Eli Wallach

Acting

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.

Filmography 216

Movies (161)

Rat Pack
2022
Self (archive footage)
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
2020
Osvaldo Altobello
The Train
2015
Andre
Showing Up
2014
Self
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010
Julie Steinhardt
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
2010
Mordechai Rossman (voice)
The Ghost Writer
2010
Old man
In the Name of Democracy
2009
Narrator
The Toe Tactic
2009
Maestro
New York, I Love You
2008
Abe
Il falso bugiardo
2008
Self (archive footage)
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
2008
Joe Nightingale
Mama's Boy
2007
Seymour Warburton
Brando
2007
Self
The Holiday
2006
Arthur
The Hoax
2006
Noah Dietrich
The Real James Dean
2006
Self
Baby Doll: See No Evil
2006
Self
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
2006
Self
The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'
2006
Self
A Taste Of Jupiter
2005
Arturo
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
2005
Self
James Dean: Sense Memories
2005
Self
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
2005
Father
The Easter Egg Adventure
2004
Narrator (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
Other Voices (voice)
King of the Corner
2004
Sol Spivak
Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'
2004
Self
Leone's West
2004
Self
Por un puñado de sueños
2004
Self - Interviewee

Shows (55)

Nurse Jackie
2009
Bernard Zimberg
The War
2007
Narrator (voice)
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
Eli Weinraub
Stroker and Hoop
2004
Narrator (voice)
Whoopi
2003
Norman
Veritas: The Quest
2003
Rabbi
The Job
2001
Mr. Weiss
The West
1996
Self
ER
1994
Mr. Langston
Baseball
1994
Various (voice)
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
Law & Order
1990
Simon Vilanis
Worlds Beyond
1986
Charles Burgess
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
Yosef Kandinsky
Our Family Honor
1985
Vincent Danzig
Christopher Columbus
1985
Padre Fernando De Talavera
Screen Two
1985
Yacov
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Salvatore Gambini
Highway to Heaven
1984
Timothy Charles
Reading Rainbow
1983
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Executioner's Song
1982
Vern Damico
Wogan
1982
Self
American Playhouse
1982
Mr. Prince
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Gerry Williams
The Pirate
1977
Ben Ezra
The Hollywood Greats
1977
Self
Seventh Avenue
1977
Gus Farber
Kojak
1973
Lee Curtin
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
Fuzzy