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Jack Palance (born Volodymyr Palahniuk; February 18, &#; November 10, ) was an Americanactor. He won an Academy Award for his role in the comedy movie City Slickers ().

Early life

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Palance was born in Pennsylvania. His parents were Ukrainianimmigrants.

Career

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Palance began his career by participating in supporting roles in movies like Panic in the Streets (), Sudden Fear (), Second Chance ().

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One of his most memorable roles was that of gunman Jack Wilson, in the classic western Shane (), with Alan Ladd.

His first important lead role was in the () Robert Aldrich war movie, Attack as Lt. Joe Costa. In , he starred in the western The Lonely Man, with Anthony Perkins.

And also star works on some classics including Ten Seconds to Hell (), by Robert Aldrich, The Barbarians (), Barrabas (), The Professionals ().

He played the role of Fidel Castro, in the movie Che! (), with Omar Shari