Western Movie Villain Jack Elam Dies

Yahoo News ^ | 10/22/03 | Anthony Breznican - AP

[Lancey Howard]

Jack made every movie he was ever in better just by being in it.
God bless his family and may he rest in peace.

[Lancey Howard]

... wasn't one of his eyes glass? Or was that Sammy Davis Jr?

In The Sons of Katie Elder, it was Dean Martin. Remember him wearing the patch and auctioning off his eye in the bar? After collecting the money from the highest bidder, he lifted up the patch, laughed, and winked!

[PoorMuttly]

Muttly brokenhearted since last night.

Muttly was his dog. Then he loaned me to Mister Dastardly for further training...which believe me...I GOT !

He was so nice to young Muttly. He always shared his hip-flask with me. That is...after I stole something for him.

[husky ed]

My best line of his was:

"Well I'll be a suck-egg mule".

Can't remember which movie it was from, was think Support Your Local Sheriff or Gunfighter.

[rintense]

Exactly the movie I remember him from.

[bedolido]

oh yeah... whatever happened to the old hollywood? the new hollywood is a poor imitation of the last generation of movie stars and directors

[Captain Peter Blood]

There is another movie icon that will be missed.

[Manic_Episode]

I used to have a chihuahua that looked just like Jack.

RIP JE

[HanneyBean]

RIP, Jack.
I loved you as a child in Night of the Grizzly.

[Reagan Man]

Jack Elam acted in some of the best movies ever made and he was always entertaining. He'll be missed.

RIP Mr. Elam.

[ampat]

I guess my memory isn't so good. Did some checking. He played in "The Dakotas" with Chad Everett. Nevil Brand was a Texas Ranger with Peter Browne and William Smith in a tv show called "Laredo" later bundled together and titled Three for Texas.

[DCBryan1]

"Well I'll be a suck-egg mule".

Sad. He was one of the greatest....I'm glad he had a full and happy life. Rest in Peace Jack!

[Reverend Bob]

While slightly off topic, the best glass eye scene I've ever seen in a movie was the one Jimmy Stewart did in FOOL'S PARADE (an odd, underappreciated film that also starred George Kennedy, Kurt Russell, and Strother Martin).

The news on Elam is indeed sad. Easily one of the top five character actors of all time and a personal favorite of mine.

R.I.P., Jack.

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[Graybeard58]

"Poster reminds me of the Clinton Esquire cover"

...I didn't see that cover but if you are talking about Hillary, he is much prettier than her.

[Doctor Stochastic]

"I'll be a suck-egg mule" was a Jack Elam line in "Rio Lobo" and also an Arthur Hunnicutt line in "Eldorado." Leigh Brackett scripted both movies.

Similarities abound with "Rio Bravo" too, the calm gunfighter (Wayne), the old geezer (Brennan, Elam, Hunnicutt), the gambler's widow (Dickinson, Holt, O'Neill)

"The Big Sleep" (the one with Humphrey Bogart) also has a parallel scene where the bad guys try to lure someone through a door (also scripted by Leigh Brackett and directed by Howard Hawks.) From Eddy Mars to Milt & Pedro.

[Doctor Stochastic]

He got shot early in "Four for Texas" too.

[50sDad]

At the time of the impeachment (!) Esquire has an interview with him, and the cover art is him sitting on a stool, legs wide, crotch at camera height, and that smarmy smile on his face. Dirtbag.