Eli Wallach
Known for acting · Born 7 December 1915 · Died 24 June 2014 · aged 98 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
216 credits
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
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966
The Magnificent Seven
1960
The Godfather Part III
1990
The Holiday
2006
How to Steal a Million
1966
The Associate
1996
Ace High
1968
Keeping the Faith
2000
The Hunter
1980
Baby Doll
1956
The Misfits
1961
The Lineup
1958
Acting (215)
2022Rat PackSelf (archive footage)Film
2015The TrainAndreFilm
2014Showing UpSelfFilm
2010The Ghost WriterOld manFilm
2010Wall Street: Money Never SleepsJulie SteinhardtFilm
2010Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth GruberMordechai Rossman (voice)Film
2009Nurse JackieBernard ZimbergSeries
2009The Toe TacticMaestroFilm
2009In the Name of DemocracyNarratorFilm
2008New York, I Love YouAbeFilm
2008Vote and Die: Liszt for PresidentJoe NightingaleFilm
2008Il falso bugiardoSelf (archive footage)Film
2007Mama's BoySeymour WarburtonFilm
2007The WarNarrator (voice) · 7 episodesSeries
2007BrandoSelfFilm
2006The HolidayArthurFilm
2006The HoaxNoah DietrichFilm
2006Studio 60 on the Sunset StripEli WeinraubSeries
2006Sergio Leone: The Way I See ThingsSelfFilm
2006The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'SelfFilm
2006The Real James DeanSelfFilm
2006Baby Doll: See No EvilSelfFilm
2005The Moon and the Son: An Imagined ConversationFatherFilm
2005Steve McQueen: The Essence of CoolSelfFilm
2005A Taste Of JupiterArturoFilm
2005James Dean: Sense MemoriesSelfFilm
2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonOther Voices (voice)Film
2004Stroker and HoopNarrator (voice)Series
2004King of the CornerSol SpivakFilm
2004The Easter Egg AdventureNarrator (voice)Film
2004Leone's WestSelfFilm
2004Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'SelfFilm
2004Por un puñado de sueñosSelf - IntervieweeFilm
2003Mystic RiverMr. Loonie (uncredited)Film
2003Veritas: The QuestRabbiSeries
2003Horatio's Drive: America's First Road TripOther Voices (voice)Film
2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelfFilm
2003WhoopiNormanSeries
2003The Education of Gore VidalSelfFilm
2003RitaSelfFilm
2003Time Machine: When Cowboys Were KingSelf / NarratorFilm
2002Cinerama AdventureSelfFilm
2002Monday Night MayhemLeonard GoldensonFilm
2002Making 'The Misfits'SelfFilm
2001The JobMr. WeissSeries
2000Keeping the FaithRabbi Ben LewisFilm
2000Clint Eastwood: Out of the ShadowsSelfFilm
2000The Bookfair MurdersErich SchmidtFilm
2000Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'SelfFilm
2000UninvitedAlan StrasserFilm
1998Naked City: Justice with a BulletDelucaFilm
1997The Trial of Adolf EichmannPinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)Film
1997Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 YearsSelfFilm
1996The AssociateDonald FallonFilm
1996The WestSelf · 9 episodesSeries
1996The Search for DraculaNarratorFilm
1996Honey Sweet LoveDon SiroFilm
1996O. Henry's ChristmasBehrman ("The Last Leaf")Film
1996Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and HandsomeSelfFilm
1995Two MuchSheldonFilm
1995Elia Kazan: A Director's JourneyNarratorFilm
1995Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was KingSelfFilm
1995James Dean: A PortraitSelfFilm
1994ERMr. LangstonSeries
1994BaseballVarious (voice), (voice) · 7 episodesSeries
1994Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal GoddessSelfFilm
1994It's Alive: The True Story of FrankensteinNarratorFilm
1994Martha Graham: The Dancer RevealedSelfFilm
1994The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed MonstersSelf - Narrator (voice)Film
1994Inside the Actors StudioSelfSeries
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - GuestSeries
1993Vendetta II: The New MafiaFrank LatellaFilm
1992The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980Don AltobelloFilm
1992Night and the CityPeckFilm
1992Article 99Sam AbramsFilm
1992MistressGeorge LieberhofFilm
1992The Donner PartyvoiceFilm
1992Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser StoryBill PresserFilm
1992LincolnWilliam Crook (voice)Film
1992Legacy of LiesMoses ResnickFilm
1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes(voice)Film
1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems(voice)Film
1991Coney IslandSelf - ActorFilm
1991Terezin DiaryNarratorFilm
1990The Godfather Part IIIDon AltobelloFilm
1990Law & OrderSimon VilanisSeries
1990The Two JakesCotton WeinbergerFilm
1990The Godfather Family: A Look InsideSelf / Don AltobelloFilm
1990Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept SecretSelfFilm
1988Hello Actors StudioSelfFilm
1988FunnySelfFilm
1988An Empire of ReasonAnti-Federalist SpokesmanFilm
1987NutsDr. Herbert A. MorrisonFilm
1987Hollywood UncensoredSelfFilm
1987The Impossible SpyYacovFilm
1987Eve and MarilynSelf (archive photo)Film
1987Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in PolandNarrator (voice)Film
1987Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TVSelf - HostFilm
1986Tough GuysLeon B. LittleFilm
1986Worlds BeyondCharles BurgessSeries
1986Rocket to the MoonMr. PrinceFilm
1986Something in CommonNorman VossFilm
1985The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsYosef KandinskySeries
1985Screen TwoYacovSeries
1985Christopher ColumbusPadre Fernando De Talavera · 4 episodesSeries
1985Murder: By Reason of InsanityDr. HuffmanFilm
1985EmbassyJoe VergaFilm
1985Our Family HonorVincent Danzig · 13 episodesSeries
1984Murder, She WroteSalvatore GambiniSeries
1984Highway to HeavenTimothy Charles, Gene MalloySeries
1984Sam's SonSam OrowitzFilm
1984Anatomy of an IllnessDr. William HitzigFilm
1983Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice)Series
1982The Executioner's SongVern DamicoFilm
1982WoganSelfSeries
1982American PlayhouseMr. PrinceSeries
1982The WallMauritzi AptFilm
1982The Executioner's SongVern Damico · 2 episodesSeries
1981The SalamanderGeneral LeporelloFilm
1981The Pride of Jesse HallamSal GalucciFilm
1981SkokieBert SilvermanFilm
1980The HunterRitchie BlumenthalFilm
1980Fugitive FamilyOlan VacioFilm
1980GuriFilm
1980Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of FlatbushSelf - Narrator (voice)Film
1979Winter KillsJoe DiamondFilm
1979Tales of the UnexpectedGerry WilliamsSeries
1979FirepowerSal HymanFilm
1978GirlfriendsRabbi GoldFilm
1978Circle of IronMan-in-OilFilm
1978Little ItalyDon Gerolamo GiarraFilm
1978Movie MovieVince Marlow / PopFilm
1977The DeepAdam CoffinFilm
1977The SentinelDetective GatzFilm
1977The Domino PrincipleGen. ReserFilm
1977Nasty HabitsMonsignorFilm
1977The Hollywood GreatsSelfSeries
1977Seventh AvenueGus Farber · 3 episodesSeries
1977The PirateBen Ezra · 2 episodesSeries
1976Plot of FearPeter StruwwelFilm
1976IndependenceBenjamin FranklinFilm
1975The White, The Yellow, and The BlackSheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black JackFilm
1975Eye of the CatCesareFilm
1974Crazy JoeDon VittorioFilm
1974Houston, We've Got a ProblemNarrator (voice)Film
1974Indict and ConvictDeWitt FosterFilm
1973KojakLee Curtin · 2 episodesSeries
1973A Cold Night's DeathFrank EnariFilm
1973Cinderella LibertyLynn ForshayFilm
1973Stateline MotelJoeFilm
1973Orson Welles' Great MysteriesFuzzySeries
1971Great PerformancesSelfSeries
1971Don't Turn the Other CheekMaz LozoyaFilm
1971Romance of a HorsethiefKifkeFilm
1971Paradise LostLeo GordonFilm
1971The TypistsPaul CunninghamFilm
1970The People Next DoorArthur MasonFilm
1970The Adventures of GerardNapoleon BonaparteFilm
1970Zig ZagMario GambrettiFilm
1970The Angel LevineDelicatessen ClerkFilm
1970The Reason WhyCharlesFilm
1969The BrainFrankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian MafiaFilm
1969Mackenna's GoldBen BakerFilm
1968Ace HighCacopoulosFilm
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelfSeries
1968A Lovely Way to DieTennessee FredericksFilm
1968How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your LifeHarry HunterFilm
1967The Tiger Makes OutBen HarrisFilm
1967The Owl Who Gave a HootMr. Owl (voice)Film
1966The Good, the Bad and the UglyTuco RamirezFilm
1966How to Steal a MillionDavis LelandFilm
1966BatmanMister Freeze · 2 episodesSeries
1966The Poppy Is Also a Flower'Happy' LocarnoFilm
1966CBS PlayhouseDouglas LambertSeries
1965Lord JimThe GeneralFilm
1965Genghis KhanShah of KhwarezmFilm
1964The Moon-SpinnersStratosFilm
1964Kisses for My PresidentRaphael Valdez Jr.Film
1963The VictorsSgt. CraigFilm
1963Act OneWarren StoneFilm
1962How the West Was WonCharlie GantFilm
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 7 episodesSeries
1962Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young ManJohnFilm
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf · 5 episodesSeries
1961The MisfitsGuidoFilm
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf · 7 episodesSeries
1961The Dick Powell ShowManny JacobsSeries
1960The Magnificent SevenCalveraFilm
1960Seven ThievesPonchoFilm
1960OutlawsSeries
1960LullabyJohnny HortonFilm
1959The David Susskind ShowSelfSeries
1959I, Don QuixoteSancho Panza / Cervantes' ManservantFilm
1959For Whom the Bell TollsRafaelFilm
1958The LineupDancerFilm
1958Naked CityDet. Peter Bane, GeorgieSeries
1958Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseRaymond PerezSeries
1958Shirley Temple's StorybookSimonSeries
1958The Gift of the MagiNarratorFilm
1958The Plot to Kill StalinPoskrebyshevFilm
1957SuspicionSeries
1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf · 4 episodesSeries
1957The LarkDauphinFilm
1956Baby DollSilva VacarroFilm
1956Playhouse 90Rafael · 2 episodesSeries
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter · 2 episodesSeries
1954Climax!Albert AnastasiaSeries
1952OmnibusSeries
1951Hallmark Hall of FameDauphinSeries
1950What's My Line?Self - Mystery GuestSeries
1949Lights OutGiovanniSeries
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelfSeries
1948Studio OnePeter Hendon, OzepSeries
1948The Philco Television Playhouse · 2 episodes, NachoSeries
—The Yidishe GauchosNarratorFilm
Production (1)
1967The Tiger Makes OutProducerFilm