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Jack Elam was an American actor and military officer born in Miami, Arizona, on November 13, 1920. He worked primarily in the Western film genre and was employed by Warner Bros. Entertainment. His professional career began in 1944, during which he performed in both film and television productions.
Elam died of a myocardial infarction under natural causes in Ashland on October 20, 2003. He was a native English speaker who wrote in English. He had three children.
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Film & TV
Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA
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
- Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western — Self1997
- Bonanza: Under Attack — Buckshot1995
- Uninvited — Grady1993
- Bonanza: The Return — Buckshot1993
- Shadow Force — Tommy1992
- Lucky Luke — Axel Ericson1992
- Suburban Commando — Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell1991
- Home Improvement — Hick Peterson1991
- The Giant of Thunder Mountain — Hezekiah Crow1990
- Big Bad John — Jake Calhoun1990
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jack
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Miami
- Place of death
- Ashland
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Employer
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- Western film
- Image
- Jack Elam in Kansas City Confidential.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1920-11-13
- date of death
- 2003-10-20
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Jack Elam
- start of work period
- 1944-00-00
- name in native language
- Jack Elam
- writing language
- English language
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