Jack Palance, the raspy-voiced actor who made his name playing movie villains but won an Oscar at age 73 for his work as a grizzled cowboy in the comedy "City Slickers," has died. He was 87.

Actor Jack Palance, known for his haltingly intense speaking style and dozens of roles in Western and noir films, has died. After years of playing the heavy in Hollywood, Palance became a hit in ...

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.

Jack Palance appears in this undated publicity photo as co-star of the 1953 western "Shane," directed by George Stevens. Oscar-winning actor Palance, who starred as a heartless gunslinger in ...

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.

Palance’s role as gunfighting killer Jack Wilson in Shane began a career-long run of performances in 16 different Western movies, one of which earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Jack Palance, the dramatic actor who won raves when he turned to comedy in his 70s, has died of natural causes at his home in Montecito, Calif., surrounded by family, said spokesman Dick Guttman ...

BUTLER TOWNSHIP — Academy Award-winning actor Jack Palace will be honored in the Luzerne County community where he once lived. Supervisors in Butler Township say they will name a street Palance ...

LOS ANGELES — Jack Palance, the craggy-faced menace in “Shane,” “Sudden Fear” and other films who turned successfully to comedy at 70 with his Oscar-winning self-parody in “City ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - 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 ...