Eli Wallach

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-12-07 (99 years old)

Deathday

2014-06-24

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Eli Wallach

Biography

Eli Herschel Wallach 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 t...

Acting

1990

The Godfather Part III

as Don Altobello

2003

Mystic River

as Mr. Loonie (uncredited)

1960

2006

The Holiday

as Arthur

1966

How to Steal a Million

as Davis Leland

1963

The Victors

as Sgt. Craig

1965

Genghis Khan

as Shah of Khwarezm

1977

The Deep

as Adam Coffin

1986

Tough Guys

as Leon B. Little

2000

Keeping the Faith

as Rabbi Ben Lewis

1996

The Associate

as Donald Fallon

1980

The Hunter

as Ritchie Blumenthal

1961

The Misfits

as Guido

1965

Lord Jim

as The General

2010

1992

Article 99

as Sam Abrams

1993

1978

Circle of Iron

as Man-in-Oil

1968

Ace High

as Cacopoulos

1958

The Lineup

as Dancer

1962

How the West Was Won

as Charlie Gant

1977

1990

The Two Jakes

as Cotton Weinberger

2005

2010

2007

Mama's Boy

as Seymour Warburton

1956

Baby Doll

as Silva Vacarro

1987

Nuts

as Dr. Herbert A. Morrison

1979

Winter Kills

as Joe Diamond

1964

1976

Plot of Fear

as Peter Struwwel

1958

1960

Seven Thieves

as Poncho

1995

Two Much

as Sheldon

1987

1979

Firepower

as Sal Hyman

1988

Funny

as Self

1969

Mackenna's Gold

as Ben Baker

1986

Rocket to the Moon

as Mr. Prince

1977

The Sentinel

as Detective Gatz

1982

1974

Crazy Joe

as Don Vittorio

1992

Mistress

as George Lieberhof

1980

1957

The Lark

as Dauphin

1970

Zig Zag

as Mario Gambretti

2000

Uninvited

as Alan Strasser

1973

Cinderella Liberty

as Lynn Forshay

1978

Movie Movie

as Vince Marlow / Pop

1975

Shoot First… Ask Questions Later

as Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack

2004

The Easter Egg Adventure

as Narrator (voice)

1968

A Lovely Way to Die

as Tennessee Fredericks

1984

Sam's Son

as Sam Orowitz

1973

A Cold Night's Death

as Frank Enari

2009

The Toe Tactic

as Maestro

1970

The People Next Door

as Arthur Mason

1992

1978

Girlfriends

as Rabbi Gold

1977

Nasty Habits

as Monsignor

1974

Houston, We've Got a Problem

as Narrator (voice)

1966

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

as 'Happy' Locarno

2002

Monday Night Mayhem

as Leonard Goldenson

1963

Act One

as Warren Stone

1964

Kisses for My President

as Raphael Valdez Jr.

1970

The Adventures of Gerard

as Napoleon Bonaparte

1967

The Tiger Makes Out

as Ben Harris

2014

Showing Up

as Self

1981

Skokie

as Bert Silverman

1970

The Angel Levine

as Delicatessen Clerk

1970

The Reason Why

as Charles

1969

The Brain

as Frankie Scannapieco, godfather of the Italian mafia

1984

Anatomy of an Illness

as Dr. William Hitzig

1981

The Salamander

as General Leporello

1973

1975

2022

Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

1971

Paradise Lost

as Leo Gordon

1985

Embassy

as Joe Verga

1958

2008

1992

Legacy of Lies

as Moses Resnick

1978

The Pirate

as Ben Ezra

2007

Brando

as Self

1978

Little Italy

as Don Gerolamo Giarra

1988

An Empire of Reason

as Anti-Federalist Spokesman

1990

1991

Coney Island

as Self - Actor

2000

The Bookfair Murders

as Erich Schmidt

2015

The Train

as Andre

1991

Terezin Diary

as Narrator

2006

The Hoax

as Noah Dietrich

1959

I, Don Quixote

as Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant

1974

Indict and Convict

as DeWitt Foster

2003

Rita

as Self

1996

Honey Sweet Love

as Don Siro

1996

1981

1996

O. Henry's Christmas

as Behrman ("The Last Leaf")

1980

Fugitive Family

as Olan Vacio

2004

1994

The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1971

The Typists

as Paul Cunningham

1960

Lullaby

as Johnny Horton

2008

Il falso bugiardo

as Self (archive footage)

2004

Por un puñado de sueños

as Self - Interviewee

1982

The Wall

as Mauritzi Apt

1986

Something in Common

as Norman Voss

1995

American Cinema

as Narrator

1992

Lincoln

as William Crook (voice)

2004

King of the Corner

as Sol Spivak

1976

Independence

as Benjamin Franklin

1997

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

as Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)

1967

The Owl Who Gave a Hoot

as Mr. Owl (voice)

Production

1967

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