Many people don't remember Elam appeared in High Noon. He was the drunk the marshal had sleeping in the cell.
He grew a beard in his later days and tried some tv series. He starred in one that didn't last the whole first season. He had a recurring part on "Eight is Enough."
He was in an impressive number of films -- here's a link to his filmography on IMDb:
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001181/
(over 100 TV role appearances).
One biographer on there though Elam was a gunfighter in High noon. Probably thinking of Lee Van Cleef's character.
He was an uncredited drunk in "High Noon."
And Jack Elam brings to mind all those great Western character actors which brings to mind Walter Brennan which brings to mind:
Red River
"Red River" would have to be on my list of ten top Westerns. There's a making of a top ten list within this thread. I'd like to tabulate it in about a week to see what the consensus of A2Kers will be.
Red River in my top ten definitely.
