Eli Wallach
Born: 1915-12-07 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2014-06-24
Known For: Acting
Biography
Eli Herschel Wallach (December 7, 1915 – June 24, 2014) was an American film, television and stage actor, who gained fame in the late 1950s. For his performance in Baby Doll he won a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer and a Golden Globe nomination. One of his most famous roles is that of Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Other roles include his portrayal of Don Altobello in The Godfather Part III, Calvera in The Magnificent Seven, and Arthur Abbott in The Holiday. Wallach has received BAFTA Awards, Tony Awards and Emmy Awards for his work. Wallach also has a cameo as a liquor store owner in Clint Eastwood's Mystic River. Wallach received an Honorary Academy Award at the 2nd Annual Governors Awards, presented on November 13, 2010.
Filmography
2022
- Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
2015
- The Train as Andre
2014
- Showing Up as Self
2010
- The Ghost Writer as Old man
- Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps as Julie Steinhardt
- Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber as Mordechai Rossman (voice)
2009
- Nurse Jackie as Bernard Zimberg
- The Toe Tactic as Maestro
- In the Name of Democracy as Narrator
2008
- New York, I Love You as Abe
- Vote and Die: Liszt for President as Joe Nightingale
- Il falso bugiardo as Self (archive footage)
2007
- The War as Narrator (voice)
- Mama's Boy as Seymour Warburton
- Brando as Self
2006
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Eli Weinraub
- The Holiday as Arthur
- The Hoax as Noah Dietrich
- The Real James Dean as Self
- Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things as Self
- Baby Doll: See No Evil as Self
- The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven' as Self
2005
- Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool as Self
- James Dean: Sense Memories as Self
- The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation as Father
- A Taste Of Jupiter as Arturo
2004
- Stroker and Hoop as Narrator (voice)
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Other Voices (voice)
- The Easter Egg Adventure as Narrator (voice)
- King of the Corner as Sol Spivak
- Por un puñado de sueños as Self - Interviewee
- Leone's West as Self
- Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly' as Self
2003
- Mystic River as Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
- Whoopi as Norman
- Veritas: The Quest as Rabbi
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self
- Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip as Other Voices (voice)
- The Education of Gore Vidal as Self
- Rita as Self
- Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King as Self / Narrator
2002
- Monday Night Mayhem as Leonard Goldenson
- Cinerama Adventure as Self
- Making 'The Misfits' as Self
2001
- The Job as Mr. Weiss
2000
- Keeping the Faith as Rabbi Ben Lewis
- Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows as Self
- Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' as Self
- The Bookfair Murders as Erich Schmidt
- Uninvited as Alan Strasser
1998
- Naked City: Justice with a Bullet as Deluca
1997
- The Trial of Adolf Eichmann as Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)
- Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years as Self
1996
- The West as Self
- The Associate as Donald Fallon
- Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome as Self
- O. Henry's Christmas as Behrman ("The Last Leaf")
- Honey Sweet Love as Don Siro
- The Search for Dracula as Narrator
1995
- Two Much as Sheldon
- James Dean: A Portrait as Self
- Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King as Self
- Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey as Narrator
1994
- ER as Mr. Langston
- Baseball as Various (voice)
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein as Narrator
- Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess as Self
- Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed as Self
- The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters as Self - Narrator (voice)
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Vendetta II: The New Mafia as Frank Latella
1992
- The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 as Don Altobello
- Night and the City as Peck
- Article 99 as Sam Abrams
- Mistress as George Lieberhof
- Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes as (voice)
- Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story as Bill Presser
- The Donner Party as voice
- Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems as (voice)
- Lincoln as William Crook (voice)
- Legacy of Lies as Moses Resnick
1991
- Coney Island as Self - Actor
- Terezin Diary as Narrator
1990
- Law & Order as Simon Vilanis
- The Godfather Part III as Don Altobello
- The Two Jakes as Cotton Weinberger
- The Godfather Family: A Look Inside as Self / Don Altobello
- Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret as Self
1988
- Hello Actors Studio as Self
- An Empire of Reason as Anti-Federalist Spokesman
- Funny as Self
1987
- Hollywood Uncensored as Self
- Nuts as Dr. Herbert A. Morrison
- The Impossible Spy as Yacov
- Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV as Self - Host
- Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland as Narrator (voice)
- Eve and Marilyn as Self (archive photo)
1986
- Worlds Beyond as Charles Burgess
- Tough Guys as Leon B. Little
- Rocket to the Moon as Mr. Prince
- Something in Common as Norman Voss
1985
- Screen Two as Yacov
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Yosef Kandinsky
- Our Family Honor as Vincent Danzig
- Christopher Columbus as Padre Fernando De Talavera
- Murder: By Reason of Insanity as Dr. Huffman
- Embassy as Joe Verga
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Salvatore Gambini
- Highway to Heaven as Timothy Charles
- Anatomy of an Illness as Dr. William Hitzig
- Sam's Son as Sam Orowitz
1983
- Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
1982
- American Playhouse as Mr. Prince
- Wogan as Self
- The Executioner's Song as Vern Damico
- The Executioner's Song as Vern Damico
- The Wall as Mauritzi Apt
1981
- The Salamander as General Leporello
- The Pride of Jesse Hallam as Sal Galucci
- Skokie as Bert Silverman
1980
- The Hunter as Ritchie Blumenthal
- Fugitive Family as Olan Vacio
- Guri
- Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush as Self - Narrator (voice)
1979
- Tales of the Unexpected as Gerry Williams
- Winter Kills as Joe Diamond
- Firepower as Sal Hyman
1978
- Girlfriends as Rabbi Gold
- Movie Movie as Vince Marlow / Pop
- Circle of Iron as Man-in-Oil
- Little Italy as Don Gerolamo Giarra
1977
- The Hollywood Greats as Self
- The Deep as Adam Coffin
- The Pirate as Ben Ezra
- The Sentinel as Detective Gatz
- Seventh Avenue as Gus Farber
- The Domino Principle as Gen. Reser
- Nasty Habits as Monsignor
1976
- Plot of Fear as Peter Struwwel
- Independence as Benjamin Franklin
1975
- The White, The Yellow, and The Black as Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack
- Eye of the Cat as Cesare
1974
- Crazy Joe as Don Vittorio
- Houston, We've Got a Problem as Narrator (voice)
- Indict and Convict as DeWitt Foster
1973
- Kojak as Lee Curtin
- Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Fuzzy
- A Cold Night's Death as Frank Enari
- Cinderella Liberty as Lynn Forshay
- Stateline Motel as Joe
1971
- Great Performances as Self
- Don't Turn the Other Cheek as Maz Lozoya
- Romance of a Horsethief as Kifke
- The Typists as Paul Cunningham
- Paradise Lost as Leo Gordon
1970
- The People Next Door as Arthur Mason
- The Adventures of Gerard as Napoleon Bonaparte
- Zig Zag as Mario Gambretti
- The Angel Levine as Delicatessen Clerk
- The Reason Why as Charles
1969
- Mackenna's Gold as Ben Baker
- The Brain as Frankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian Mafia
1968
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
- Ace High as Cacopoulos
- How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life as Harry Hunter
- A Lovely Way to Die as Tennessee Fredericks
1967
- The Tiger Makes Out as Ben Harris
- The Owl Who Gave a Hoot as Mr. Owl (voice)
1966
- Batman as Mister Freeze
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as Tuco Ramirez
- CBS Playhouse as Douglas Lambert
- How to Steal a Million as Davis Leland
- The Poppy Is Also a Flower as 'Happy' Locarno
1965
- Lord Jim as The General
- Genghis Khan as Shah of Khwarezm
1964
- The Moon-Spinners as Stratos
- Kisses for My President as Raphael Valdez Jr.
1963
- Act One as Warren Stone
- The Victors as Sgt. Craig
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- How the West Was Won as Charlie Gant
- Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man as John
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- The Dick Powell Show as Manny Jacobs
- The Misfits as Guido
1960
- Outlaws
- The Magnificent Seven as Calvera
- Seven Thieves as Poncho
- Lullaby as Johnny Horton
1959
- The David Susskind Show as Self
- For Whom the Bell Tolls as Rafael
- I, Don Quixote as Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant
1958
- Naked City as Det. Peter Bane
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Raymond Perez
- Shirley Temple's Storybook as Simon
- The Gift of the Magi as Narrator
- The Plot to Kill Stalin as Poskrebyshev
- The Lineup as Dancer
1957
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- Suspicion
- The Lark as Dauphin
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- Playhouse 90 as Rafael
- Baby Doll as Silva Vacarro
1954
- Climax! as Albert Anastasia
1952
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dauphin
1950
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
1949
- Lights Out as Giovanni
1948
- Studio One as Ozep
- The Philco Television Playhouse
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self