On A Pale Horse

Doesn't seem to be a good year for the stars of 'City Slickers'. First Bruno Kirby and now Jack Palance. Hopefully Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern & Helen Slater are all still taking their vitamins. When I was a kid I didn't know that Jack Palance was a film star. I just thought he was that creepy guy from 'Ripleys Believe it Or Not'. I used to love watching that show on Sunday nights wasn't too fond of his daughter, Holly, co-hosting but it definitely jumped the shark when she was replaced by Marie Osmond.

He had an incredible striking face, which I just found out, was partially due to his boxing career and from bailing out of a burning B-24 during a training excersize. Even with plastic surgery he was left with distinct features.
His acting career started in 1947 with a stint on Broadway and he moved up to film roles by 1950. In 1991 he played Curly Washburn in the movie City Slickers for which he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. That year the host of the Awards show was Billy Crystal, his co-star in City Slickers. He started out his acceptance speech with "Billy Crystal...I crap bigger then him". He followed it up by doing some one arm pushups.

Mr Palance died at his home in California of natural causes.

February 18, 1919 - November 10, 2006
RIP

Labels: 1919 births, 2006 November deaths, actor, natural causes

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