Walter Matthau
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1920-10-01
Deathday 2000-07-01 (79 years old)
Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As Walter Matuschanskayasky, Уолтер Мэттау, Walter John Matthau
Walter Matthau
Biography
Walter Matthau (born Walter John Matthow; October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American actor, comedian and film director. He is best known for his film roles in A Face in the Crowd (1957), King Creole (1958) and as a coach of a hapless little league team in the baseball comedy The Bad News Bears (1976). He also starred in 10 films alongside Jack Lemmon, including The Odd Couple (1968), The Front Page (1974) and Grumpy Old Men (1993). Matthau won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the Billy Wilder film The Fortune Cookie (1966). Matthau is also known for his performances in Stanley Donen's romance Charade (1963), Gene Kelly's musical Hello, Dolly! (1969), Elaine May's screwball comedy A New Leaf (1971) and Herbert Ross' ensemble comedy California Suite (1978). He also starred in Plaza Suite, Kotch (both 1971), Charley Varrick (1973), The Sunshine Boys (1975), and Hopscotch (1980). On Broadway, Matthau originated the role of Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple by playwright Neil Simon, for which he received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1965, his second after A Shot in the Dark in 1962. Matthau also received two British Academy Film Awards and a Golden Globe Award. In 1963, he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his performance in The DuPont Show of the Week. In 1982, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Matthau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Actor
as Self - Host
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Lou Mozell
as Frank Walsh
as Oscar Madison
as Self
as Charlie Gordon
as Nat Moyer
as Self
as Max Goldman
as Judge Charlie Cool
as Albert Einstein
as Harmon Cobb
as Max Goldman
as George Wilson
as Narrator (voice)
as Himself
as Harmon Cobb
as Senator Long
as Clifford Pepperman
as Harmon Cobb
as Self
as Padre Maurizio
as Donald Becker
as Self
as Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red
as Joe Mulholland
as Sonny Paluso
as Self
as Herbert Tucker
as Self
as Dan Snow
as Trabucco
as Miles Kendig
as Sorrowful Jones
as Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
as Marvin Michaels
as Dr. Charley Nichols
as Boris Thomashevsky
as Lloyd Bourdelle
as Self / Narrator
as Coach Morris Buttermaker
as Willy Clark
as Self
as Self - Host
as Drunk
as Walter Burns
as Lt. Garber
as Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD
as Charley Varrick
as Pete Seltzer
as Moe Axelrod
as Joseph P. Kotcher
as Roy Hubley / Jesse Kiplinger / Sam Nash
as Henry Graham
as Self
as Dr. Julian Winston
as Horace Vandergelder
as Gen. R.A. Smight
as The Movie Star
as Oscar Madison
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Paul Manning
as Willie Gingrich
as Ted Caselle
as Leo Sartori
as Prof. Groeteschele
as Doc
as Gov. John Slaton
as Andrew Johnson
as Hamilton Bartholemew
as Tony Dallas
as Tony Gagouts
as Meredith
as Sheriff Morey Johnson
as Self
as Self
as Franklin Gaer
as Lex Rogers
as Ben Alexander / Philip Judah
as Felix Anders
as Jack Martin
as Judge Kyle
as 'Red' Wildoe
as Dr. Karnes
as Maxie Fields
as Peter Kanopolis
as Dr. Max Lewine
as Al Dahlke
as Mel Miller
as Wally Gibbs
as Self - Host
as Wes Todd
as Stan Bodine
as Off. Pete Chandler
as Moran
as Harry Wade
as Phil
as Dr. Spinelli
as Charlie Mapes
as Self
as Tom Dutton
as Coastguardsman
as Inspector
as Craig
as The Bartender
as Lawrence Stevens
as Jacobs
as Olsen
as Iago
as Stuart Benson
Director
as Director
Producer
as Executive Producer