Jack Elam
Actor

Jack Elam

Jack Elam is credited on 70 movies and 34 TV shows, best known by TMDB votes for Once Upon a Time in the West, High Noon and The Twilight Zone.

Born November 13, 1920 in Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA; died October 20, 2003.

Filmography · 60 titles

The 60 best known of 104 credits on TMDB, by votes.

US streaming apps shown for the 12 best-known titles, checked October 5, 2026. Tap any title for where it streams and what it costs.

About Jack Elam

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...

Biography from TMDB, written by its community.

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