 4" (1.93 m)
Other name(s)	Jack Brazzo Walter Palance Walter J. Palance Walter Jack Palance
Notable roles	Jack Wilson in Shane Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock in Requiem for a Heavyweight (TV)
Academy  Awards	Best Supporting Actor 1991 City Slickers
Spouse(s)	Virginia Baker Elaine Rogers

Jack Palance (February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006), born Volodymyr Palaniuk, was an Academy Award-winning American film actor.

Academy Award and nominations

1952 – Nominated – Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Sudden Fear 1953 – Nominated – Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Shane 1992 – Won – Best Actor in a Supporting Role – City Slickers

Preceded by: Joe Pesci for Goodfellas

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 1992 for City Slickers

Succeeded by: Gene Hackman for Unforgiven

Select filmography

See the complete Jack Palance filmography at IMDb

Year	Title	Role
1950	Panic in the Streets	Blackie
1952	Sudden Fear	Lester Blaine
1953	Shane	Jack Wilson
1953	Man in the Attic	Slade
1954	The Silver Chalice	Simon Magus
1955	The Big Knife	Charles Castle
1956	Playhouse 90 Requiem for a Heavyweight (TV)	Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
1960	Austerlitz	General Weirother
1962	Barabbas	Torvald
1963	Contempt	Jeremy Prokosch
1966	The Professionals	Jesus Raza
1968	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (TV)	Dr. Henry Jekyll and Mr. Edward Hyde
1969	Justine	Antonin
1969	Che!	Fidel Castro
1979	Angels' Brigade	Mike Farrell
1980	Hawk the Slayer	Voltan
1987	Bagdad Café	Rudi Cox
1988	Gor	Xenos
1988	Young Guns	Lawrence G. Murphy
1989	Batman	Carl Grissom
1989	Outlaw of Gor	Xenos
1989	Tango & Cash	Yves Perret
1990	Solar Crisis	Travis
1991	City Slickers	Curly Washburn
1994	City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold	Duke Washburn
1994	The Swan Princess	Voice of Lord Rothbart
1997	Ebenezer	Ebenezer Scrooge
1999	Treasure Island	Long John Silver