Jack Palance: Oscar-Winning Star of City Slickers Dies at 87

Jack Palance was an American actor known for his intense screen presence. Born Volodymyr Palahniuk on February 18, 1919, in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, to Ukrainian immigrants, he was a boxer and served as a bomber pilot in World War II.

He received Oscar nominations for Sudden Fear and Shane and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for City Slickers (1991). He also won an Emmy for Requiem for a Heavyweight. At the 1992 Oscars he performed one-handed push-ups on stage at age 73.

Palance was married to Virginia Baker from 1949 to 1968 and later to Elaine Rogers. He had three children, including actress Holly Palance. He died of natural causes at his daughter's home in Montecito, California, on November 10, 2006, at age 87.

Achievements: Academy Award for City Slickers (1991), Emmy Award, two earlier Oscar nominations.

Birth: February 18, 1919 - Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania.

Profession: Actor.

Interesting Facts: He also painted and wrote poetry.