Jack Palance Net Worth
Jack Palance Net Worth is
$1.2 Million
Jack Palance Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
He exemplified evil incarnate on film -- portraying some of the most intensely despised villains witnessed in 50s westerns and melodrama -- and Jack Palance went on to win "Best Supporting Actor" nominations for two of them early in his career. It would take a grizzled, eccentric comic performance 40 years later, however, for him to finally grab ... | Date Of Birth | February 18, 1919, Hazle Township, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Died | November 10, 2006, Montecito, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Height | 6' 4" (1.93 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Director, Assistant Director |
| Spouse | Elaine Rogers (m. 1987–2006), Virginia Baker (m. 1949–1968) |
| Children | Holly Palance, Cody Palance, Brooke Palance |
| Star Sign | Aquarius |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Towering height and muscular frame |
| 2 | Intense acting manner |
| 3 | Machiavellian eyebrows |
| 4 | Often played menacing, sinister villains |
| 5 | Deep rumbly authoritative voice |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [on filming Without Warning (1980)] I don't particularly care for the so-called Method style of acting, but I was madder than hell at that alien. |
| 2 | I go to see maybe seven films a year at the most, and since I only go to see the best, it follows that I very rarely see my own. |
| 3 | Most of the stuff I do is garbage. |
| 4 | [In 1994] I used to be 6' 4". Now that I'm old, I slouch. So I'm 6' 3". |
| 5 | [on his aircraft accident in World War II when his bomber crashed and burned, in which he received severe head injuries and required major facial reconstruction] There are some moments you never get over. That was one of them. |
| 6 | One of the most important reasons for living is to do something--live outside of yourself and put together an idea, an idea that you want to explore and then complete. Awaken your creative sensitivities! |
| 7 | I'm amazed people read this crap about us--about me most of all. |
| 8 | The only two things you can truly depend upon are gravity and greed. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Palance passed away on November 10, 2006, three months away from what would have been his 88th birthday on February 18, 2007. |
| 2 | He had two roles in common with his The McMasters (1970) co-star John Carradine: (1) Carradine played Count Dracula in House of Frankenstein (1944), House of Dracula (1945), Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966) and Nocturna (1979) while Palance played him in Dracula (1974) and (2) Carradine played Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (1947) while Palance played him in Ebenezer (1998). |
| 3 | He has two roles in common with his Tales of the Haunted (1981) co-star Christopher Lee: (1) Lee played Count Dracula in ten films from Horror of Dracula (1958) to Dracula and Son (1976) while Palance played him in Dracula (1974) and (2) Palance played Dr. Edward Hyde / Mr. Henry Jekyll in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968) while Lee played renamed versions of the character(s), Dr. Charles Marlowe and Mr. Edward Blake, in I, Monster (1971). |
| 4 | Richard Widmark on working with Palance on the latter's movie debut in Panic in the Streets (1950): " . . . the toughest guy I ever met. He was the only actor I've ever been physically afraid of.". |
| 5 | In the scene where Palance hits Richard Widmark on the head with a gun in Panic in the Streets (1950), the actors rehearsed it with a rubber gun, but when the cameras rolled Palance substituted a real gun. Widmark, who wasn't expecting it, was out for 20 minutes. Widmark said about the incident, "Why did he switch? Who knows?" In a 1986 interview also recalled how Palance got into the mood of his character by beating on flunky Zero Mostel off-screen. A black-and-blue Mostel had to go to the hospital after his first week on the movie. "They had to soak him in epsom pads.". |
| 6 | According to Billy Crystal, Charles Bronson turned down the role of Curly Washburn in City Slickers (1991) in an unseemly way which he reveals in his 2013 book "Still Foolin' Em". Palance ended up receiving an Academy Award for this role. |
| 7 | He was a lifelong staunch Republican and conservative. |
| 8 | His physical likeness inspired the appearance of DC Comics' supervillain Darkseid who regularly fought Superman. |
| 9 | He pronounced his last name "PAL-unse" not "pah-LAHNSE" as some people believe. |
| 10 | 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. |
| 11 | Director Elia Kazan promised to cast him as Marlon Brando's brother in Viva Zapata! (1952), but then changed his mind and cast Anthony Quinn instead. Quinn won a Best Supporting Oscar for the film and Palance never spoke to Kazan again. |
| 12 | The comic book villain Phil Defer (Phil Wire in the English version) from Lucky Luke contre Phil Defer (1956) is based on Palance's famous evil gunslinger Jack Wilson from Shane (1953). |
| 13 | Desperately wanted the role of Kid Sheleen in Cat Ballou (1965), which he was never offered. |
| 14 | Received a special tribute as part of the Annual Memorial tribute at The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007). |
| 15 | Was offered the role of Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), which went to Christopher Lee. |
| 16 | Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Actors Branch). |
| 17 | Turned down Telly Savalas' role in The Dirty Dozen (1967) because he believed the film had too much unnecessary violence. |
| 18 | Was Stephen King's choice of preference for the (similarly named, coincidentally or not) role of Jack Torrance in The Shining (1980). |
| 19 | On a nationally televised talk show, Palance addressed the oft repeated story about how he supposedly had such damage done to his face that plastic surgery gave him the face we all know. He said, "I know I'm no beauty, but these are the Estonian features I was born with.". |
| 20 | Shortly before his death in 2006, he put his farmhouse near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and its contents up for sale. Thousands of items were auctioned off and more than $700,000 was raised. |
| 21 | Was a vegetarian but maintained a 1000-acre cattle ranch in California's Tehachapi Mountains and a 500-acre farm in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. His ranch brand was an "H" with a "B" and a "C" woven around it, the initials of the first names of his children, Holly, Brooke and Cody. |
| 22 | Grandfather of Lily Palance, Spencer Palance and Tarquin Palance. |
| 23 | Studied acting with Michael Chekhov in Hollywood. |
| 24 | Brother of Ivan Palance, John Palance and Anne Palance. |
| 25 | Was an avid painter and poet. |
| 26 | Despite all of his film work, Palance will forever be remembered for turning an Oscar acceptance speech into an uproarious display of his physical agility. While accepting his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for City Slickers (1991) at the 64th Annual Academy Awards (1992) he commented on the casting directors thinking they can make a younger guy look older, while they wouldn't know that an old guy did this at nights: he then flopped down on the floor and began doing a series of one-handed push-ups, stood up, spoke calmly further, even adding a slightly risqué joke. Afterwards, when he was asked about the stunt, he simply said, "I didn't know what the hell else to do." A year later, when he provided the voice of Rothbart in The Swan Princess (1994), his character is featured doing one-handed push-ups. |
| 27 | Was infamous in Hollywood for his Method-style acting, in a time when Marlon Brando was one of its few practitioners. Once, while filming a fight scene with Burt Lancaster, Palance actually punched the unsuspecting Lancaster in the face. Tough guy Lancaster responded by socking Palance in the gut, causing him to vomit. |
| 28 | Was forced to decline the role of General Chang in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) due to scheduling conflicts over his work in City Slickers (1991). He went on to receive the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for City Slickers (1991). Christopher Plummer was eventually cast as Chang. |
| 29 | His father was an anthracite coal miner. |
| 30 | While an understudy to Marlon Brando in the Broadway production of "A Streetcar Named Desire", Brando, who was into athletics, rigged up a punching bag in the theater's boiler room and invited Jack to work out with him. One night, Jack threw a hard punch that missed the bag and landed square on Brando's nose. The star had to be hospitalized and understudy Palance created his own big break by going on for Brando. Jack's reviews as Stanley Kowalski helped get him a 20th Century-Fox contract. |
| 31 | During his struggling days, he worked as a short order cook, waiter, soda jerk, lifeguard at Jones Beach, and a photographer's model. |
| 32 | During the early phases of pre-production for The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), 20th Century-Fox studio chief Darryl F. Zanuck suggested Palance for the role of the robot Gort. The role was eventually filled by a much taller non-actor. |
| 33 | Received his Bachelor's degree in Drama from Stanford University in Stanford, California (1949). |
| 34 | Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1992. |
| 35 | He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6608 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960. |
| 36 | Once fell asleep in his square during a taping of The Hollywood Squares (1965). |
| 37 | Spoke six languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Italian, Spanish, French and English. |
| 38 | Attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill but did not graduate. |
| 39 | According to a website honoring movie celebrities that flew in B-24s, Palance burned his face severely while bailing out of a B-24 which was on fire during a training flight in Tucson in 1942 (that would probably have been the Davis-Monthan Army Air Corps base at that time) and after several surgeries was discharged in 1944. He is described as a "pilot in training". |
| 40 | Claimed on at least one occasion that he never watched any of his own movies. |
| 41 | Father of Brooke Palance, Holly Palance and Cody Palance. |
| 42 | American actor of Ukrainian ancestry. |
| 43 | Former father-in-law of Roger Spottiswoode. Father-in-law of Michael Wilding Jr.. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Back When We Were Grownups | 2004 | TV Movie | Paul 'Poppy' Davitch |
| Living with the Dead | 2002 | TV Movie | Allan Van Praagh |
| Prancer Returns | 2001 | Video | Old Man Richards |
| Night Visions | 2001 | TV Series | Jake Jennings |
| Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End | 1999 | TV Movie | John Witting |
| Treasure Island | 1999/II | Long John Silver | |
| Ebenezer | 1998 | TV Movie | Ebenezer Scrooge |
| The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo | 1998 | Beelzebub | |
| I'll Be Home for Christmas | 1997 | TV Movie | Bob |
| Buffalo Girls | 1995 | TV Movie | Bartle Bone |
| The Swan Princess | 1994 | Lord Rothbart (voice) | |
| City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold | 1994 | Duke Washburn | |
| Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics | 1994 | TV Movie | Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are") |
| Cops and Robbersons | 1994 | Jake Stone | |
| Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow | 1993 | Video | Mercy |
| Eli's Lesson | 1992 | Old Pilot | |
| Keep the Change | 1992 | TV Movie | Overstreet |
| City Slickers | 1991 | Curly | |
| Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan | 1991 | Video | Opening Narration (voice) |
| Solar Crisis | 1990 | Travis | |
| Tango & Cash | 1989 | Yves Perret | |
| Batman | 1989 | Carl Grissom | |
| Gor II | 1988 | Xenos | |
| Young Guns | 1988 | Lawrence G. Murphy | |
| Bagdad Cafe | 1987 | Rudi Cox | |
| Gor | 1987 | Xenos | |
| Alone in the Dark | 1982 | Frank Hawkes | |
| Tales of the Haunted | 1981 | TV Movie | Stokes |
| Hawk the Slayer | 1980 | Voltan | |
| Without Warning | 1980 | Joe Taylor | |
| The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story | 1980 | TV Movie | Whitey Robinson |
| The Ivory Ape | 1980 | TV Movie | Marc Kazarian |
| The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang | 1979 | TV Movie | Will Smith |
| Cocaine Cowboys | 1979 | Raphael | |
| Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | 1979 | TV Series | Kaleel |
| Portrait of a Hitman | 1979 | Jim Buck | |
| The Shape of Things to Come | 1979 | Omus | |
| Angels' Brigade | 1979 | Mike Farrell | |
| The One Man Jury | 1978 | Lt. Wade | |
| Welcome to Blood City | 1977 | Frendlander | |
| Sangue di sbirro | 1976 | Duke | |
| Rulers of the City | 1976 | 'Scarface' Manzari | |
| Safari Express | 1976 | van Daalen | |
| Eva nera | 1976 | Judas Carmichael | |
| The Cop in Blue Jeans | 1976 | Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo | |
| Diamante Lobo | 1976 | Sam Clayton | |
| The Sensuous Nurse | 1975 | Mr. Kitch | |
| Africa Express | 1975 | Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter | |
| The Great Adventure | 1975 | William Bates | |
| The Four Deuces | 1975 | Vic Morono - the Boss | |
| The Hatfields and the McCoys | 1975 | TV Movie | Devil Anse Hatfield |
| The Godchild | 1974 | TV Movie | Rourke |
| Craze | 1974 | Neal Mottram | |
| Dracula | 1974 | TV Movie | Dracula |
| Oklahoma Crude | 1973 | Hellman | |
| Blu Gang e vissero per sempre felici e ammazzati | 1973 | Hillman | |
| And So Ends | 1972 | Narrator | |
| Father Jackleg | 1972 | Buck Santini | |
| Chato's Land | 1972 | Capt. Quincey Whitmore | |
| It Can Be Done Amigo | 1972 | Sonny Bronston | |
| The Horsemen | 1971 | Tursen | |
| NET Playhouse | 1971 | TV Series | President Andrew Jackson |
| Companeros | 1970 | John | |
| Monte Walsh | 1970 | Chet Rollins | |
| The McMasters | 1970 | Kolby | |
| Battle of the Commandos | 1969 | Col. Charley MacPherson | |
| Che! | 1969 | Fidel Castro | |
| Marquis de Sade's Justine | 1969 | Antonin | |
| A Bullet for Rommel | 1969 | Major John Heston | |
| The Desperados | 1969 | Parson Josiah Galt | |
| The Mercenary | 1968 | Ricciolo - 'Curly' | |
| They Came to Rob Las Vegas | 1968 | Douglas | |
| Madigan's Millions | 1968 | Matteo Cirini (English version, voice, uncredited) | |
| The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | 1968 | TV Movie | Dr. Henry Jekyll Mr. Edward Hyde |
| Kill a Dragon | 1967 | Rick Masters | |
| Torture Garden | 1967 | Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe") | |
| The Spy in the Green Hat | 1967 | Louis Strago | |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | 1966 | TV Series | Louis Strago |
| Alice Through the Looking Glass | 1966 | TV Movie | Jabberwock |
| The Professionals | 1966 | Raza | |
| Run for Your Life | 1966 | TV Series | Julian Hays |
| Convoy | 1965 | TV Series | Harvey Bell |
| Once a Thief | 1965 | Walter Pedak | |
| The Greatest Show on Earth | 1963-1964 | TV Series | Johnny Slate |
| Contempt | 1963 | Jeremy Prokosch | |
| Bande-annonce de 'Le mépris' | 1963 | Short | |
| La guerra continua | 1962 | Jack | |
| Night Train to Milan | 1962 | Herr Bauer / Schneider | |
| Barabbas | 1961 | Torvald | |
| The Last Judgment | 1961 | Matteoni | |
| The Mongols | 1961 | Ogatai | |
| Sword of the Conqueror | 1961 | Alboino | |
| The Barbarians | 1960 | Revak | |
| The Battle of Austerlitz | 1960 | General Weirother | |
| Ten Seconds to Hell | 1959 | Eric Koertner | |
| Beyond All Limits | 1959 | Jim Gatsby | |
| The Man Inside | 1958 | Milo March | |
| House of Numbers | 1957 | Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow | |
| The Lonely Man | 1957 | Jacob Wade | |
| Zane Grey Theater | 1956 | TV Series | Dan Morgan |
| Attack | 1956 | Lt. Joe Costa - Fox Co. | |
| I Died a Thousand Times | 1955 | Roy Earle / Roy Collins | |
| Kiss of Fire | 1955 | El Tigre | |
| The Big Knife | 1955 | Charles Castle | |
| The Silver Chalice | 1954 | Simon The Magician | |
| Sign of the Pagan | 1954 | Attila | |
| Man in the Attic | 1953 | Slade | |
| Suspense | 1953 | TV Series | Tom Walker |
| The Motorola Television Hour | 1953 | TV Series | Scott Malone / Kurt Bauman |
| Flight to Tangier | 1953 | Gil Walker | |
| Arrowhead | 1953 | Toriano | |
| Second Chance | 1953 | Cappy Gordon | |
| Shane | 1953 | Jack Wilson (as Walter Jack Palance) | |
| The Web | 1953 | TV Series | |
| Danger | 1953 | TV Series | |
| The Gulf Playhouse | 1952 | TV Series | |
| Studio One in Hollywood | 1951-1952 | TV Series | |
| Sudden Fear | 1952 | Lester Blaine | |
| Curtain Call | 1952 | TV Series | |
| Halls of Montezuma | 1951 | Pigeon Lane (as Walter {Jack} Palance) | |
| Panic in the Streets | 1950 | Blackie (as Walter Jack Palance) | |
| Lights Out | 1950 | TV Series | |
| Hands of Mystery | 1949 | TV Series |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Porter Wagoner Show | 1970 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Alice Through the Looking Glass | 1966 | TV Movie "The Jabberwock Song" La canción del Jabberwock., "Opening & Closing Theme" Tema de apertura y cierre. / performer: "Through the Looking Glass" opening & closing theme, "Jabberwock Song" 2:00 |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Greatest Show on Earth | 1964 | TV Series 1 episode |
Assistant Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ripley's Believe It or Not! | 1982 | TV Series segment director - 1 episode |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madigan's Millions | 1968 | voice dubbing: Riccardo Garrone - english language version, uncredited |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Searchers 2.0 | 2007 | in memoriam | |
| Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight - The Legend Reborn | 2005 | Video documentary short special thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tonight! | 1955 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| A Star Is Born World Premiere | 1954 | TV Short | Himself |
| Texaco Star Theatre | 1954 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | 1954 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
| Your Show of Shows | 1952 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Performer |
| Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon | 2003 | Video documentary | Himself (segment "Nobody Told Me") |
| The 75th Annual Academy Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Himself - Past Winner |
| Between Hitler and Stalin | 2003 | Documentary | Narrator |
| From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff | 2002 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Omen Legacy | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Biography | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Cast and Crew | 1999 | Video short | Himself |
| The 70th Annual Academy Awards | 1998 | TV Special | Himself - Past Winner (uncredited) |
| Charlie Rose | 1997 | TV Series | Himself |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 1996-1997 | TV Series | Himself |
| Monster Mania | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Host |
| War Games | 1996 | Short | Himself - Narrator |
| In Search of Dracula with Jonathan Ross | 1996 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| American Masters | 1995 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Actor |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 1992-1995 | TV Series | Himself |
| Late Show with David Letterman | 1994 | TV Series | Himself |
| Back in the Saddle: The Making of 'City Slickers II' | 1994 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| The 65th Annual Academy Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Pulling Billy Crystal on giant Oscar |
| The 7th Annual American Comedy Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Himself |
| Legends of the West | 1992 | Documentary | Himself Host / Judge Roy Bean |
| When It Was a Game 2 | 1992 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (voice) |
| Late Night with David Letterman | 1984-1992 | TV Series | Himself |
| One on One with John Tesh | 1992 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 6th Annual American Comedy Awards | 1992 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 64th Annual Academy Awards | 1992 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role |
| The 49th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1992 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture |
| Dame Edna's Hollywood | 1991 | TV Series | Himself |
| Imagine: John Lennon | 1988 | Documentary | Himself |
| Talking Pictures | 1988 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Ripley's Believe It or Not! | 1982-1985 | TV Series | Himself - Host / Himself (host) |
| Night of 100 Stars II | 1985 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The 56th Annual Academy Awards | 1984 | TV Special documentary | Himself - Presenter: Best Documentary Short and Best Documentary Feature |
| Breakaway | 1984 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1981 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
| Ripley's Believe It or Not! | 1981 | Documentary | Himself - Host |
| Clapper Board | 1981 | TV Series | Himself |
| Good Morning America | 1979 | TV Series | Himself |
| Unknown Powers | 1978 | Documentary | Himself - Host |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1972-1978 | TV Series | Himself - Actor / Himself - Co-Host |
| National Geographic Specials | 1977 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
| Dinah! | 1975-1976 | TV Series | Himself |
| Rickles | 1975 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1964-1975 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
| The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour | 1973-1974 | TV Series | Himself / Various Characters |
| Imagine | 1972 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Film Night | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| The David Frost Show | 1969-1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Porter Wagoner Show | 1970 | TV Series | Himself - Performer |
| Allen Ludden's Gallery | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| Della | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| Flash 30 | 1968 | Short documentary | Himself |
| The Hollywood Squares | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Pat Boone Show | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Carol Burnett Show | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Eamonn Andrews Show | 1966 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Red Skelton Hour | 1966 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Celebrity Game | 1965 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Price Is Right | 1965 | TV Series | Himself |
| Password All-Stars | 1965 | TV Series | Himself |
| Hollywood Backstage | 1964 | TV Series | Himself |
| Paparazzi | 1964 | Short | Himself (uncredited) |
| What's My Line? | 1955-1964 | TV Series | Himself - Mystery Guest |
| Encounter with Fritz Lang | 1964 | Short | Himself |
| Le Parti des choses: Bardot et Godard | 1964 | Short | Himself |
| Playhouse 90 | 1957 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | 1956 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Hollywood Preview | 1956 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1955 | TV Series | Himself / Caliban |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Sixties | 2014 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| Edición Especial Coleccionista | 2010 | TV Series | Yves Perret |
| Deux de la Vague | 2010 | Documentary | Himself |
| How the West Was Lost | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Jack Wilson (uncredited) |
| The 79th Annual Academy Awards | 2007 | TV Special | Himself - In Memoriam Tribute |
| 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2007 | TV Special | Himself - In Memoriam |
| Cinema 3 | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself / Toriano (from Arrowhead (1953)) (uncredited) |
| Go West, Young Man! | 2003 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Pulp Cinema | 2001 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Hollywood Remembers Lee Marvin | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Roy Earle / Roy Collins (uncredited) |
| Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' | 2000 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut | 1999 | Documentary | |
| The Making of '...And God Spoke' | 1993 | Himself [at the Academy Awards Ceremony] | |
| The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion | 1993 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Hollywood '84 | 1984 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | 1984 | Documentary | Himself |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | 1983 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | 1980 | TV Series | Kaleel |
| Kolossal - i magnifici Macisti | 1977 | Documentary | Alboino (as J. Palance) |
| Cinéastes de notre temps | 1967 | TV Series documentary | |
| Frontier Justice | 1958-1961 | TV Series | Dan Morgan |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1955 | TV Series | Himself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Video Premiere Award | DVD Exclusive Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Prancer Returns (2001) |
| 1998 | Lifetime Achievement Award | WorldFest Flagstaff | ||
| 1993 | Golden Boot | Golden Boot Awards | ||
| 1993 | Bronze Wrangler | Western Heritage Awards | Factual Narrative | Legends of the West (1992) |
| 1992 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | City Slickers (1991) |
| 1992 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | City Slickers (1991) |
| 1992 | American Comedy Award | American Comedy Awards, USA | Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | City Slickers (1991) |
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Television | On 8 February 1960. At 6608 Hollywood Blvd. |
| 1957 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Best Single Performance by an Actor | Playhouse 90 (1956) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Back When We Were Grownups (2004) |
| 1992 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actor | City Slickers (1991) |
| 1954 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Shane (1953) |
| 1953 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Sudden Fear (1952) |
Known for movies
Batman (1989)
as Carl Grissom
The Swan Princess (1994)
as Lord Rothbart
Tango & Cash (1989)
as Yves Perret
City Slickers (1991)
as Curly