1915-12-07 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.
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Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) | 2022-01-11 |
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The Train | Andre | 2015-08-06 |
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Showing Up | Self | 2014-02-25 |
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Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber | Mordechai Rossman (voice) | 2010-09-10 |
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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | Julie Steinhardt | 2010-09-20 |
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The Ghost Writer | Old man | 2010-02-12 |
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The Toe Tactic | Maestro | 2009-01-29 |
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In the Name of Democracy | Narrator | 2009-02-24 |
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Vote and Die: Liszt for President | Joe Nightingale | 2008-03-07 |
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Il falso bugiardo | Self (archive footage) | 2008-07-03 |
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New York, I Love You | Abe | 2008-09-06 |
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Mama's Boy | Seymour Warburton | 2007-12-14 |
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Brando | Self | 2007-05-01 |
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The Hoax | Noah Dietrich | 2006-10-14 |
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The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven' | Self | 2006-01-10 |
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The Holiday | Arthur | 2006-12-05 |
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Sergio Leone - Il mio modo di vedere le cose | Self | 2006-03-08 |
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The Real James Dean | Self | 2006-08-01 |
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Baby Doll: See No Evil | Self | 2006-05-02 |
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The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation | Father | 2005-01-05 |
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Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool | Self | 2005-06-01 |
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A Taste Of Jupiter | Arturo | 2005-09-15 |
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James Dean: Sense Memories | Self | 2005-05-11 |
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Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly' | Self | 2004-04-07 |
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Other Voices (voice) | 2004-09-04 |
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Por un puñado de sueños | Self - Interviewee | 2004-01-01 |
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King of the Corner | Sol Spivak | 2004-06-08 |
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Leone's West | Self | 2004-04-07 |
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The Easter Egg Adventure | Narrator (voice) | 2004-09-05 |
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Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip | Other Voices (voice) | 2003-10-06 |
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Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King | Self / Narrator | 2003-01-01 |
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Rita | Self | 2003-09-09 |
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 2003-04-03 |
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The Education of Gore Vidal | Self | 2003-06-30 |
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Mystic River | Mr. Loonie (uncredited) | 2003-10-08 |
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Making 'The Misfits' | Self | 2002-10-02 |
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Cinerama Adventure | Self | 2002-08-30 |
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Monday Night Mayhem | Leonard Goldenson | 2002-01-14 |
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Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' | Self | 2000-05-13 |
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Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows | Self | 2000-09-27 |
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Uninvited | Alan Strasser | 2000-05-19 |
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The Bookfair Murders | Erich Schmidt | 2000-01-01 |
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Keeping the Faith | Rabbi Ben Lewis | 2000-04-14 |
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Naked City: Justice with a Bullet | Deluca | 1998-10-04 |
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Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Self | 1997-01-21 |
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The Trial of Adolf Eichmann | Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices) | 1997-04-30 |
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O. Henry's Christmas | Behrman ("The Last Leaf") | 1996-06-03 |
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The Search for Dracula | Narrator | 1996-01-01 |
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Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen | Quote Reader | 1996-01-01 |
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The Associate | Donald Fallon | 1996-10-25 |
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Honey Sweet Love | Don Siro | 1996-05-08 |
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Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome | Self | 1996-02-04 |
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Two Much | Sheldon | 1995-12-01 |
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Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King | Self | 1995-01-01 |
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Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey | Narrator | 1995-08-14 |
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James Dean: A Portrait | Self | 1995-09-30 |
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Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess | Self | 1994-10-17 |
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Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed | Self | 1994-05-13 |
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It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein | Narrator | 1994-10-25 |
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The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1994-04-12 |
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Vendetta II: The New Mafia | Frank Latella | 1993-11-28 |
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Legacy of Lies | Moses Resnick | 1992-04-22 |
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The Donner Party | voice | 1992-10-28 |
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Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes | (voice) | 1992-02-01 |
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Article 99 | Sam Abrams | 1992-03-13 |
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Night and the City | Peck | 1992-10-16 |
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Lincoln | William Crook (voice) | 1992-12-26 |
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Mistress | George Lieberhof | 1992-07-24 |
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Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems | (voice) | 1992-06-10 |
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Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story | Bill Presser | 1992-09-12 |
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Terezín Diary | Narrator | 1991-07-04 |
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Coney Island | Self - Actor | 1991-02-04 |
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The Godfather Family: A Look Inside | Self / Don Altobello | 1990-07-12 |
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The Godfather Part III | Don Altobello | 1990-12-25 |
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The Two Jakes | Cotton Weinberger | 1990-08-10 |
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Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret | Self | 1990-08-27 |
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Hello Actors Studio | Self | 1988-11-09 |
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Funny | Self | 1988-04-01 |
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An Empire of Reason | Anti-Federalist Spokesman | 1988-07-03 |
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The Impossible Spy | Yacov | 1987-11-28 |
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Nuts | Dr. Herbert A. Morrison | 1987-11-20 |
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Hollywood Uncensored | Self | 1987-12-01 |
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Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland | Narrator (voice) | 1987-01-01 |
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Something in Common | Norman Voss | 1986-11-02 |
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Rocket to the Moon | Mr. Prince | 1986-05-05 |
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Tough Guys | Leon B. Little | 1986-10-03 |
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Murder: By Reason of Insanity | Dr. Huffman | 1985-10-01 |
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Embassy | Joe Verga | 1985-04-21 |
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Sam's Son | Sam Orowitz | 1984-08-17 |
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Anatomy of an Illness | Dr. William Hitzig | 1984-05-15 |
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The Executioner's Song | Vern Damico | 1982-09-10 |
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The Wall | Mauritzi Apt | 1982-02-16 |
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Skokie | Bert Silverman | 1981-11-17 |
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The Salamander | General Leporello | 1981-04-25 |
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The Pride of Jesse Hallam | Sal Galucci | 1981-03-03 |
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The Hunter | Ritchie Blumenthal | 1980-08-01 |
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Fugitive Family | Olan Vacio | 1980-10-01 |
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Guri | 1980-08-09 | |
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Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1980-04-01 |
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Firepower | Sal Hyman | 1979-04-27 |
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Winter Kills | Joe Diamond | 1979-05-11 |
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The Pirate | Ben Ezra | 1978-11-21 |
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Squadra antimafia | Don Gerolamo Giarra | 1978-10-10 |
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Movie Movie | Vince Marlow / Pop | 1978-11-01 |
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Circle of Iron | Man-in-Oil | 1978-07-25 |
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Girlfriends | Rabbi Gold | 1978-08-11 |
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Nasty Habits | Monsignor | 1977-01-28 |
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The Sentinel | Detective Gatz | 1977-01-07 |
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The Deep | Adam Coffin | 1977-06-17 |
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The Domino Principle | Gen. Reser | 1977-03-23 |
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E tanta paura | Peter Struwwel | 1976-09-17 |
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Independence | Benjamin Franklin | 1976-07-04 |
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Attenti al buffone | Cesare | 1975-10-19 |
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Il bianco, il giallo, il nero | Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack | 1975-01-17 |
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Houston, We've Got a Problem | Narrator (voice) | 1974-03-02 |
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Crazy Joe | Don Vittorio | 1974-02-08 |
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Indict and Convict | DeWitt Foster | 1974-01-06 |
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L'ultima chance | Joe | 1973-09-14 |
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Cinderella Liberty | Lynn Forshay | 1973-12-18 |
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A Cold Night's Death | Frank Enari | 1973-01-30 |
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Paradise Lost | Leo Gordon | 1971-02-25 |
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¡Viva la muerte... tua! | Maz Lozoya | 1971-12-22 |
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The Typists | Paul Cunningham | 1971-10-07 |
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Le Roman d'un voleur de chevaux | Kifke | 1971-08-11 |
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Zig Zag | Mario Gambretti | 1970-05-01 |
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The People Next Door | Arthur Mason | 1970-08-26 |
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The Angel Levine | Delicatessen Clerk | 1970-07-28 |
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The Reason Why | Charles | 1970-01-02 |
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The Adventures of Gerard | Napoleon Bonaparte | 1970-07-03 |
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Le Cerveau | Frankie Scannapieco, godfather of the Italian mafia | 1969-03-07 |
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Mackenna's Gold | Ben Baker | 1969-03-18 |
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I quattro dell'Ave Maria | Cacopoulos | 1968-10-02 |
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A Lovely Way to Die | Tennessee Fredericks | 1968-04-19 |
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How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life | Harry Hunter | 1968-01-17 |
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The Owl Who Gave a Hoot | Mr. Owl (voice) | 1967-01-01 |
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The Tiger Makes Out | Ben Harris | 1967-08-18 |
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The Poppy Is Also a Flower | 'Happy' Locarno | 1966-05-20 |
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Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo | Tuco Ramirez | 1966-12-22 |
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How to Steal a Million | Davis Leland | 1966-07-13 |
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Lord Jim | The General | 1965-02-15 |
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Genghis Khan | Shah of Khwarezm | 1965-04-15 |
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Kisses for My President | Raphael Valdez Jr. | 1964-08-21 |
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The Moon-Spinners | Stratos | 1964-07-08 |
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The Victors | Sgt. Craig | 1963-11-22 |
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Act One | Warren Stone | 1963-12-26 |
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How the West Was Won | Charlie Gant | 1962-11-02 |
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Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man | John | 1962-07-25 |
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The Misfits | Guido | 1961-02-01 |
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The Magnificent Seven | Calvera | 1960-10-12 |
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Lullaby | Johnny Horton | 1960-01-18 |
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Seven Thieves | Poncho | 1960-03-11 |
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For Whom the Bell Tolls | Rafael | 1959-03-12 |
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I, Don Quixote | Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant | 1959-11-09 |
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The Lineup | Dancer | 1958-06-11 |
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The Plot to Kill Stalin | Poskrebyshev | 1958-09-25 |
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The Gift of the Magi | Narrator | 1958-12-09 |
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The Lark | Dauphin | 1957-02-10 |
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Baby Doll | Silva Vacarro | 1956-12-29 |
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The Yidishe Gauchos | Narrator |