Eli Wallach
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Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Appearances
7.4
The Godfather Part III
Don Altobello
7.7
Mystic River
Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
7.5
The Magnificent Seven
Calvera
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Rafael
7.1
The Holiday
Arthur Abbott
7.5
How to Steal a Million
Davis Leland
6.4
The Victors
Sgt. Craig
8.8
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
Narrator
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed
5.7
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed
Self
8.5
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Self
5.9
Genghis Khan
Shah of Khwarezm
6.0
The Deep
Adam Coffin
6.0
Tough Guys
Leon B. Little
6.1
Keeping the Faith
Rabbi Ben Lewis
6.3
The Associate
Donald Fallon
5.9
The Hunter
Ritchie Blumenthal
7.0
The Misfits
Guido
6.8
Lord Jim
The General
6.8
The Ghost Writer
Old man
6.2
Article 99
Sam Abrams
6.3
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
Frank Latella
5.6
Circle of Iron
Man-in-Oil
6.5
Ace High
Cacopoulos
7.1
The Lineup
Dancer
7.0
How the West Was Won
Charlie Gant
5.9
The Domino Principle
Gen. Reser
6.0
The Two Jakes
Cotton Weinberger
4.2
A Taste Of Jupiter
Arturo
5.9
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
Self
6.1
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Julie Steinhardt
4.6
Mama's Boy
Seymour Warburton
7.0
Baby Doll
Silva Vacarro
6.3
Nuts
Dr. Herbert A. Morrison
5.8
Winter Kills
Joe Diamond
5.8
Night and the City
Peck
5.8
The Moon-Spinners
Stratos
6.3
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
Father
5.6
Plot of Fear
Peter Struwwel
8.0
The Gift of the Magi
Narrator
5.4
Two Much
Sheldon
6.6
Seven Thieves
Poncho
5.9
The Impossible Spy
Yacov
5.0
Firepower
Sal Hyman
8.0
Funny
Self
6.6
Mackenna's Gold
Ben Baker
6.1
The Sentinel
Detective Gatz
10.0
Rocket to the Moon
Mr. Prince
5.4
Hollywood Uncensored
Self
5.8
The Executioner's Song
Vern Damico
6.6
Crazy Joe
Don Vittorio
5.5
Mistress
George Lieberhof
Guri
The Lark
Dauphin
7.7
Zig Zag
Mario Gambretti
5.3
Uninvited
Alan Strasser
6.7
Cinderella Liberty
Lynn Forshay
6.0
Movie Movie
Vince Marlow / Pop
5.8
Shoot First… Ask Questions Later
Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
Self - Narrator (voice)
7.0
The Easter Egg Adventure
Narrator (voice)
4.8
A Lovely Way to Die
Tennessee Fredericks
6.5
Sam's Son
Sam Orowitz
6.1
A Cold Night's Death
Frank Enari
7.0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
4.0
The Toe Tactic
Maestro
5.9
The People Next Door
Arthur Mason
7.0
The Donner Party
voice
8.0
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
Mordechai Rossman (voice)
6.7
Girlfriends
Rabbi Gold
5.5
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
John
5.0
Nasty Habits
Monsignor
7.5
Houston, We've Got a Problem
Narrator (voice)
6.1
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
Narrator
5.9
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
'Happy' Locarno
5.5
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
Maz Lozoya
4.0
Romance of a Horsethief
Kifke
6.0
Monday Night Mayhem
Leonard Goldenson
6.3
Act One
Warren Stone
5.7
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
Harry Hunter
7.6
Kisses for My President
Raphael Valdez Jr.
7.7
Cinerama Adventure
Self
5.9
The Adventures of Gerard
Napoleon Bonaparte
5.0
The Tiger Makes Out
Ben Harris
9.2
Showing Up
Self
6.0
Skokie
Bert Silverman
6.7
Hello Actors Studio
Self
5.4
The Angel Levine
Delicatessen Clerk
10.0
The Reason Why
Charles
7.3
The Brain
Frankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian Mafia
8.0
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
(voice)
8.0
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
(voice)
7.0
Anatomy of an Illness
Dr. William Hitzig
5.5
The Salamander
General Leporello
5.3
Stateline Motel
Joe
Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'
Self
4.2
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Deluca
4.3
Eye of the Cat
Cesare
5.9
New York, I Love You
Abe
The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'
Self
9.0
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
8.5
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Tuco Ramirez
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Self
8.7
The Education of Gore Vidal
Self
5.7
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
Dr. Huffman
9.0
Paradise Lost
Leo Gordon
5.0
Embassy
Joe Verga
The Plot to Kill Stalin
Poskrebyshev
9.0
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
Self / Narrator
James Dean: Sense Memories
Self
1.0
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
Joe Nightingale
Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland
7.0
Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland
Narrator (voice)
7.3
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
8.0
Legacy of Lies
Moses Resnick
4.5
The Pirate
Ben Ezra
6.8
Brando
Self
6.1
Little Italy
Don Gerolamo Giarra
An Empire of Reason
Anti-Federalist Spokesman
7.8
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Self / Don Altobello
8.0
Coney Island
Self - Actor
5.6
The Bookfair Murders
Erich Schmidt
7.0
The Train
Andre
Terezin Diary
Terezin Diary
Narrator
5.8
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
Bill Presser
6.3
The Hoax
Noah Dietrich
7.7
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Other Voices (voice)
6.9
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
Self
I, Don Quixote
10.0
I, Don Quixote
Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant
7.0
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
Self
8.0
Indict and Convict
DeWitt Foster
8.3
Rita
Self
9.0
Honey Sweet Love
Don Siro
8.3
The Search for Dracula
Narrator
5.4
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
Sal Galucci
9.6
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
Self
O. Henry's Christmas
Behrman ("The Last Leaf")
8.0
Fugitive Family
Olan Vacio
7.0
Leone's West
Self
7.5
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
Self - Narrator (voice)
7.2
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
8.0
The Typists
Paul Cunningham
7.0
Lullaby
Johnny Horton
7.0
Making 'The Misfits'
Self
Il falso bugiardo
Self (archive footage)
The Real James Dean
Self
Por un puñado de sueños
Self - Interviewee
6.8
The Wall
Mauritzi Apt
6.0
Something in Common
Norman Voss
7.2
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Self
Baby Doll: See No Evil
Self
Lincoln
7.3
Lincoln
William Crook (voice)
5.9
King of the Corner
Sol Spivak
9.0
Independence
Benjamin Franklin
6.1
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)
9.0
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
Self
The Owl Who Gave a Hoot
The Owl Who Gave a Hoot
Mr. Owl (voice)
7.0
James Dean: A Portrait
Self
In the Name of Democracy
Narrator
The Yidishe Gauchos
The Yidishe Gauchos
Narrator
Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV
Self - Host
The Godfather, Coda: The death of Michael Corleone
Osvaldo Altobello
6.7
The Job
Mr. Weiss
7.6
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
7.3
Law & Order
Simon Vilanis
5.7
The Dick Powell Show
Manny Jacobs
7.4
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Eli Weinraub
7.3
Batman
Mister Freeze
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
Gerry Williams
7.4
Highway to Heaven
Timothy Charles
6.6
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
5.7
Naked City
Det. Peter Bane
7.2
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Yosef Kandinsky
7.0
The David Susskind Show
Self
7.1
Kojak
Lee Curtin
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dauphin
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
6.7
Veritas: The Quest
Rabbi
6.7
Outlaws
6.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Raymond Perez
6.7
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
3.8
Climax!
Albert Anastasia
6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
7.7
Our Family Honor
Vincent Danzig
6.0
Lights Out
Giovanni
4.7
The Hollywood Greats
Self
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
Salvatore Gambini
8.4
The West
Self
5.7
Naked City
Georgie
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
8.3
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
5.4
Studio One
Ozep
5.4
Studio One
Peter Hendon
6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
Nacho
8.1
The War
Narrator (voice)
7.0
Seventh Avenue
Gus Farber
6.3
Christopher Columbus
Padre Fernando De Talavera
5.3
Wogan
Self
7.0
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
7.5
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
7.5
Baseball
Various (voice)
7.6
Playhouse 90
Rafael
7.8
ER
Mr. Langston
6.6
American Playhouse
Mr. Prince
The Executioner's Song
Vern Damico
6.2
Suspicion
8.8
Whoopi
Norman
6.0
Great Performances
Self
6.5
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Simon
6.3
Omnibus
7.5
Baseball
(voice)
5.7
Stroker and Hoop
Narrator (voice)
7.1
Nurse Jackie
Bernard Zimberg
5.8
Worlds Beyond
Charles Burgess
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
5.0
The Pirate
Ben Ezra
7.4
Highway to Heaven
Gene Malloy
CBS Playhouse
7.0
CBS Playhouse
Douglas Lambert