Another icons passing - Jack Palance

artplumber · 11-10-2006, 02:14 PM

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.

syncroid · 11-10-2006, 02:22 PM

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

Scooter · 11-10-2006, 02:22 PM

Sad to see Curly go. He will be missed.

speeder · 11-10-2006, 02:29 PM

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.

Don Ro · 11-10-2006, 02:30 PM

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."

Don Ro · 11-10-2006, 02:32 PM

You don't say, Denis.

sand_man · 11-10-2006, 02:32 PM

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Originally posted by speeder
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.

AGREED!

john walker's workshop · 11-10-2006, 04:52 PM

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

Steve Carlton · 05:06 PM

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

hytem · 11-10-2006, 06:06 PM

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.

fastpat · 11-10-2006, 06:18 PM

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Originally posted by hytem
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.

Tobra · Tobra's Garage

Always liked him, best bad guy ever in Shane

Wasn't his first name Walter?

Joeaksa · 11-10-2006, 07:03 PM

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Originally posted by speeder Sad news, but once they get to a certain age it's inevitable. Definition of inevitable, actually.

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

Don Ro · 11-10-2006, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by hytem
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.

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."