LOS ANGELES - Jack Elam, a character actor and favorite Western villain who menaced good-guy cowboys with his crazy grin, wild eyes and remorseless gunslinging in films such as "Rawhide" and "Wichita, ...

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Colorful American character actor equally adept at vicious killers or grizzled sidekicks. As a child he worked in the cotton fields. He attended Santa Monica Junior College in California and ...

Jack Elam, a character actor and favorite Western villain who menaced good-guy cowboys with his crazy grin, wild eyes and remorseless gunslinging in films such as "Rawhide" and "Wichita," has died, a ...

Character actor Jack Elam, a favorite Western villain who menaced the good guys with his crazy grin, menacing eyes and remorseless gunslinging, has died. A family friend says Elam died Monday ...

Jack Elam, the character actor with the trademark offkilter eye who menaced John Wayne, James Stewart and other screen heroes in scores of westerns, has died. Mr ...