Eli Wallach
Acting
Born: December 7, 1915 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: June 24, 2014 (aged 98)
Highest Rated
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
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966
Mystic River
2003
The Godfather Part III
1990
The Holiday
2006
The Ghost Writer
2010
The Magnificent Seven
1960
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010
ER
1994
Law & Order
1990
Keeping the Faith
2000
How to Steal a Million
1966
New York, I Love You
2008
Photos (7)
Movies (118)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Tuco Ramirez
The Godfather Part III
Don Altobello
The Magnificent Seven
Calvera
Mystic River
Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
The Holiday
Arthur
New York, I Love You
Abe
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Julie Steinhardt
The Ghost Writer
Old man
How the West Was Won
Charlie Gant
How to Steal a Million
Davis Leland
The Misfits
Guido
The Deep
Adam Coffin
Lord Jim
The General
Mackenna's Gold
Ben Baker
Tough Guys
Leon B. Little
The Associate
Donald Fallon
The Two Jakes
Cotton Weinberger
The Sentinel
Detective Gatz
The Lineup
Dancer
The Hoax
Noah Dietrich
The Domino Principle
Gen. Reser
Keeping the Faith
Rabbi Ben Lewis
Genghis Khan
Shah of Khwarezm
Ace High
Cacopoulos
Mama's Boy
Seymour Warburton
The Brain
Frankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian Mafia
Article 99
Sam Abrams
Two Much
Sheldon
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
'Happy' Locarno
The Moon-Spinners
Stratos
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Osvaldo Altobello
Baby Doll
Silva Vacarro
The Salamander
General Leporello
Movie Movie
Vince Marlow / Pop
Winter Kills
Joe Diamond
Monday Night Mayhem
Leonard Goldenson
The Hunter
Ritchie Blumenthal
Mistress
George Lieberhof
Cinderella Liberty
Lynn Forshay
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Don Altobello
Girlfriends
Rabbi Gold
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
John
The Executioner's Song
Vern Damico
Night and the City
Peck
Plot of Fear
Peter Struwwel
Circle of Iron
Man-in-Oil
Seven Thieves
Poncho
Crazy Joe
Don Vittorio
Act One
Warren Stone
The Victors
Sgt. Craig
The White, The Yellow, and The Black
Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack
Nuts
Dr. Herbert A. Morrison
A Lovely Way to Die
Tennessee Fredericks
Skokie
Bert Silverman
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
(voice)
Little Italy
Don Gerolamo Giarra
Firepower
Sal Hyman
The Easter Egg Adventure
Narrator (voice)
The Train
Andre
The Wall
Mauritzi Apt
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
Harry Hunter
Guri
1980
King of the Corner
Sol Spivak
Nasty Habits
Monsignor
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
Maz Lozoya
The People Next Door
Arthur Mason
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Other Voices (voice)
The Typists
Paul Cunningham
The Donner Party
voice
A Cold Night's Death
Frank Enari
The Impossible Spy
Yacov
The Adventures of Gerard
Napoleon Bonaparte
The Plot to Kill Stalin
Poskrebyshev
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
Dr. Huffman
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)
The Lark
Dauphin
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Deluca
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
Bill Presser
Something in Common
Norman Voss
Rocket to the Moon
Mr. Prince
An Empire of Reason
Anti-Federalist Spokesman
Eye of the Cat
Cesare
Honey Sweet Love
Don Siro
Indict and Convict
DeWitt Foster
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
(voice)
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
Narrator
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
Sal Galucci
Zig Zag
Mario Gambretti
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
Father
Kisses for My President
Raphael Valdez Jr.
O. Henry's Christmas
Behrman ("The Last Leaf")
Lullaby
Johnny Horton
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Rafael
Stateline Motel
Joe
Independence
Benjamin Franklin
Paradise Lost
Leo Gordon
Uninvited
Alan Strasser
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
Frank Latella
Anatomy of an Illness
Dr. William Hitzig
The Angel Levine
Delicatessen Clerk
Sam's Son
Sam Orowitz
Houston, We've Got a Problem
Narrator (voice)
Romance of a Horsethief
Kifke
Embassy
Joe Verga
The Tiger Makes Out
Ben Harris
The Bookfair Murders
Erich Schmidt
Fugitive Family
Olan Vacio
A Taste Of Jupiter
Arturo
Legacy of Lies
Moses Resnick
The Reason Why
Charles
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
Joe Nightingale
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
Mordechai Rossman (voice)
The Toe Tactic
Maestro
The Search for Dracula
Narrator
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
Narrator
The Gift of the Magi
Narrator
In the Name of Democracy
Narrator
TV Shows (43)
Law & Order
Simon Vilanis · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Salvatore Gambini · 1 eps
ER
Mr. Langston · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Mr. Prince · 1 eps
Batman
Mister Freeze · 2 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
2 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
Nacho · 1 eps
Nurse Jackie
Bernard Zimberg · 1 eps
Climax!
Albert Anastasia · 1 eps
Screen Two
Yacov · 1 eps
Studio One
Peter Hendon · 1 eps
Studio One
Ozep · 1 eps
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Yosef Kandinsky · 1 eps
Highway to Heaven
Timothy Charles · 1 eps
Highway to Heaven
Gene Malloy · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Gerry Williams · 1 eps
Naked City
Det. Peter Bane · 1 eps
Naked City
Georgie · 1 eps
Lights Out
Giovanni · 1 eps
Omnibus
1 eps
Kojak
Lee Curtin · 2 eps
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Raymond Perez · 1 eps
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Eli Weinraub · 1 eps
Playhouse 90
Rafael · 2 eps
Suspicion
1 eps
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Simon · 1 eps
The Dick Powell Show
Manny Jacobs · 1 eps
Outlaws
1 eps
Baseball
Various (voice)
Baseball
(voice) · 7 eps
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Fuzzy · 1 eps
Stroker and Hoop
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Veritas: The Quest
Rabbi · 1 eps
The Job
Mr. Weiss · 1 eps
Christopher Columbus
Padre Fernando De Talavera · 4 eps
The War
Narrator (voice) · 7 eps
The Pirate
Ben Ezra · 2 eps
Whoopi
Norman · 1 eps
Worlds Beyond
Charles Burgess · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dauphin · 1 eps
Our Family Honor
Vincent Danzig · 13 eps
Seventh Avenue
Gus Farber · 3 eps
The Executioner's Song
Vern Damico · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (50)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 7 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 7 eps
Great Performances
Self · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 2 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 5 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Wogan
Self · 1 eps
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self · 1 eps
The Hollywood Greats
Self · 1 eps
The David Susskind Show
Self · 1 eps
The West
Self · 9 eps
Hollywood Uncensored
Self
Showing Up
Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
Rita
Self
Brando
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Self
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
Self
Hello Actors Studio
Self
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Self / Don Altobello
Coney Island
Self - Actor
James Dean: Sense Memories
Self
Eve and Marilyn
Self (archive photo)
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
Self
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
Self
Making 'The Misfits'
Self
The Education of Gore Vidal
Self
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
Self / Narrator
Funny
Self
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
Self
Cinerama Adventure
Self
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
Self
Il falso bugiardo
Self (archive footage)
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Self
Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV
Self - Host
Leone's West
Self
The Real James Dean
Self
Baby Doll: See No Evil
Self
James Dean: A Portrait
Self
Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'
Self
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'
Self
Por un puñado de sueños
Self - Interviewee