Colorful American character actor equally adept at vicious killers or grizzled sidekicks. As a child he worked in the cotton fields. He attended Santa Monica Junior College in California and subsequently became an accountant and, at one time, manager of the Bel Air Hotel. Elam got his first movie job by trading his accounting services for a role. In short time he became one of the most memorable supporting players in Hollywood, thanks not only to his near-demented screen persona but also to an out-of-kilter left eye, sightless from a childhood fight. He appeared with great aplomb in Westerns and gangster films alike, and in later years played to wonderful effect in comedic roles. Jack Elam(1920년생, Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 캔자스 시티 컨피덴셜, 서부의 여걸 한니, 검은 호수의 창조물이 있으며, 그 외에도 보난자, The Rifleman, Zorro, Simon & Simon, 환상특급, The Wild Wild West, 아빠 뭐 하세요, The Virginian, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Untouchables, Lawman, Four Star Playhouse 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 1997년 Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western에 출연했다. 1995년 Bonanza: Under Attack에서 Buckshot 역을 맡았다. 1993년 Bonanza: The Return에서 Buckshot 역을 맡았다.