of all places), Jack Elam was in a huge number of Westerns, including pretty much every major Western show (Gunsmoke, Cheyenne, Rawhide, The Lone Ranger, the list goes on) and many major movies.

Elam worked as a Hollywood accountant in the 1940s and had bit parts, usually uncredited, in the films "Trailin' West" (1949), "Quicksand" (1950) and "One Way Street" (1950).

Jack Elam, the veteran character actor with the trademark off-kilter eye who menaced John Wayne, James Stewart and other screen heroes in scores of westerns during ...

Jack Elam, the veteran character actor with the trademark off-kilter eye who menaced John Wayne, James Stewart and other screen heroes in scores of Westerns during ...

Jack Elam, a character actor and favorite Western villain who menaced good-guy cowboys with his crazy grin, wild eyes and remorseless gun-slinging in films such as "Rawhide" and "Wichita," has ...

Character actor Jack Elam ... A family friend says Elam died Monday afternoon at his home in Ashland, Oregon, of an unspecified illness. Most biographies list the actor as 86 years old, but ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jack Elam, a character actor and favorite Western ... according to longtime friend Al Hassan. Most biographies list the actor as 86 years old, but Hassan said he was actually ...

Jack Elam, the character actor with the trademark offkilter eye who menaced John Wayne, James Stewart and other screen heroes in scores of westerns, has died. Mr ...