Eli Wallach
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Dec 7, 1915 (110 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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
| 2022 | Rat PackSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2015 | The TrainAndre | |
| 2014 | Showing UpSelf | |
| 2010 | The Ghost WriterOld man | |
| 2010 | Wall Street: Money Never SleepsJulie Steinhardt | |
| 2010 | Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth GruberMordechai Rossman (voice) | |
| 2009 | The Toe TacticMaestro | |
| 2009 | In the Name of DemocracyNarrator | |
| 2009 | Nurse JackieBernard Zimberg | |
| 2008 | New York, I Love YouAbe | |
| 2008 | Vote and Die: Liszt for PresidentJoe Nightingale | |
| 2008 | Il falso bugiardoSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2007 | Mama's BoySeymour Warburton | |
| 2007 | BrandoSelf | |
| 2007 | The WarNarrator (voice) | |
| 2006 | The HolidayArthur Abbott | |
| 2006 | The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'Self | |
| 2006 | The HoaxNoah Dietrich | |
| 2006 | Sergio Leone: The Way I See ThingsSelf | |
| 2006 | The Real James DeanSelf | |
| 2006 | Baby Doll: See No EvilSelf | |
| 2006 | Studio 60 on the Sunset StripEli Weinraub | |
| 2005 | A Taste Of JupiterArturo | |
| 2005 | Steve McQueen: The Essence of CoolSelf | |
| 2005 | The Moon and the Son: An Imagined ConversationFather | |
| 2005 | James Dean: Sense MemoriesSelf | |
| 2004 | The Easter Egg AdventureNarrator (voice) | |
| 2004 | Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'Self | |
| 2004 | Leone's WestSelf | |
| 2004 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonOther Voices (voice) | |
| 2004 | Por un puñado de sueñosSelf - Interviewee | |
| 2004 | King of the CornerSol Spivak | |
| 2004 | Stroker and HoopNarrator (voice) | |
| 2003 | Mystic RiverMr. Loonie (uncredited) | |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf | |
| 2003 | The Education of Gore VidalSelf | |
| 2003 | Time Machine: When Cowboys Were KingSelf / Narrator | |
| 2003 | Horatio's Drive: America's First Road TripOther Voices (voice) | |
| 2003 | RitaSelf | |
| 2003 | Veritas: The QuestRabbi | |
| 2003 | WhoopiNorman | |
| 2002 | Monday Night MayhemLeonard Goldenson | |
| 2002 | Cinerama AdventureSelf | |
| 2002 | Making 'The Misfits'Self | |
| 2001 | The JobMr. Weiss | |
| 2000 | Keeping the FaithRabbi Ben Lewis | |
| 2000 | UninvitedAlan Strasser | |
| 2000 | Clint Eastwood: Out of the ShadowsSelf | |
| 2000 | The Bookfair MurdersErich Schmidt | |
| 2000 | Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'Self | |
| 1998 | Naked City: Justice with a BulletDeluca | |
| 1997 | Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 YearsSelf | |
| 1997 | The Trial of Adolf EichmannPinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices) | |
| 1996 | The AssociateDonald Fallon | |
| 1996 | Honey Sweet LoveDon Siro | |
| 1996 | The Search for DraculaNarrator | |
| 1996 | O. Henry's ChristmasBehrman ("The Last Leaf") | |
| 1996 | Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and HandsomeSelf | |
| 1996 | The WestSelf | |
| 1995 | Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was KingSelf | |
| 1995 | Two MuchSheldon | |
| 1995 | Elia Kazan: A Director's JourneyNarrator | |
| 1995 | James Dean: A PortraitSelf | |
| 1994 | It's Alive: The True Story of FrankensteinNarrator | |
| 1994 | Martha Graham: The Dancer RevealedSelf | |
| 1994 | Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal GoddessSelf | |
| 1994 | The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed MonstersSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors StudioSelf | |
| 1994 | BaseballVarious (voice) | |
| 1994 | ERMr. Langston | |
| 1994 | Baseball(voice) | |
| 1993 | Vendetta II: The New MafiaFrank Latella | |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest | |
| 1992 | Article 99Sam Abrams | |
| 1992 | Night and the CityPeck | |
| 1992 | MistressGeorge Lieberhof | |
| 1992 | The Donner Partyvoice | |
| 1992 | Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes(voice) | |
| 1992 | Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems(voice) | |
| 1992 | Legacy of LiesMoses Resnick | |
| 1992 | Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser StoryBill Presser | |
| 1992 | LincolnWilliam Crook (voice) | |
| 1991 | Coney IslandSelf - Actor | |
| 1991 | Terezin DiaryNarrator | |
| 1990 | The Godfather Part IIIDon Altobello | |
| 1990 | The Two JakesCotton Weinberger | |
| 1990 | Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept SecretSelf | |
| 1990 | The Godfather Family: A Look InsideSelf / Don Altobello | |
| 1990 | Law & OrderSimon Vilanis | |
| 1988 | FunnySelf | |
| 1988 | Hello Actors StudioSelf | |
| 1988 | An Empire of ReasonAnti-Federalist Spokesman | |
| 1987 | NutsDr. Herbert A. Morrison | |
| 1987 | The Impossible SpyYacov | |
| 1987 | Hollywood UncensoredSelf | |
| 1987 | Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in PolandNarrator (voice) | |
| 1987 | Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TVSelf - Host | |
| 1986 | Tough GuysLeon B. Little | |
| 1986 | Rocket to the MoonMr. Prince | |
| 1986 | Something in CommonNorman Voss | |
| 1986 | Worlds BeyondCharles Burgess | |
| 1985 | Murder: By Reason of InsanityDr. Huffman | |
| 1985 | EmbassyJoe Verga | |
| 1985 | The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsYosef Kandinsky | |
| 1985 | Our Family HonorVincent Danzig | |
| 1985 | Christopher ColumbusPadre Fernando De Talavera | |
| 1984 | Sam's SonSam Orowitz | |
| 1984 | Anatomy of an IllnessDr. William Hitzig | |
| 1984 | Highway to HeavenTimothy Charles | |
| 1984 | Murder, She WroteSalvatore Gambini | |
| 1983 | Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1982 | The Executioner's SongVern Damico | |
| 1982 | The WallMauritzi Apt | |
| 1982 | WoganSelf | |
| 1982 | American PlayhouseMr. Prince | |
| 1982 | The Executioner's SongVern Damico | |
| 1981 | SkokieBert Silverman | |
| 1981 | The SalamanderGeneral Leporello | |
| 1981 | The Pride of Jesse HallamSal Galucci | |
| 1980 | The HunterRitchie Blumenthal | |
| 1980 | Guri | |
| 1980 | Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of FlatbushSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1980 | Fugitive FamilyOlan Vacio | |
| 1979 | Winter KillsJoe Diamond | |
| 1979 | FirepowerSal Hyman | |
| 1979 | Tales of the UnexpectedGerry Williams | |
| 1978 | Circle of IronMan-in-Oil | |
| 1978 | Movie MovieVince Marlow / Pop | |
| 1978 | GirlfriendsRabbi Gold | |
| 1978 | The PirateBen Ezra | |
| 1978 | Little ItalyDon Gerolamo Giarra | |
| 1977 | The DeepAdam Coffin | |
| 1977 | The Domino PrincipleGen. Reser | |
| 1977 | The SentinelDetective Gatz | |
| 1977 | Nasty HabitsMonsignor | |
| 1977 | The Hollywood GreatsSelf | |
| 1977 | Seventh AvenueGus Farber | |
| 1977 | The PirateBen Ezra | |
| 1976 | Plot of FearPeter Struwwel | |
| 1976 | IndependenceBenjamin Franklin | |
| 1975 | Shoot First… Ask Questions LaterSheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack | |
| 1975 | Eye of the CatCesare | |
| 1974 | Crazy JoeDon Vittorio | |
| 1974 | Houston, We've Got a ProblemNarrator (voice) | |
| 1974 | Indict and ConvictDeWitt Foster | |
| 1973 | Cinderella LibertyLynn Forshay | |
| 1973 | A Cold Night's DeathFrank Enari | |
| 1973 | Stateline MotelJoe | |
| 1973 | KojakLee Curtin | |
| 1971 | Don't Turn the Other CheekMaz Lozoya | |
| 1971 | Romance of a HorsethiefKifke | |
| 1971 | Paradise LostLeo Gordon | |
| 1971 | The TypistsPaul Cunningham | |
| 1971 | Great PerformancesSelf | |
| 1970 | Zig ZagMario Gambretti | |
| 1970 | The People Next DoorArthur Mason | |
| 1970 | The Adventures of GerardNapoleon Bonaparte | |
| 1970 | The Angel LevineDelicatessen Clerk | |
| 1970 | The Reason WhyCharles | |
| 1969 | Mackenna's GoldBen Baker | |
| 1969 | The BrainFrankie Scannapieco, godfather of the Italian mafia | |
| 1968 | Ace HighCacopoulos | |
| 1968 | A Lovely Way to DieTennessee Fredericks | |
| 1968 | How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your LifeHarry Hunter | |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf | |
| 1967 | The Tiger Makes OutBen Harris | |
| 1967 | The Owl Who Gave a HootMr. Owl (voice) | |
| 1966 | How to Steal a MillionDavis Leland | |
| 1966 | The Poppy Is Also a Flower'Happy' Locarno | |
| 1966 | The Good, the Bad and the UglyTuco Ramirez | |
| 1966 | BatmanMister Freeze | |
| 1966 | CBS PlayhouseDouglas Lambert | |
| 1965 | Genghis KhanShah of Khwarezm | |
| 1965 | Lord JimThe General | |
| 1964 | The Moon-SpinnersStratos | |
| 1964 | Kisses for My PresidentRaphael Valdez Jr. | |
| 1963 | The VictorsSgt. Craig | |
| 1963 | Act OneWarren Stone | |
| 1962 | How the West Was WonCharlie Gant | |
| 1962 | Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young ManJohn | |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin ShowSelf | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf | |
| 1961 | The MisfitsGuido | |
| 1961 | The Dick Powell ShowManny Jacobs | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSelf | |
| 1960 | The Magnificent SevenCalvera | |
| 1960 | Seven ThievesPoncho | |
| 1960 | LullabyJohnny Horton | |
| 1960 | Outlaws | |
| 1959 | For Whom the Bell TollsRafael | |
| 1959 | I, Don QuixoteSancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant | |
| 1959 | The David Susskind ShowSelf | |
| 1958 | The LineupDancer | |
| 1958 | The Gift of the MagiNarrator | |
| 1958 | The Plot to Kill StalinPoskrebyshev | |
| 1958 | Naked CityDet. Peter Bane | |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseRaymond Perez | |
| 1958 | Naked CityGeorgie | |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's StorybookSimon | |
| 1957 | The LarkDauphin | |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf | |
| 1957 | Suspicion | |
| 1956 | Baby DollSilva Vacarro | |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90Rafael | |
| 1956 | Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter | |
| 1954 | Climax!Albert Anastasia | |
| 1952 | Omnibus | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameDauphin | |
| 1950 | What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest | |
| 1949 | Lights OutGiovanni | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | |
| 1948 | Studio OneOzep | |
| 1948 | Studio OnePeter Hendon | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television PlayhouseNacho | |
| - | The Yidishe GauchosNarrator |
| 1967 | The Tiger Makes OutProducer |