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Eli Wallach

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Eli Wallach

Born
Died
(aged 98)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
215 titles

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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Acting credits 215

YearTitleRole
TBA The Yidishe Gauchos Film Narrator
2022 Rat Pack Film Self (archive footage)
2015 The Train Film Andre
2014 Showing Up Film Self
2010 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Film Julie Steinhardt
2010 Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber Film Mordechai Rossman (voice)
2010 The Ghost Writer Film Old man
2009 Nurse Jackie TV Bernard Zimberg (1 ep)
2009 In the Name of Democracy Film Narrator
2009 The Toe Tactic Film Maestro
2008 New York, I Love You Film Abe
2008 Il falso bugiardo Film Self (archive footage)
2008 Vote and Die: Liszt for President Film Joe Nightingale
2007 Mama's Boy Film Seymour Warburton
2007 The War TV Narrator (voice) (7 ep)
2007 Brando Film Self
2006 The Holiday Film Arthur
2006 The Hoax Film Noah Dietrich
2006 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip TV Eli Weinraub (1 ep)
2006 The Real James Dean Film Self
2006 Baby Doll: See No Evil Film Self
2006 Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things Film Self
2006 The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven' Film Self
2005 A Taste Of Jupiter Film Arturo
2005 Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool Film Self
2005 James Dean: Sense Memories Film Self
2005 The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation Film Father
2004 The Easter Egg Adventure Film Narrator (voice)
2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Film Other Voices (voice)
2004 Stroker and Hoop TV Narrator (voice) (1 ep)
2004 King of the Corner Film Sol Spivak
2004 Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly' Film Self
2004 Leone's West Film Self
2004 Por un puñado de sueños Film Self - Interviewee
2003 Mystic River Film Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
2003 Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip Film Other Voices (voice)
2003 Rita Film Self
2003 Whoopi TV Norman (1 ep)
2003 The Education of Gore Vidal Film Self
2003 Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There Film Self
2003 Veritas: The Quest TV Rabbi (1 ep)
2003 Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King Film Self / Narrator
2002 Making 'The Misfits' Film Self
2002 Cinerama Adventure Film Self
2002 Monday Night Mayhem Film Leonard Goldenson
2001 The Job TV Mr. Weiss (1 ep)
2000 Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows Film Self
2000 Uninvited Film Alan Strasser
2000 Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' Film Self
2000 Keeping the Faith Film Rabbi Ben Lewis
2000 The Bookfair Murders Film Erich Schmidt
1998 Naked City: Justice with a Bullet Film Deluca
1997 The Trial of Adolf Eichmann Film Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)
1997 Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years Film Self
1996 The Associate Film Donald Fallon
1996 The West TV Self (9 ep)
1996 O. Henry's Christmas Film Behrman ("The Last Leaf")
1996 Honey Sweet Love Film Don Siro
1996 Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome Film Self
1996 The Search for Dracula Film Narrator

Crew credits 1

YearTitleJob
1967 The Tiger Makes Out Film Producer
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