Happy Birthday: Jack Palance (1919–2006)

Jack Palance (1919–2006)

Born: February 18, 1919 in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: November 10, 2006 (age 87) in Montecito, California, USA

Married to: Elaine Rochelle Rogers (6 May 1987 – 10 November 2006) (his death)
Virginia Baker (21 April 1949 – 5 June 1968) (divorced) (3 children)

[on his aircraft accident in World War II when his bomber crashed and burned, in which he received severe head injuries and required major facial reconstruction] There are some moments you never get over. That was one of them.

[In 1994] I used to be 6′ 4″. Now that I’m old, I slouch. So I’m 6′ 3″.
Most of the stuff I do is garbage.

I go to see maybe seven films a year at the most, and since I only go to see the best, it follows that I very rarely see my own.

[on filming Without Warning (1980)] I don’t…