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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eli Wallach, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| Birth Location | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1915-12-07 |
| Died | 2014-06-24 |
Movies
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2022
The Train
as Andre
2015
Showing Up
as Self
2014
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
as Julie Steinhardt
2010
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
as Mordechai Rossman (voice)
2010
The Ghost Writer
as Old man
2010
The Toe Tactic
as Maestro
2009
New York, I Love You
as Abe
2008
Il falso bugiardo
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
as Joe Nightingale
2008
Mama's Boy
as Seymour Warburton
2007
The Holiday
as Arthur Abbott
2006
The Hoax
as Noah Dietrich
2006
The Real James Dean
as Self
2006
Baby Doll: See No Evil
as Self
2006
2006
2005
2005
James Dean: Sense Memories
as Self
2005
2005
The Easter Egg Adventure
as Narrator (voice)
2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
2004
King of the Corner
as Sol Spivak
2004
2004
Leone's West
as Self
2004
Por un puñado de sueños
as Self - Interviewee
2004
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
as Other Voices (voice)
2003
Rita
as Self
2003
The Education of Gore Vidal
as Self
2003
Mystic River
as Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
2003
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
as Self / Narrator
2003
Making 'The Misfits'
as Self
2002
Cinerama Adventure
as Self
2002
Monday Night Mayhem
as Leonard Goldenson
2002
2000
Uninvited
as Alan Strasser
2000
2000
Keeping the Faith
as Rabbi Ben Lewis
2000
The Bookfair Murders
as Erich Schmidt
2000
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
as Deluca
1998
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
as Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)
1997
1997
The Associate
as Donald Fallon
1996
O. Henry's Christmas
as Behrman ("The Last Leaf")
1996
Honey Sweet Love
as Don Siro
1996
The Search for Dracula
as Narrator
1996
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
as Quote Reader
1996
Two Much
as Sheldon
1995
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
as Narrator
1995
American Cinema
as Narrator
1995
1995
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
as Narrator
1994
1994
1994
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1994
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
as Frank Latella
1993
Lincoln
as William Crook (voice)
1992
The Donner Party
as voice
1992
Night and the City
as Peck
1992
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
as Bill Presser
1992
Mistress
as George Lieberhof
1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
as (voice)
1992
Legacy of Lies
as Moses Resnick
1992
Article 99
as Sam Abrams
1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
as (voice)
1992
Coney Island
as Self - Actor
1991
The Godfather Part III
as Don Altobello
1990
The Two Jakes
as Cotton Weinberger
1990
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
as Self / Don Altobello
1990
Hello Actors Studio
as Self
1988
Funny
as Self
1988
Hollywood Uncensored
as Self
1987
The Impossible Spy
as Yacov
1987
Nuts
as Dr. Herbert A. Morrison
1987
Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland
as Narrator (voice)
1987
Something In Common
as Norman Voss
1986
Tough Guys
as Leon B. Little
1986
Rocket to the Moon
as Mr. Prince
1986
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
as Dr. Huffman
1985
Embassy
as Joe Verga
1985
Sam's Son
as Sam Orowitz
1984
Anatomy of an Illness
as Dr. William Hitzig
1984
The Executioner's Song
as Vern Damico
1982
The Wall
as Mauritzi Apt
1982
Skokie
as Bert Silverman
1981
The Salamander
as General Leporello
1981
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
as Sal Galucci
1981
Fugitive Family
as Olan Vacio
1980
1980
The Hunter
as Ritchie Blumenthal
1980
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1980
Winter Kills
as Joe Diamond
1979
Firepower
as Sal Hyman
1979
The Pirate
as Ben Ezra
1978
Movie Movie
as Vince Marlow / Pop
1978
Little Italy
as Don Gerolamo Giarra
1978
Girlfriends
as Rabbi Gold
1978
Circle of Iron
as Man-in-Oil
1978
The Deep
as Adam Coffin
1977
The Domino Principle
as Gen. Reser
1977
Nasty Habits
as Monsignor
1977
The Sentinel
as Detective Gatz
1977
Plot of Fear
as Peter Struwwel
1976
Independence
as Benjamin Franklin
1976
Eye of the Cat
as Cesare
1975
Shoot First… Ask Questions Later
as Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack
1975
Houston, We've Got a Problem
as Narrator (voice)
1974
Crazy Joe
as Don Vittorio
1974
Indict and Convict
as DeWitt Foster
1974
Cinderella Liberty
as Lynn Forshay
1973
Stateline Motel
as Joe
1973
A Cold Night's Death
as Frank Enari
1973
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
as Maz Lozoya
1971
The Typists
as Paul Cunningham
1971
Romance of a Horsethief
as Kifke
1971
Paradise Lost
as Leo Gordon
1971
The People Next Door
as Arthur Mason
1970
The Angel Levine
as Delicatessen Clerk
1970
The Adventures of Gerard
as Napoleon Bonaparte
1970
Zig Zag
as Mario Gambretti
1970
The Reason Why
as Charles
1970
Mackenna's Gold
as Ben Baker
1969
The Brain
as Frankie Scannapieco, parrain de la mafia italienne
1969
Ace High
as Cacopoulos
1968
A Lovely Way to Die
as Tennessee Fredericks
1968
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
as Harry Hunter
1968
The Tiger Makes Out
as Ben Harris
1967
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
as Tuco Ramirez
1966
How to Steal a Million
as Davis Leland
1966
Poppies Are Also Flowers
as 'Happy' Locarno
1966
Genghis Khan
as Shah of Khwarezm
1965
Lord Jim
as The General
1965
Kisses for My President
as Raphael Valdez Jr.
1964
The Moon-Spinners
as Stratos
1964
Act One
as Warren Stone
1963
The Victors
as Sgt. Craig
1963
How the West Was Won
as Charlie Gant
1962
1962
The Misfits
as Guido
1961
The Magnificent Seven
as Calvera
1960
Seven Thieves
as Poncho
1960
Lullaby
as Johnny Horton
1960
I, Don Quixote
as Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant
1959
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Rafael
1959
The Gift of the Magi
as Narrator
1958
The Plot to Kill Stalin
as Poskrebyshev
1958
The Lineup
as Dancer
1958
The Lark
as Dauphin
1957
Baby Doll
as Silva Vacarro
1956
Movies
The Tiger Makes Out
Producer
1967
