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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-12-07 (109 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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

Acting

2022

Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)

2015

The Train as Andre

2014

Showing Up as Self

2010

The Ghost Writer as Old man

2009

The Toe Tactic as Maestro

2008

Il falso bugiardo as Self (archive footage)
The War as Narrator (voice)

2007

Mama's Boy as Seymour Warburton
Brando as Self

2006

The Holiday as Arthur
The Hoax as Noah Dietrich

2005

2004

The Easter Egg Adventure as Narrator (voice)
Leone's West as Self
Por un puñado de sueños as Self - Interviewee
King of the Corner as Sol Spivak
Stroker and Hoop as Narrator (voice)

2003

Mystic River as Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
Rita as Self
Whoopi as Norman

2002

Monday Night Mayhem as Leonard Goldenson

2001

The Job as Mr. Weiss

2000

Keeping the Faith as Rabbi Ben Lewis
Uninvited as Alan Strasser
The Bookfair Murders as Erich Schmidt

1998

1997

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

1996

The Associate as Donald Fallon
Honey Sweet Love as Don Siro
O. Henry's Christmas as Behrman ("The Last Leaf")
The West as Self

1995

Two Much as Sheldon
American Cinema as Narrator

1994

The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters as Self - Narrator (voice)
Baseball as Various (voice)
ER as Mr. Langston
Baseball as (voice)

1993

1992

Article 99 as Sam Abrams
Mistress as George Lieberhof
Legacy of Lies as Moses Resnick
Lincoln as William Crook (voice)

1991

Coney Island as Self - Actor
Terezin Diary as Narrator

1990

The Godfather Part III as Don Altobello
The Two Jakes as Cotton Weinberger
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside as Self / Don Altobello
Law & Order as Simon Vilanis

1988

Funny as Self
An Empire of Reason as Anti-Federalist Spokesman

1987

Nuts as Dr. Herbert A. Morrison

1986

Tough Guys as Leon B. Little
Rocket to the Moon as Mr. Prince
Something in Common as Norman Voss

1985

Embassy as Joe Verga
Our Family Honor as Vincent Danzig
Christopher Columbus as Padre Fernando De Talavera

1984

Sam's Son as Sam Orowitz
Anatomy of an Illness as Dr. William Hitzig
Highway to Heaven as Timothy Charles
Murder, She Wrote as Salvatore Gambini

1983

Reading Rainbow as Himself - Narrator (voice)

1982

The Executioner's Song as Vern Damico
The Wall as Mauritzi Apt
Wogan as Self
American Playhouse as Mr. Prince
The Executioner's Song as Vern Damico

1981

Skokie as Bert Silverman
The Salamander as General Leporello

1980

The Hunter as Ritchie Blumenthal
Fugitive Family as Olan Vacio

1979

Winter Kills as Joe Diamond
Firepower as Sal Hyman
Tales of the Unexpected as Gerry Williams

1978

Circle of Iron as Man-in-Oil
Movie Movie as Vince Marlow / Pop
Girlfriends as Rabbi Gold
The Pirate as Ben Ezra
Little Italy as Don Gerolamo Giarra

1977

The Deep as Adam Coffin
The Domino Principle as Gen. Reser
The Sentinel as Detective Gatz
Nasty Habits as Monsignor
Seventh Avenue as Gus Farber

1976

Plot of Fear as Peter Struwwel
Independence as Benjamin Franklin

1975

Shoot First… Ask Questions Later as Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack
Eye of the Cat as Cesare

1974

Crazy Joe as Don Vittorio
Houston, We've Got a Problem as Narrator (voice)
Indict and Convict as DeWitt Foster

1973

Cinderella Liberty as Lynn Forshay
A Cold Night's Death as Frank Enari
Kojak as Lee Curtin

1971

Paradise Lost as Leo Gordon
The Typists as Paul Cunningham

1970

Zig Zag as Mario Gambretti
The People Next Door as Arthur Mason
The Adventures of Gerard as Napoleon Bonaparte
The Angel Levine as Delicatessen Clerk
The Reason Why as Charles

1969

Mackenna's Gold as Ben Baker
The Brain as Frankie Scannapieco, godfather of the Italian mafia

1968

Ace High as Cacopoulos
A Lovely Way to Die as Tennessee Fredericks

1967

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

1966

How to Steal a Million as Davis Leland
The Poppy Is Also a Flower as 'Happy' Locarno
Batman as Mister Freeze
CBS Playhouse as Douglas Lambert

1965

Genghis Khan as Shah of Khwarezm
Lord Jim as The General

1964

Kisses for My President as Raphael Valdez Jr.

1963

The Victors as Sgt. Craig
Act One as Warren Stone

1962

How the West Was Won as Charlie Gant

1961

The Misfits as Guido
The Dick Powell Show as Manny Jacobs

1960

Seven Thieves as Poncho
Lullaby as Johnny Horton

1959

I, Don Quixote as Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant

1958

The Lineup as Dancer
The Plot to Kill Stalin as Poskrebyshev
Naked City as Det. Peter Bane
Naked City as Georgie

1957

The Lark as Dauphin

1956

Baby Doll as Silva Vacarro
Playhouse 90 as Rafael
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter

1954

Climax! as Albert Anastasia

1952

1951

1950

What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest

1949

Lights Out as Giovanni

1948

Studio One as Ozep
Studio One as Peter Hendon

Production

1967