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 -
As Buckshot -
As Buckshot -
As Grady -
As Tommy -
As Col. Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell -
As Hezekiah Crow -
As Jake Calhoun -
As Jason Fitch -
As Boone -
As Tackett -
As Self -
As Squires -
As Charlie -
As Scrooge -
As Doc -
As Lum Witcher -
As Mr. Newsom -
As Otto -
As Troscliar Boudreaux -
As Seth Beaumont -
As Clay Haller -
As Doctor -
As Avery Simpson -
As Big Mac -
As Rattlesnake -
As King -
As Willie Red Fire -
As Death Dreamer -
As Trapper Willis -
As Crazy Charlie -
As Bitterroot -
As Joe Canton -
As Bad Jack Cutter -
As J. Pete Hankins -
As Boss -
As Jarrod (Sheriff) -
As Handy -
As Granddad -
As Alamosa Bill Kermit -
As Pat Garrett -
As Bitterroot -
As Jug May -
As Frank Clemens -
As Kid Sheleen -
As Matt -
As Kittrick -
As Thompson -
As Self -
As Phillips -
As John Wesley Hardin -
As Sheriff -
As Sheriff Clyde Barnes -
As Jake -
As Ace Williams -
As Norman -
As Frank's Gunman -
As Slim Kovacs -
As Ernest Scarnes -
As Preacher Weatherby -
As Deke Simons -
As Hank -
As Dobie -
As Ed Hobbs -
As Cheesecake -
As Horseface (Comanchero) -
As Ike Dalton -
As Jesse -
As Bill Ward -
As Arnold -
As Shotgun -
As Tioga -
As Fatso Nagel -
As Tom McLowery -
As Henry Bliss -
As McCoy -
As Pete -
As Slats Callahan -
As Knife Murderer (uncredited) -
As Al -
As Burger -
As Hasan-Ben -
As Chris Boldt -
As Ivan -
As Damen -
As Charlie Max -
As Yost -
As Tex -
As Whitey -
As Tim Lowerie -
As Basra -
As Frank Newberry -
As Slim -
As Rusty Kolloway -
As Castro -
As Max Verne -
As Barton -
As Charlie - Drunk in Jail (uncredited) -
As Pete Harris -
As Eddie -
As Gimp -
As Mort Geary -
As Mescal Jack -
As Celestino Garcia -
As Harry Jackson -
As Dave Longden -
As Cree -
As The Trader -
As Tevis -
As Arnie (uncredited) -
As Councilman (uncredited) -
As Fargo -
As Smiling Man -
As Earl Boyce -
As The Speaker -
As Raymond - Henchman