Eli Wallach
- Acting
- December 7, 1915 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- June 24, 2014
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Rat Pack · Self
- The Train · Andre
- Showing Up · Self
- Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps · Julie Steinhardt
- Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber · Mordechai Rossman (Voice)
- The Ghost Writer · Old man
- Nurse Jackie · Bernard Zimberg
- In the Name of Democracy · Narrator
- The Toe Tactic · Maestro
- New York, I Love You · Abe
- Il falso bugiardo · Self
- Vote and Die: Liszt for President · Joe Nightingale
- Mama's Boy · Seymour Warburton
- The War · Narrator (Voice)
- Brando · Self
- The Holiday · Arthur
- The Hoax · Noah Dietrich
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip · Eli Weinraub
- The Real James Dean · Self
- Baby Doll: See No Evil · Self
- Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things · Self
- The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven' · Self
- A Taste Of Jupiter · Arturo
- Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool · Self
- James Dean: Sense Memories · Self
- The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation · Father
- The Easter Egg Adventure · Narrator (Voice)
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson · Other Voices (Voice)
- Stroker and Hoop · Narrator (Voice)
- King of the Corner · Sol Spivak
- Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly' · Self
- Leone's West · Self
- Por un puñado de sueños · Self
- Mystic River · Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
- Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip · Other Voices (Voice)
- Rita · Self
- Whoopi · Norman
- The Education of Gore Vidal · Self
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There · Self
- Veritas: The Quest · Rabbi
- Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King · Self / Narrator
- Making 'The Misfits' · Self
- Cinerama Adventure · Self
- Monday Night Mayhem · Leonard Goldenson
- The Job · Mr. Weiss
- Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows · Self
- Uninvited · Alan Strasser
- Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' · Self
- Keeping the Faith · Rabbi Ben Lewis
- The Bookfair Murders · Erich Schmidt
- Naked City: Justice with a Bullet · Deluca
- The Trial of Adolf Eichmann · Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)
- Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years · Self
- The Associate · Donald Fallon
- The West · Self
- O. Henry's Christmas · Behrman ("The Last Leaf")
- Honey Sweet Love · Don Siro
- Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome · Self
- The Search for Dracula · Narrator
- Two Much · Sheldon
- James Dean: A Portrait · Self
- Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey · Narrator
- Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King · Self
- It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein · Narrator
- Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess · Self
- ER · Mr. Langston
- Baseball · Various (Voice), Voice
- Inside the Actors Studio · Self
- Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed · Self
- The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters · Self
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien · Self
- Vendetta II: The New Mafia · Frank Latella
- Lincoln · William Crook (Voice)
- The Donner Party · voice
- The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 · Don Altobello
- Night and the City · Peck
- Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story · Bill Presser
- Mistress · George Lieberhof
- Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems · Voice
- Legacy of Lies · Moses Resnick