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
- 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
- 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
- The Holiday as Arthur
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly' as Self
- Leone's West 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
- Rita as Self
- The Education of Gore Vidal as Self
- Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King as Self / Narrator
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
- 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
- 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
- James Dean: A Portrait as Self
- Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey as Narrator
- Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King as Self
1994
- ER as Mr. Langston
- Baseball as Various (voice)
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess as Self
- It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein as Narrator
- 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
- The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 as Don Altobello
- Mistress as George Lieberhof
- Night and the City as Peck
- Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story as Bill Presser
- Article 99 as Sam Abrams
- Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes as (voice)
- The Donner Party as voice
- Legacy of Lies as Moses Resnick
- Lincoln as William Crook (voice)
- Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems 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
- An Empire of Reason as Anti-Federalist Spokesman
- Hello Actors Studio as Self
- Funny as Self
1987
- Hollywood Uncensored as Self
- Nuts as Dr. Herbert A. Morrison
- Eve and Marilyn as Self (archive photo)
- 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
- Screen Two as Yacov
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Yosef Kandinsky
- Christopher Columbus as Padre Fernando De Talavera
- Our Family Honor as Vincent Danzig
- 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
- Skokie as Bert Silverman
- The Salamander as General Leporello
- The Pride of Jesse Hallam as Sal Galucci
1980
- The Hunter as Ritchie Blumenthal
- Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Fugitive Family as Olan Vacio
- Guri
1979
- Tales of the Unexpected as Gerry Williams
- Winter Kills as Joe Diamond
- Firepower as Sal Hyman
1978
- Girlfriends as Rabbi Gold
- Circle of Iron as Man-in-Oil
- Movie Movie as Vince Marlow / Pop
- Little Italy as Don Gerolamo Giarra
1977
- The Hollywood Greats as Self
- The Deep as Adam Coffin
- The Pirate as Ben Ezra
- Seventh Avenue as Gus Farber
- The Sentinel as Detective Gatz
- 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
- Indict and Convict as DeWitt Foster
- Houston, We've Got a Problem as Narrator (voice)
1973
- Kojak as Lee Curtin
- Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Fuzzy
- Stateline Motel as Joe
- Cinderella Liberty as Lynn Forshay
- A Cold Night's Death as Frank Enari
1971
- Great Performances as Self
- Romance of a Horsethief as Kifke
- Don't Turn the Other Cheek as Maz Lozoya
- 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 Reason Why as Charles
- The Angel Levine as Delicatessen Clerk
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
- 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
- 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 Lineup as Dancer
- The Plot to Kill Stalin as Poskrebyshev
- The Gift of the Magi as Narrator
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