Eli Wallach
Known for Acting · 215 credits
- Born
- 1915-12-07
- Died
- 2014-06-24
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Ely Wallach · 엘리 웰라치 · Елай Воллак · Eli Herschel Wallach · ایلی والاک
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
TV Shows (55)
Law & Order
1990
as Simon Vilanis
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
ER
1994
as Mr. Langston
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Salvatore Gambini
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Batman
1966
as Mister Freeze
Great Performances
1971
as Self
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Nacho
Climax!
1954
as Albert Anastasia
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Naked City
1958
as Det. Peter Bane / Georgie
Wogan
1982
as Self
Highway to Heaven
1984
as Timothy Charles / Gene Malloy
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Gerry Williams
Studio One
1948
as Ozep / Peter Hendon
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Yosef Kandinsky
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Kojak
1973
as Lee Curtin
Screen Two
1985
as Yacov
Omnibus
1952
Nurse Jackie
2009
as Bernard Zimberg
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
Playhouse 90
1956
as Rafael
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
as Raymond Perez
Lights Out
1949
as Giovanni
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
as Eli Weinraub
Outlaws
1960
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
as Simon
Baseball
1994
as Various (voice)
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Douglas Lambert
The Dick Powell Show
1961
as Manny Jacobs
American Playhouse
1982
as Mr. Prince
Suspicion
1957
The Job
2001
as Mr. Weiss
Whoopi
2003
as Norman
Veritas: The Quest
2003
as Rabbi
The West
1996
as Self
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Fuzzy
Stroker and Hoop
2004
as Narrator (voice)
The War
2007
as Narrator (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Dauphin
The David Susskind Show
1959
as Self
The Hollywood Greats
1977
as Self
Worlds Beyond
1986
as Charles Burgess
Our Family Honor
1985
as Vincent Danzig
Christopher Columbus
1985
as Padre Fernando De Talavera
Seventh Avenue
1977
as Gus Farber
The Pirate
1977
as Ben Ezra
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
The Executioner's Song
1982
as Vern Damico
Movies (160)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966
as Tuco Ramirez
The Godfather Part III
1990
as Don Altobello
The Holiday
2006
as Arthur
The Magnificent Seven
1960
as Calvera
Mystic River
2003
as Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
New York, I Love You
2008
as Abe
The Misfits
1961
as Guido
How the West Was Won
1962
as Charlie Gant
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010
as Julie Steinhardt
The Ghost Writer
2010
as Old man
The Deep
1977
as Adam Coffin
How to Steal a Million
1966
as Davis Leland
Mackenna's Gold
1969
as Ben Baker
Article 99
1992
as Sam Abrams
The Hoax
2006
as Noah Dietrich
The Associate
1996
as Donald Fallon
The Sentinel
1977
as Detective Gatz
The Two Jakes
1990
as Cotton Weinberger
The Brain
1969
as Frankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian Mafia
Shoot First… Ask Questions Later
1975
as Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack
Mama's Boy
2007
as Seymour Warburton
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
The Hunter
1980
as Ritchie Blumenthal
Mistress
1992
as George Lieberhof
Tough Guys
1986
as Leon B. Little
Genghis Khan
1965
as Shah of Khwarezm
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990
as Self / Don Altobello
Winter Kills
1979
as Joe Diamond
Night and the City
1992
as Peck
Ace High
1968
as Cacopoulos
Two Much
1995
as Sheldon
Nuts
1987
as Dr. Herbert A. Morrison
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Keeping the Faith
2000
as Rabbi Ben Lewis
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003
as Other Voices (voice)
Lord Jim
1965
as The General
Brando
2007
as Self
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
1994
as Narrator
The Moon-Spinners
1964
as Stratos
The Pirate
1978
as Ben Ezra
Il falso bugiardo
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Baby Doll
1956
as Silva Vacarro
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962
as John
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
The Executioner's Song
1982
as Vern Damico
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966
as 'Happy' Locarno
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
as Self
Seven Thieves
1960
as Poncho
Circle of Iron
1978
as Man-in-Oil
Showing Up
2014
as Self
Monday Night Mayhem
2002
as Leonard Goldenson
Crazy Joe
1974
as Don Vittorio
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
2005
as Self
The Salamander
1981
as General Leporello
Embassy
1985
as Joe Verga
The Adventures of Gerard
1970
as Napoleon Bonaparte
Firepower
1979
as Sal Hyman
Hello Actors Studio
1988
as Self
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
1985
as Dr. Huffman
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
as Self
Skokie
1981
as Bert Silverman
Little Italy
1978
as Don Gerolamo Giarra
The Domino Principle
1977
as Gen. Reser
Funny
1988
as Self
Independence
1976
as Benjamin Franklin
Lincoln
1992
as William Crook (voice)
Fugitive Family
1980
as Olan Vacio
Plot of Fear
1976
as Peter Struwwel
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
1998
as Deluca
The Victors
1963
as Sgt. Craig
Romance of a Horsethief
1971
as Kifke
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1992
as Bill Presser
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997
as Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
1995
as Self
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
1996
as Self
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
2003
as Self / Narrator
Movie Movie
1978
as Vince Marlow / Pop
Coney Island
1991
as Self - Actor
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997
as Self
Act One
1963
as Warren Stone
The People Next Door
1970
as Arthur Mason
The Easter Egg Adventure
2004
as Narrator (voice)
Houston, We've Got a Problem
1974
as Narrator (voice)
King of the Corner
2004
as Sol Spivak
Kisses for My President
1964
as Raphael Valdez Jr.
Anatomy of an Illness
1984
as Dr. William Hitzig
Nasty Habits
1977
as Monsignor
The Lineup
1958
as Dancer
Girlfriends
1978
as Rabbi Gold
A Lovely Way to Die
1968
as Tennessee Fredericks
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968
as Harry Hunter
The Tiger Makes Out
1967
as Ben Harris
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971
as Maz Lozoya
Legacy of Lies
1992
as Moses Resnick
Sam's Son
1984
as Sam Orowitz
Hollywood Uncensored
1987
as Self
A Cold Night's Death
1973
as Frank Enari
Eye of the Cat
1975
as Cesare
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
1981
as Sal Galucci
An Empire of Reason
1988
as Anti-Federalist Spokesman
Rita
2003
as Self
Cinderella Liberty
1973
as Lynn Forshay
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
1994
as Self
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
2008
as Joe Nightingale
The Bookfair Murders
2000
as Erich Schmidt
Zig Zag
1970
as Mario Gambretti
The Plot to Kill Stalin
1958
as Poskrebyshev
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959
as Rafael
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
1993
as Frank Latella
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
1992
as (voice)
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
2000
as Self
Making 'The Misfits'
2002
as Self
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
2006
as Self
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
2005
as Father
Indict and Convict
1974
as DeWitt Foster
Stateline Motel
1973
as Joe
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
2010
as Mordechai Rossman (voice)
The Angel Levine
1970
as Delicatessen Clerk
O. Henry's Christmas
1996
as Behrman ("The Last Leaf")
James Dean: A Portrait
1995
as Self
About Eli Wallach
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 w… With 215 credits spanning from 1948 to 2022, Eli Wallach has appeared in 160 films and 55 TV shows.
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Most Popular Eli Wallach Movies
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) — as Tuco Ramirez
- The Godfather Part III (1990) — as Don Altobello
- The Holiday (2006) — as Arthur
- The Magnificent Seven (1960) — as Calvera
- Mystic River (2003) — as Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
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