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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)

2020

The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone as Osvaldo Altobello

2015

The Train as Andre

2014

Showing Up as Self

2010

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps as Julie Steinhardt
The Ghost Writer as Old man
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
Il falso bugiardo as Self (archive footage)
Vote and Die: Liszt for President as Joe Nightingale

2007

The War as Narrator (voice)
Mama's Boy as Seymour Warburton
Brando as Self

2006

The Holiday as Arthur Abbott
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Eli Weinraub
The Hoax as Noah Dietrich
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things as Self
The Real James Dean as Self
The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven' as Self
Baby Doll: See No Evil as Self

2005

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool as Self
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation as Father
James Dean: Sense Memories as Self
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
Leone's West as Self
Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly' as Self
Por un puñado de sueños as Self - Interviewee

2003

Mystic River as Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
Whoopi as Norman
Veritas: The Quest as Rabbi
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip as Other Voices (voice)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self
The Education of Gore Vidal as Self
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King as Self / Narrator
Rita as Self

2002

Monday Night Mayhem as Leonard Goldenson
Making 'The Misfits' as Self
Cinerama Adventure as Self

2001

The Job as Mr. Weiss

2000

Keeping the Faith as Rabbi Ben Lewis
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows as Self
Uninvited as Alan Strasser
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' as Self
The Bookfair Murders as Erich Schmidt

1998

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet as Deluca

1997

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years as Self
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann as Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)

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
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King as Self
James Dean: A Portrait 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
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters as Self - Narrator (voice)
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed as Self

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
Vendetta II: The New Mafia as Frank Latella

1992

Mistress as George Lieberhof
Article 99 as Sam Abrams
Night and the City as Peck
Lincoln as William Crook (voice)
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story as Bill Presser
The Donner Party as voice
Legacy of Lies as Moses Resnick
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems as (voice)
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes as (voice)

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
Funny as Self
An Empire of Reason as Anti-Federalist Spokesman

1987

Nuts as Dr. Herbert A. Morrison
Hollywood Uncensored as Self
The Impossible Spy as Yacov
Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland as Narrator (voice)
Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV as Self - Host

1986

Worlds Beyond as Charles Burgess
Tough Guys as Leon B. Little
Something in Common as Norman Voss
Rocket to the Moon as Mr. Prince

1985

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

Wogan as Self
American Playhouse as Mr. Prince
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
Skokie as Bert Silverman
The Pride of Jesse Hallam as Sal Galucci

1980

The Hunter as Ritchie Blumenthal
Fugitive Family as Olan Vacio
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush as Self - Narrator (voice)
Guri

1979

Tales of the Unexpected as Gerry Williams
Winter Kills as Joe Diamond
Firepower as Sal Hyman

1978

Circle of Iron as Man-in-Oil
Girlfriends as Rabbi Gold
Little Italy as Don Gerolamo Giarra
The Pirate as Ben Ezra
Movie Movie as Vince Marlow / Pop

1977

The Deep as Adam Coffin
The Hollywood Greats as Self
The Sentinel as Detective Gatz
Seventh Avenue as Gus Farber
The Pirate as Ben Ezra
The Domino Principle as Gen. Reser
Nasty Habits as Monsignor

1976

Plot of Fear as Peter Struwwel
Independence as Benjamin Franklin

1975

Shoot First… Ask Questions Later as Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack
Eye of the Cat as Cesare

1974

Crazy Joe as Don Vittorio
Indict and Convict as DeWitt Foster
Houston, We've Got a Problem as Narrator (voice)

1973

Kojak as Lee Curtin
Cinderella Liberty as Lynn Forshay
A Cold Night's Death as Frank Enari
Stateline Motel as Joe

1971

Great Performances as Self
Don't Turn the Other Cheek as Maz Lozoya
Romance of a Horsethief as Kifke
Paradise Lost as Leo Gordon
The Typists as Paul Cunningham

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
A Lovely Way to Die as Tennessee Fredericks
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life as Harry Hunter

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

Genghis Khan as Shah of Khwarezm
Lord Jim as The General

1964

The Moon-Spinners as Stratos
Kisses for My President as Raphael Valdez Jr.

1963

The Victors as Sgt. Craig
Act One as Warren Stone

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

The Magnificent Seven as Calvera
Outlaws
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 Lineup as Dancer
The Plot to Kill Stalin as Poskrebyshev
The Gift of the Magi as Narrator

1957

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
Playhouse 90 as Rafael
Baby Doll as Silva Vacarro

1954

Climax! as Albert Anastasia

1952

Omnibus

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dauphin

1950

What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest

1949

Lights Out as Giovanni

1948