Eli Wallach
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.
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Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
212
Gender
Male
Birthday
1915-12-07 (109 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Acting
2022
Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)2015
The Train as Andre2014
Showing Up as Self2010
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps as Julie Steinhardt2010
The Ghost Writer as Old man2010
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber as Mordechai Rossman (voice)2009
The Toe Tactic as Maestro2008
The War as Narrator (voice)2008
New York, I Love You as Abe2008
Il falso bugiardo as Self (archive footage)2008
Vote and Die: Liszt for President as Joe Nightingale2007
Mama's Boy as Seymour Warburton2007
Brando as Self2006
The Holiday as Arthur2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Eli Weinraub2006
The Hoax as Noah Dietrich2006
The Real James Dean as Self2006
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things as Self2006
Baby Doll: See No Evil as Self2005
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation as Father2005
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool as Self2005
A Taste Of Jupiter as Arturo2005
James Dean: Sense Memories as Self2004
Stroker and Hoop as Narrator (voice)2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Other Voices (voice)2004
King of the Corner as Sol Spivak2004
The Easter Egg Adventure as Narrator (voice)2004
Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly' as Self2004
Leone's West as Self2004
Por un puñado de sueños as Self - Interviewee2003
Mystic River as Mr. Loonie (uncredited)2003
Veritas: The Quest as Rabbi2003
Whoopi as Norman2003
Rita as Self2003
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip as Other Voices (voice)2003
The Education of Gore Vidal as Self2003
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King as Self / Narrator2002
Monday Night Mayhem as Leonard Goldenson2002
Cinerama Adventure as Self2002
Making 'The Misfits' as Self2001
The Job as Mr. Weiss2000
Keeping the Faith as Rabbi Ben Lewis2000
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows as Self2000
The Bookfair Murders as Erich Schmidt2000
Uninvited as Alan Strasser2000
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' as Self1998
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet as Deluca1997
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann as Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)1997
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years as Self1996
The West as Self1996
The Associate as Donald Fallon1996
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen as Quote Reader1996
O. Henry's Christmas as Behrman ("The Last Leaf")1996
Honey Sweet Love as Don Siro1996
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome as Self1996
The Search for Dracula as Narrator1995
Two Much as Sheldon1995
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King as Self1995
American Cinema as Narrator1995
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey as Narrator1994
ER as Mr. Langston1994
Baseball as Various (voice)1994
Baseball as (voice)1994
Inside the Actors Studio as Self1994
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein as Narrator1994
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess as Self1994
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters as Self - Narrator (voice)1994
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed as Self1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest1993
Vendetta II: The New Mafia as Frank Latella1992
Article 99 as Sam Abrams1992
Mistress as George Lieberhof1992
Night and the City as Peck1992
Lincoln as William Crook (voice)1992
The Donner Party as voice1992
Legacy of Lies as Moses Resnick1992
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story as Bill Presser1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems as (voice)1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes as (voice)1991
Coney Island as Self - Actor1991
Terezin Diary as Narrator1990
Law & Order as Simon Vilanis1990
The Godfather Part III as Don Altobello1990
The Two Jakes as Cotton Weinberger1990
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside as Self / Don Altobello1988
Hello Actors Studio as Self1988
An Empire of Reason as Anti-Federalist Spokesman1988
Funny as Self1987
Nuts as Dr. Herbert A. Morrison1987
Hollywood Uncensored as Self1987
The Impossible Spy as Yacov1987
Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland as Narrator (voice)1986
Tough Guys as Leon B. Little1986
Something in Common as Norman Voss1986
Rocket to the Moon as Mr. Prince1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Yosef Kandinsky1985
Our Family Honor as Vincent Danzig1985
Christopher Columbus as Padre Fernando De Talavera1985
Murder: By Reason of Insanity as Dr. Huffman1985
Embassy as Joe Verga1984
Murder, She Wrote as Salvatore Gambini1984
Highway to Heaven as Timothy Charles1984
Anatomy of an Illness as Dr. William Hitzig1984
Sam's Son as Sam Orowitz1983
Reading Rainbow as Himself - Narrator (voice)1982
Wogan as Self1982
American Playhouse as Mr. Prince1982
The Executioner's Song as Vern Damico1982
The Wall as Mauritzi Apt1982
The Executioner's Song as Vern Damico1981
The Salamander as General Leporello1981
The Pride of Jesse Hallam as Sal Galucci1981
Skokie as Bert Silverman1980
The Hunter as Ritchie Blumenthal1980
Fugitive Family as Olan Vacio1980
Guri as Not available1980
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush as Self - Narrator (voice)1979
Tales of the Unexpected as Gerry Williams1979
Winter Kills as Joe Diamond1979
Firepower as Sal Hyman1978
Circle of Iron as Man-in-Oil1978
Movie Movie as Vince Marlow / Pop1978
Girlfriends as Rabbi Gold1978
The Pirate as Ben Ezra1978
Little Italy as Don Gerolamo Giarra1977
The Hollywood Greats as Self1977
The Sentinel as Detective Gatz1977
The Deep as Adam Coffin1977
Seventh Avenue as Gus Farber1977
The Domino Principle as Gen. Reser1977
Nasty Habits as Monsignor1976
Plot of Fear as Peter Struwwel1976
Independence as Benjamin Franklin1975
Shoot First… Ask Questions Later as Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack1975
Eye of the Cat as Cesare1974
Crazy Joe as Don Vittorio1974
Houston, We've Got a Problem as Narrator (voice)1974
Indict and Convict as DeWitt Foster1973
Kojak as Lee Curtin1973
Cinderella Liberty as Lynn Forshay1973
Stateline Motel as Joe1973
A Cold Night's Death as Frank Enari1971
Great Performances as Self1971
Don't Turn the Other Cheek as Maz Lozoya1971
Romance of a Horsethief as Kifke1971
Paradise Lost as Leo Gordon1971
The Typists as Paul Cunningham1970
The People Next Door as Arthur Mason1970
The Angel Levine as Delicatessen Clerk1970
The Adventures of Gerard as Napoleon Bonaparte1970
Zig Zag as Mario Gambretti1970
The Reason Why as Charles1969
Mackenna's Gold as Ben Baker1969
The Brain as Frankie Scannapieco, godfather of the Italian mafia1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self1968
Ace High as Cacopoulos1968
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life as Harry Hunter1968
A Lovely Way to Die as Tennessee Fredericks1967
The Tiger Makes Out as Ben Harris1967
The Owl Who Gave a Hoot as Mr. Owl (voice)1966
Batman as Mister Freeze1966
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as Tuco Ramirez1966
CBS Playhouse as Douglas Lambert1966
How to Steal a Million as Davis Leland1966
The Poppy Is Also a Flower as 'Happy' Locarno1965
Genghis Khan as Shah of Khwarezm1965
Lord Jim as The General1964
The Moon-Spinners as Stratos1964
Kisses for My President as Raphael Valdez Jr.1963
The Victors as Sgt. Craig1963
Act One as Warren Stone1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self1962
The Merv Griffin Show as Self1962
How the West Was Won as Charlie Gant1962
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man as John1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self1961
The Dick Powell Show as Manny Jacobs1961
The Misfits as Guido1960
Outlaws as Not available1960
The Magnificent Seven as Calvera1960
Seven Thieves as Poncho1960
Lullaby as Johnny Horton1959
The David Susskind Show as Self1959
For Whom the Bell Tolls as Rafael1959
I, Don Quixote as Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant1958
Naked City as Det. Peter Bane1958
Naked City as Georgie1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Raymond Perez1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook as Simon1958
The Lineup as Dancer1958
The Gift of the Magi as Narrator1958
The Plot to Kill Stalin as Poskrebyshev1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self1957
Suspicion as Not available1957
The Lark as Dauphin1956
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter1956
Playhouse 90 as Rafael1956
Baby Doll as Silva Vacarro1954
Climax! as Albert Anastasia1952
Omnibus as Not available1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dauphin1950
What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest1949
Lights Out as Giovanni1948
The Ed Sullivan Show as Self1948
The Philco Television Playhouse as Not available1948
The Philco Television Playhouse as Nacho1948
Studio One as Ozep1948
Studio One as Peter HendonCrew
1967
The Tiger Makes Out Producer