Eli Wallach
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.
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Movies (44)
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2022
The Train
as Andre
2015
Showing Up
as Self
2014
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
as Julie Steinhardt
2010
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
as Mordechai Rossman (voice)
2010
The Ghost Writer
as Old man
2010
In the Name of Democracy
as Narrator
2009
The Toe Tactic
as Maestro
2009
New York, I Love You
as Abe
2008
Il falso bugiardo
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
as Joe Nightingale
2008
Mama's Boy
as Seymour Warburton
2007
Brando
as Self
2007
The Holiday
as Arthur Abbott
2006
The Hoax
as Noah Dietrich
2006
The Real James Dean
as Self
2006
Baby Doll: See No Evil
as Self
2006
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
as Self
2006
The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'
as Self
2006
A Taste Of Jupiter
as Arturo
2005
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
as Self
2005
James Dean: Sense Memories
as Self
2005
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
as Father
2005
The Easter Egg Adventure
as Narrator (voice)
2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
2004
King of the Corner
as Sol Spivak
2004
Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'
as Self
2004
Leone's West
as Self
2004
Por un puñado de sueños
as Self - Interviewee
2004
Mystic River
as Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
2003
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
as Other Voices (voice)
2003
Rita
as Self
2003
The Education of Gore Vidal
as Self
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
as Self / Narrator
2003
Making 'The Misfits'
as Self
2002
Cinerama Adventure
as Self
2002
Monday Night Mayhem
as Leonard Goldenson
2002
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Self
2000
Uninvited
as Alan Strasser
2000
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
as Self
2000
Keeping the Faith
as Rabbi Ben Lewis
2000
The Bookfair Murders
as Erich Schmidt
2000
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
as Deluca
1998
