How old was Jack Elam in the movie The Cannonball Run?

Jack Elam was 59 in The Cannonball Run when he played the character 'Doctor'.

That was over 43 years ago in 1981.

In 2003 he died aged 82, starring in 113 films in his career, 20 of those after The Cannonball Run was first released. If he were alive today he would be 103.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In The Cannonball Run, I think Jack Elam looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Hal Needham has worked with Jack Elam a total of 4 times in his career.
  • Jack Elam's first movie was as 'Raymond - Henchman' in Wild Weed, released in 1949 when he was 27
  • The Cannonball Run scores 6.13 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of The Cannonball Run

Jack Elam's other movies