Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1920-10-01 (80 years old)
Deathday
2000-07-01
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known As
Walter Matuschanskayasky
Уолтер Мэттау
Walter John Matthau
والتر ماتائو
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 (1...
1974
as Walter Burns
1964
as Prof. Groeteschele
1991
as Senator Long
1966
as Willie Gingrich
2000
as Lou Mozell
1963
as Hamilton Bartholemew
1974
as Drunk
1967
as Paul Manning
1957
as Mel Miller
1968
as Oscar Madison
1993
as Max Goldman
2015
as Self (archive footage)
1994
as Albert Einstein
1976
as Coach Morris Buttermaker
1986
as Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red
1974
as Lt. Garber
1988
as Donald Becker
1980
as Miles Kendig
1993
as George Wilson
1998
as Oscar Madison
1956
as Wally Gibbs
1978
as Marvin Michaels
1973
as Charley Varrick
1969
as Dr. Julian Winston
1983
as Sonny Paluso
1982
as Self
1981
as Trabucco
1982
as Herbert Tucker
1969
as Horace Vandergelder
1973
as Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD
1978
as Dr. Charley Nichols
1971
as Roy Hubley / Jesse Kiplinger / Sam Nash
1971
as Henry Graham
1964
as Doc
1962
as Sheriff Morey Johnson
1996
as Nat Moyer
1988
as Padre Maurizio
1995
as Max Goldman
1958
as Judge Kyle
1975
as Willy Clark
1968
as Gen. R.A. Smight
1955
as Stan Bodine
1980
as Sorrowful Jones
1996
as Judge Charlie Cool
1997
as Charlie Gordon
1958
as Maxie Fields
1959
as Jack Martin
1965
as Ted Caselle
1958
as Dr. Karnes
1957
as Al Dahlke
1994
as Harmon Cobb
1978
as Lloyd Bourdelle
1981
as Dan Snow
1971
as Joseph P. Kotcher
1955
as Wes Todd
1960
as Felix Anders
1962
as Tony Gagouts
1985
as Joe Mulholland
2002
as Self (archive footage)
1972
as Pete Seltzer
1963
as Tony Dallas
1982
2000
as Self (archive footage)
2020
as Self (archive footage)
1990
as Harmon Cobb
1958
as 'Red' Wildoe
1976
as Self / Narrator
1978
as Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
1987
as Self
1991
as Clifford Pepperman
1964
as Leo Sartori
1978
as Self - Host
1972
as Moe Axelrod
1968
as The Movie Star
1978
as Boris Thomashevsky
1992
as Narrator (voice)
1960
as Ben Alexander / Philip Judah
1998
1998
as Frank Walsh
1992
as Harmon Cobb
1954
as Dr. Spinelli
1987
1996
2014
as Self (archive footage)
1997
1962
as Meredith
1975
as Self
1993
1992
1968
as Self
1968
as Self
1989
1959
as Director
1980
as Executive Producer
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