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  • The whole cast are 20th Century Fox performers, the crooks led by Hugh Marlowe, customarily a solid citizen, backed by wall-eyed Jack Elam in one of his first notable roles.

    Rawhide 2010

  • It also features Lee Van Cleef and Jack Elam, both actors used in Leone's films.

    Wired Top Stories 2009

  • * The white elitist media-fraternity racism of the show is matched only by its bullyboy hazing of women, particularly the unfortunate female broadcasters from Janice Dean to Contessa Brewer who have had to put up with the jeering innuendos of Imus's over-the-hill gang, of which he's the reigning Jack Elam.

    Appeasing the Geezer: James Wolcott Wolcott, James, 1952- 2009

  • A lot of TV Western bad guys were played by Jack Elam, and let's face it, he had a VERY distinctive look.

    Archive 2009-08-23 Toby O'B 2009

  • There is something very desperately wrong about the very idea of a young Jack Elam, isn't there?

    Archive 2008-04-01 Walter Jon Williams 2008

  • There is something very desperately wrong about the very idea of a young Jack Elam, isn't there?

    Reviews Too Late Walter Jon Williams 2008

  • Under Phil Karlson's direction, Payne (who began his career as a romantic lead) is appropriately steely as Joe, and Coleen Gray alluring as his gal, but it's the mean, malevolent turns by Foster, Lee Van Cleef, Neville Brand, and Jack Elam that make "Confidential" so diabolically good.

    John Farr: The Best "Under the Radar" Film Noir by Farr 2008

  • We've got the young Cloris Leachman in her first role, the excellent Maxine Cooper as Velda, and the young Jack Elam as a thug.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Walter Jon Williams 2008

  • Jack Elam, who was born William Scott Elam, had an older sister named Mildred ALICE Elam.

    Genealogue Challenge #121 2008

  • We've got the young Cloris Leachman in her first role, the excellent Maxine Cooper as Velda, and the young Jack Elam as a thug.

    Reviews Too Late Walter Jon Williams 2008

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