
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
The Yidishe Gauchos
Movie · as Narrator

Rat Pack
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Train
Movie · as Andre

Showing Up
Movie · as Self

The Ghost Writer
Movie · as Old man

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Movie · as Julie Steinhardt

Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
Movie · as Mordechai Rossman (voice)

The Toe Tactic
Movie · as Maestro

In the Name of Democracy
Movie · as Narrator

Nurse Jackie
TV · as Bernard Zimberg · 1 ep

New York, I Love You
Movie · as Abe

Vote and Die: Liszt for President
Movie · as Joe Nightingale

Il falso bugiardo
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Mama's Boy
Movie · as Seymour Warburton

Brando
Movie · as Self

Brand Upon the Brain!
Movie · as Narrator (live recording)

The War
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 7 eps

The Holiday
Movie · as Arthur

The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'
Movie · as Self

The Hoax
Movie · as Noah Dietrich

Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
Movie · as Self

The Real James Dean
Movie · as Self

Baby Doll: See No Evil
Movie · as Self

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
TV · as Eli Weinraub · 1 ep

A Taste Of Jupiter
Movie · as Arturo

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
Movie · as Self

The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
Movie · as Father

James Dean: Sense Memories
Movie · as Self

The Easter Egg Adventure
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'
Movie · as Self

Leone's West
Movie · as Self

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Movie · as Other Voices (voice)

Por un puñado de sueños
Movie · as Self - Interviewee

King of the Corner
Movie · as Sol Spivak

Stroker and Hoop
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

Mystic River
Movie · as Mr. Loonie (uncredited)

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie · as Self

The Education of Gore Vidal
Movie · as Self

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
Movie · as Self / Narrator

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Movie · as Other Voices (voice)

Rita
Movie · as Self

Veritas: The Quest
TV · as Rabbi · 1 ep

Whoopi
TV · as Norman · 1 ep

Monday Night Mayhem
Movie · as Leonard Goldenson

Cinerama Adventure
Movie · as Self

Making 'The Misfits'
Movie · as Self

The Job
TV · as Mr. Weiss · 1 ep

Keeping the Faith
Movie · as Rabbi Ben Lewis

Uninvited
Movie · as Alan Strasser

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Movie · as Self

The Bookfair Murders
Movie · as Erich Schmidt

Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
Movie · as Self

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Movie · as Deluca

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Movie · as Self

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Movie · as Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)

The Associate
Movie · as Donald Fallon

Honey Sweet Love
Movie · as Don Siro

The Search for Dracula
Movie · as Narrator

O. Henry's Christmas
Movie · as Behrman ("The Last Leaf")

Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
Movie · as Self

The West
TV · as Self · 9 eps

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Movie · as Self

Two Much
Movie · as Sheldon

Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
Movie · as Narrator

James Dean: A Portrait
Movie · as Self

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
Movie · as Narrator
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed
Movie · as Self

Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
Movie · as Self

The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Baseball
TV · as Various (voice)

ER
TV · as Mr. Langston · 1 ep

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Vendetta II: The New Mafia
TV · as Frank Latella · 2 eps

Article 99
Movie · as Sam Abrams

Night and the City
Movie · as Peck

Mistress
Movie · as George Lieberhof

The Donner Party
Movie · as voice

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
Movie · as (voice)

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
Movie · as (voice)

Legacy of Lies
Movie · as Moses Resnick

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
Movie · as Bill Presser
Lincoln
Movie · as William Crook (voice)

The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Movie · as Don Altobello

Coney Island
Movie · as Self - Actor
Terezin Diary
Movie · as Narrator

The Godfather Part III
Movie · as Don Altobello

The Two Jakes
Movie · as Cotton Weinberger
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Movie · as Self

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Movie · as Self / Don Altobello

Law & Order
TV · as Simon Vilanis · 1 ep

Funny
Movie · as Self

Hello Actors Studio
Movie · as Self

An Empire of Reason
Movie · as Anti-Federalist Spokesman

Nuts
Movie · as Dr. Herbert A. Morrison

The Impossible Spy
Movie · as Yacov

Hollywood Uncensored
Movie · as Self
Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV
Movie · as Self - Host

Eve and Marilyn
Movie · as Self (archive photo)

Tough Guys
Movie · as Leon B. Little

Rocket to the Moon
Movie · as Mr. Prince

Something in Common
Movie · as Norman Voss

Worlds Beyond
TV · as Charles Burgess · 1 ep

Murder: By Reason of Insanity
Movie · as Dr. Huffman

Embassy
Movie · as Joe Verga

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Yosef Kandinsky · 1 ep

Our Family Honor
TV · as Vincent Danzig · 13 eps

Christopher Columbus
TV · as Padre Fernando De Talavera · 4 eps

Screen Two
TV · as Yacov · 1 ep

Sam's Son
Movie · as Sam Orowitz

Anatomy of an Illness
Movie · as Dr. William Hitzig

Highway to Heaven
TV · as Timothy Charles, Gene Malloy · 1 ep

Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Salvatore Gambini · 1 ep

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

The Executioner's Song
Movie · as Vern Damico

The Wall
Movie · as Mauritzi Apt

Wogan
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Executioner's Song
TV · as Vern Damico · 2 eps

American Playhouse
TV · as Mr. Prince · 1 ep

Skokie
Movie · as Bert Silverman

The Salamander
Movie · as General Leporello

The Pride of Jesse Hallam
Movie · as Sal Galucci

The Hunter
Movie · as Ritchie Blumenthal

Guri
Movie

Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

Fugitive Family
Movie · as Olan Vacio

Winter Kills
Movie · as Joe Diamond

Firepower
Movie · as Sal Hyman

Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Gerry Williams · 1 ep

Circle of Iron
Movie · as Man-in-Oil

Movie Movie
Movie · as Vince Marlow / Pop

Girlfriends
Movie · as Rabbi Gold

Little Italy
Movie · as Don Gerolamo Giarra

The Deep
Movie · as Adam Coffin

The Domino Principle
Movie · as Gen. Reser

The Sentinel
Movie · as Detective Gatz

Nasty Habits
Movie · as Monsignor

The Hollywood Greats
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Seventh Avenue
TV · as Gus Farber · 3 eps

The Pirate
TV · as Ben Ezra · 2 eps

Plot of Fear
Movie · as Peter Struwwel

Independence
Movie · as Benjamin Franklin

The White, The Yellow, and The Black
Movie · as Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack

Eye of the Cat
Movie · as Cesare

Crazy Joe
Movie · as Don Vittorio

Houston, We've Got a Problem
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Indict and Convict
Movie · as DeWitt Foster

Cinderella Liberty
Movie · as Lynn Forshay

A Cold Night's Death
Movie · as Frank Enari

Stateline Motel
Movie · as Joe

Kojak
TV · as Lee Curtin · 2 eps

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
TV · as Fuzzy · 1 ep

Don't Turn the Other Cheek
Movie · as Maz Lozoya

Romance of a Horsethief
Movie · as Kifke

Paradise Lost
Movie · as Leo Gordon

The Typists
Movie · as Paul Cunningham

Great Performances
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Zig Zag
Movie · as Mario Gambretti

The People Next Door
Movie · as Arthur Mason

The Adventures of Gerard
Movie · as Napoleon Bonaparte

The Angel Levine
Movie · as Delicatessen Clerk

The Reason Why
Movie · as Charles

Mackenna's Gold
Movie · as Ben Baker

The Brain
Movie · as Frankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian Mafia

Ace High
Movie · as Cacopoulos

A Lovely Way to Die
Movie · as Tennessee Fredericks

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
Movie · as Harry Hunter

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Tiger Makes Out
Movie · as Ben Harris
The Owl Who Gave a Hoot
Movie · as Mr. Owl (voice)

How to Steal a Million
Movie · as Davis Leland

The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Movie · as 'Happy' Locarno

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Movie · as Tuco Ramirez

Batman
TV · as Mister Freeze · 2 eps
CBS Playhouse
TV · as Douglas Lambert · 1 ep

Genghis Khan
Movie · as Shah of Khwarezm

Lord Jim
Movie · as The General

The Moon-Spinners
Movie · as Stratos

Kisses for My President
Movie · as Raphael Valdez Jr.

The Victors
Movie · as Sgt. Craig

Act One
Movie · as Warren Stone

How the West Was Won
Movie · as Charlie Gant

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Movie · as John

The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 5 eps

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 7 eps

The Misfits
Movie · as Guido

The Dick Powell Show
TV · as Manny Jacobs · 1 ep

The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 7 eps

The Magnificent Seven
Movie · as Calvera

Seven Thieves
Movie · as Poncho

Lullaby
Movie · as Johnny Horton

Outlaws
TV · 1 ep

For Whom the Bell Tolls
Movie · as Rafael
I, Don Quixote
Movie · as Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant

The David Susskind Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Lineup
Movie · as Dancer

The Gift of the Magi
Movie · as Narrator

The Plot to Kill Stalin
Movie · as Poskrebyshev

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

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV · as Raymond Perez · 1 ep

Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV · as Simon · 1 ep

The Lark
Movie · as Dauphin

Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV · as Self · 4 eps

Suspicion
TV · 1 ep

Baby Doll
Movie · as Silva Vacarro

Playhouse 90
TV · as Rafael · 2 eps

Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps

Climax!
TV · as Albert Anastasia · 1 ep

Omnibus
TV · 1 ep

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Dauphin · 1 ep

What's My Line?
TV · as Self - Mystery Guest · 1 ep

Lights Out
TV · as Giovanni · 1 ep

The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · as Nacho · 2 eps

Studio One
TV · as Peter Hendon, Ozep · 1 ep





