Eli Wallach

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1915-12-07

Deathday 2014-06-24 (98 years old)

Place of Birth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As Ely Wallach, 엘리 웰라치, Елай Воллак, Eli Herschel Wallach

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eli Wallach, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2022
Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

2015
The Train

as Andre

2014
Showing Up

as Self

2010
2010
The Ghost Writer

as Old man

2009
The Toe Tactic

as Maestro

2008
Il falso bugiardo

as Self (archive footage)

2008
2008
The War

as Narrator

2007
Mama's Boy

as Seymour Warburton

2007
Brando

as Self

2006
The Holiday

as Arthur Abbott

2006
The Hoax

as Noah Dietrich

2006
2004
The Easter Egg Adventure

as Narrator (voice)

2004
King of the Corner

as Sol Spivak

2004
Leone's West

as Self

2004
Por un puñado de sueños

as Self - Interviewee

2004
Stroker and Hoop

as Narrator (voice)

2003
Mystic River

as Mr. Loonie (uncredited)

2003
2003
Rita

as Self

2003
Whoopi

as Norman

2003
2002
2002
Monday Night Mayhem

as Leonard Goldenson

2001
The Job

as Mr. Weiss

2000
Uninvited

as Alan Strasser

2000
Keeping the Faith

as Rabbi Ben Lewis

2000
The Bookfair Murders

as Erich Schmidt

1997
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

as Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)

1996
The Associate

as Donald Fallon

1996
O. Henry's Christmas

as Behrman ("The Last Leaf")

1996
Honey Sweet Love

as Don Siro

1996
1996
The West

as Self

1995
Two Much

as Sheldon

1995
American Cinema

as Narrator

1994
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1994
ER

as Mr. Langston

1994
Baseball

as Various (voice)

1993
1993
1992
Lincoln

as William Crook (voice)

1992
1992
1992
Mistress

as George Lieberhof

1992
Legacy of Lies

as Moses Resnick

1992
Article 99

as Sam Abrams

1991
Terezin Diary

as Narrator

1991
Coney Island

as Self - Actor

1990
The Godfather Part III

as Don Altobello

1990
The Two Jakes

as Cotton Weinberger

1990
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

as Self / Don Altobello

1990
Law & Order

as Simon Vilanis

1988
An Empire of Reason

as Anti-Federalist Spokesman

1988
Funny

as Self

1987
1987
Nuts

as Dr. Herbert A. Morrison

1986
Something in Common

as Norman Voss

1986
Tough Guys

as Leon B. Little

1986
Rocket to the Moon

as Mr. Prince

1985
Embassy

as Joe Verga

1985
1985
Our Family Honor

as Vincent Danzig

1985
Christopher Columbus

as Padre Fernando De Talavera

1984
Sam's Son

as Sam Orowitz

1984
Anatomy of an Illness

as Dr. William Hitzig

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Salvatore Gambini

1984
Highway to Heaven

as Timothy Charles

1983
Reading Rainbow

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

1982
The Executioner's Song

as Vern Damico

1982
The Wall

as Mauritzi Apt

1982
The Executioner's Song

as Vern Damico

1982
Wogan

as Self

1982
American Playhouse

as Mr. Prince

1981
Skokie

as Bert Silverman

1981
The Salamander

as General Leporello

1981
1980
Fugitive Family

as Olan Vacio

1980
1980
The Hunter

as Ritchie Blumenthal

1979
Winter Kills

as Joe Diamond

1979
Firepower

as Sal Hyman

1979
Tales of the Unexpected

as Gerry Williams

1978
The Pirate

as Ben Ezra

1978
Movie Movie

as Vince Marlow / Pop

1978
Little Italy

as Don Gerolamo Giarra

1978
Girlfriends

as Rabbi Gold

1978
Circle of Iron

as Man-in-Oil

1977
The Deep

as Adam Coffin

1977
The Domino Principle

as Gen. Reser

1977
Nasty Habits

as Monsignor

1977
The Sentinel

as Detective Gatz

1977
Seventh Avenue

as Gus Farber

1976
Plot of Fear

as Peter Struwwel

1976
Independence

as Benjamin Franklin

1975
Eye of the Cat

as Cesare

1975
Shoot First… Ask Questions Later

as Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack

1974
Houston, We've Got a Problem

as Narrator (voice)

1974
Crazy Joe

as Don Vittorio

1974
Indict and Convict

as DeWitt Foster

1973
Cinderella Liberty

as Lynn Forshay

1973
1973
A Cold Night's Death

as Frank Enari

1973
Kojak

as Lee Curtin

1971
1971
The Typists

as Paul Cunningham

1971
Paradise Lost

as Leo Gordon

1971
1970
The People Next Door

as Arthur Mason

1970
The Angel Levine

as Delicatessen Clerk

1970
The Adventures of Gerard

as Napoleon Bonaparte

1970
Zig Zag

as Mario Gambretti

1970
The Reason Why

as Charles

1969
Mackenna's Gold

as Ben Baker

1969
The Brain

as Frankie Scannapieco, parrain de la mafia italienne

1968
Ace High

as Cacopoulos

1968
A Lovely Way to Die

as Tennessee Fredericks

1967
The Tiger Makes Out

as Ben Harris

1966
1966
How to Steal a Million

as Davis Leland

1966
The Poppy Is Also a Flower

as 'Happy' Locarno

1966
CBS Playhouse

as Douglas Lambert

1966
Batman

as Mister Freeze

1965
Genghis Khan

as Shah of Khwarezm

1965
Lord Jim

as The General

1964
Kisses for My President

as Raphael Valdez Jr.

1964
1963
Act One

as Warren Stone

1963
The Victors

as Sgt. Craig

1962
How the West Was Won

as Charlie Gant

1961
The Misfits

as Guido

1961
The Dick Powell Show

as Manny Jacobs

1960
1960
Seven Thieves

as Poncho

1960
Lullaby

as Johnny Horton

1959
I, Don Quixote

as Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant

1958
1958
The Plot to Kill Stalin

as Poskrebyshev

1958
The Lineup

as Dancer

1958
1958
Naked City

as Det. Peter Bane

1958
Naked City

as Georgie

1957
The Lark

as Dauphin

1956
Baby Doll

as Silva Vacarro

1956
Playhouse 90

as Rafael

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1954
Climax!

as Albert Anastasia

1951
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1949
Lights Out

as Giovanni

1948
Studio One

as Ozep

1948
Studio One

as Peter Hendon

Producer

1967