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Jack Palance (born Volodymyr Palahniuk February 18, 1919 November 10, 2006) was an American actor. Known for playing tough guys and villains, he was nominated for three Academy Awards, all for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, receiving nominations for his roles in Sudden Fear (1952) and Shane (1953) and winning almost 40 years later for his role i ... ... ( read more! ) Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 September 12, 1992) was an American actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho and his Oscar-nominated role in Friendly Persuasion (1956). He made his film debut in The Actress (1953) directed by George Cukor before experiencing success on Broadway with Elia Kazans pro ... ... ( read more! ) Neville Brand (August 13, 1920 - April 16, 1992) was an American television and movie actor.Description above from the Wikipedia articleNeville Brand licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ... ... ( read more! ) Robert Middleton, born Samuel G. Messer (May 13, 1911 June 14, 1977), was an American film and television actor known for his large size and beetle-like brow. With a deep, booming voice, Middleton trained for a musical career at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He worked steadily as a radio announ ... ... ( read more! ) .Elisha Vanslyck Cook, Jr. (December 26, 1903 May 18, 1995) was an American character actor who made a career out of playing cowardly villains and weedy neurotics in dozens of films. He was perhaps most noted for his portrayal of the "gunsel" Wilmer, who tries to intimidate Humphrey Bogarts Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon.Description above from th ... ... ( read more! ) .Claude Marion Akins (May 25, 1926 January 27, 1994) was an American actor with a long career on stage, screen and television. Powerful in appearance and voice, Akins could be counted on to play the clever (or less than clever) tough guy, on the side of good or bad, in movies and television. He is best remembered as Sheriff Lobo in the 1970s TV se ... ... ( read more! ) Clarence LeRoy "Lee" Van Cleef Jr. was an American actor best known for his roles in Spaghetti Westerns such as For A Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Hatchet-faced with piercing eyes, he had declined to have his nose altered to play a sympathetic character in his film debut, High Noon, and was relegated to a non-speaking outlaw ... ... ( read more! ) Born and raised on a farm in Michigan in 1890, Irish-American character actor Harry Shannon had the credentials for becoming a staple player in westerns. He started off his career traveling around with repertory and stock companies and developed his musical abilities in tent shows, burlesque houses and such tuneful Broadway shows as "Oh, Kay!" (192 ... ... ( read more! ) ... Adam Williams (born Adam William Berg, November 26, 1922 December 4, 2006) was an American film and television actor. A veteran "bad guy" actor of 1950s film and TV, he began his career after distinguished World War II military service as a United States Navy pilot, for which he received the Navy Cross. In 1952, Williams played the lead, a Los An ... ... ( read more! ) Denver Dell Pyle (May 11, 1920 December 25, 1997) was an American film and television actor. He was known for portraying Briscoe Darling Jr. in several episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, and playing Jesse Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard from 1979-85.Pyle was born in Bethune, Colorado on May 11, 1920 to farmer Ben H. Pyle and his wife Maude His broth ... ... ( read more! ) John Arthur Doucette (January 21, 1921 August 16, 1994) was an American character actor who performed in more than 280 film and television productions between 1941 and 1987. A man of stocky build who possessed a deep, rich voice, he proved equally adept at portraying characters in Shakespearean plays, Westerns, and modern crime dramas. He is perha ... ... ( read more! ) ... ...