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Eli Wallach

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

Born

Dec 07, 1915

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died

Jun 24, 2014

Known For

Acting

Movies

159 acting

1 crew

Popularity

3.2

Known For

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966 • as Tuco Ramirez
★ 8.5
The Godfather Part III
The Godfather Part III
1990 • as Don Altobello
★ 7.4
Mystic River
Mystic River
2003 • as Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
★ 7.7
The Magnificent Seven
The Magnificent Seven
1960 • as Calvera
★ 7.5
The Holiday
The Holiday
2006 • as Arthur
★ 7.1
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010 • as Julie Steinhardt
★ 6.1
The Ghost Writer
The Ghost Writer
2010 • as Old man
★ 6.8
New York, I Love You
New York, I Love You
2008 • as Abe
★ 6.0
How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won
1962 • as Charlie Gant
★ 7.0
The Misfits
The Misfits
1961 • as Guido
★ 7.0
How to Steal a Million
How to Steal a Million
1966 • as Davis Leland
★ 7.5
The Deep
The Deep
1977 • as Adam Coffin
★ 6.1
Mackenna's Gold
Mackenna's Gold
1969 • as Ben Baker
★ 6.6
Lord Jim
Lord Jim
1965 • as The General
★ 6.8
The Associate
The Associate
1996 • as Donald Fallon
★ 6.2
Hollywood Uncensored
Hollywood Uncensored
1987 • as Self
★ 5.4
The Sentinel
The Sentinel
1977 • as Detective Gatz
★ 6.1
Ace High
Ace High
1968 • as Cacopoulos
★ 6.5
Mama's Boy
Mama's Boy
2007 • as Seymour Warburton
★ 4.6
Movie Movie
Movie Movie
1978 • as Vince Marlow / Pop
★ 6.1
Keeping the Faith
Keeping the Faith
2000 • as Rabbi Ben Lewis
★ 6.1
The Two Jakes
The Two Jakes
1990 • as Cotton Weinberger
★ 6.0
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992 • as Don Altobello
★ 8.9
The Hoax
The Hoax
2006 • as Noah Dietrich
★ 6.3
Mistress
Mistress
1992 • as George Lieberhof
★ 5.4
Tough Guys
Tough Guys
1986 • as Leon B. Little
★ 6.0
Girlfriends
Girlfriends
1978 • as Rabbi Gold
★ 6.7
Two Much
Two Much
1995 • as Sheldon
★ 5.5
The Hunter
The Hunter
1980 • as Ritchie Blumenthal
★ 5.9
Baby Doll
Baby Doll
1956 • as Silva Vacarro
★ 7.0
The Salamander
The Salamander
1981 • as General Leporello
★ 5.3
Night and the City
Night and the City
1992 • as Peck
★ 5.7
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966 • as 'Happy' Locarno
★ 5.8
The Brain
The Brain
1969 • as Frankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian Mafia
★ 7.3
Act One
Act One
1963 • as Warren Stone
★ 6.3
The Executioner's Song
The Executioner's Song
1982 • as Vern Damico
★ 5.8
Showing Up
Showing Up
2014 • as Self
★ 9.2
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
★ 7.2
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990 • as Self / Don Altobello
★ 7.8
Rita
Rita
2003 • as Self
★ 8.3
Nuts
Nuts
1987 • as Dr. Herbert A. Morrison
★ 6.4
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971 • as Maz Lozoya
★ 5.6
The Moon-Spinners
The Moon-Spinners
1964 • as Stratos
★ 5.9
Winter Kills
Winter Kills
1979 • as Joe Diamond
★ 5.7
A Cold Night's Death
A Cold Night's Death
1973 • as Frank Enari
★ 6.0
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan
1965 • as Shah of Khwarezm
★ 5.7
The White, The Yellow, and The Black
The White, The Yellow, and The Black
1975 • as Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack
★ 5.8
The Adventures of Gerard
The Adventures of Gerard
1970 • as Napoleon Bonaparte
★ 5.9
Article 99
Article 99
1992 • as Sam Abrams
★ 6.1
Hello Actors Studio
Hello Actors Studio
1988 • as Self
★ 6.7
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
★ 8.0
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
★ 5.7
The Domino Principle
The Domino Principle
1977 • as Gen. Reser
★ 5.8
Seven Thieves
Seven Thieves
1960 • as Poncho
★ 6.6
Firepower
Firepower
1979 • as Sal Hyman
★ 5.0
A Lovely Way to Die
A Lovely Way to Die
1968 • as Tennessee Fredericks
★ 4.8
Circle of Iron
Circle of Iron
1978 • as Man-in-Oil
★ 5.6
Kisses for My President
Kisses for My President
1964 • as Raphael Valdez Jr.
★ 7.6
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
★ 5.9
Brando
Brando
2007 • as Self
★ 6.8
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
1985 • as Dr. Huffman
★ 5.7
The People Next Door
The People Next Door
1970 • as Arthur Mason
★ 5.9
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003 • as Other Voices (voice)
★ 7.7
Crazy Joe
Crazy Joe
1974 • as Don Vittorio
★ 6.7
The Victors
The Victors
1963 • as Sgt. Craig
★ 6.2
Cinderella Liberty
Cinderella Liberty
1973 • as Lynn Forshay
★ 6.7
Plot of Fear
Plot of Fear
1976 • as Peter Struwwel
★ 5.6
Rat Pack
Rat Pack
2022 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 9.0
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
★ 4.2
The Education of Gore Vidal
★ 8.7
The Lineup
The Lineup
1958 • as Dancer
★ 7.1
movie
Terezin Diary
1991 • as Narrator
The Typists
The Typists
1971 • as Paul Cunningham
★ 8.0
The Train
The Train
2015 • as Andre
★ 7.0
Stateline Motel
Stateline Motel
1973 • as Joe
★ 5.3
Eve and Marilyn
Eve and Marilyn
1987 • as Self (archive photo)
★ 8.0
Coney Island
Coney Island
1991 • as Self - Actor
★ 8.0
Lullaby
Lullaby
1960 • as Johnny Horton
★ 7.0
O. Henry's Christmas
O. Henry's Christmas
1996 • as Behrman ("The Last Leaf")
★ 5.0
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997 • as Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)
★ 5.6
The Impossible Spy
The Impossible Spy
1987 • as Yacov
★ 5.9
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
★ 5.8
Legacy of Lies
Legacy of Lies
1992 • as Moses Resnick
★ 8.0
Making 'The Misfits'
Making 'The Misfits'
2002 • as Self
★ 7.0
The Easter Egg Adventure
The Easter Egg Adventure
2004 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.0
Monday Night Mayhem
Monday Night Mayhem
2002 • as Leonard Goldenson
★ 6.2
Indict and Convict
Indict and Convict
1974 • as DeWitt Foster
★ 5.0
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
★ 7.2
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
1981 • as Sal Galucci
★ 5.4
Anatomy of an Illness
Anatomy of an Illness
1984 • as Dr. William Hitzig
★ 7.0
Eye of the Cat
Eye of the Cat
1975 • as Cesare
★ 4.3
Little Italy
Little Italy
1978 • as Don Gerolamo Giarra
★ 6.2
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
★ 9.6
The Plot to Kill Stalin
The Plot to Kill Stalin
1958 • as Poskrebyshev
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
2003 • as Self / Narrator
★ 9.0
The Bookfair Murders
The Bookfair Murders
2000 • as Erich Schmidt
★ 5.6
Embassy
Embassy
1985 • as Joe Verga
★ 4.0
James Dean: A Portrait
James Dean: A Portrait
1995 • as Self
★ 7.0
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
★ 8.0
Skokie
Skokie
1981 • as Bert Silverman
★ 6.0
The Wall
The Wall
1982 • as Mauritzi Apt
★ 6.6
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
1994 • as Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 7.5
Houston, We've Got a Problem
Houston, We've Got a Problem
1974 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.5
The Angel Levine
The Angel Levine
1970 • as Delicatessen Clerk
★ 5.4
King of the Corner
King of the Corner
2004 • as Sol Spivak
★ 5.9
Nasty Habits
Nasty Habits
1977 • as Monsignor
★ 5.0
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
2008 • as Joe Nightingale
★ 1.0
The Tiger Makes Out
The Tiger Makes Out
1967 • as Ben Harris
★ 5.0
Romance of a Horsethief
Romance of a Horsethief
1971 • as Kifke
★ 4.0
Zig Zag
Zig Zag
1970 • as Mario Gambretti
★ 7.7
movie
Lincoln
1992 • as William Crook (voice)
★ 7.3
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959 • as Rafael
An Empire of Reason
An Empire of Reason
1988 • as Anti-Federalist Spokesman
The Donner Party
The Donner Party
1992 • as voice
★ 7.0
Cinerama Adventure
Cinerama Adventure
2002 • as Self
★ 7.7
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
★ 8.5
The Gift of the Magi
The Gift of the Magi
1958 • as Narrator
★ 8.0
Independence
Independence
1976 • as Benjamin Franklin
★ 7.5
The Toe Tactic
The Toe Tactic
2009 • as Maestro
★ 4.0
Baby Doll: See No Evil
Baby Doll: See No Evil
2006 • as Self
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
★ 6.9
Por un puñado de sueños
Por un puñado de sueños
2004 • as Self - Interviewee
Honey Sweet Love
Honey Sweet Love
1996 • as Don Siro
★ 9.0
Guri
Guri
1980
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
1980 • as Self - Narrator (voice)
Something in Common
Something in Common
1986 • as Norman Voss
★ 6.0
Sam's Son
Sam's Son
1984 • as Sam Orowitz
★ 6.5
Rocket to the Moon
Rocket to the Moon
1986 • as Mr. Prince
★ 10.0
A Taste Of Jupiter
A Taste Of Jupiter
2005 • as Arturo
★ 4.2
Fugitive Family
Fugitive Family
1980 • as Olan Vacio
★ 8.0
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
★ 6.1
Il falso bugiardo
Il falso bugiardo
2008 • as Self (archive footage)
Uninvited
Uninvited
2000 • as Alan Strasser
★ 5.3
movie
★ 7.0
The Lark
The Lark
1957 • as Dauphin
In the Name of Democracy
In the Name of Democracy
2009 • as Narrator
Leone's West
Leone's West
2004 • as Self
★ 7.0
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
2010 • as Mordechai Rossman (voice)
★ 8.0
movie
I, Don Quixote
1959 • as Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant
★ 10.0
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost
1971 • as Leo Gordon
★ 9.0
Funny
Funny
1988 • as Self
★ 8.0
movie
The Yidishe Gauchos
• as Narrator
movie
★ 5.7
The Real James Dean
The Real James Dean
2006 • as Self
movie
The Owl Who Gave a Hoot
1967 • as Mr. Owl (voice)
The Search for Dracula
The Search for Dracula
1996 • as Narrator
★ 8.3
The Reason Why
The Reason Why
1970 • as Charles
★ 10.0