<![CDATA[Farewell Jack - we will not forget you.]]>Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Jack Elam

iandcooper — 21 years ago(July 14, 2004 08:47 AM)

Was there ever a more typecast Western actor than the enigmatic Jack Elam?
I remember watching him in the days of B&W television, as "Toothy Thompson" in "Tenderfoot" (aka "Sugerfoot"), and he continued to play the same character albeit with different names in so many of his films.
He was always totally natural and completely believable - a rare quality in an actor. Always turning up in Westerns, some popular and others not so, but always giving of his best. I doubt he was ever out of work his entire career.
Never playing the hero, for me Jack Elam will always remain one of the best Western actors there have ever been.
The hey day of Hollywood is coming to an end, but Jack Elam and actors of his ilk have left us a wonderful legacy of entertainment, and wherever you are Jack I salute you, for you were truly one of the unsung Greats.

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Remembering Jack on his birthday. Rest in peace, Mr. Elam.
I'm a totally bitchin' bio writer from Mars!

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The show was called "Easy Street". (See the IMDb listing.) However, Lynda Carter wasn't in it. Loni played a wealthy widow who had been poor before her marriage. Loni's character took in her uncle played by Elam. Dana Ivey played Loni's snobbish sister-in-law, and James Cromwell (pre "Babe") played Ivey's somewhat henpecked husband. I remember the episode, and I agree with Elam's character as that's what raw oysters look like to me too! I think Jack Elam was one of the best character actors ever. If I were a male actor, I'd much rather have a long lasting career like Elam's than be a good looking star who burns bright but fizzles fast.

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There was2000 a (thankfully) short-lived TV sitcom with Loni Anderson and Linda (WonderWoman) many years ago. In it, the women adopted/sponsored a couple of bums out of a shelter for some reason. Might have been some kind of Pygmalion plot. At any rate, one of the bums was played by Jack Elam. In a scene at a formal dinner table, the two bums are served oysters on the half-shell for the first time in their lives. Jack looks down at his plate, leans over to his partner's ear, and growls "Don't that look lak sumfin a ox done blowed out its nose?" I've been laughing at that line for 20 years or more.
"What we have hereis a failure to communicate."

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I just decieded to look Jack up on the IMBD. I did not know he died just last year. I was hoping to meet him someday. This makes me sad knowing he is gone, cause he makes me laugh..and he will allways be that crazy faced doc to me in the cannonball movies cause that made me lol, and allways will till my DVD gets worn out from overplay! God bless..Jack. You made me laugh as a kid and still to this day. 🙂
CG

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