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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In the Name of Democracy | Narrator | 2009-02-24 |
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The Toe Tactic | Maestro | 2009-01-29 |
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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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Vote and Die: Liszt for President | Joe Nightingale | 2008-03-07 |
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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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Sergio Leone - Il mio modo di vedere le cose | Self | 2006-03-08 |
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The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven' | Self | 2006-01-10 |
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The Hoax | Noah Dietrich | 2006-10-14 |
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Baby Doll: See No Evil | Self | 2006-05-02 |
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The Real James Dean | Self | 2006-08-01 |
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The Holiday | Arthur | 2006-12-05 |
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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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The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation | Father | 2005-01-05 |
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James Dean: Sense Memories | Self | 2005-05-11 |
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Leone's West | Self | 2004-04-07 |
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King of the Corner | Sol Spivak | 2004-06-08 |
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The Easter Egg Adventure | Narrator (voice) | 2004-09-05 |
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Other Voices (voice) | 2004-09-04 |
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Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly' | Self | 2004-04-07 |
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Por un puñado de sueños | Self - Interviewee | 2004-01-01 |
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Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King | Self / Narrator | 2003-01-01 |
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Mystic River | Mr. Loonie (uncredited) | 2003-10-08 |
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Rita | Self | 2003-09-09 |
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Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip | Other Voices (voice) | 2003-10-06 |
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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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Cinerama Adventure | Self | 2002-08-30 |
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Monday Night Mayhem | Leonard Goldenson | 2002-01-14 |
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Making 'The Misfits' | Self | 2002-10-02 |
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Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' | Self | 2000-05-13 |
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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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Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows | Self | 2000-09-27 |
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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 Associate | Donald Fallon | 1996-10-25 |
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Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen | Quote Reader | 1996-01-01 |
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Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome | Self | 1996-02-04 |
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The Search for Dracula | Narrator | 1996-01-01 |
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Honey Sweet Love | Don Siro | 1996-05-08 |
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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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Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King | Self | 1995-01-01 |
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Two Much | Sheldon | 1995-12-01 |
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American Cinema | Narrator | 1995-01-23 |
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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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Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess | Self | 1994-10-17 |
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Vendetta II: The New Mafia | Frank Latella | 1993-11-28 |
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Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes | (voice) | 1992-02-01 |
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The Donner Party | voice | 1992-10-28 |
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Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems | (voice) | 1992-06-10 |
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Legacy of Lies | Moses Resnick | 1992-04-22 |
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Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story | Bill Presser | 1992-09-12 |
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Mistress | George Lieberhof | 1992-07-24 |
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Lincoln | William Crook (voice) | 1992-12-26 |
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Night and the City | Peck | 1992-10-16 |
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Article 99 | Sam Abrams | 1992-03-13 |
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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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Funny | Self | 1988-04-01 |
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An Empire of Reason | Anti-Federalist Spokesman | 1988-07-03 |
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Hello Actors Studio | Self | 1988-11-09 |
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Hollywood Uncensored | Self | 1987-12-01 |
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Nuts | Dr. Herbert A. Morrison | 1987-11-20 |
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Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland | Narrator (voice) | 1987-01-01 |
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The Impossible Spy | Yacov | 1987-11-28 |
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Rocket to the Moon | Mr. Prince | 1986-05-05 |
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Something in Common | Norman Voss | 1986-11-02 |
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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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Anatomy of an Illness | Dr. William Hitzig | 1984-05-15 |
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Sam's Son | Sam Orowitz | 1984-08-17 |
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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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The Pride of Jesse Hallam | Sal Galucci | 1981-03-03 |
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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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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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The Hunter | Ritchie Blumenthal | 1980-08-01 |
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Fugitive Family | Olan Vacio | 1980-10-01 |
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Winter Kills | Joe Diamond | 1979-05-11 |
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Firepower | Sal Hyman | 1979-04-27 |
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Circle of Iron | Man-in-Oil | 1978-07-25 |
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The Pirate | Ben Ezra | 1978-11-21 |
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Girlfriends | Rabbi Gold | 1978-08-11 |
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Movie Movie | Vince Marlow / Pop | 1978-11-01 |
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Squadra antimafia | Don Gerolamo Giarra | 1978-10-10 |
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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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How to Steal a Million | Davis Leland | 1966-07-13 |
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Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo | Tuco Ramirez | 1966-12-22 |
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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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Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man | John | 1962-07-25 |
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How the West Was Won | Charlie Gant | 1962-11-02 |
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The Misfits | Guido | 1961-02-01 |
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Lullaby | Johnny Horton | 1960-01-18 |
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Seven Thieves | Poncho | 1960-03-11 |
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The Magnificent Seven | Calvera | 1960-10-12 |
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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 Gift of the Magi | Narrator | 1958-12-09 |
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The Plot to Kill Stalin | Poskrebyshev | 1958-09-25 |
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The Lineup | Dancer | 1958-06-11 |
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The Lark | Dauphin | 1957-02-10 |
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Baby Doll | Silva Vacarro | 1956-12-29 |