Birth Day: 1920-11-13
Place of birth: Miami, Gila, Arizona, USA
Colorful American character actor equally adept at vicious killers or grizzled sidekicks. As a child he worked in the cotton fields. He attended Santa Monica Junior College in California and subsequently became an accountant and, at one time, manager of the Bel Air Hotel. Elam got his first movie job by trading his accounting services for a role. In short time he became one of the most memorable supporting players in Hollywood, thanks not only to his near-demented screen persona but also to an out-of-kilter left eye, sightless from a childhood fight. He appeared with great aplomb in Westerns and gangster films alike, and in later years played to wonderful effect in comedic roles.
Credits
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As Self
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As Buckshot
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As Buckshot
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As Grady
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As Tommy
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As Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell
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As Hezekiah Crow
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As Jake Calhoun
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As Boone
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As Jason Fitch
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As Self
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As Tackett
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As Charlie
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As Squires
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As Scrooge
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As Doc
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As Mr. Newsom
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As Lum Witcher
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As Otto
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As Troscliar Boudreaux
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As Doctor
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As Clay Haller
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As Seth Beaumont
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As Big Mac
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As Avery Simpson
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As Rattlesnake
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As Willie Red Fire
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As Death Dreamer
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As Trapper Willis
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As Bitterroot
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As Joe Canton
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As Crazy Charlie
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As Bad Jack Cutter
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As J. Pete Hankins
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As King
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As Jarrod (Sheriff)
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As Handy
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As Boss
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As Granddad
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As Alamosa Bill Kermit
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As Pat Garrett
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As Bitterroot
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As Matt
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As Frank Clemens
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As Kid Sheleen
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As Jug May
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As Kittrick
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As Thompson
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As Phillips
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As Self
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As John Wesley Hardin
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As Jake
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As Sheriff Clyde Barnes
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As Sheriff
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As Frank's Gunman
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As Slim Kovacs
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As Norman
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As Ace Williams
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As Preacher Weatherby
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As Ernest Scarnes
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As Deke Simons
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As Hank
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As Dobie
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As Cheesecake
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As Ed Hobbs
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As Horseface (Comanchero)
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As Ike Dalton
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As Jesse
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As Bill Ward
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As Arnold
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As Fatso Nagel
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As Henry Bliss
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As Tioga
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As Shotgun
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As Tom McLowery
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As Pete
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As Slats Callahan
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As McCoy
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As Damen
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As Hasan-Ben
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As Knife Murderer (uncredited)
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As Charlie Max
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As Chris Boldt
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As Al
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As Ivan
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As Burger
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As Basra
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As Whitey
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As Frank Newberry
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As Tex
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As Yost
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As Tim Lowerie
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As Castro
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As Slim
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As Barton
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As Rusty Kolloway
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As Max Verne
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As Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited)
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As Eddie
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As Mescal Jack
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As Pete Harris
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As Dave Longden
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As Mort Geary
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As Celestino Garcia
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As Gimp
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As Harry Jackson
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As Tevis
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As Cree
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As The Trader
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As Smiling Man
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As Earl Boyce
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As Councilman (uncredited)
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As Fargo
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As Gangster
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As The Speaker
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As Raymond - Henchman