LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Oscar-winning actor Jack Palance, who starred as a hired gun in the classic western "Shane," has died, a family spokesman said Friday. The 87-year-old died at his home in Montecito, California.

Palance won an Academy Award for a tough cowboy in the 1991 comedy "City Slickers" and famously performed one-armed push-ups on stage when accepting his award.

The craggy-faced star appeared as a menace in such films as "Shane," "Sudden Fear."