Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
13 noviembre 1920
Died
20 octubre 2003
Place of birth
Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA
Also known as
William Scott Elam · William Scott "Jack" Elam · جک ایلام
Biography
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.
Conocido por
8.3
Film
Once Upon a Time in the West
Frank's Gunman
1968
4.4
Film
Uninvited
Grady
1993
7.2
Film
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Alamosa Bill Kermit
1973
6.0
Series
Temple Houston
George Taggart
1963–1964
7.0
Film
Kansas City Confidential
Pete Harris
1952
6.9
Film
The Far Country
Frank Newberry
1954
6.7
Film
The Comancheros
Horseface (Comanchero)
1961
6.5
Film
Rio Lobo
Phillips
1970
6.5
Series
The Dakotas
Deputy J.D. Smith
1963
7.6
Series
The Sacketts
Ira Bigelow
1979
6.1
Film
The Way West
Preacher Weatherby
1967
7.0
Series
Black Beauty
Jonas McBride
1978
6.2
Film
Hannie Caulder
Frank Clemens
1971
5.7
Film
The Villain
Avery Simpson
1979
6.2
Film
The Cannonball Run
Doctor
1981
6.8
Series
Easy Street
1986–1987
5.4
Film
Cannonball Run II
Doc
1984
6.5
Series
Detective in the House
1985
6.5
Series
Struck by Lightning
Frank
1979
Acting credits 19 titles
Uninvited
as Grady
4.4
1993
Easy Street
6.8
1986–1987
Detective in the House
6.5
1985
Cannonball Run II
as Doc
5.4
1984
The Cannonball Run
as Doctor
6.2
1981
Struck by Lightning
as Frank
6.5
1979
The Villain
as Avery Simpson
5.7
1979
The Sacketts
as Ira Bigelow
7.6
1979
Black Beauty
as Jonas McBride
7.0
1978
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Alamosa Bill Kermit
7.2
1973
Hannie Caulder
as Frank Clemens
6.2
1971
Rio Lobo
as Phillips
6.5
1970
Once Upon a Time in the West
as Frank's Gunman
8.3
1968
The Way West
as Preacher Weatherby
6.1
1967
Temple Houston
as George Taggart
6.0
1963–1964
The Dakotas
as Deputy J.D. Smith
6.5
1963
The Comancheros
as Horseface (Comanchero)
6.7
1961
The Far Country
as Frank Newberry
6.9
1954
Kansas City Confidential
as Pete Harris
7.0
1952