Once Upon a Time in the West1968
As Frank's Gunman
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Jack Elam
Born
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 supporting players in Hollywood, thanks not only to his near-demented screen persona but also to an out-of-kilter left eye, sightless from a childhood fight. He appeared with great aplomb in Westerns and gangster films alike, and in later years played to wonderful effect in comedic roles.
Filmography (116)
The Cannonball Run1981
As Doctor
TMDb 6.2 / 10
High Noon1952
As Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Cannonball Run II1984
As Doc
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral1957
As Tom McLowery
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Support Your Local Sheriff!1969
As Jake
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Hannie Caulder1971
As Frank Clemens
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Jubal1956
As McCoy
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Way West1967
As Preacher Weatherby
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Rio Lobo1970
As Phillips
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Comancheros1961
As Horseface (Comanchero)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Far Country1954
As Frank Newberry
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid1973
As Alamosa Bill Kermit
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Villain1979
As Avery Simpson
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Kiss Me Deadly1955
As Charlie Max
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Suburban Commando1991
As Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell
TMDb 4.7 / 10
The Man from Laramie1955
As Chris Boldt
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Artists and Models1955
As Ivan
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Rare Breed1966
As Deke Simons
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Pocketful of Miracles1961
As Cheesecake
TMDb 7.3 / 10
4 for Texas1963
As Dobie
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Rancho Notorious1952
As Mort Geary
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Vera Cruz1954
As Tex
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Support Your Local Gunfighter1971
As Jug May
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Man Without a Star1955
As Knife Murderer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Last Sunset1961
As Ed Hobbs
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Hot Lead & Cold Feet1978
As Rattlesnake
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Last Challenge1967
As Ernest Scarnes
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Dirty Dingus Magee1970
As John Wesley Hardin
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Night Passage1957
As Shotgun
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Pardners1956
As Pete
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Wichita1955
As Al
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Ride, Vaquero!1953
As Barton
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Moonfleet1955
As Damen
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Rawhide1951
As Tevis
TMDb 6.7 / 10
American Guerrilla in the Philippines1950
As The Speaker
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Gun Runners1958
As Arnold
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Night of the Grizzly1966
As Hank
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Grayeagle1977
As Trapper Willis
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Princess of the Nile1954
As Basra
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Kansas City Confidential1952
As Pete Harris
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Kismet1955
As Hasan-Ben
TMDb 5.6 / 10
A Ticket to Tomahawk1950
As Fargo
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Cattle Queen of Montana1954
As Yost
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western1997
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again1979
As Big Mac
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Never a Dull Moment1968
As Ace Williams
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Ride Clear of Diablo1954
As Tim Lowerie
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Baby Face Nelson1957
As Fatso Nagel
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Firecreek1968
As Norman
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Once Upon a Texas Train1988
As Jason Fitch
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Lure of the Wilderness1952
As Dave Longden
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Wild Country1970
As Thompson
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Over the Hill Gang1969
As Sheriff Clyde Barnes
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Lacy and the Mississippi Queen1978
As Willie Red Fire
TMDb 3.5 / 10
Gun Belt1953
As Rusty Kolloway
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Edge of Eternity1959
As Bill Ward
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Creature from Black Lake1976
As Joe Canton
TMDb 5.2 / 10
One Way Street1950
As Arnie (uncredited)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
My Man and I1952
As Celestino Garcia
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Dragoon Wells Massacre1957
As Tioga
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Last Rebel1971
As Matt
TMDb 4.0 / 10
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County1970
As Kittrick
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Hawken's Breed1987
As Tackett
TMDb 4.0 / 10
The Norseman1978
As Death Dreamer
TMDb 3.4 / 10
Jinxed!1982
As Otto
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Key to the City1950
As Councilman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe1976
As Bitterroot
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Count the Hours!1953
As Max Verne
TMDb 5.3 / 10
High Lonesome1950
As Smiling Man
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Giant of Thunder Mountain1990
As Hezekiah Crow
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle1955
As Burger
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Appointment in Honduras1953
As Castro
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Sartana Does Not Forgive1968
As Slim Kovacs
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Bird of Paradise1951
As The Trader
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite1981
As Seth Beaumont
TMDb 3.5 / 10
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?1988
As Boone
TMDb 4.6 / 10
The Battle at Apache Pass1952
As Mescal Jack
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas1984
As Scrooge
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills1986
As Squires
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Huckleberry Finn1978
As King
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Bushwhackers1951
As Cree
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.1981
As Troscliar Boudreaux
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Sacred Ground1983
As Lum Witcher
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Pony Express Rider1976
As Crazy Charlie
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Red Pony1973
As Granddad
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Sidekicks1974
As Boss
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Jubilee Trail1954
As Whitey
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Moonlighter1953
As Slim
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Ring1952
As Harry Jackson
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe1972
As Bitterroot
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Ride a Northbound Horse1969
As Sheriff
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Girl in Lovers Lane1960
As Jesse
TMDb 3.1 / 10
The Slowest Gun in the West1960
As Ike Dalton
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Bonanza: Under Attack1995
As Buckshot
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Bonanza: The Return1993
As Buckshot
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Hawmps!1976
As Bad Jack Cutter
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Sundowners1950
As Earl Boyce
TMDb 5.2 / 10
A Knife for the Ladies1974
As Jarrod (Sheriff)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Thunder Over Arizona1956
As Slats Callahan
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Shootout in a One-Dog Town1974
As Handy
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Shadow Force1992
As Tommy
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Big Bad John1990
As Jake Calhoun
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Wild Weed1949
As Raymond - Henchman
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Montana Territory1952
As Gimp
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Winds of Autumn1976
As J. Pete Hankins
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Skyward Christmas1981
As Clay Haller
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Aurora Encounter1986
As Charlie
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo1970
As Self
Lure of the Swamp1957
As Henry Bliss
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Cat Ballou1971
As Kid Sheleen
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Lost1983
As Mr. Newsom
TMDb 5.1 / 10
I Am Not a Freak1987
As Self
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Uninvited1993
As Grady
TMDb 4.4 / 10
The Last Escape of Billy the Kid1972
As Pat Garrett
Finders Keepers1952
As Eddie
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb