This Great Hollywood Actor Played 2 Iconic Western Villains, 35 Years Apart

Decades before he starred as racketeer rancher Lawrence Murphy in Christopher Cain’s 1988 Western movie Young Guns, Jack Palance played an equally iconic villain in his first Western film. Palance’s role as gunfighting killer Jack Wilson in Shane began a career-long run of performances in 16 different Western movies, one of which earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.