Another icons passing - Jack Palance
 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061110/ap_on_en_tv/obit_palance

I was surprised at his comic turn in those last years. Iconic voice and face.

Thats too bad. I saw a biography on him once. He seemed like a neat person. I loved his roll in City Slickers too.

Sad to see Curly go. He will be missed.

Sad news, but once they get to a certain age it's inevitable. Definition of inevitable, actually. ;)

I watched Shane recently, he was just perfect in that and it holds up real well IMO.

Perfectly cast; played his character beautifully in Shane - easy to hate. :)

Shane (1953)
Jack Palance, Best Supporting Actor

As per my memory:
Shane: "You must be Jack Wilson. I heard about you."
Wilson: "Is that right, Shane? Whaddya hear?"
Shane: "I heard that you were a low down sidewinder."
Wilson: (Standing up, backing away from table) "Prove it."

You don't say, Denis. :)

AGREED!

i loved his role in bagdad cafe. sorry to see him go.

I was going to say the same thing about Bagdad Cafe. Also Batman. R.I.P., Jack.

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Anybody remember "Playhouse 90" on TV--back in the days when the quality of television reflected the level of the artists--not the audience.

I first saw Jack Palance on "Playhouse 90" as the broken down boxer in "Requiem for a Heavyweight" --a magnificent production broadcast live in the 1950s. Tony Quinn played the role in a remake later on, but Palance had cast the die.

I have grown up through the golden age of Hollywood and TV, during the 1950s and 60s. And it's all gone now. The great stars are gone--artists who affected your life with their work. When they go, you feel the loss personally. So many of them--it's tough getting old.

Palance was a car guy too, I don't know how many but I did see him talking about and displaying a '48 Packard he owned. It looked pristine.

Always liked him, best bad guy ever in Shane

Wasn't his first name Walter?

Boy,

You dug deep to get this one!

Denis, we all are getting older, yourself included. We die a bit every day and once you get to my age (50's) you realize that your life is 2/3rds finished. Then you look at life a bit differently and one of the things you do is to stop wasting so much time on Pelican OT and do things that are more important to you.

Palance was a hell of an actor. Will miss him.

Mitch:"Kill anyone today, Curly?"
Curly: "Day ain't over yet."

One of a kind and the world lost a good one when he passed.

Joe

Well put, hytem.

I remember watching that very episode - live drama.
Our first TV set...we got only 1 channel, but we were tickled.
Early black and white technology, TV cameras the size of condominiums.

Written by Rod Serling...memorable cast, too.
Ed 'n Keenan Wynn, Kim Hunter, Max Bear, a young Jack Johnson, Eddie Cantor...............

Palance, and his face, captured the character (Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock) perfectly.
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"And it's all gone now. The great stars are gone--artists who affected your life with their work. When they go, you feel the loss personally."