Eli Wallach

Eli Wallach

Known for
Acting
Born
December 7, 1915
Died
June 24, 2014 (aged 98)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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

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Filmography

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The Yidishe Gauchos

The Yidishe Gauchos

Movie · as Narrator

2022
Rat Pack poster

Rat Pack

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2015
The Train poster

The Train

Movie · as Andre

2014
Showing Up poster

Showing Up

Movie · as Self

2010
The Ghost Writer poster

The Ghost Writer

Movie · as Old man

2010
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps poster

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Movie · as Julie Steinhardt

2010
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber poster

Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

Movie · as Mordechai Rossman (voice)

2009
The Toe Tactic poster

The Toe Tactic

Movie · as Maestro

2009
In the Name of Democracy poster

In the Name of Democracy

Movie · as Narrator

2009
Nurse Jackie poster

Nurse Jackie

TV · as Bernard Zimberg · 1 ep

2008
New York, I Love You poster

New York, I Love You

Movie · as Abe

2008
Vote and Die: Liszt for President poster

Vote and Die: Liszt for President

Movie · as Joe Nightingale

2008
Il falso bugiardo poster

Il falso bugiardo

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2007
Mama's Boy poster

Mama's Boy

Movie · as Seymour Warburton

2007
Brando poster

Brando

Movie · as Self

2007
Brand Upon the Brain! poster

Brand Upon the Brain!

Movie · as Narrator (live recording)

2007
The War poster

The War

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 7 eps

2006
The Holiday poster

The Holiday

Movie · as Arthur

2006
The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven' poster

The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'

Movie · as Self

2006
The Hoax poster

The Hoax

Movie · as Noah Dietrich

2006
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things poster

Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things

Movie · as Self

2006
The Real James Dean poster

The Real James Dean

Movie · as Self

2006
Baby Doll: See No Evil poster

Baby Doll: See No Evil

Movie · as Self

2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip poster

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

TV · as Eli Weinraub · 1 ep

2005
A Taste Of Jupiter poster

A Taste Of Jupiter

Movie · as Arturo

2005
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool poster

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

Movie · as Self

2005
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation poster

The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation

Movie · as Father

2005
James Dean: Sense Memories poster

James Dean: Sense Memories

Movie · as Self

2004
The Easter Egg Adventure poster

The Easter Egg Adventure

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2004
Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly' poster

Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'

Movie · as Self

2004
Leone's West poster

Leone's West

Movie · as Self

2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson poster

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Movie · as Other Voices (voice)

2004
Por un puñado de sueños poster

Por un puñado de sueños

Movie · as Self - Interviewee

2004
King of the Corner poster

King of the Corner

Movie · as Sol Spivak

2004
Stroker and Hoop poster

Stroker and Hoop

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

2003
Mystic River poster

Mystic River

Movie · as Mr. Loonie (uncredited)

2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There poster

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Movie · as Self

2003
The Education of Gore Vidal poster

The Education of Gore Vidal

Movie · as Self

2003
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King poster

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King

Movie · as Self / Narrator

2003
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip poster

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

Movie · as Other Voices (voice)

2003
Rita poster

Rita

Movie · as Self

2003
Veritas: The Quest poster

Veritas: The Quest

TV · as Rabbi · 1 ep

2003
Whoopi poster

Whoopi

TV · as Norman · 1 ep

2002
Monday Night Mayhem poster

Monday Night Mayhem

Movie · as Leonard Goldenson

2002
Cinerama Adventure poster

Cinerama Adventure

Movie · as Self

2002
Making 'The Misfits' poster

Making 'The Misfits'

Movie · as Self

2001
The Job poster

The Job

TV · as Mr. Weiss · 1 ep

2000
Keeping the Faith poster

Keeping the Faith

Movie · as Rabbi Ben Lewis

2000
Uninvited poster

Uninvited

Movie · as Alan Strasser

2000
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows poster

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

Movie · as Self

2000
The Bookfair Murders poster

The Bookfair Murders

Movie · as Erich Schmidt

2000
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' poster

Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'

Movie · as Self

1998
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet poster

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

Movie · as Deluca

1997
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years poster

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

Movie · as Self

1997
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann poster

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

Movie · as Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)

1996
The Associate poster

The Associate

Movie · as Donald Fallon

1996
Honey Sweet Love poster

Honey Sweet Love

Movie · as Don Siro

1996
The Search for Dracula poster

The Search for Dracula

Movie · as Narrator

1996
O. Henry's Christmas poster

O. Henry's Christmas

Movie · as Behrman ("The Last Leaf")

1996
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome poster

Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome

Movie · as Self

1996
The West poster

The West

TV · as Self · 9 eps

1995
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King poster

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

Movie · as Self

1995
Two Much poster

Two Much

Movie · as Sheldon

1995
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey poster

Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey

Movie · as Narrator

1995
James Dean: A Portrait poster

James Dean: A Portrait

Movie · as Self

1994
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein poster

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

Movie · as Narrator

1994
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed

Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed

Movie · as Self

1994
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess poster

Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess

Movie · as Self

1994
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters poster

The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

1994
Inside the Actors Studio poster

Inside the Actors Studio

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
Baseball poster

Baseball

TV · as Various (voice)

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Mr. Langston · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1993
Vendetta II: The New Mafia poster

Vendetta II: The New Mafia

TV · as Frank Latella · 2 eps

1992
Article 99 poster

Article 99

Movie · as Sam Abrams

1992
Night and the City poster

Night and the City

Movie · as Peck

1992
Mistress poster

Mistress

Movie · as George Lieberhof

1992
The Donner Party poster

The Donner Party

Movie · as voice

1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes poster

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

Movie · as (voice)

1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems poster

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

Movie · as (voice)

1992
Legacy of Lies poster

Legacy of Lies

Movie · as Moses Resnick

1992
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story poster

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

Movie · as Bill Presser

1992
Lincoln

Lincoln

Movie · as William Crook (voice)

1992
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 poster

The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980

Movie · as Don Altobello

1991
Coney Island poster

Coney Island

Movie · as Self - Actor

1991
Terezin Diary

Terezin Diary

Movie · as Narrator

1990
The Godfather Part III poster

The Godfather Part III

Movie · as Don Altobello

1990
The Two Jakes poster

The Two Jakes

Movie · as Cotton Weinberger

1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

Movie · as Self

1990
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside poster

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

Movie · as Self / Don Altobello

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Simon Vilanis · 1 ep

1988
Funny poster

Funny

Movie · as Self

1988
Hello Actors Studio poster

Hello Actors Studio

Movie · as Self

1988
An Empire of Reason poster

An Empire of Reason

Movie · as Anti-Federalist Spokesman

1987
Nuts poster

Nuts

Movie · as Dr. Herbert A. Morrison

1987
The Impossible Spy poster

The Impossible Spy

Movie · as Yacov

1987
Hollywood Uncensored poster

Hollywood Uncensored

Movie · as Self

1987
Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland

Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1987
Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV poster

Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV

Movie · as Self - Host

1987
Eve and Marilyn poster

Eve and Marilyn

Movie · as Self (archive photo)

1986
Tough Guys poster

Tough Guys

Movie · as Leon B. Little

1986
Rocket to the Moon poster

Rocket to the Moon

Movie · as Mr. Prince

1986
Something in Common poster

Something in Common

Movie · as Norman Voss

1986
Worlds Beyond poster

Worlds Beyond

TV · as Charles Burgess · 1 ep

1985
Murder: By Reason of Insanity poster

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

Movie · as Dr. Huffman

1985
Embassy poster

Embassy

Movie · as Joe Verga

1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Yosef Kandinsky · 1 ep

1985
Our Family Honor poster

Our Family Honor

TV · as Vincent Danzig · 13 eps

1985
Christopher Columbus poster

Christopher Columbus

TV · as Padre Fernando De Talavera · 4 eps

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Yacov · 1 ep

1984
Sam's Son poster

Sam's Son

Movie · as Sam Orowitz

1984
Anatomy of an Illness poster

Anatomy of an Illness

Movie · as Dr. William Hitzig

1984
Highway to Heaven poster

Highway to Heaven

TV · as Timothy Charles, Gene Malloy · 1 ep

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Salvatore Gambini · 1 ep

1983
Reading Rainbow poster

Reading Rainbow

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1982
The Executioner's Song poster

The Executioner's Song

Movie · as Vern Damico

1982
The Wall poster

The Wall

Movie · as Mauritzi Apt

1982
Wogan poster

Wogan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1982
The Executioner's Song poster

The Executioner's Song

TV · as Vern Damico · 2 eps

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Mr. Prince · 1 ep

1981
Skokie poster

Skokie

Movie · as Bert Silverman

1981
The Salamander poster

The Salamander

Movie · as General Leporello

1981
The Pride of Jesse Hallam poster

The Pride of Jesse Hallam

Movie · as Sal Galucci

1980
The Hunter poster

The Hunter

Movie · as Ritchie Blumenthal

1980
Guri poster

Guri

Movie

1980
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush poster

Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

1980
Fugitive Family poster

Fugitive Family

Movie · as Olan Vacio

1979
Winter Kills poster

Winter Kills

Movie · as Joe Diamond

1979
Firepower poster

Firepower

Movie · as Sal Hyman

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as Gerry Williams · 1 ep

1978
Circle of Iron poster

Circle of Iron

Movie · as Man-in-Oil

1978
Movie Movie poster

Movie Movie

Movie · as Vince Marlow / Pop

1978
Girlfriends poster

Girlfriends

Movie · as Rabbi Gold

1978
Little Italy poster

Little Italy

Movie · as Don Gerolamo Giarra

1977
The Deep poster

The Deep

Movie · as Adam Coffin

1977
The Domino Principle poster

The Domino Principle

Movie · as Gen. Reser

1977
The Sentinel poster

The Sentinel

Movie · as Detective Gatz

1977
Nasty Habits poster

Nasty Habits

Movie · as Monsignor

1977
The Hollywood Greats poster

The Hollywood Greats

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1977
Seventh Avenue poster

Seventh Avenue

TV · as Gus Farber · 3 eps

1977
The Pirate poster

The Pirate

TV · as Ben Ezra · 2 eps

1976
Plot of Fear poster

Plot of Fear

Movie · as Peter Struwwel

1976
Independence poster

Independence

Movie · as Benjamin Franklin

1975
The White, The Yellow, and The Black poster

The White, The Yellow, and The Black

Movie · as Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack

1975
Eye of the Cat poster

Eye of the Cat

Movie · as Cesare

1974
Crazy Joe poster

Crazy Joe

Movie · as Don Vittorio

1974
Houston, We've Got a Problem poster

Houston, We've Got a Problem

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1974
Indict and Convict poster

Indict and Convict

Movie · as DeWitt Foster

1973
Cinderella Liberty poster

Cinderella Liberty

Movie · as Lynn Forshay

1973
A Cold Night's Death poster

A Cold Night's Death

Movie · as Frank Enari

1973
Stateline Motel poster

Stateline Motel

Movie · as Joe

1973
Kojak poster

Kojak

TV · as Lee Curtin · 2 eps

1973
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries poster

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

TV · as Fuzzy · 1 ep

1971
Don't Turn the Other Cheek poster

Don't Turn the Other Cheek

Movie · as Maz Lozoya

1971
Romance of a Horsethief poster

Romance of a Horsethief

Movie · as Kifke

1971
Paradise Lost poster

Paradise Lost

Movie · as Leo Gordon

1971
The Typists poster

The Typists

Movie · as Paul Cunningham

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
Zig Zag poster

Zig Zag

Movie · as Mario Gambretti

1970
The People Next Door poster

The People Next Door

Movie · as Arthur Mason

1970
The Adventures of Gerard poster

The Adventures of Gerard

Movie · as Napoleon Bonaparte

1970
The Angel Levine poster

The Angel Levine

Movie · as Delicatessen Clerk

1970
The Reason Why poster

The Reason Why

Movie · as Charles

1969
Mackenna's Gold poster

Mackenna's Gold

Movie · as Ben Baker

1969
The Brain poster

The Brain

Movie · as Frankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian Mafia

1968
Ace High poster

Ace High

Movie · as Cacopoulos

1968
A Lovely Way to Die poster

A Lovely Way to Die

Movie · as Tennessee Fredericks

1968
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life poster

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

Movie · as Harry Hunter

1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In poster

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1967
The Tiger Makes Out poster

The Tiger Makes Out

Movie · as Ben Harris

1967
The Owl Who Gave a Hoot

The Owl Who Gave a Hoot

Movie · as Mr. Owl (voice)

1966
How to Steal a Million poster

How to Steal a Million

Movie · as Davis Leland

1966
The Poppy Is Also a Flower poster

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

Movie · as 'Happy' Locarno

1966
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly poster

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Movie · as Tuco Ramirez

1966
Batman poster

Batman

TV · as Mister Freeze · 2 eps

1966
CBS Playhouse

CBS Playhouse

TV · as Douglas Lambert · 1 ep

1965
Genghis Khan poster

Genghis Khan

Movie · as Shah of Khwarezm

1965
Lord Jim poster

Lord Jim

Movie · as The General

1964
The Moon-Spinners poster

The Moon-Spinners

Movie · as Stratos

1964
Kisses for My President poster

Kisses for My President

Movie · as Raphael Valdez Jr.

1963
The Victors poster

The Victors

Movie · as Sgt. Craig

1963
Act One poster

Act One

Movie · as Warren Stone

1962
How the West Was Won poster

How the West Was Won

Movie · as Charlie Gant

1962
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man poster

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

Movie · as John

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 7 eps

1961
The Misfits poster

The Misfits

Movie · as Guido

1961
The Dick Powell Show poster

The Dick Powell Show

TV · as Manny Jacobs · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 7 eps

1960
The Magnificent Seven poster

The Magnificent Seven

Movie · as Calvera

1960
Seven Thieves poster

Seven Thieves

Movie · as Poncho

1960
Lullaby poster

Lullaby

Movie · as Johnny Horton

1960
Outlaws poster

Outlaws

TV · 1 ep

1959
For Whom the Bell Tolls poster

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Movie · as Rafael

1959
I, Don Quixote

I, Don Quixote

Movie · as Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant

1959
The David Susskind Show poster

The David Susskind Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1958
The Lineup poster

The Lineup

Movie · as Dancer

1958
The Gift of the Magi poster

The Gift of the Magi

Movie · as Narrator

1958
The Plot to Kill Stalin poster

The Plot to Kill Stalin

Movie · as Poskrebyshev

1958
Naked City poster

Naked City

TV · as Det. Peter Bane, Georgie · 1 ep

1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse poster

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

TV · as Raymond Perez · 1 ep

1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook poster

Shirley Temple's Storybook

TV · as Simon · 1 ep

1957
The Lark poster

The Lark

Movie · as Dauphin

1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar poster

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1957
Suspicion poster

Suspicion

TV · 1 ep

1956
Baby Doll poster

Baby Doll

Movie · as Silva Vacarro

1956
Playhouse 90 poster

Playhouse 90

TV · as Rafael · 2 eps

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps

1954
Climax! poster

Climax!

TV · as Albert Anastasia · 1 ep

1952
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Dauphin · 1 ep

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self - Mystery Guest · 1 ep

1949
Lights Out poster

Lights Out

TV · as Giovanni · 1 ep

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1948
The Philco Television Playhouse poster

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV · as Nacho · 2 eps

1948
Studio One poster

Studio One

TV · as Peter Hendon, Ozep · 1 ep