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 (6)
Movies (116)
The Godfather Part III
Don Altobello
The Holiday
Arthur
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Tuco Ramirez
Mystic River
Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
The Ghost Writer
Old man
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Julie Steinhardt
The Magnificent Seven
Calvera
The Misfits
Guido
How the West Was Won
Charlie Gant
Keeping the Faith
Rabbi Ben Lewis
The Sentinel
Detective Gatz
Mackenna's Gold
Ben Baker
The Salamander
General Leporello
Mama's Boy
Seymour Warburton
Ace High
Cacopoulos
How to Steal a Million
Davis Leland
The Domino Principle
Gen. Reser
The Deep
Adam Coffin
New York, I Love You
Abe
The Associate
Donald Fallon
The Two Jakes
Cotton Weinberger
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
'Happy' Locarno
Article 99
Sam Abrams
Seven Thieves
Poncho
Cinderella Liberty
Lynn Forshay
Night and the City
Peck
Girlfriends
Rabbi Gold
The People Next Door
Arthur Mason
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Don Altobello
Lord Jim
The General
Baby Doll
Silva Vacarro
Tough Guys
Leon B. Little
The Hoax
Noah Dietrich
The Brain
Frankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian Mafia
Mistress
George Lieberhof
Circle of Iron
Man-in-Oil
Winter Kills
Joe Diamond
Genghis Khan
Shah of Khwarezm
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
Maz Lozoya
The Hunter
Ritchie Blumenthal
Nuts
Dr. Herbert A. Morrison
Two Much
Sheldon
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Deluca
Movie Movie
Vince Marlow / Pop
Stateline Motel
Joe
The Victors
Sgt. Craig
Monday Night Mayhem
Leonard Goldenson
A Lovely Way to Die
Tennessee Fredericks
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
John
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
Dr. Huffman
The Moon-Spinners
Stratos
The White, The Yellow, and The Black
Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack
Something in Common
Norman Voss
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)
Romance of a Horsethief
Kifke
The Easter Egg Adventure
Narrator (voice)
The Lineup
Dancer
The Executioner's Song
Vern Damico
Crazy Joe
Don Vittorio
The Adventures of Gerard
Napoleon Bonaparte
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
Harry Hunter
Act One
Warren Stone
Nasty Habits
Monsignor
The Tiger Makes Out
Ben Harris
The Lark
Dauphin
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Other Voices (voice)
The Gift of the Magi
Narrator
The Wall
Mauritzi Apt
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
Sal Galucci
O. Henry's Christmas
Behrman ("The Last Leaf")
Plot of Fear
Peter Struwwel
Kisses for My President
Raphael Valdez Jr.
Skokie
Bert Silverman
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
Father
Little Italy
Don Gerolamo Giarra
Anatomy of an Illness
Dr. William Hitzig
The Bookfair Murders
Erich Schmidt
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
(voice)
King of the Corner
Sol Spivak
A Cold Night's Death
Frank Enari
Indict and Convict
DeWitt Foster
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
Bill Presser
Sam's Son
Sam Orowitz
An Empire of Reason
Anti-Federalist Spokesman
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
Narrator
The Angel Levine
Delicatessen Clerk
Eye of the Cat
Cesare
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
Narrator
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
Mordechai Rossman (voice)
Rocket to the Moon
Mr. Prince
The Donner Party
voice
The Impossible Spy
Yacov
Guri
1980
The Reason Why
Charles
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Rafael
Houston, We've Got a Problem
Narrator (voice)
The Train
Andre
Firepower
Sal Hyman
The Typists
Paul Cunningham
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
(voice)
Zig Zag
Mario Gambretti
A Taste Of Jupiter
Arturo
Fugitive Family
Olan Vacio
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
Joe Nightingale
Independence
Benjamin Franklin
Embassy
Joe Verga
The Plot to Kill Stalin
Poskrebyshev
The Toe Tactic
Maestro
The Search for Dracula
Narrator
Lullaby
Johnny Horton
Honey Sweet Love
Don Siro
Uninvited
Alan Strasser
Legacy of Lies
Moses Resnick
Paradise Lost
Leo Gordon
In the Name of Democracy
Narrator
TV Shows (44)
Law & Order
Simon Vilanis · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Salvatore Gambini · 1 eps
ER
Mr. Langston · 1 eps
Batman
Mister Freeze · 2 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
2 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
Nacho · 1 eps
Highway to Heaven
Timothy Charles · 1 eps
Highway to Heaven
Gene Malloy · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Mr. Prince · 1 eps
Studio One
Ozep · 1 eps
Studio One
Peter Hendon · 1 eps
Climax!
Albert Anastasia · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Gerry Williams · 1 eps
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Yosef Kandinsky · 1 eps
Naked City
Det. Peter Bane · 1 eps
Naked City
Georgie · 1 eps
Nurse Jackie
Bernard Zimberg · 1 eps
Screen Two
Yacov · 1 eps
Kojak
Lee Curtin · 2 eps
Omnibus
1 eps
Lights Out
Giovanni · 1 eps
Outlaws
1 eps
Playhouse 90
Rafael · 2 eps
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Raymond Perez · 1 eps
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Fuzzy · 1 eps
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Simon · 1 eps
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Eli Weinraub · 1 eps
The Dick Powell Show
Manny Jacobs · 1 eps
Suspicion
1 eps
Baseball
Various (voice)
Baseball
(voice) · 7 eps
Veritas: The Quest
Rabbi · 1 eps
Whoopi
Norman · 1 eps
The Job
Mr. Weiss · 1 eps
The War
Narrator (voice) · 7 eps
Stroker and Hoop
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dauphin · 1 eps
Worlds Beyond
Charles Burgess · 1 eps
Our Family Honor
Vincent Danzig · 13 eps
The Pirate
Ben Ezra · 2 eps
Seventh Avenue
Gus Farber · 3 eps
Christopher Columbus
Padre Fernando De Talavera · 4 eps
The Executioner's Song
Vern Damico · 2 eps
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
Frank Latella · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (51)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 7 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 7 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 5 eps
Great Performances
Self · 1 eps
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 2 eps
Wogan
Self · 1 eps
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · 4 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self · 1 eps
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
The David Susskind Show
Self · 1 eps
The Hollywood Greats
Self · 1 eps
The West
Self · 9 eps
Showing Up
Self
Hollywood Uncensored
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
Coney Island
Self - Actor
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
The Education of Gore Vidal
Self
Hello Actors Studio
Self
James Dean: Sense Memories
Self
Cinerama Adventure
Self
Brando
Self
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Self / Don Altobello
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
Rita
Self
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Self
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Real James Dean
Self
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
Self
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
Self - Narrator (voice)
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
Self
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
Self
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
Self
Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV
Self - Host
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
Self / Narrator
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
Self
Eve and Marilyn
Self (archive photo)
Making 'The Misfits'
Self
Baby Doll: See No Evil
Self
James Dean: A Portrait
Self
Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'
Self
Il falso bugiardo
Self (archive footage)
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Self
Leone's West
Self
Por un puñado de sueños
Self - Interviewee
Funny
Self
The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'
Self