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@sparky6086

2 жыл бұрын

Although just a minor part in his great body of work, Jack Palance did a terrific job as the host of "Ripley's Believe It or Not" on TV. That show just wouldn't have been the same without him. He had the perfect level of creepiness in his voice and manner.

@jameslanclos568

2 жыл бұрын

Where in this video is the mention of why Jack Palance knocked out Marlon Brando ??? I didn’t see it.

@seanm2511

2 жыл бұрын

Paraphrasing the narrator, "Oah Jack Fookin Palance innit".

@abbynormal3068

2 жыл бұрын

@@sparky6086 I remember that show very well. He was the perfect host for that show!

@alvinglenn458

2 жыл бұрын

@@sparky6086 I agree Sparky Ripley's would not have been half as good without Walter Jack Palance or His Daughter Holly Kathleen Palance .. .

I actually got to meet him at a pow wow in Tehachapi, CA one year. He was there by himself, just walking through the crowd, pausing to speak to people. He was very humble, gracious and kind.

@scotnick59

2 жыл бұрын

Nice to know that!

@gullwingstorm857

2 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@Justin.Martyr

2 жыл бұрын

*I Have SEEN the EVIDENCES of GOD!!!!*

@johnallright6847

2 жыл бұрын

Wow how lucky you are , often wondered how these top actors behaved in public and allways supposed that people like Jack would never need a minder. Great actor.

@stevesmith2171

2 жыл бұрын

He had family in a town I lived in,I ended up in line behind him at the grocery store. I didn't even notice who he was until he told the cashier "thank you". His voice is definitely unmistakable.

In city slickers he was asked, “ Did you kill anybody today?” He answered “ No but the day’s not over yet.”

Met him once at a restaurant in Phoenix years ago. Wonderfully gracious and kind to my children. A real gentleman.

Jack Palance was a genuine badass.

Although just a minor part in his great body of work, Jack Palance did a terrific job as the host of "Ripley's Believe It or Not" on TV. That show just wouldn't have been the same without him. He had the perfect level of creepiness in his voice and manner.

@Clock_70

2 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY!

@tomfabozzi6309

2 жыл бұрын

And he had that brilliant hesitation in his timing "Believe it ... or not!"

@BrianandSnoopy1

2 жыл бұрын

that's what my introduction to him was. love that show.:)

@gordonmorris6359

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for reminding me of that! I remember loving that show and his acting when I was a kid in the sixties, Shane especially, but also the noir stuff, etc., had a book about hollywood heavies with him in it, was delighted to see him in the comedy City Slickers and Batman as Jack Nicholson's boss, "You're my number one guy".

@Mr.56Goldtop

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomfabozzi6309 NOBODY could say that line like Jack Palance!

He was great in Barabbas also with Anthony Quinn. An underrated movie.

@Saucyakld

2 жыл бұрын

I was still a teenager when that film came out. Could not sleep for weeks. Fantastic movie

@johnzeszut3170

2 жыл бұрын

A good movie all around and Jack added a lot to it!

@angelareele858

2 жыл бұрын

I can't believe how many films I haven't seen.......

@scotnick59

2 жыл бұрын

Anthony Quinn! - what a great actor he was

@elindioedwards7041

2 жыл бұрын

That movie has the best gladiator scenes of any movie. IMO it even surpasses Spartacus (the Kirk Douglas one, not the modern monstrosity). And Jack Palance was masterful in his performance of Torvald. There will always be only one Jack Palance. Classic actor and personality.

In 1998 my wife and I were living in SW Colorado within an hour of Taos, New Mexico. We often would go to Taos for the day to shop and have lunch. On one particular day we were having lunch in Taos at an outdoor cafe when a car pulled up to the curb and parked about 20 feet from where we were seated. The front seat passenger stepped out and we immediately recognized Jack Palance. When he looked our way and our eyes met I gave him a nod and a slight tip of my ball cap. He smiled back and returned the nod. Later, in the plaza's bookstore, we encountered Mr. Palance as he was browsing the collectable books. I didn't want to intrude on his privacy but my wife decided to speak to him. She briefly introduced herself, shook his hand and told him that we had been long time admirers of his work. Mr. Palance was very kind and appreciative. Later, we were told by other fans who had seen him that Mr. Palance was in New Mexico for the wedding of his kin to Liz Taylor's kin.

My grandmother had become friends with Jack Palance when he moved to Tehachapi. She said he was a down to earth humanitarian. And a real deal tough guy.

Correction, it was Rod Serling who wrote requiem for a heavyweight, not Paddy Chayefsky. Give the man his due.

@JudgeJulieLit

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Rod Serling was a poetic dramatist ... * the Man

@Mr.56Goldtop

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Imagine if you will.

@dillonhastings8438

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@SandfordSmythe

2 жыл бұрын

@@JudgeJulieLit And paratrooper.

@joetursi9573

2 жыл бұрын

Not true. It was Cheyefsky

All of the photos o Jack that you show is that of a ruggedly handsome man !!! , and don't forget Jack went to Stanford and was a war Veteran. My penultimate Character actor !!! , with "character" !! Also an avid car collector. R.I.P. Jack !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

The utterly unique, and unforgettable, Jack Palance.

Jack Palance is one of my favorite actors and along with William Smith, another favorite of mine, they were the real deal. Tough men who were very convincing in their roles.

Rest in powerful peace Jack Palance 🙏 18 February 1919 ~ 10 November 2006⚘

@Justin.Martyr

2 жыл бұрын

*Atheist*

@dancingnature

2 жыл бұрын

Justin, ?

@Lvatopesado

2 жыл бұрын

@@dancingnature - Justine

In the late 1950s my older sister saw Jack Palance making a personal appearance at New Brighton, on the River Mersey. I think he just chatted to the audience, talking about Hollywood and film-making. At one point a man called out that he was ugly - but Jack was well practiced at dealing with hecklers. He just replied "When your face comes to a head kid, get it lanced". They all roared with laughter, including the heckler himself.

@loisreese2692

2 жыл бұрын

@Val Galloway Awesome story. Thank you for sharing it with us! Best to you.

@Claytone-Records

2 жыл бұрын

That’s rich.

@andymullarx6365

2 жыл бұрын

He also wasn't ugly so it was a failed heckle from the start.

@440Nichole

2 жыл бұрын

Jack was ruggedly handsome .

@nostalgicbliss5547

2 жыл бұрын

@@andymullarx6365 Yea dude was not a pretty boy, but he had very strong masculine features. Looked like a man's man.

I have always thought of Jack Palance as part of a pair together with Charles Bronson. Both were tough guys from the coal cracking region of Pennsylavania. Neither of them were "pretty boys," but both consistently turned in fine performances. I think Palance's talent was a bit broader than Bronson's, but both were the genuine article. I miss both of them.

@mikekemp9877

2 жыл бұрын

both miners both airforce men .palance did often surprise in performance often playing against type as in the harrassed near nervous breakdown security chief in they came to rob las vegas or the dreaded bandit raza who even lee marvin and burt lancaster fear in the professionals but who in person exhibits a whimsical romantic poetic personality and is strangely likeable.for my money his best performance again against type is again with marvin as his quiet decent thoroughly sensible best friend in monte walsh.a great actor and personality famously in light of current events took the stage in moscow to be presented with an award for his services as an actor to mother russia by putin himself.jack then in front of an audience of millions declined the award pointed out he was a ukrainian not russian and castigated putin for his treatment of ukraine!

@samuelcohen2215

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent points, Mike. I am a trial lawyer and I practiced throughout Pennsylvania. One day, My work took me to Ebensburg, a small town in south central Pennsylvania. The courthouse was abuzz and mobbed, likr I had never seen it before. It turned out Charles Bronson was there on some routine business. Everyone wanted to meet him and shake his hand including me. His business at the courthouse took less than 5 minutes, but he spent over two hours there, smiling, shaking every hand, having a nice word for everyone, signing every requested autograph, and posing for every photograph. Totally a class act.

@angloaust1575

2 жыл бұрын

You'll probably see them in the eternal!

@rickmcdonald1557

2 жыл бұрын

I would agree with your comment and loved both of them the same~!!

@samuelcohen2215

2 жыл бұрын

@@angloaust1575 I hope so but I'm in no hurry to take the entrance exam! LOL

An actor who never gave a bad performance and some spectacularly good ones.

Well researched, narrated, written, and produced. Congrats.

@michaelbryant2071

2 жыл бұрын

Not really well researched. Mistake on who wrote Requiem and, who read wrong winner at the Oscar's

The ultimate cool man. Tough exterior, and a great artist beneath the surface who wasn't afraid of exposing this side of himself.

Always one of my favorite actors and I don't ever remember being disappointed by any of his performances! He will always be remembered as one of the best Character Actors but I always thought of him as a the star of any movie he was in!

"Why Jack Palance knocked out Marlon Brando!" Followed by 15 minutes of Hollywood trivia completely unrelated to the title.

@johngalvin3124

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for saving my time

Jacks Ranch in Tehachapi was called HollyBrooke for his daughters. I saw him once at our only Chinese food place. He was paying at the counter, I was behind him... I watched him in the reflection of the glass not wanting to bother him with fan crap. He was near the end, a mere shell of what was once a strapping man, now a thin and slightly hunched over. He drove a green ford explorer. When he died there was an auction for his belongings... I wish they had made a museum for him with his ranch stuff , paintings and poems... rip Mr Palance.

@ 0:52, it wasn't Faye Dunaway, who read the wrong card at the 2017 Oscar ceremony, it was Warren Beatty.

He was absolutely wonderful as an old Confederate soldier trying to rekindle a spark of past glories in Michael Winner's film, Chato's Land. The entire cast was excellent, but for me, Jack Palance's performance stood out. I urge anyone who hasn't seen this film to do so.

@Poeme340

2 жыл бұрын

He was great in that very cool film-I agree.👍

@distantthunder12ck55

2 жыл бұрын

Watched it a few months back, great film and one his most memorable performances.

@adrianotero7963

2 жыл бұрын

Great movie......that movie also had a great cast.......

@plasticweapon

Жыл бұрын

finally saw it last week and it was a revelation. one of the very best westerns ever made.

I'm shocked that not one fan has told of a lifeling dream to be like tough guy "Jack...l watched everything he ever did with fascination...l tried to be much like him...l wanted to act but got derailed by music...im 72 now...and like Jack Palance can still do the push-ups..l still watch him...and l wanna thank you Jack...for being my role model!!!

@eugenebrandon3914

2 жыл бұрын

The one handed pushups?

That punch was no accident! Well, played, Palance.

@Esuper1

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but that's why he didnt get the part of Zapata's brother.

@rafaelramirez1507

Жыл бұрын

@@Esuper1 like if he needed the part ... I say good for Mr. Palance for not taking shit from Brando

A great actor,,, great man,, great voice,, every movie he was in,he stands out.. always remembered

When movies were movies, Thanx for sending me down memorie lane

Jack and my father traveled together and played Streetcar off Broadway touring and while playing in a theater in Miami Florida and found themselves in a bar that my mother had a summer job or it may have been during the Xmas holidays and they liked her playing and flirted with her and mom went back to New York and Fell for my father Harry A Kersey Jr who lived in a theater studio Apt on Broadway where he worked .He was offered a Theater Directors job in Chattanooga Tenn where I was born.

Personally I don't think any actor could have portrayed the part of Wilson in Shane, better than Jack. I also learned somewhere on the internet that as Jack was not really into horses, that a scene where he slowly mounts a horse in Shane, was actually the same frames of him dis-mounting the horse earlier but run in reverse! Thanks for this, very good video and RIP Jack, great character actor.

@Baskerville22

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, it was done that way because Palance had 'piles'.

I will never forget when he did push-ups in front of millions at an award ceremony

@OL_Possum

2 жыл бұрын

With one arm as I recall...

@curtiskretzer8898

2 жыл бұрын

About the last time watching Oscars

He was great as Dracula.

@johna.4334

2 жыл бұрын

He was better as Wilson in "Shane".

@andrewyoung2796

2 жыл бұрын

'" i go to England. You go to hell'"

@blktauna

2 жыл бұрын

Extremely good in that role.

@johnkeane1419

2 жыл бұрын

Many other Dracula actors rate Jack's rendition the best.

@jimstultz3345

2 жыл бұрын

He was also good as Mr. Hyde.

I love watching two sequences in the movie, SHANE, because of Palance's performance as Wilson. Both of them, I feel, are masterclasses in acting for the screen because both require the actor to convey so much with just a modicum of dialogue. In the first sequence, Palance as the killer, Wilson, and Alan Ladd, as the title character and hero, take the measure of each other. They see each other almost instantly and their instincts tell them "this is the guy, but this is not the time." So, they stare each other down. Ladd remains still, leaning against a fence, staring. Palance, by contrast, has all the physical action and makes the most of it. He moves his horse over to a water pump and trough, his eyes on Ladd, dismounts still looking at Ladd and sips the water, a leer on his face. Then, he moves back to his horse and mounts in a most deliberate fashion, like a slow motion ballet, still staring at Ladd, then backs the horse away from the trough and as the horse slowly trots away Palance looks back over his shoulder and smiles slyly, a promise that he knows they will meet again and it will be bloody. And like that, he is gone. No dialogue, just mesmerizing physical presence. In the second, more famous sequence, Palance has decided he is going to kill hotheaded Elisha Cook, Jr. to send a message to the rest of the homesteaders that it is time to vacate their land or face the consequences. Fans of the film are all familiar with the denouement of the scene, Cook's brutal death, but it is the buildup, highlighted by Palance's performance in which he toys with Cook, goading him into a gunfight that seals the scene. The tension builds as Cook gets more and more agitated, driven by his determination not to let Palance intimidate him. His friend implores him not to be goaded by Palance, not to go into the local for a drink, a bar that Palance and his henchmen hang out in and have declared off-limits to "sodbusters." Palance watches cagily as Cook tries to make his way to the saloon, his friend calling, pleading for Cook to turn around and come back; but Palance keeps his eyes on Cook, that leering smile on his face - a cat stalking his prey - until Cook passes a point a little more than halfway between the friend and the entrance to the bar, and suddenly Palance's eyes go from Cook to the friend and he directs the smile to the friend - it's so subtle you can almost miss it - and he uses that smile to wordlessly tell the friend it is too late, Cook has passed the point of no return and he has him now. It is a wonderful bit of screen acting and an example of how an actor can take an ordinary moment of action in a story and turn it into something special, something memorable. It's the difference between an actor and a star.

@rickmcdonald1557

2 жыл бұрын

I think you are in the running for the longest comment ever on You Tube~!!

@jamesjenkins9319

2 жыл бұрын

Palances performance in shane was magnificent in my opinion the most sinister and evil bad guy ever to appear in a western

@kato64

2 жыл бұрын

Did you know that character actor, Jack Elam, was offered the role of ‘Jack Wilson’, but turned it down because he felt the character didn’t have enough lines? Then he saw “Shane”, with Palance’s masterful performance, and realized he’d looked at the role all wrong.

@abbynormal3068

2 жыл бұрын

You are a marvelous writer. I felt I was watching that scene- you recalled it in such rich detail. If you don’t write movie reviews, you should! Thank you for a thoroughly enjoyable comment (definitely a first for me)!

@thegreenbird795

2 жыл бұрын

"PICK UP THE GUN." 😬

Never forget the little man with the dog in the street. Jack Palance just waiting and taunting. Shane was one hell of a movie for for it’s day!

@everettwilson1416

Жыл бұрын

And the day today

He's one of the best. He could make. You Hate him him or love him. It really takes talent to do it so good. God bless Him I

For me, Palance was unforgettable as 'Jerimiah Prokosh' in the Godard classic "Contempt," opposite Brigitte Bardot. He played the quintessential 'ugly American' in a classic, over-the-top style. I'll always treasure him for that performance alone!

His breathy “Believe it or not” line is etched in my mind.. also I first really noticed his menace in an offbeat horror movie called Alone in the Dark.. had Martin Landau, Donald Pleasance and some other actors.. he was just dominant as mad scientist evil tho🫣 Loved him in Shane and thought him to be quite the good looking man actually.

As a young boy, I saw the television debut of the stage play, Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde. That memory is indelible.

Love Jack palace has no idea he knocked out marlon brando Jack palance is a great actor thanks for sharing great video awesome information

@sugarspice4051

2 жыл бұрын

Cade Evans - it was not Jack Palance that broke Brando's nose, if memory serves me, it was Nick Dennis.

I forgot to mention his role as Lee Marvin's sidekick in Monte Walsh. Another forgotten gem.

John Sax son was an older actor along w/ William Smith who was sometimes on Rockford files.John Saxsonn was in enter the dragon w/Bruce Lee & Bolo Young.Look him up ,pretty good actor too.

Palance has been in my personal top 5 actors since first seeing him as a child. If only he and Bronson had made a movie as the top two, that would have been great.

@rapscallion896

2 жыл бұрын

Palance starred with charles bronson in Michael winners Western chatos land made in 1972

@jacuzzis1

2 жыл бұрын

@@rapscallion896 Ditto....glad I checked here before I said that. Thanks for sharing though. BTW...great flick.

Jack Palance had an alcoholic sister that lived on Calamus Avenue in Maspeth,Queens,he used to regularly visit her and bring her a bottle purchased from the package store on 69th street and 50th Avenue

I first saw Palance as a young boy. I always thought he had a presence that commanded attention. Always enjoyed his performances, but knew nothing about his personal life. Thanks for the upload. He was as interesting off screen as on screen.

I saw him by chance on Fifth avenue around 1975. He was a head taller than everyone and Hollywood tan. Very imposing and unmistakeable.

He made a great Dracula!!!

Thank you for this. I was worried this would end as a character assignation. Jack was great actor with a wide skill set.

Because Palance had not ridden a horse before some shots in Shane which were set up to give the impression that he was used to riding a horse. There was one shot where he is seen getting onto his horse which actually a shot of him getting off the horse but played in reverse.

@frankeinstein7990

2 жыл бұрын

If Jack helped you off a horse... ?

I saw "Panic in the Streets" and I thought it was very good.

The one movie I remember Jack Palance, best Is the movie Barabas, it’s a classic with, Anthony Quin as the star.

For some reason an antique store in Healdsburg Ca. wound up with some of Palance's estate items. I bought a couple things. Back around 2011 or so..

@gilbertdaroy6080

2 жыл бұрын

Lucky you. You could sell it at PAWN STARS and get a fistful.

@sclogse1

2 жыл бұрын

@@gilbertdaroy6080 Pawm Stars contacted me about a month ago when I had Tom Waits' shoes from Down By Law on Craigslist. With documentation from the Starlight Children's Foundation who sold them to me in 2001. Pawn Stars were planning a west coast trip to my town. That spun my head around....then I grokked they wouldn't come by my place, they'd set up in some hotel ballroom. I would have to come to Caesar..So I sold them at my price a week later.

@gilbertdaroy6080

2 жыл бұрын

@@sclogse1 So happy for you. Of course, as you would expect, they'll sell the items 3X the price you got

@sclogse1

2 жыл бұрын

@@gilbertdaroy6080 I sold the Waits shoes to a young L.A. animator who drove all the way up to S.F. to buy them. 2700 bucks. I paid 125 or so. This new 27 inch Imac I'm typing on is one of the results!

Thank you. Jack Palance was an interesting actor. Mostly, I remember him from "City Slickers.":)

Gee, I remember being a kid when I watched a movie with Jack Palance portraying Dr. Jekle and Mr. Hyde. Scared the hell out of me. Gave me nightmares.

@mikegrossberg8624

2 жыл бұрын

He did two tv movies, "Dracula", and "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", both made by the same man who did tv's "Dark Shadows"

This was a good rundown of some of the work of Jack Palance. I'm sure he was a very nice man...no mention of that though. He accomplished alot. I hope you're not jealous. i think I saw him in almost everything he did as a kid growing up.

In 1961 Palance was in "Barabbas" and fought Anthony Quinn in an epic roman gladiator scene. Even with his advantage of riding a chariot, Palance lost again to Quinn. Sorry Jack.

A lot of the men from the 40s and 50s we’re good decent tough guys with a heart, which you don’t find much of any more🤷🏻‍♂️✨. Nowadays this is what you find🪳🦎🐍 😂😂😂👍🏻✨

Jack Palance was a real life tough guy he started out as a professional prize fighter when he was young but gave it up to become an actor due to the fact he wasn't making much money boxing He knew he could make more money acting than getting banged up for very little money

Loved his work. He always delivered a great performance.

Had a job not to cry when he got killed in "Monte Walsh" Man that was such a sad film and so underrated

He played a real creep in Barabbas! One of my favorite actors all time!

@drpsionic

2 жыл бұрын

I think he really wanted to kill Anthony Quinn.

Excellent, well done.

Loved him in Baghdad Cafe, where he showed exquisite sensitivity and acting skill.

Thanks for the video !

Fascinating. Thank you

Awesome video , what a tough guy who lived a tough life

@AgeOfVintage

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dale! 🙂

Great work!

Great man,

An excellent video of a great actor and personality.

I liked him. When I was just I kid, I watched him each week on The Greatest Show on Earth. It was one of the few times he wasn't acting as a thug.

Jack didn't do as well against Robert Mitchum. During their fight scene in Second Chance, Palance hit an unsuspecting Mitchum full on the jaw. Mitchum responded by hitting him in the gut so hard that Jack vomited all over him. After that, Jack decided to play nice. You did not want to piss off Mitchum.

@jasonphillips5816

2 жыл бұрын

Mitchum was also a boxer for several years before becoming a movie star.

@docmalthus

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonphillips5816 He was, and he was extremely reluctant to talk about it in interviews.

Thanks AOV❤️

thanks for the info

I always liked this guy in the movies and TV growing up.

in the war movie ATTACK near the end he got his arm ripped off by an out of control german tank. the facial expression he made while that tank was rolling over his arm and the dramatic scene he had with his co star and nemasis eddie albert gave me nightmares. i was a kid and loved war movies but never seen anybody with the intensity palance showed in this movie

Could you do a bio about Charles McGraw, another interesting tough guy who seems almost forgotten today? What a voice. What a heavy.

One time I saw him across the street. This dude was tall, as in very tall. He was walking and holding something that looked like a framed painting. He had that Jack Palance smile.

I met Jack in 1979. In sun valley, he was making a movie 🎥

Well done!

Let me guess, Brando made a pass at him and Jack told him the way it was.

@romangedz730

2 жыл бұрын

😂🤣 Well said 👏

@iandemontfort4276

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. I reckon that's the truth of it.

@M_Ladd

2 жыл бұрын

@@ToddTommow LOL. Must have hit a soft spot there huh sweetie?

@iandemontfort4276

2 жыл бұрын

@@ToddTommow It's well known Brando swung both ways.

Jack had many good movies....the one that comes to mind is ATTACK I think is the name..... with Eddie Albert and Lee Marvin....Shane was also great....along with Chatos Land.

@mikegrossberg8624

2 жыл бұрын

Jack did a re-make of Bogart's film, High Sierra. Excellent performance

He played a one-handed villain in spagetti western. That was a funny part he played. Unforgettable!

Enjoyed!

I'm fond of actors who look natural while looking strange, Jack Palance for instance. Or Jack Elam, who specialized in dim-witted Western roles. Hollywood has a rich history of actors who made memorable careers of such oddball characters -- and you got a rare chance to double the fun in "Fargo", where Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare jointly abuse a wood chipper.

@MsBenlane

2 жыл бұрын

true more interesting than most pretty boy stars

@roger2008100

2 жыл бұрын

Jack Elam was wonderful

Jack was, is still a hard man. Shit he saw, lived serving during WW II. "HERO"

@Baskerville22

2 жыл бұрын

Don't just blindly accept what studio press agents dish out to the public. Part of that fiction was that his face was disfigured when he baled out of a burning bomber, Even Jack disavowed that before his death. I've yet to see details of his service that show he saw any military action or went overseas.

He will always be remembered as Jack Wilson in Shane proably the best western ever made

@carolynwright2132

2 жыл бұрын

Dont leave me Shane ....great ending ..unforgettable 60yrs later

Jack was a great actor. So many great roles.

The Big Knife and I Died A Thousand Times, two great movies from '55

He was in a class of his own

Jack Palance was great in the horror movie in the 80's called "Alone In the Dark" where he played a mental patient alongside actor Martin Landau ,creepy movie.

What I remember most about Jack Palance were roles in a TV production of "Dracula" and another as a soldier in a film named "Attack''. He always had a menacing presence.

@TricksterDa

2 жыл бұрын

I agree: his performance in "ATTACK" was riveting.

@bogusmogus9551

2 жыл бұрын

Palance was great in Attack. Still one of favourite war movies. I think it shows him as dead at the end with his eyes and mouth open as the stretcher bearers load him on the jeep. I think one of the first times a dead person was shown like that in a movie.

@paulbartels6585

2 жыл бұрын

@@bogusmogus9551 is that the one where he gets run over by a tank but lives?

@bogusmogus9551

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulbartels6585 Yes, that's the one. It has supposedly run over his arm/ shoulder he subsequently dies of his wounds unable to shoot the Captain. Then the 'cowardly captain' played by Eddie Albert, who conversely was in fact a real WWII war hero who was awarded the Bronnze Star. was shot by his excutive officer the Lieuitenant. then all the rest of the platoon put a bullet in him. Always a great guy to watch on film was Lee Marvin as the Colonel (Marvin was a WWII Veteran too) totally convincing as always when playing military guys. If you are into war (WWII) fims take another look at it, it is such a great fim, directed by Robert Aldrich, who went on later to direct 'The Dirty Dozen' (1968)

Monty Walsh (the 1st one) and Shane were great classic movies in my book ...

I didn't know who exactly he was but I'm certain I've seen him play a Gotham Mafia Boss in BATMAN. "Is That You Suga-Buns?" 🤡Jack Nicholson "Jack's dead my friend" 💥💥💥💥💥

Loved it when he acted as Attila the Hun in that Sword and Sandal movie. Now, that was Real Acting.

Him and Robert Mitchum were in there own class...

Brando tried for a reacharound?

One of my favorite actors Jack Palance "R.I.P"

Great character actor, no body played the heavy as well as he did.

@warriordragonify

2 жыл бұрын

Lee Marvin comes to mind...and then - Cat Ballou and City Slickers...

I've always thought Jack Palance was one of the coolest ever! One of my favorite roles he played was Lt. Costa in "Attack!". Too bad it was a low budget film. I wish he and Charles Bronson could have teamed up and made a few movies together.

I'd be willing to bet that Mr. Palance's bad guy portrayals scared a lot of girls away from "Bad Boy" boy friends. He could be so creepy in his work that it was sometimes necessary to close the eyes, cover the ears and hum! The talk show hosts loved him because he was so erudite. It seemed that he was a consummate observer of the people he worked with--not in a negative way. And his writing was always interesting. The fact that he was a really nice guy showed on the talk shows.

My mother was in classes with him at Stanford in the 40's. Even then , she said the guy had a Presence about him and he was going to be Famous. RH DSD