Eli Wallach
Acting
- Born:
- 1915-12-07
- Died:
- 2014-06-24
- Place of birth:
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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
Filmography
Rat Pack
The Train
Showing Up
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
The Ghost Writer
Nurse Jackie
In the Name of Democracy
The Toe Tactic
New York, I Love You
Il falso bugiardo
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
Mama's Boy
The War
Brando
The Holiday
The Hoax
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
The Real James Dean
Baby Doll: See No Evil
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'
A Taste Of Jupiter
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
James Dean: Sense Memories
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
The Easter Egg Adventure
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Stroker and Hoop
King of the Corner
Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'
Leone's West
Por un puñado de sueños
Mystic River
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Rita
Whoopi
The Education of Gore Vidal
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Veritas: The Quest
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
Making 'The Misfits'
Cinerama Adventure
Monday Night Mayhem
The Job
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Uninvited
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
Keeping the Faith
The Bookfair Murders
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
The Associate
The West
O. Henry's Christmas
Honey Sweet Love
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
The Search for Dracula
Two Much
James Dean: A Portrait
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
ER
Baseball
Inside the Actors Studio
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
Lincoln
The Donner Party
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Night and the City
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
Mistress
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
Legacy of Lies
Article 99
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
Terezin Diary
Coney Island
The Godfather Part III
Law & Order
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
The Two Jakes
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Hello Actors Studio
An Empire of Reason
Funny
Hollywood Uncensored
The Impossible Spy
Nuts
Eve and Marilyn
Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV
Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland
Something in Common
Worlds Beyond
Tough Guys
Rocket to the Moon
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Our Family Honor
Embassy
Christopher Columbus
Screen Two
Murder, She Wrote
Highway to Heaven
Sam's Son
Anatomy of an Illness
Reading Rainbow
The Executioner's Song
The Executioner's Song
Wogan
The Wall
American Playhouse
Skokie
The Salamander
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
Fugitive Family
Guri
The Hunter
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
Winter Kills
Firepower
Tales of the Unexpected
Movie Movie
Little Italy
Girlfriends
Circle of Iron
The Pirate
The Hollywood Greats
The Deep
The Domino Principle
Seventh Avenue
Nasty Habits
The Sentinel
Plot of Fear
Independence
Eye of the Cat
The White, The Yellow, and The Black
Houston, We've Got a Problem
Crazy Joe
Indict and Convict
Cinderella Liberty
Kojak
Stateline Motel
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
A Cold Night's Death
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
The Typists
Romance of a Horsethief
Paradise Lost
Great Performances
The People Next Door
The Angel Levine
The Adventures of Gerard
Zig Zag
The Reason Why
Mackenna's Gold
The Brain
Ace High
A Lovely Way to Die
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
The Tiger Makes Out
The Owl Who Gave a Hoot
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
CBS Playhouse
How to Steal a Million
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Batman
Genghis Khan
Lord Jim
Kisses for My President
The Moon-Spinners
Act One
The Victors
How the West Was Won
The Merv Griffin Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
The Mike Douglas Show
The Dick Powell Show
The Misfits
The Magnificent Seven
Outlaws
Seven Thieves
Lullaby
I, Don Quixote
For Whom the Bell Tolls
The David Susskind Show
The Gift of the Magi
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Naked City
The Plot to Kill Stalin
The Lineup
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Suspicion
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
The Lark
Baby Doll
Playhouse 90
Tony Awards
Climax!
Omnibus
Hallmark Hall of Fame
What's My Line?
Lights Out
Studio One
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Yidishe Gauchos