Houston1stWordOnTheMoon Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Oscar winner Jack Palance dead at 87LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Actor Jack Palance, who won an Oscar with his comedic self-parody in 1991's "City Slickers," died Friday.He was 87, said spokesman Dick Guttman, and died of natural causes in his home in Montecito, California, surrounded by his family.Known for hard, grizzled roles in numerous Westerns during his six-decade career, Palance gained a second wind of fame when he won the best supporting actor Oscar for playing Curly in "City Slickers."The actor clutched his Oscar in one hand and dropped to the ground for a round of vigorous one-handed push-ups. The Academy Awards crowd laughed and applauded as he said, "That's nothing, really. As far as two-handed push-ups, you can do that all night, and it doesn't make a difference whether she's there or not." It was a magic moment that epitomized the actor's 40 years in films. Always the iconoclast, Palance had scorned most of his movie roles."Most of the stuff I do is garbage," he once told a reporter, adding that most of the directors he worked with were incompetent, too."Most of them shouldn't even be directing traffic," he said.Palance was born Vladimir Palaniuk in Pennsylvania. His family was Ukrainian and his father was a coal miner. He was a professional heavyweight boxer in the early 1940s, but his career in the ring was halted by a stint in the military. Palance was wounded in World War II and received a Purple Heart.His acting break came after the war as Marlon Brando's understudy in "Streetcar Named Desire." He replaced Brando on stage as Stanley Kowalski, a working class construction worker with a fierce temper in Tennessee Williams' classic play. According to the Internet Movie Database, Brando asked the actor if he would work with him on a punching bag but wound up with a sore nose when Palance missed the bag and hit the superstar.Palance's portrayal of Kowalski earned him a contract with 20th Century Fox, the IMDB says..........more here http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/...html?eref=yahoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 So, who will be number 3 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston1stWordOnTheMoon Posted November 11, 2006 Author Share Posted November 11, 2006 So, who will be number 3 ? No kidding, they come in 3's :(:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Diana Coupland, 74, English actress (Bless This House), complications following heart surgery.Gabriel Donoso, 46, considered one of Chile's best polo players, fell from a horse during a match. Maurice Floquet, 111, France's oldest man on record and combat-wounded WWI veteran. Gerald Levert, 40, American R&B singer, heart attack.Jack Palance, 87, American actor (Shane, City Slickers), natural causes.Nadarajah Raviraj, 44, Tamil National Alliance Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, shot dead.Igor Sergeyev, 68, ex-Defense Minister of Russia, the only Marshal of the Russian Federation, cancer. Don Veller, 94, first fulltime football coach at Florida State University. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston1stWordOnTheMoon Posted November 11, 2006 Author Share Posted November 11, 2006 I just heard about Gerald Levert! Dead at 40, thats scary!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Belinda Emmett, 32, Australian actress (Home and Away), bone cancer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marty Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 It seems a lot of famous people died in 2006. Google "Dead or Alive" This site stay's updated often it may be a little slow when a star passes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 it's like yesterday i remember him on academy awards with billy crystal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 (edited) I just heard about Gerald Levert! Dead at 40, thats scary!!!!! Man, I still have one of their CDs somewhere. I know he was trying to get his daughter's career going. What a shame. I don't think that anyone on mark's list really qualifies as a WOW, he died ?! Edited November 11, 2006 by TJones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 anyone remember jack palance in bagdad cafe? love that movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 anyone remember jack palance in bagdad cafe? love that movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Jack Palance and Hollywood trainer, Terry Hunt, 1954. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 (edited) I'll always remember Jack Palance in 'Shane' . Edited November 11, 2006 by TJones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Jack Palance was a professional heavyweight boxer in the early 1940s. Fighting under the name Jack Brazzo, Palance a product of Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, won his first 15 fights, 12 by knockout before losing a 4th round decision to future heavyweight contender Joe Baksi on Dec. 17, 1940. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston1stWordOnTheMoon Posted November 11, 2006 Author Share Posted November 11, 2006 I remember Jack Palance as host of Wripleys believe it or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 I remember Jack Palance as host of Wripleys believe it or not? Yeah, I remember him on Ripley's also. Why did he always have to play the creepy guy ? He was always sucking in the next word through his teeth. He was a classic badguy in Tango and Cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marty Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Did he have a show called 'The greatest show on Earth'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Did he have a show called 'The greatest show on Earth'?His role was Johnny Slate from '63-'64 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Forgot about this man: Ed Bradley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Forgot about this man:Ed Bradley No Trae you just don't read enough, Ed has his own thread, use the search feature sometime, it works well http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...f=45&t=8555 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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