Jack Elam, a character actor and favorite Western villain who menaced good-guy cowboys with his crazy grin, wild eyes and remorseless gunslinging in films such as "Rawhide" and "Wichita," has died, a ...

Jack Elam, longtime Western actor, died Tuesday Oct. 21 in Ashland, Ore., of emphysema. According to his agent Morgan Paul, he was 87, although some accounts say he was 84 and reportedly lied about ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jack Elam, a character actor and favorite Western villain who menaced good-guy cowboys with his crazy grin, wild eyes and remorseless gunslinging in films such as "Rawhide" and ...