Want to know the best Jack Palance movies? How about the worst Jack Palance movies? Curious about Jack Palance box office grosses or which Jack Palance movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Jack Palance movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well, you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Jack Palance (1919-2006) was an Oscar®-winning American actor. Palance’s career spanned 7 different decades. He won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar® for 1991’s City Slickers. His IMDb page shows over 127 acting credits from 1949 to 2004. This page will rank Jack Palance movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings. Sadly many of his movies from the 1960s and 1970s did not make the table (no box office). To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences, and get some award recognition.
Jack Palance Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Jack Palance Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Jack Palance movies by his co-stars
- Sort Jack Palance movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Jack Palance movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Jack Palance movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Jack Palance movie received.
- Sort Jack Palance movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Best IMDb Trivia On Jack Palance
1. Volodymyr Palahniuk was born in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania in 1919.
2. How Volodymyr Palahniuk became Jack Palance. Step 1. He started boxing under the name Jack Brazzo…compling a 15-1 record..his only recorded loss was to future heavyweight contender Joe Baski. Step 2. His last name was actually a derivative of his original name. In an episode of What’s My Line?, he described how no one could pronounce his last name and it was suggested that he be called Palanski. From that he decided just to use Palance instead
3. While Jack Palance was 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.
4. Jack Palance 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. Lancaster responded in kind, by socking Palance in the gut, causing him to vomit.
5. While accepting his Oscar® for Best Supporting Actor for City Slickers (1991) at the 64th Annual Academy Awards telecast (in 1992) Jack Palance 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 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.
Check out Jack Palance’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
Hey Dan. Thanks for sharing this information on Jack Palance. Awesome memory recall on the 3-D viewing I was movie. I think 3-D has once again died. Maybe it’ll come back in another 20 or 30 years. I was 3-D TV and DVD player that is about to be exchanged for a 4K TV. Leaving me about 40 DVDs that I can no longer use.
So much surprise Jack is so high on the Oracle list. But seeing your massive list explains it. His second list is not nearly as impressive. If only the middle part of his career has been as strong as the beginning and ending of his career. Thanks as always for sharing this massive amount of trivia nuggets.
I always find it surprising when I do not know the name, but then I open the page and I’m like, I know that guy! That said, I have not seen many of his films, but they are classics! I find it interesting he won an Oscar for City Slickers, maybe you can explain it to me, because I don’t get it. Seems to have lived an interesting life. Thanks for the post.
Seen: 5/40 or 13%
Favorite Top 10: Batman, not close, no question.
UMR Snub (Too High/Too Low): This is a tie, Tango & Cash/Young Guns.
Guilty Pleasure: This is a tie, Tango & Cash/Young Guns. Both of these movies were a massive part of my childhood/movie career.
Hey Bryan. Pretty sure I made you watch numerous of his movies when you were a kid. Glad to see Tangi and Cash has made a lasting impact on you. As for his Oscar win, that would be one of those Oscar career wins. I think it’s safe to say he had two successful parts of his career, the beginning in the end. The middle is not quite as impressive. Your efforts yesterday and doing all these comments is greatly appreciated.
I saw 12 including 11 of top 15. no tens. 9s not favorites: shane(I am not a ladd fan, my apologies to the Bob for siding with his son), panic in the streets. 8 and favorite the silver chalise (paul newman called it the worst movie of the 50s , later he apologized to his fans for his performance by taking out an ad in 2 newspapers in 1963 when it was shown on tv.)
Hey Bob Cox. Sorry I missed this comment, but Bryan’s recent one comment here has alerted me to some missing comments. Good news is I get lots of comments, the bad news is I don’t have the time to respond to all of them. In the old days I get like three or four comments and could easily keep track, that is no longer the case. I am sure Bob is willing to forgive you for your Alan Ladd slight. Especially since U2 seem to agree on so many other things. I have never seen the silver chaliise. So I have no idea just how bad it is. Seems you like it much more than Paul Newman does.. Good stuff.
Hmm I was almost sure you’d done a page on Palance before, better late than never.
I’ve seen 16 of the 40 films listed on the chart. Favorites are Shane (one of the most memorable screen villains ever, I remember one reviewer calling ‘Jack Wilson’ the incarnation of pure evil). City Slickers 1 & 2, Batman, Tango & Cash, The Big Knife, Halls of Montezuma and The Professionals.
I need to see ‘Panic in the Streets’ again, it’s been awhile.
I’ve just read the synopsis to Sudden Fear at wikipedia so I don’t need to see that film. I know I know I couldn’t help it. I started reading the first sentence and didn’t stop… sorry. It’s a familiar plotline, nothing new or fresh.
Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up!
Hey Steve. Thanks for the thoughts on Jack Palance. Sorry it took so long to respond. I seen all of your favorites, with the exception of the big knife. I agree with your assessment on his role and Shane. Well deserving of his Oscar nomination, one of the few times a bad guy western villain got a nomination. Tango and Cash is without a doubt a guilty pleasure. Kurt Russell is very funny in that one. Stallone wanted Russell to appear in the expendables but Russell was not interested. Good stuff as always.
I remember seeing Second Chance (1953) in 3-D at the Thalia theater on Broadway with Drums of Tahiti (1954) also in 3-D at the Thalia revival theater circa 1980. I believe the Thalia was on 95th street just off Broadway in Manhattan.
I saw Shapes of Things to Come with Laserblast in one of the 42nd street dives back then.
Jack is # 61 on then Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list, these are the actors on the list he has appeared with.
14 ERNEST BORGNINE Barabbas (1961)
14 ERNEST BORGNINE The Last Judgment (1961)
16 TERENCE STAMP Young Guns (1988)
19 DENNIS HOPPER I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
20 SYLVESTER STALLONE Tango & Cash (1989)
28 TREVOR HOWARD Craze (1974)
30 ANTHONY QUINN Barabbas (1961)
36 ROD STEIGER Portrait of a Hitman (1979)
36 ROD STEIGER The Big Knife (1955)
45 OMAR SHARIFF Che! (1969)
45 OMAR SHARIFF The Horsemen (1971)
48 JOHN CARRADINE The McMasters (1970)
50 VERNON DOBTCHEFF The Horsemen (1971)
51 FRANCO NERO Il mercenario (1968)
51 FRANCO NERO Vamos a matar, compañeros (1970)
52 JOHN CLEESE The Swan Princess (1994)
54 JACK NICHOLSON Batman (1989)
55 KLAUS KINSKI Deadly Sanctuary (1969)
57 ORSON WELLES The Battle of Austerlitz (1960)
65 CLAUDIA CARDINALE The Battle of Austerlitz (1960)
65 CLAUDIA CARDINALE The Professionals (1966)
72 KIEFER SUTHERLAND Young Guns (1988)
75 DONALD PLEASENCE Alone in the Dark (1982)
75 DONALD PLEASENCE The Man Inside (1958)
87 ROBERT LOGGIA Che! (1969)
90 MARTIN LANDAU Alone in the Dark (1982)
90 MARTIN LANDAU Without Warning (1980)
92 CHARLTON HESTON Arrowhead (1953)
92 CHARLTON HESTON Solar Crisis (1990)
94 PAUL NEWMAN The Silver Chalice (1954)
97 JEANNE MOREAU Monte Walsh (1970)
104 HARRY ANDREWS Barabbas (1961)
104 HARRY ANDREWS Hawk the Slayer (1981)
105 ROBERT MITCHUM Second Chance (1953)
108 M. EMMET WALSH Cops and Robbersons (1994)
115 DUSTIN HOFFMAN Madigan’s Millions (1968)
120 JOHN MILLS Oklahoma Crude (1973)
124 MICHAEL GOUGH Batman (1989)
127 BURT LANCASTER The Professionals (1966)
137 SHELLEY WINTERS I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
137 SHELLEY WINTERS The Big Knife (1955)
139 JAMES HONG Tango & Cash (1989)
168 ROBERT WAGNER Halls of Montezuma (1950)
169 CLINT HOWARD Tango & Cash (1989)
180 DAVID CARRADINE The McMasters (1970)
182 BURGESS MEREDITH Torture Garden (1967)
203 KURT RUSSELL Tango & Cash (1989)
204 ELIAS KOTEAS Cyborg 2 (1993)
215 STACY KEACH Oklahoma Crude (1973)
221 GEOFFREY LEWIS Tango & Cash (1989)
225 BOB BALABAN City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly’s Gold (1994)
230 JEFF COREY Once a Thief (1965)
236 FAYE DUNAWAY Oklahoma Crude (1973)
239 ANGELINA JOLIE Cyborg 2 (1993)
241 AKIM TAMIROFF Deadly Sanctuary (1969)
241 AKIM TAMIROFF The Last Judgment (1961)
261 PETER BOYLE Solar Crisis (1990)
277 MICHEL PICCOLI Contempt (1963)
285 OLIVER REED Gor (1987)
285 OLIVER REED The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo (1998)
313 JOHN STANDING TORTURE GARDEN (1967)
340 ROBERT DAVI Cops and Robbersons (1994)
341 CHARLES BRONSON Chato’s Land (1972)
342 EDDIE ALBERT Attack (1956)
352 BRIAN KEITH Arrowhead (1953)
352 BRIAN KEITH Young Guns (1988)
368 ANOUK AIMEE The Last Judgment (1961)
373 ERIC POHLMANN The Horsemen (1971)
373 ERIC POHLMANN The Man Inside (1958)
374 ANTHONY PERKINS The Lonely Man (1957)
379 JOHN IRELAND The Shape of Things to Come (1979)
381 FERDY MAYNE Hawk the Slayer (1981)
387 LIN SHAYE Alone in the Dark (1982)
389 PETER CUSHING Torture Garden (1967)
408 GRAHAM STARK Hawk the Slayer (1981)
408 GRAHAM STARK The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo (1998)
410 WOODY STRODE Che! (1969)
410 WOODY STRODE The Professionals (1966)
410 WOODY STRODE The Silver Chalice (1954)
412 DAVID PAYMER City Slickers (1991)
412 DAVID PAYMER City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly’s Gold (1994)
417 WALTER GOTELL The Man Inside (1958)
418 JEFFREY TAMBOR City Slickers (1991)
419 ANN-MARGRET Once a Thief (1965)
424 VITTORIO GASSMAN Barabbas (1961)
424 VITTORIO GASSMAN The Last Judgment (1961)
428 RICHARD WIDMARK Halls of Montezuma (1950)
428 RICHARD WIDMARK Panic in the Streets (1950)
439 RICHARD ROUNDTREE Portrait of a Hitman (1979)
472 JACK KEHLER Cops and Robbersons (1994)
477 TRACEY WALTER Batman (1989)
477 TRACEY WALTER City Slickers (1991)
477 TRACEY WALTER Cyborg 2 (1993)
485 ROY KINNEAR Hawk the Slayer (1981)
487 MARCEL DALIO Flight to Tangier (1953)
495 BO HOPKINS Monte Walsh (1970)
496 ARTHUR KENNEDY Barabbas (1961)
497 CHARLIE SHEEN Young Guns (1988)
510 ALLEN GARFIELD Cyborg 2 (1993)
516 ALAIN DELON Once a Thief (1965)
521 ROYAL DANO The One Man Jury (1978)
535 LESLIE CARON The Battle of Austerlitz (1960)
536 KIM BASINGER Batman (1989)
541 SAEED JAFFREY THE HORSEMEN (1971)
554 RICHARD JORDAN Chato’s Land (1972)
596 JON LOVITZ CITY SLICKERS II: THE LEGEND OF CURLY’S GOLD (1994)
610 PAT HINGLE Batman (1989)
618 SID HAIG CHE! (1969)
621 BEN JOHNSON Shane (1953)
633 CHEVY CHASE Cops and Robbersons (1994)
656 CAMERON MITCHELL Without Warning (1980)
663 DERMOT MULRONEY YOUNG GUNS (1988)
665 MAURICE DENHAM Torture Garden (1967)
691 DUB TAYLOR I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
698 ALDO RAY Kill a Dragon (1967)
714 MICHAEL J. POLLARD Tango & Cash (1989)
715 LEE VAN CLEEF God’s Gun (1976)
715 LEE VAN CLEEF The Lonely Man (1957)
717 ROBERT RYAN The Professionals (1966)
727 VALENTINA CORTESE Barabbas (1961)
734 JAMES WHITMORE Chato’s Land (1972)
742 DIANNE WIEST COPS AND ROBBERSONS (1994)
760 LEE MARVIN Attack (1956)
760 LEE MARVIN I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
760 LEE MARVIN Monte Walsh (1970)
760 LEE MARVIN The Professionals (1966)
773 PRUITT TAYLOR VANCE City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly’s Gold (1994)
784 CESAR ROMERO Madigan’s Millions (1968)
790 WILLIAM MORGAN SHEPPARD Hawk the Slayer (1981)
793 MARIANNE STONE Craze (1974)
794 JOAN COLLINS Il richiamo del lupo (1975)
799 ANITA EKBERG The Man Inside (1958)
808 RICHARD JAECKEL Attack (1956)
809 ALDO SAMBRELL Battle of the Commandos (1969)
812 GEORGE C. SCOTT Oklahoma Crude (1973)
833 LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS YOUNG GUNS (1988)
844 GARRICK HAGON BATMAN (1989)
851 E.G. MARSHALL The Silver Chalice (1954)
860 TERRY O’QUINN YOUNG GUNS (1988)
866 PERCY HERBERT Craze (1974)
867 PETER LAWFORD Angels’ Brigade (1979)
892 MATT CLARK Monte Walsh (1970)
896 ALIDA VALLI Treno di Natale (1960)
897 WOLFGANG PREISS Battle of the Commandos (1969)
907 STROTHER MARTIN Attack (1956)
907 STROTHER MARTIN The Big Knife (1955)
907 STROTHER MARTIN The Silver Chalice (1954)
930 DANIEL STERN City Slickers (1991)
930 DANIEL STERN City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly’s Gold (1994)
931 WILLIAM HOOTKINS Batman (1989)
932 MICHAEL KEATON Batman (1989)
940 SYLVIA SIMS The Desperados (1969)
941 CURT JURGENS Battle of the Commandos (1969)
957 JEAN-LOUIS TRINTIGNANT The Battle of Austerlitz (1960)
958 VENANTINO VENANTINI La guerra continua (1962)
966 JIM BACKUS Angels’ Brigade (1979)
969 BRION JAMES Tango & Cash (1989)
986 KENNETH WELSH Eli’s Lesson (1992)
992 VITO SCOTTI The One Man Jury (1978)
HM (1000) GLENN MORSHOWER Tango & Cash (1989)
HM (746) ROSSANO BRAZZI The Battle of Austerlitz (1960)
HM (927) HUGH GRIFFITH Craze (1974)
What is Angelina Jolie doing in Cyborg 2.
Jack appeared with 26 Oscar winners.
ANGELINA JOLIE Cyborg 2 (1993)
ANTHONY QUINN Barabbas (1961)
BEN JOHNSON Shane (1953)
BURL IVES The McMasters (1970)
BURT LANCASTER The Professionals (1966)
CHARLTON HESTON Arrowhead (1953)
CHARLTON HESTON Solar Crisis (1990)
DIANNE WIEST COPS AND ROBBERSONS (1994)
DUSTIN HOFFMAN Madigan’s Millions (1968)
ERNEST BORGNINE Barabbas (1961)
ERNEST BORGNINE The Last Judgment (1961)
FAYE DUNAWAY Oklahoma Crude (1973)
GEORGE C. SCOTT Oklahoma Crude (1973)
GLORIA GRAHAME Sudden Fear (1952)
HUGH GRIFFITH Craze (1974)
JACK NICHOLSON Batman (1989)
JOAN FONTAINE Flight to Tangier (1953)
JOHN MILLS Oklahoma Crude (1973)
KARL MALDEN Halls of Montezuma (1950)
KATY JURADO Arrowhead (1953)
KATY JURADO Barabbas (1961)
KIM BASINGER Batman (1989)
LEE MARVIN Attack (1956)
LEE MARVIN I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
LEE MARVIN Monte Walsh (1970)
LEE MARVIN The Professionals (1966)
MARTIN LANDAU Alone in the Dark (1982)
MARTIN LANDAU Without Warning (1980)
PAUL NEWMAN The Silver Chalice (1954)
ROD STEIGER Portrait of a Hitman (1979)
ROD STEIGER The Big Knife (1955)
SHELLEY WINTERS I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
SHELLEY WINTERS The Big Knife (1955)
SIMONE SIGNORET Barabbas (1961)
VAN HEFLIN Once a Thief (1965)
VAN HEFLIN Shane (1953)