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ComeNightfall
11-10-2006, 05:41 PM
LOS ANGELES - Jack Palance, the craggy-faced menace in "Shane," "Sudden Fear" and other films who turned to comedy at 70 with his Oscar-winning self-parody in "City Slickers," died Friday.

Palance died of natural causes at his home in Montecito, Calif., surrounded by family, said spokesman Dick Guttman. Palance was 85 according to Associated Press records, but his family gave his age as 87.

When Palance accepted his Oscar for best supporting actor he delighted viewers of the 1992 Academy Awards by dropping to the stage and performing one-armed push-ups to demonstrate his physical prowess.

"That's nothing, really," he said slyly. "As far as two-handed push-ups, you can do that all night, and it doesn't make a difference whether she's there or not."

That year's Oscar host, Billy Crystal, turned the moment into a running joke, making increasingly outlandish remarks about Palance's accomplishments throughout the night's awards presentations.

It was a magic moment that epitomized the actor's 40 years in films. Always the iconoclast, Palance had scorned most of his film roles.

"Most of the stuff I do is garbage," he once told a reporter, adding that most of the directors he worked with were incompetent.

Movie audiences, however, were electrified by the actor's chiseled face and hulking presence, and a calm, low voice that made him all the more chilling.

Wow...this is surprising. RIP Curly.
Derek237
11-10-2006, 05:47 PM
That's too bad. R.I.P.
outsyder
11-10-2006, 05:48 PM
I actually thought he had already died a while ago.


Either way, this is terrible news. He was really a great character person. RIP.:(
RustyRazor
11-10-2006, 05:48 PM
Damned shame.
Loved "Believe It Or Not"
And that breathless delivery? Unmistakable.


RIP
JJFlamingo
11-10-2006, 05:50 PM
A real tragedy. From Shane to Alone In The Dark to Tango And Cash to Batman to City Slickers and beyond we have now lost a True Icon...

:( :( :( :( :( :( :(
Weapon X
11-10-2006, 05:59 PM
Here's to you, Curly.
powersauce
11-10-2006, 06:02 PM
City Slickers was my favorite movie when I was 11 years old. First Bruno Kirby and now him. :(
http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/15/oscar.moments/story.jpg

RIP Curly.
Mentiroso
11-10-2006, 06:05 PM
Originally posted by outsyder
I actually thought he had already died a while ago.



I thought the same thing myself. It is a shame. I always liked his work.
echo_bravo
11-10-2006, 07:01 PM
Absolutely loved him in the City Slickers movies. RIP Jack
Beenthere
11-10-2006, 07:37 PM
RIP.
I love him in Euro trash cinema flicks as well as in big Hollywood productions. Cult Actor.
ParileseMonster
11-10-2006, 08:11 PM
RIP

I always think of him when I get a whiff of Old Spice from time to time.
sarah1980
11-10-2006, 09:55 PM
RIP :( :(
therealjohng
11-10-2006, 09:57 PM
I hate to say this, but I thought he died already.
Lazy Boy
11-10-2006, 10:05 PM
I will always remember Batman as the first film I saw him in, and Jack Nicholson doing a bangup impersonation.

"You're my number one guy!"

R.I.P.
gorysnoopy
11-10-2006, 10:22 PM
RIP Jack.

Class act all the way.
Lady Stardust
11-10-2006, 10:33 PM
quite a lot of people dying this week:(
JJFlamingo
11-10-2006, 10:44 PM
"Well, I always had you pegged as the type that enjoyed, EDUCATING YOUNG BOYS!"
adamjohnson
11-10-2006, 10:50 PM
http://videodetective.com/photos/270/011351_9.jpg

"Aghh! You thought I was dead, didn't ya?!!!"
bigred760
11-10-2006, 11:04 PM
The guy was a great actor with plenty of memorable performances. He was perfect in Shane and subsequently in City Slickers. There's no question he deserved an Oscar for the latter. R.I.P.
Cronos
11-11-2006, 03:50 PM
RIP Curly
JackassFan
11-11-2006, 04:12 PM
That's terrible. Huge shame.

R.I.P :(
Tagia_Romero
11-11-2006, 05:25 PM
Not surprising ultimately, but another screen gem has gone to the big trailer in the sky.

RIP
Boner X-Ray
11-11-2006, 06:10 PM
Damn. Looks like I can just give up on my hopes for Cops and Robbersons 2
jeo4
11-11-2006, 09:20 PM
There are few out there that played the heavy so well as Jack Palance. I remember old westerns and gangster flicks with Jack in them, not to mention episodes of TV shows in the 50's -80's, in which he guest starred as the villain. He also had a very successful run on "Ripley's Believe It Or Not!" with his daughter Holly in the 1980's.

After two Oscar nominations in his early years for roles in SUDDEN FEAR and SHANE, he finally won his first Oscar for his comedic role as trail boss Curly Washburn in the 1991 hit CITY SLICKERS, along side Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern and Bruno Kirby. He also had success in such films as YOUNG GUNS and BATMAN. But he will always be remembered as cinema's great villain. He was one of a kind. God bless and RIP.
Addi88
11-12-2006, 01:56 AM
RIP
paul calf
11-12-2006, 12:19 PM
just heard this am gutted
rip
NuclearMisfit
11-12-2006, 07:43 PM
R.I.P
APzombie
11-12-2006, 08:35 PM
R.I.P. Mr. Palance. You left us a hell of a career.
eljefe15
11-13-2006, 06:19 PM
This is sad, sad news! I loved many of his movies...I don't think I've ever seen a bad performance coming from him. Although I have to say, my favorite character is the bounty hunter he played Sergio Corbucci's western Vamos A Matar, Companeros!. His character with the pet hawk and the joints was cool as hell!

R.I.P. Mr. Palance...