- Films
- 63
- Avg rating
- 6.30
- Peak run
- 1967’69
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Jack by the numbers
Average
6.30
36 rated films
Vote weighted
6.37
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.94
rating spread
Career
43y
1949 to 1991
Total votes
623K
across every film
Best
8.5
Once Upon a Time in the West
Worst
4.7
Suburban Commando
Newest first
Filmography
| 1991 |  Suburban Commando | Colonel Dustin 'Dusty' McHowell | 4.7 | 12,296 |
| 1990 | The Giant of Thunder Mountain | Hezekiah Crow | · | 399 |
| 1988 | Hawken's Breed | Tackett | · | 456 |
| 1986 | The Aurora Encounter | Charlie | · | 413 |
| 1983 | Sacred Ground | Lum Witcher | · | 316 |
| 1982 | Jinxed! | Otto | 4.7 | 1,372 |
| 1981 |  The Cannonball Run | Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing | 6.3 | 44,334 |
| 1979 | The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again | Big Mac | 6.0 | 3,651 |
| 1979 | The Villain | Avery Simpson | 5.3 | 8,569 |
| 1978 | Hot Lead and Cold Feet | Rattlesnake | 6.1 | 1,636 |
| 1978 | The Norseman | Death Dreamer | · | 993 |
| 1977 | Grayeagle | Trapper Willis | · | 794 |
| 1976 | Creature from Black Lake | Joe Canton | 5.1 | 2,048 |
| 1976 | The Winds of Autumn | J. Pete Hankins | · | 412 |
| 1974 | A Knife for the Ladies | Sheriff Jarrod Colcord | · | 463 |
| 1971 | Support Your Local Gunfighter | Jug May | 6.8 | 7,451 |
| 1971 | Hannie Caulder | Frank Clemens | 6.4 | 5,010 |
| 1970 | The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County | Kittrick | · | 638 |
| 1970 | Dirty Dingus Magee | John Wesley Hardin | 5.2 | 1,145 |
| 1970 |  Rio Lobo | Phillips | 6.7 | 15,479 |
Better together?
Jack Elam's regulars
- Charles B. PierceDirector and actor · 5 films
- Burt KennedyDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.45 avg▲+0.29
- Don SiegelDirector and actor · 3 films · 5.60 avg▼−0.92
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Jack Elam
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