Eli Wallach
Known for Acting · 216 credits
- Born
- 1915-12-07
- Died
- 2014-06-24
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Ely Wallach · 엘리 웰라치 · Елай Воллак · Eli Herschel Wallach · ایلی والاک
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
TV Shows (55)
Law & Order
1990
as Simon Vilanis
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
ER
1994
as Mr. Langston
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Salvatore Gambini
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Wogan
1982
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Batman
1966
as Mister Freeze
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
Climax!
1954
as Albert Anastasia
Screen Two
1985
as Yacov
American Playhouse
1982
as Mr. Prince
Nurse Jackie
2009
as Bernard Zimberg
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Nacho
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Gerry Williams
Highway to Heaven
1984
as Timothy Charles / Gene Malloy
Naked City
1958
as Det. Peter Bane / Georgie
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Kojak
1973
as Lee Curtin
Studio One
1948
as Ozep / Peter Hendon
Omnibus
1952
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Yosef Kandinsky
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
Lights Out
1949
as Giovanni
Suspicion
1957
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Fuzzy
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
as Simon
Playhouse 90
1956
as Rafael
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
as Raymond Perez
Outlaws
1960
Worlds Beyond
1986
as Charles Burgess
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
as Eli Weinraub
Baseball
1994
as Various (voice)
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Douglas Lambert
The Dick Powell Show
1961
as Manny Jacobs
Christopher Columbus
1985
as Padre Fernando De Talavera
The Job
2001
as Mr. Weiss
Veritas: The Quest
2003
as Rabbi
Whoopi
2003
as Norman
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Dauphin
The War
2007
as Narrator (voice)
Stroker and Hoop
2004
as Narrator (voice)
The Hollywood Greats
1977
as Self
The Pirate
1977
as Ben Ezra
The West
1996
as Self
The David Susskind Show
1959
as Self
Our Family Honor
1985
as Vincent Danzig
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
The Executioner's Song
1982
as Vern Damico
Seventh Avenue
1977
as Gus Farber
Movies (161)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966
as Tuco Ramirez
The Godfather Part III
1990
as Don Altobello
The Magnificent Seven
1960
as Calvera
Mystic River
2003
as Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
The Holiday
2006
as Arthur
Mackenna's Gold
1969
as Ben Baker
New York, I Love You
2008
as Abe
Hollywood Uncensored
1987
as Self
How the West Was Won
1962
as Charlie Gant
Girlfriends
1978
as Rabbi Gold
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010
as Julie Steinhardt
The Ghost Writer
2010
as Old man
Mistress
1992
as George Lieberhof
The Domino Principle
1977
as Gen. Reser
Act One
1963
as Warren Stone
The Misfits
1961
as Guido
The Pirate
1978
as Ben Ezra
Rita
2003
as Self
Movie Movie
1978
as Vince Marlow / Pop
How to Steal a Million
1966
as Davis Leland
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
2020
as Osvaldo Altobello
Lord Jim
1965
as The General
Mama's Boy
2007
as Seymour Warburton
O. Henry's Christmas
1996
as Behrman ("The Last Leaf")
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
The Salamander
1981
as General Leporello
The Bookfair Murders
2000
as Erich Schmidt
A Lovely Way to Die
1968
as Tennessee Fredericks
Showing Up
2014
as Self
King of the Corner
2004
as Sol Spivak
The Deep
1977
as Adam Coffin
The Easter Egg Adventure
2004
as Narrator (voice)
Cinderella Liberty
1973
as Lynn Forshay
Crazy Joe
1974
as Don Vittorio
Terezin Diary
1991
as Narrator
The Donner Party
1992
as voice
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971
as Maz Lozoya
Honey Sweet Love
1996
as Don Siro
Keeping the Faith
2000
as Rabbi Ben Lewis
Monday Night Mayhem
2002
as Leonard Goldenson
Seven Thieves
1960
as Poncho
Eye of the Cat
1975
as Cesare
The Train
2015
as Andre
Winter Kills
1979
as Joe Diamond
The Sentinel
1977
as Detective Gatz
The Brain
1969
as Frankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian Mafia
The Two Jakes
1990
as Cotton Weinberger
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966
as 'Happy' Locarno
Article 99
1992
as Sam Abrams
Plot of Fear
1976
as Peter Struwwel
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
1992
as (voice)
Nasty Habits
1977
as Monsignor
Genghis Khan
1965
as Shah of Khwarezm
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997
as Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)
Coney Island
1991
as Self - Actor
The Associate
1996
as Donald Fallon
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990
as Self / Don Altobello
Ace High
1968
as Cacopoulos
The Adventures of Gerard
1970
as Napoleon Bonaparte
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
1992
as (voice)
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962
as John
The Tiger Makes Out
1967
as Ben Harris
Romance of a Horsethief
1971
as Kifke
The Toe Tactic
2009
as Maestro
Tough Guys
1986
as Leon B. Little
Baby Doll
1956
as Silva Vacarro
Nuts
1987
as Dr. Herbert A. Morrison
Rocket to the Moon
1986
as Mr. Prince
Anatomy of an Illness
1984
as Dr. William Hitzig
The Hunter
1980
as Ritchie Blumenthal
Circle of Iron
1978
as Man-in-Oil
James Dean: Sense Memories
2005
as Self
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992
as Don Altobello
The Gift of the Magi
1958
as Narrator
The Hoax
2006
as Noah Dietrich
I, Don Quixote
1959
as Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant
Indict and Convict
1974
as DeWitt Foster
Skokie
1981
as Bert Silverman
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
2003
as Self / Narrator
Little Italy
1978
as Don Gerolamo Giarra
The Executioner's Song
1982
as Vern Damico
Hello Actors Studio
1988
as Self
The People Next Door
1970
as Arthur Mason
Zig Zag
1970
as Mario Gambretti
The White, The Yellow, and The Black
1975
as Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack
The Angel Levine
1970
as Delicatessen Clerk
Two Much
1995
as Sheldon
The Education of Gore Vidal
2003
as Self
Kisses for My President
1964
as Raphael Valdez Jr.
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997
as Self
Night and the City
1992
as Peck
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
1981
as Sal Galucci
A Cold Night's Death
1973
as Frank Enari
James Dean: A Portrait
1995
as Self
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
1998
as Deluca
The Real James Dean
2006
as Self
The Search for Dracula
1996
as Narrator
The Typists
1971
as Paul Cunningham
Baby Doll: See No Evil
2006
as Self
The Victors
1963
as Sgt. Craig
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003
as Other Voices (voice)
Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV
1987
as Self - Host
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
2000
as Self
The Plot to Kill Stalin
1958
as Poskrebyshev
The Moon-Spinners
1964
as Stratos
Il falso bugiardo
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Stateline Motel
1973
as Joe
Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland
1987
as Narrator (voice)
Something in Common
1986
as Norman Voss
The Lineup
1958
as Dancer
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1992
as Bill Presser
An Empire of Reason
1988
as Anti-Federalist Spokesman
Paradise Lost
1971
as Leo Gordon
The Impossible Spy
1987
as Yacov
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Cinerama Adventure
2002
as Self
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968
as Harry Hunter
Lullaby
1960
as Johnny Horton
Por un puñado de sueños
2004
as Self - Interviewee
The Owl Who Gave a Hoot
1967
as Mr. Owl (voice)
About Eli Wallach
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 w… With 216 credits spanning from 1948 to 2022, Eli Wallach has appeared in 161 films and 55 TV shows.
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Most Popular Eli Wallach Movies
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) — as Tuco Ramirez
- The Godfather Part III (1990) — as Don Altobello
- The Magnificent Seven (1960) — as Calvera
- Mystic River (2003) — as Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
- The Holiday (2006) — as Arthur
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