Credits include: Maverick, Bonnie and Clyde, The Wild Bunch, The Getaway and You Can't Take It with You

Credits include: Logan's Run, The Sons of Katie Elder, Major Dundee, The Sundowners and In Search of the Castaways

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 o

Credits include: First Blood, Hot Shots! Part Deux, Rambo: First Blood Part II, Rambo III and Body Heat

Credits include: Anatomy of a Murder, The Poseidon Adventure, Fantastic Voyage, Man of the West and The Great Race

Credits include: Ace in the Hole, Shock Corridor, The Ballad of Cable Hogue, The Steel Helmet and Operation Petticoat

Credits include: Pollyanna, The 300 Spartans, Violent Saturday, The Damned Don't Cry and Love Me Tender

Credits include: Herbie Rides Again, McLintock!, Experiment in Terror, Die! Die! My Darling! and Escape to Athena

Credits include: The Message, Batman and Mr. Freeze: SubZero, Julius Caesar, It's Alive and Batman Beyond: The Movie

Credits include: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny and Shootout in a One-Dog Town

Credits include: Act of Vengeance, The Lone Ranger, The Oklahoman, 2point4 Children and Black Horse Canyon