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Jack Elam was born on this day in 1918

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ELAM (EE-luhm)

American film actor who appeared mostly in westerns

Common clues: Jack of “Rio Lobo”; Jack of oaters; Jack of westerns; Oater actor Jack; Jack of “Big Bad John”

Crossword puzzle frequency: once a year

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Jack Elam (November 13, 1918—October 20, 2003) was an American film actor who appeared mostly in westerns.




He attended Santa Monica Junior College in California and subsequently became an accountant in Hollywood and, at one time, manager of the Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles. His face is memorable in part because of an out-of-kilter blind left eye. In interviews, Elam admitted that he got the slow eye after a fellow Boy Scout stabbed him in the left eye with a pencil during a scrape at a troop meeting. He appeared mostly in westerns and gangster films playing "heavies". In 1963 he got a rare chance to play the good guy when he played the part of Deputy Marshall J.D.Smith in "The Dakotas", a TV western which was to run for 19 episodes. Elam was given his first comedic role in Support Your Local Sheriff!, after which he found his villainous assignments dwindling and his comic jobs increasing. He was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1994.


Elam died of heart failure on October 20, 2003.



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ELAM (117) 18 Mo+ >1 06 Oater actor Jack

10 Th- >1 03 Jack of "Rio Lobo"

8 Th- >1 03 Jack of oaters

7 Mo+ >1 96 Actor Jack WEBB

6 Th- >1 06 Jack of old oaters

5 Mo+ >1 00 Jack of westerns

3 >1 88 Biblical land EDOM MOAB

3 Th- >1 07 Broncos kicker Jason

3 Mo+ >1 08 NFL kicker Jason

3 We+ >1 09 NFL placekicker Jason

2 Th >1 01 Character actor Jack

2 Fr- >1 87 Its capital was Susa

2 We >1 08 Jack of "Big Bad John"

2 We CSy 03 Jack who played Jake in "Big Bad John"

2 Tu >1 01 Jason of the N.F.L.

2 Th NYT 02 Kingdom east of Babylonia

1 Fr CSy 99 "Big Bad John" actor Jack

1 Sa NYT 97 "Rio Lobo" actor

1 Th NYT 00 63-yard field goal kicker Jason

1 We NYT 92 Actor Jack from Miami, Ariz.

1 Th WSJ 99 Actor Jack of oaters

1 We CSy 01 Actor Jack of old westerns

1 Th Rea 99 Actor Jack who often plays malevolent gunslingers

1 Sa NYT 87 Ancient Asian kingdom

95 Ancient Asian land ARAM