Person
Eli Wallach
Acting · 1915–2014 · 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
Law & Order
Simon Vilanis
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Wogan
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
ER
Mr. Langston
Murder, She Wrote
Salvatore Gambini
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Tuco Ramirez
Batman
Mister Freeze
Screen Two
Yacov
Great Performances
Self
Filmography
- 2022Rat PackSelf (archive footage)
- 2020The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael CorleoneOsvaldo Altobello
- 2015The TrainAndre
- 2014Showing UpSelf
- 2010Wall Street: Money Never SleepsJulie Steinhardt
- 2010Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth GruberMordechai Rossman (voice)
- 2010The Ghost WriterOld man
- 2009Nurse JackieBernard Zimberg
- 2009In the Name of DemocracyNarrator
- 2009The Toe TacticMaestro
- 2008New York, I Love YouAbe
- 2008Il falso bugiardoSelf (archive footage)
- 2008Vote and Die: Liszt for PresidentJoe Nightingale
- 2007Mama's BoySeymour Warburton
- 2007The WarNarrator (voice)
- 2007BrandoSelf
- 2006The HolidayArthur
- 2006The HoaxNoah Dietrich
- 2006Studio 60 on the Sunset StripEli Weinraub
- 2006The Real James DeanSelf
- 2006Baby Doll: See No EvilSelf
- 2006Sergio Leone: The Way I See ThingsSelf
- 2006The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'Self
- 2005A Taste Of JupiterArturo
- 2005Steve McQueen: The Essence of CoolSelf
- 2005James Dean: Sense MemoriesSelf
- 2005The Moon and the Son: An Imagined ConversationFather
- 2004The Easter Egg AdventureNarrator (voice)
- 2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonOther Voices (voice)
- 2004Stroker and HoopNarrator (voice)
- 2004King of the CornerSol Spivak
- 2004Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'Self
- 2004Leone's WestSelf
- 2004Por un puñado de sueñosSelf - Interviewee
- 2003Mystic RiverMr. Loonie (uncredited)
- 2003Horatio's Drive: America's First Road TripOther Voices (voice)
- 2003RitaSelf
- 2003WhoopiNorman
- 2003The Education of Gore VidalSelf
- 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf
- 2003Veritas: The QuestRabbi
- 2003Time Machine: When Cowboys Were KingSelf / Narrator
- 2002Making 'The Misfits'Self
- 2002Cinerama AdventureSelf
- 2002Monday Night MayhemLeonard Goldenson
- 2001The JobMr. Weiss
- 2000Clint Eastwood: Out of the ShadowsSelf
- 2000UninvitedAlan Strasser
- 2000Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'Self
- 2000Keeping the FaithRabbi Ben Lewis
- 2000The Bookfair MurdersErich Schmidt
- 1998Naked City: Justice with a BulletDeluca
- 1997The Trial of Adolf EichmannPinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)
- 1997Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 YearsSelf
- 1996The AssociateDonald Fallon
- 1996The WestSelf
- 1996O. Henry's ChristmasBehrman ("The Last Leaf")
- 1996Honey Sweet LoveDon Siro
- 1996Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and HandsomeSelf
- 1996The Search for DraculaNarrator
- 1995Two MuchSheldon
- 1995James Dean: A PortraitSelf
- 1995Elia Kazan: A Director's JourneyNarrator
- 1995Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was KingSelf
- 1994It's Alive: The True Story of FrankensteinNarrator
- 1994Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal GoddessSelf
- 1994ERMr. Langston
- 1994BaseballVarious (voice)
- 1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf
- 1994Martha Graham: The Dancer RevealedSelf
- 1994The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed MonstersSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1993Vendetta II: The New MafiaFrank Latella
- 1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
- 1992LincolnWilliam Crook (voice)
- 1992The Donner Partyvoice
- 1992The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980Don Altobello
- 1992Night and the CityPeck
- 1992Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser StoryBill Presser
- 1992MistressGeorge Lieberhof
- 1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems(voice)
- 1992Legacy of LiesMoses Resnick
- 1992Article 99Sam Abrams
- 1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes(voice)
- 1991Terezin DiaryNarrator
- 1991Coney IslandSelf - Actor
- 1990The Godfather Part IIIDon Altobello
- 1990Law & OrderSimon Vilanis
- 1990Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept SecretSelf
- 1990The Two JakesCotton Weinberger
- 1990The Godfather Family: A Look InsideSelf / Don Altobello
- 1988Hello Actors StudioSelf
- 1988An Empire of ReasonAnti-Federalist Spokesman
- 1988FunnySelf
- 1987Hollywood UncensoredSelf
- 1987The Impossible SpyYacov
- 1987NutsDr. Herbert A. Morrison
- 1987Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TVSelf - Host
- 1987Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in PolandNarrator (voice)
- 1986Something in CommonNorman Voss
- 1986Worlds BeyondCharles Burgess
- 1986Tough GuysLeon B. Little
- 1986Rocket to the MoonMr. Prince
- 1985Murder: By Reason of InsanityDr. Huffman
- 1985The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsYosef Kandinsky
- 1985Our Family HonorVincent Danzig
- 1985EmbassyJoe Verga
- 1985Christopher ColumbusPadre Fernando De Talavera
- 1985Screen TwoYacov
- 1984Murder, She WroteSalvatore Gambini
- 1984Highway to HeavenTimothy Charles
- 1984Sam's SonSam Orowitz
- 1984Anatomy of an IllnessDr. William Hitzig
- 1983Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1982The Executioner's SongVern Damico
- 1982The Executioner's SongVern Damico
- 1982WoganSelf
- 1982The WallMauritzi Apt
- 1981SkokieBert Silverman
- 1981The SalamanderGeneral Leporello
- 1981The Pride of Jesse HallamSal Galucci
- 1980Fugitive FamilyOlan Vacio
- 1980Guri
- 1980The HunterRitchie Blumenthal
- 1980Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of FlatbushSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1979Winter KillsJoe Diamond
- 1979FirepowerSal Hyman
- 1979Tales of the UnexpectedGerry Williams
- 1978The PirateBen Ezra
- 1978Movie MovieVince Marlow / Pop
- 1978Little ItalyDon Gerolamo Giarra
- 1978GirlfriendsRabbi Gold
- 1978Circle of IronMan-in-Oil
- 1977The PirateBen Ezra
- 1977The Hollywood GreatsSelf
- 1977The DeepAdam Coffin
- 1977The Domino PrincipleGen. Reser
- 1977Seventh AvenueGus Farber
- 1977Nasty HabitsMonsignor
- 1977The SentinelDetective Gatz
- 1976Plot of FearPeter Struwwel
- 1976IndependenceBenjamin Franklin
- 1975Eye of the CatCesare
- 1975The White, The Yellow, and The BlackSheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack
- 1974Houston, We've Got a ProblemNarrator (voice)
- 1974Crazy JoeDon Vittorio
- 1974Indict and ConvictDeWitt Foster
- 1973Cinderella LibertyLynn Forshay
- 1973KojakLee Curtin
- 1973Stateline MotelJoe
- 1973Orson Welles' Great MysteriesFuzzy
- 1973A Cold Night's DeathFrank Enari
- 1971Don't Turn the Other CheekMaz Lozoya
- 1971The TypistsPaul Cunningham
- 1971Romance of a HorsethiefKifke
- 1971Paradise LostLeo Gordon
- 1971Great PerformancesSelf
- 1970The People Next DoorArthur Mason
- 1970The Angel LevineDelicatessen Clerk
- 1970The Adventures of GerardNapoleon Bonaparte
- 1970Zig ZagMario Gambretti
- 1970The Reason WhyCharles
- 1969Mackenna's GoldBen Baker
- 1969The BrainFrankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian Mafia
- 1968Ace HighCacopoulos
- 1968A Lovely Way to DieTennessee Fredericks
- 1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf
- 1968How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your LifeHarry Hunter
- 1967The Tiger Makes OutBen Harris
- 1967The Owl Who Gave a HootMr. Owl (voice)
- 1966The Good, the Bad and the UglyTuco Ramirez
- 1966CBS PlayhouseDouglas Lambert
- 1966How to Steal a MillionDavis Leland
- 1966The Poppy Is Also a Flower'Happy' Locarno
- 1966BatmanMister Freeze
- 1965Genghis KhanShah of Khwarezm
- 1965Lord JimThe General
- 1964Kisses for My PresidentRaphael Valdez Jr.
- 1964The Moon-SpinnersStratos
- 1963Act OneWarren Stone
- 1963The VictorsSgt. Craig
- 1962How the West Was WonCharlie Gant
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1962Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young ManJohn
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
- 1961The Dick Powell ShowManny Jacobs
- 1961The MisfitsGuido
- 1960The Magnificent SevenCalvera
- 1960Outlaws
- 1960Seven ThievesPoncho
- 1960LullabyJohnny Horton
- 1959I, Don QuixoteSancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant
- 1959For Whom the Bell TollsRafael
- 1959The David Susskind ShowSelf
- 1958The Gift of the MagiNarrator
- 1958Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseRaymond Perez
- 1958Naked CityDet. Peter Bane
- 1958The Plot to Kill StalinPoskrebyshev
- 1958The LineupDancer
- 1958Shirley Temple's StorybookSimon
- 1957Suspicion
- 1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf
- 1957The LarkDauphin
- 1956Baby DollSilva Vacarro
- 1956Playhouse 90Rafael
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter
- 1954Climax!Albert Anastasia
- 1952Omnibus
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameDauphin
- 1950What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest
- 1949Lights OutGiovanni
- 1948Studio OneOzep
- 1948The Philco Television Playhouse
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
- —The Yidishe GauchosNarrator
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