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Acting

Jack Elam

Career: Active from 1947 to 1995, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 23
top three billing

Average score: 53/100

Highest rated: The Red Pony
82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 125 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Jack Elam Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.3, average 5.4
Psychological
3.8, average 5.5
Uncanny
1.2, average 2.5
Social Commentary
3.9, average 4.9

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Setting 10
Western 7
Classic Western 7
Family-Friendly 5
Historical Drama 5
Revenge 4
Western Comedy 4
Intrigue 3
Mystery 3
Situational Humor 3
Violence 3
Nostalgic 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

184

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

9 titles · average score 57

Bonanza: Under Attack

62

as Buckshot

Uninvited

as Grady

Bonanza: The Return

52

as Buckshot

Lucky Luke

60

TV show · as Axel Ericson

Shadow Force

as Tommy

Suburban Commando

28

as Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell

Home Improvement

71

TV show · as Hick Peterson

Big Bad John

64

as Jake Calhoun

The Giant of Thunder Mountain

62

as Hezekiah Crow

1980s

20 titles · average score 49

Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?

as Boone

Hawken's Breed

38

as Tackett

The Aurora Encounter

36

as Charlie

Easy Street

TV show

Detective in the House

TV show

Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas

as Scrooge

Sacred Ground

55

as Lum Witcher

Jinxed!

40

as Otto

The Cannonball Run

46

as Doctor

Simon & Simon

46

TV show

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

58

as Troscliar Boudreaux

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite

as Seth Beaumont

1970s

38 titles · average score 57

Struck by Lightning

TV show · as Frank

The Villain

24

as Avery Simpson

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

40

as Big Mac

Creature from Black Lake

45

as Joe Canton

The Winds of Autumn

60

as J. Pete Hankins

The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe

as Bitterroot

A Knife for the Ladies

48

as Jarrod (Sheriff)

Shootout in a One-Dog Town

as Handy

Support Your Local Gunfighter

63

as Jug May

Hannie Caulder

51

as Frank Clemens

The Last Rebel

38

as Matt

Rio Lobo

64

as Phillips

1960s

37 titles · average score 59

Support Your Local Sheriff!

71

as Jake

Sartana Does Not Forgive

as Slim Kovacs

Once Upon a Time in the West

88

as Frank's Gunman

Never a Dull Moment

57

as Ace Williams

The Way West

40

as Preacher Weatherby

The Last Challenge

51

as Ernest Scarnes

The Rare Breed

45

as Deke Simons

The Wild Wild West

64

TV show · as Zack Slade

The Dakotas

TV show · as Deputy J.D. Smith

Temple Houston

TV show · as George Taggart

The Virginian

70

TV show · as Harve Yost

The Girl in Lovers Lane

25

as Jesse

1950s

77 titles · average score 65

The Twilight Zone

91

TV show · as Avery

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Honest John / Buford Buckalew

Edge of Eternity

59

as Bill Ward

Baby Face Nelson

56

as Fatso Nagel

Pardners

59

as Pete

Cattle Queen of Montana

47

as Yost

Count the Hours!

47

as Max Verne

Kansas City Confidential

75

as Pete Harris

High Noon

86

as Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited)

My Man and I

59

as Celestino Garcia

Rawhide

65

as Tevis

American Guerrilla in the Philippines

53

as The Speaker

1940s

3 titles · average score 47

The Lone Ranger

48

TV show · as Reno Lawrence

Wild Weed

46

as Raymond - Henchman

Mystery Range

as Burvel Lambert