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Jack Elam

Actor · 76 credits · 41 in highly-rated films

Best known for Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

Frequent collaborators: Dub Taylor, Gene Evans, Harry Morgan, Henry Jones, Dean Martin

Movies (76 total, ranked by score)

  1. Gun Belt

    1953 · ★ 6.4 (8 votes)

    Western

    31

  2. The Aurora Encounter

    1986 · ★ 4.3 (3 votes)

    Science Fiction, Comedy, Western

    32

  3. High Lonesome

    1950 · ★ 5.1 (8 votes)

    Western, Mystery

    33

  4. Dragoon Wells Massacre

    1957 · ★ 6.9 (9 votes)

    Western

    34

  5. The Gun Runners

    1958 · ★ 6.1 (19 votes)

    Action, Crime, Thriller

    35

  6. Shootout in a One-Dog Town

    1974 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Western, TV Movie

    36

  7. Thunder Over Arizona

    1956 · ★ 6.3 (3 votes)

    Western, Drama, Action

    37

  8. Finders Keepers

    1952 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    38

  9. The Villain

    1979 · ★ 5.7 (164 votes)

    Comedy, Western

    39

  10. Grayeagle

    1977 · ★ 5.9 (16 votes)

    Action, Western

    40

  11. Shadow Force

    1992

    Action, Crime

    41

  12. Sacred Ground

    1983 · ★ 6.5 (6 votes)

    Drama, Western

    42

  13. The Winds of Autumn

    1976 · ★ 6.0 (5 votes)

    Western

    43

  14. Lacy and the Mississippi Queen

    1978

    Western, TV Movie

    44

  15. Sidekicks

    1974 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy, Western, TV Movie

    45

  16. Ride Clear of Diablo

    1954 · ★ 5.9 (31 votes)

    Western

    46

  17. Montana Territory

    1952 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Western

    47

  18. Kismet

    1955 · ★ 5.6 (17 votes)

    Music, Romance, Adventure

    48

  19. Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

    1997

    Documentary, TV Movie

    49

  20. Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

    1955 · ★ 5.4 (11 votes)

    Romance, Adventure, Drama

    50

  21. American Guerrilla in the Philippines

    1950 · ★ 5.5 (19 votes)

    Drama, War

    51

  22. Uninvited

    1993 · ★ 4.6 (5 votes)

    Mystery, Drama, Western

    52

  23. Key to the City

    1950 · ★ 6.5 (10 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    53

  24. The Red Pony

    1973

    TV Movie, Drama

    54

  25. The Moonlighter

    1953 · ★ 5.7 (11 votes)

    Western

    55

  26. Cat Ballou

    1971 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Western, Comedy, TV Movie

    56

  27. Lure of the Swamp

    1957 · ★ 7.0 (3 votes)

    Thriller, Adventure, Crime

    57

  28. The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe

    1976

    Western, Comedy, TV Movie

    58

  29. The Last Escape of Billy the Kid

    1972

    Western, Drama

    59

  30. The Sundowners

    1950 · ★ 5.0 (13 votes)

    Action, Western

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.