Actor Jack Palance, known for his haltingly intense speaking style and dozens of roles in Western and noir films, has died. A veteran of World War II, Palance was 87. Palance's face had been ...

Jack Palance, 87, the veteran character actor who personified pure menace in his most notable roles, including in "Shane" and "Sudden Fear," died Nov. 10 at his home in Montecito, Calif.

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.

Actor Jack Palance, whose distinctive craggy face cemented a long career playing villains – until he spoofed himself with his Oscar-winning turn in the 1991 comedy City Slickers – died of ...