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.
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Filmography
all 180
Movies 117
TV Shows 63
self 3
Self
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (1997)
Movie
Buckshot
Bonanza: Under Attack (1995)
Movie
Buckshot
Bonanza: The Return (1993)
Movie
Grady
Uninvited (1993)
Movie
Tommy
Shadow Force (1992)
Movie
Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell
Suburban Commando (1991)
Movie
Hick Peterson
Home Improvement (1991)
TV
7
Axel Ericson
Lucky Luke il treno fantasma (1991)
Movie
Hezekiah Crow
The Giant of Thunder Mountain (1990)
Movie
Jake Calhoun
Big Bad John (1990)
Movie
Boone
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? (1988)
Movie
Paradise (1988)
TV
Jason Fitch
Once Upon a Texas Train (1988)
Movie
Self
I Am Not a Freak (1987)
Movie
J.J. Starbuck (1987)
TV
Tackett
Hawken's Breed (1987)
Movie
Squires
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills (1986)
Movie
Uncle Alvin 'Bully' Stevenson
Easy Street (1986)
TV
Charlie
The Aurora Encounter (1986)
Movie
Nick Turner
Detective in the House (1985)
TV
Scrooge
Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas (1984)
Movie
Doc
Cannonball Run II (1984)
Movie
5.14
Mr. Newsom
Lost (1983)
Movie
Lum Witcher
Sacred Ground (1983)
Movie
Otto
Jinxed! (1982)
Movie
6
Clay Haller
Skyward Christmas (1981)
Movie
Simon & Simon (1981)
TV
6
Father Murphy (1981)
TV
Troscliar Boudreaux
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981)
Movie
Doctor
The Cannonball Run (1981)
Movie
5.41
Seth Beaumont
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite (1981)
Movie
Frank
Struck by Lightning (1979)
TV
Avery Simpson
The Villain (1979)
Movie
Big Mac
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)
Movie
Ira Bigelow
The Sacketts (1979)
TV
Death Dreamer
The Norseman (1978)
Movie
Rattlesnake
Hot Lead & Cold Feet (1978)
Movie
6.33
Willie Red Fire
Lacy and the Mississippi Queen (1978)
Movie
Jonas McBride
Black Beauty (1978)
TV
Trapper Willis
Grayeagle (1977)
Movie
Eight Is Enough (1977)
TV
Grizzly Adams (1977)
TV
8
Cully Madigan
How the West Was Won (1977)
TV
8
Crazy Charlie
Pony Express Rider (1976)
Movie
J. Pete Hankins
The Winds of Autumn (1976)
Movie
Bitterroot
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1976)
Movie
Bad Jack Cutter
Hawmps! (1976)
Movie
Joe Canton
Creature from Black Lake (1976)
Movie
King
Huckleberry Finn (1975)
Movie
Sheriff Jarrod Colcord
A Knife for the Ladies (1974)
Movie
Boss
Sidekicks (1974)
Movie
Handy
Shootout in a One-Dog Town (1974)
Movie
Alamosa Bill Kermit
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
Movie
6
Granddad
The Red Pony (1973)
Movie
Marcus Taylor
Kung Fu (1972)
TV
7.14
The Brian Keith Show (1972)
TV
Bitterroot
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1972)
Movie
Pat Garrett
The Last Escape of Billy the Kid (1972)
Movie
Frank Clemens
Hannie Caulder (1971)
Movie
Matt
The Last Rebel (1971)
Movie
Marcus A.F. Baxter
Nichols (1971)
TV
Kid Sheleen
Cat Ballou (1971)
Movie
Jug May
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
Movie
1
Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
TV
Thompson
The Wild Country (1970)
Movie
6
Self
Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo (1970)
Movie
John Wesley Hardin
Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)
Movie
Phillips
Rio Lobo (1970)
Movie
4.33
Kittrick
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)
Movie
Sheriff Clyde Barnes
The Over the Hill Gang (1969)
Movie
Jake
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
Movie
Sheriff
Ride a Northbound Horse (1969)
Movie
Frank's Gunman
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Movie
5
Slim Kovacs
Sartana Does Not Forgive (1968)
Movie
Lancer (1968)
TV
The Outcasts (1968)
TV
Ace Williams
Never a Dull Moment (1968)
Movie
3
Norman
Firecreek (1968)
Movie
Ernest Scarnes
The Last Challenge (1967)
Movie
Macklin
The High Chaparral (1967)
TV
6
The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)
TV
Hondo (1967)
TV
Cimarron Strip (1967)
TV
Preacher Weatherby
The Way West (1967)
Movie
Tarzan (1966)
TV
6
Hank
The Night of the Grizzly (1966)
Movie
Deke Simons
The Rare Breed (1966)
Movie
F Troop (1965)
TV
6
Deacon Smith
The Legend of Jesse James (1965)
TV
Petch
Daniel Boone (1964)
TV
5.75
Dobie
4 for Texas (1963)
Movie
George Taggart
Temple Houston (1963)
TV
Deputy J.D. Smith
The Dakotas (1963)
TV
Horseface (Comanchero)
The Comancheros (1961)
Movie
6
Cheesecake
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
Movie
Ben Casey (1961)
TV
4.75
Target: The Corruptors! (1961)
TV
Ed Hobbs
The Last Sunset (1961)
Movie
Clint Gannet
Gunslinger (1961)
TV
Outlaws (1960)
TV
National Velvet (1960)
TV
Jesse
The Girl in Lovers Lane (1960)
Movie
6
Ike Dalton
The Slowest Gun in the West (1960)
Movie
Bill Ward
Edge of Eternity (1959)
Movie
Mr. Lucky (1959)
TV
Jug Alverson
The Untouchables (1959)
TV
5.29
Uncle Luce
The Rebel (1959)
TV
Avery
The Twilight Zone (1959)
TV
8
Dodie Hoad / Honest John / Buford Buckalew
Bonanza (1959)
TV
1
Tightrope (1959)
TV
Turkey Creek Jack Johnson
Rawhide (1959)
TV
4
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)
TV
Lawman (1958)
TV
The Rifleman (1958)
TV
6.67
Luke Watson
The Texan (1958)
TV
Bronco (1958)
TV
Arnold
The Gun Runners (1958)
Movie
Fatso Nagel
Baby Face Nelson (1957)
Movie
Gomez (uncredited)
Zorro (1957)
TV
5.73
Tony Molinor
The Restless Gun (1957)
TV
Luke Morgan
M Squad (1957)
TV
Toothy Thompson
Sugarfoot (1957)
TV
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
TV
6
Tioga
Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957)
Movie
Shotgun
Night Passage (1957)
Movie
Perk Butler / Danny Boy
Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957)
TV
Tom McLowery
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
Movie
4
Henry Bliss
Lure of the Swamp (1957)
Movie
Chris
Wells Fargo (1957)
TV
Little Jimmy Lehigh / Hock Ellis / Stage Driver Cass
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
TV
Slats Callahan
Thunder Over Arizona (1956)
Movie
Pete
Pardners (1956)
Movie
McCoy
Jubal (1956)
Movie
Ivan
Artists and Models (1955)
Movie
Hasan-Ben
Kismet (1955)
Movie
Shanks
Screen Director's Playhouse (1955)
TV
Frontier (1955)
TV
Cheyenne (1955)
TV
Dolph Quince / Pierre Audubon / Hector / Specter / Del Ordman / Jim Barrett / Clint Dodie / Lucas Murdoch / Titus Spangler / Ben / William Prange / Sam Band / Steed
Gunsmoke (1955)
TV
6
Chris Boldt
The Man from Laramie (1955)
Movie
Al
Wichita (1955)
Movie
Damen
Moonfleet (1955)
Movie
Charlie Max
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Movie
4.67
Knife Murderer (uncredited)
Man Without a Star (1955)
Movie
Burger
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955)
Movie
Tex
Vera Cruz (1954)
Movie
Yost
Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)
Movie
8
Basra
Princess of the Nile (1954)
Movie
Whitey
Jubilee Trail (1954)
Movie
Frank Newberry
The Far Country (1954)
Movie
Tim Lowerie
Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)
Movie
Castro
Appointment in Honduras (1953)
Movie
Slim
The Moonlighter (1953)
Movie
Rusty Kolloway
Gun Belt (1953)
Movie
Barton
Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
Movie
Max Verne
Count the Hours! (1953)
Movie
Pete Harris
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
Movie
Mr. & Mrs. North (1952)
TV
Harry Jackson
The Ring (1952)
Movie
Vic
Four Star Playhouse (1952)
TV
Celestino Garcia
My Man and I (1952)
Movie
Dave Longden
Lure of the Wilderness (1952)
Movie
Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited)
High Noon (1952)
Movie
4.44
Gimp
Montana Territory (1952)
Movie
Mescal Jack
The Battle at Apache Pass (1952)
Movie
Mort Geary
Rancho Notorious (1952)
Movie
Eddie
Finders Keepers (1952)
Movie
Cree
The Bushwhackers (1951)
Movie
Lee Dineen / Halleck
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
TV
Tevis
Rawhide (1951)
Movie
The Trader
Bird of Paradise (1951)
Movie
The Speaker
American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)
Movie
Smiling Man
High Lonesome (1950)
Movie
Fargo
A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)
Movie
Gangster
One Way Street (1950)
Movie
Councilman (uncredited)
Key to the City (1950)
Movie
Earl Boyce
The Sundowners (1950)
Movie
Reno Lawrence
The Lone Ranger (1949)
TV
Raymond - Henchman
Wild Weed (1949)
Movie
Zack Wheeler
The Texas Wheelers
TV
Ratings
Average 5.91
Based on 1.03 Million movie and tv ratings over time
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1920-11-13
Deathday2003-10-20 (82 years old)
Birth PlaceMiami, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsWilliam Scott Elam, William Scott "Jack" Elam
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