Eli Wallach

ActorProducer Dec 7 (died age 98) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 1948–2022 (74 year career)

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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 BA…

Known For

Film

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Tuco Ramirez

Film

Mystic River

Mr. Loonie (uncredited)

Film

The Godfather Part III

Don Altobello

Film

The Holiday

Arthur Abbott

Film

The Magnificent Seven

Calvera

Film

The Ghost Writer

Old man

Film

How to Steal a Million

Davis Leland

Film

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Julie Steinhardt

Filmography

Acting (210)

Movies (158)

Rat Pack

2022

as Self (archive footage)

The Train

as Andre

Showing Up

as Self

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

as Julie Steinhardt

The Ghost Writer

as Old man

Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

2010

as Mordechai Rossman (voice)

8.0

In the Name of Democracy

2009

as Narrator

The Toe Tactic

as Maestro

New York, I Love You

as Abe

Il falso bugiardo

as Self (archive footage)

Vote and Die: Liszt for President

as Joe Nightingale

Mama's Boy

as Seymour Warburton

Brando

as Self

The Holiday

as Arthur Abbott

The Real James Dean

as Self

The Hoax

2006

as Noah Dietrich

6.2

Baby Doll: See No Evil

2006

as Self

Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things

2006

as Self

9.6

The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'

2006

as Self

A Taste Of Jupiter

2005

as Arturo

4.2

The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation

2005

as Father

6.3

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

2005

as Self

5.5

James Dean: Sense Memories

2005

as Self

The Easter Egg Adventure

as Narrator (voice)

Leone's West

as Self

King of the Corner

as Sol Spivak

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

2004

as Other Voices (voice)

7.1

Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'

2004

as Self

Por un puñado de sueños

2004

as Self - Interviewee

Mystic River

2003

as Mr. Loonie (uncredited)

7.7

Rita

2003

as Self

8.5

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King

2003

as Self / Narrator

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

2003

as Self

7.0

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

2003

as Other Voices (voice)

7.4

The Education of Gore Vidal

2003

as Self

6.0

Making 'The Misfits'

2002

as Self

Monday Night Mayhem

as Leonard Goldenson

Cinerama Adventure

as Self

Keeping the Faith

as Rabbi Ben Lewis

The Bookfair Murders

as Erich Schmidt

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

2000

as Self

7.1

Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'

as Self

Uninvited

as Alan Strasser

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

1998

as Deluca

3.0

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

1997

as Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)

5.8

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

as Self

The Associate

as Donald Fallon

Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome

1996

as Self

O. Henry's Christmas

1996

as Behrman ("The Last Leaf")

Honey Sweet Love

1996

as Don Siro

The Search for Dracula

as Narrator

Two Much

as Sheldon

Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey

1995

as Narrator

5.8

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

1995

as Self

8.5

James Dean: A Portrait

1995

as Self

Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess

1994

as Self

6.8

Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed

1994

as Self

5.7

The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters

1994

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.5

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

1994

as Narrator

8.5

Vendetta II: The New Mafia

as Frank Latella

Mistress

as George Lieberhof

Lincoln

as William Crook (voice)

6.8

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

1992

as (voice)

Article 99

1992

as Sam Abrams

6.2

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

1992

as (voice)

Night and the City

as Peck

The Donner Party

as voice

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

as Bill Presser

Legacy of Lies

as Moses Resnick

Coney Island

as Self - Actor

Terezin Diary

as Narrator

The Godfather Part III

as Don Altobello

The Two Jakes

as Cotton Weinberger

Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

1990

as Self

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

1990

as Self / Don Altobello

7.7

Funny

1988

as Self

Hello Actors Studio

1988

as Self

6.5

An Empire of Reason

1988

as Anti-Federalist Spokesman

Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland

1987

as Narrator (voice)

Hollywood Uncensored

1987

as Self

5.1

Nuts

1987

as Dr. Herbert A. Morrison

The Impossible Spy

as Yacov

Something in Common

as Norman Voss

Tough Guys

as Leon B. Little

Rocket to the Moon

as Mr. Prince

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

as Dr. Huffman

Embassy

as Joe Verga

Sam's Son

as Sam Orowitz

Anatomy of an Illness

1984

as Dr. William Hitzig

The Executioner's Song

as Vern Damico

The Wall

as Mauritzi Apt

The Salamander

as General Leporello

Skokie

as Bert Silverman

The Pride of Jesse Hallam

1981

as Sal Galucci

5.0

The Hunter

1980

as Ritchie Blumenthal

5.9

Fugitive Family

1980

as Olan Vacio

Guri

1980

Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush

1980

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Winter Kills

as Joe Diamond

Firepower

as Sal Hyman

Circle of Iron

as Man-in-Oil

Movie Movie

as Vince Marlow / Pop

Girlfriends

as Rabbi Gold

The Pirate

as Ben Ezra

Little Italy

as Don Gerolamo Giarra

The Deep

as Adam Coffin

The Sentinel

as Detective Gatz

Nasty Habits

as Monsignor

The Domino Principle

as Gen. Reser

Independence

as Benjamin Franklin

Plot of Fear

1976

as Peter Struwwel

5.5

Shoot First… Ask Questions Later

1975

as Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack

Eye of the Cat

as Cesare

Crazy Joe

as Don Vittorio

Indict and Convict

as DeWitt Foster

Houston, We've Got a Problem

as Narrator (voice)

Stateline Motel

as Joe

Cinderella Liberty

as Lynn Forshay

A Cold Night's Death

as Frank Enari

Don't Turn the Other Cheek

1971

as Maz Lozoya

5.3

The Typists

1971

as Paul Cunningham

Paradise Lost

1971

as Leo Gordon

10.0

Romance of a Horsethief

1971

as Kifke

2.5

The Angel Levine

1970

as Delicatessen Clerk

The People Next Door

as Arthur Mason

Zig Zag

as Mario Gambretti

The Adventures of Gerard

1970

as Napoleon Bonaparte

5.6

The Reason Why

1970

as Charles

Mackenna's Gold

1969

as Ben Baker

6.6

The Brain

1969

as Frankie Scannapieco, godfather of the Italian mafia

7.3

A Lovely Way to Die

1968

as Tennessee Fredericks

4.7

Ace High

1968

as Cacopoulos

6.5

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

1968

as Harry Hunter

5.4

The Owl Who Gave a Hoot

1967

as Mr. Owl (voice)

The Tiger Makes Out

1967

as Ben Harris

4.6

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

1966

as Tuco Ramirez

8.5

How to Steal a Million

1966

as Davis Leland

7.5

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

as 'Happy' Locarno

Lord Jim

as The General

Genghis Khan

as Shah of Khwarezm

Kisses for My President

1964

as Raphael Valdez Jr.

The Moon-Spinners

as Stratos

The Victors

as Sgt. Craig

Act One

as Warren Stone

How the West Was Won

as Charlie Gant

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

as John

The Misfits

as Guido

The Magnificent Seven

as Calvera

Seven Thieves

as Poncho

Lullaby

as Johnny Horton

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1959

as Rafael

I, Don Quixote

1959

as Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant

The Gift of the Magi

1958

as Narrator

The Lineup

1958

as Dancer

7.1

The Plot to Kill Stalin

1958

as Poskrebyshev

The Lark

1957

as Dauphin

Baby Doll

1956

as Silva Vacarro

7.0

The Yidishe Gauchos

as Narrator

Television (52)

Nurse Jackie

as Bernard Zimberg

The War

as Narrator (voice)

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

as Eli Weinraub

Stroker and Hoop

as Narrator (voice)

Whoopi

as Norman

Veritas: The Quest

as Rabbi

The Job

as Mr. Weiss

The West

as Self

as Mr. Langston

Baseball

as (voice)

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

as Self

7.5

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Law & Order

as Simon Vilanis

Worlds Beyond

as Charles Burgess

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1985

as Yosef Kandinsky

7.2

Christopher Columbus

1985

as Padre Fernando De Talavera

Our Family Honor

as Vincent Danzig

Murder, She Wrote

as Salvatore Gambini

Highway to Heaven

as Timothy Charles

Reading Rainbow

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Wogan

as Self

American Playhouse

as Mr. Prince

The Executioner's Song

1982

as Vern Damico

Tales of the Unexpected

as Gerry Williams

The Hollywood Greats

as Self

Seventh Avenue

as Gus Farber

Kojak

as Lee Curtin

Great Performances

as Self

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self

Batman

as Mister Freeze

CBS Playhouse

as Douglas Lambert

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Dick Powell Show

as Manny Jacobs

Outlaws

The David Susskind Show

1959

as Self

5.0

Shirley Temple's Storybook

as Simon

Naked City

as Det. Peter Bane

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

as Raymond Perez

Suspicion

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Playhouse 90

as Rafael

Climax!

as Albert Anastasia

Omnibus

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Dauphin

8.6

What's My Line?

1950

as Self - Mystery Guest

6.9

Lights Out

1949

as Giovanni

5.8

The Philco Television Playhouse

Studio One

as Ozep

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

The Tiger Makes Out

1967

Producer

4.6