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.

Known For

Law & Order

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

ER

Murder, She Wrote

The Mike Douglas Show

Tony Awards

Great Performances

Batman

All Movies (160)

• Rat Pack2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone2020 · as Osvaldo Altobello
• The Train2015 · as Andre
• Showing Up2014 · as Self
• Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps2010 · as Julie Steinhardt
• Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber2010 · as Mordechai Rossman (voice)
• The Ghost Writer2010 · as Old man
• In the Name of Democracy2009 · as Narrator
• The Toe Tactic2009 · as Maestro
• New York, I Love You2008 · as Abe
• Il falso bugiardo2008 · as Self (archive footage)
• Vote and Die: Liszt for President2008 · as Joe Nightingale
• Mama's Boy2007 · as Seymour Warburton
• Brando2007 · as Self
• The Holiday2006 · as Arthur
• The Hoax2006 · as Noah Dietrich
• The Real James Dean2006 · as Self
• Baby Doll: See No Evil2006 · as Self
• Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things2006 · as Self
• The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'2006 · as Self
• A Taste Of Jupiter2005 · as Arturo
• Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool2005 · as Self
• James Dean: Sense Memories2005 · as Self
• The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation2005 · as Father
• The Easter Egg Adventure2004 · as Narrator (voice)
• Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson2004 · as Other Voices (voice)
• King of the Corner2004 · as Sol Spivak
• Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'2004 · as Self
• Leone's West2004 · as Self
• Por un puñado de sueños2004 · as Self - Interviewee
• Mystic River2003 · as Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
• Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip2003 · as Other Voices (voice)
• Rita2003 · as Self
• The Education of Gore Vidal2003 · as Self
• Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There2003 · as Self
• Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King2003 · as Self / Narrator
• Making 'The Misfits'2002 · as Self
• Cinerama Adventure2002 · as Self
• Monday Night Mayhem2002 · as Leonard Goldenson
• Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows2000 · as Self
• Uninvited2000 · as Alan Strasser
• Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'2000 · as Self
• Keeping the Faith2000 · as Rabbi Ben Lewis
• The Bookfair Murders2000 · as Erich Schmidt
• Naked City: Justice with a Bullet1998 · as Deluca
• The Trial of Adolf Eichmann1997 · as Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)
• Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years1997 · as Self
• The Associate1996 · as Donald Fallon
• O. Henry's Christmas1996 · as Behrman ("The Last Leaf")
• Honey Sweet Love1996 · as Don Siro
• Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome1996 · as Self
• The Search for Dracula1996 · as Narrator
• Two Much1995 · as Sheldon
• James Dean: A Portrait1995 · as Self
• Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey1995 · as Narrator
• Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King1995 · as Self
• It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein1994 · as Narrator
• Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess1994 · as Self
• Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed1994 · as Self
• The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters1994 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Vendetta II: The New Mafia1993 · as Frank Latella
• Lincoln1992 · as William Crook (voice)
• The Donner Party1992 · as voice
• Night and the City1992 · as Peck
• Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story1992 · as Bill Presser
• Mistress1992 · as George Lieberhof
• Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems1992 · as (voice)
• Legacy of Lies1992 · as Moses Resnick
• Article 991992 · as Sam Abrams
• Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes1992 · as (voice)
• Terezin Diary1991 · as Narrator
• Coney Island1991 · as Self - Actor
• The Godfather Part III1990 · as Don Altobello
• Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret1990 · as Self
• The Two Jakes1990 · as Cotton Weinberger
• The Godfather Family: A Look Inside1990 · as Self / Don Altobello
• Hello Actors Studio1988 · as Self
• An Empire of Reason1988 · as Anti-Federalist Spokesman
• Funny1988 · as Self
• Hollywood Uncensored1987 · as Self
• The Impossible Spy1987 · as Yacov
• Nuts1987 · as Dr. Herbert A. Morrison
• Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV1987 · as Self - Host
• Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland1987 · as Narrator (voice)
• Something in Common1986 · as Norman Voss
• Tough Guys1986 · as Leon B. Little
• Rocket to the Moon1986 · as Mr. Prince
• Murder: By Reason of Insanity1985 · as Dr. Huffman
• Embassy1985 · as Joe Verga
• Sam's Son1984 · as Sam Orowitz
• Anatomy of an Illness1984 · as Dr. William Hitzig
• The Executioner's Song1982 · as Vern Damico
• The Wall1982 · as Mauritzi Apt
• Skokie1981 · as Bert Silverman
• The Salamander1981 · as General Leporello
• The Pride of Jesse Hallam1981 · as Sal Galucci
• Fugitive Family1980 · as Olan Vacio
• Guri1980
• The Hunter1980 · as Ritchie Blumenthal
• Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush1980 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Winter Kills1979 · as Joe Diamond
• Firepower1979 · as Sal Hyman
• The Pirate1978 · as Ben Ezra
• Movie Movie1978 · as Vince Marlow / Pop
• Little Italy1978 · as Don Gerolamo Giarra
• Girlfriends1978 · as Rabbi Gold
• Circle of Iron1978 · as Man-in-Oil
• The Deep1977 · as Adam Coffin
• The Domino Principle1977 · as Gen. Reser
• Nasty Habits1977 · as Monsignor
• The Sentinel1977 · as Detective Gatz
• Plot of Fear1976 · as Peter Struwwel
• Independence1976 · as Benjamin Franklin
• Eye of the Cat1975 · as Cesare
• The White, The Yellow, and The Black1975 · as Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack
• Houston, We've Got a Problem1974 · as Narrator (voice)
• Crazy Joe1974 · as Don Vittorio
• Indict and Convict1974 · as DeWitt Foster
• Cinderella Liberty1973 · as Lynn Forshay
• Stateline Motel1973 · as Joe
• A Cold Night's Death1973 · as Frank Enari
• Don't Turn the Other Cheek1971 · as Maz Lozoya
• The Typists1971 · as Paul Cunningham
• Romance of a Horsethief1971 · as Kifke
• Paradise Lost1971 · as Leo Gordon
• The People Next Door1970 · as Arthur Mason
• The Angel Levine1970 · as Delicatessen Clerk
• The Adventures of Gerard1970 · as Napoleon Bonaparte
• Zig Zag1970 · as Mario Gambretti
• The Reason Why1970 · as Charles
• Mackenna's Gold1969 · as Ben Baker
• The Brain1969 · as Frankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian Mafia
• Ace High1968 · as Cacopoulos
• A Lovely Way to Die1968 · as Tennessee Fredericks
• How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life1968 · as Harry Hunter
• The Tiger Makes Out1967 · as Ben Harris
• The Owl Who Gave a Hoot1967 · as Mr. Owl (voice)
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly1966 · as Tuco Ramirez
• How to Steal a Million1966 · as Davis Leland
• The Poppy Is Also a Flower1966 · as 'Happy' Locarno
• Genghis Khan1965 · as Shah of Khwarezm
• Lord Jim1965 · as The General
• Kisses for My President1964 · as Raphael Valdez Jr.
• The Moon-Spinners1964 · as Stratos
• Act One1963 · as Warren Stone
• The Victors1963 · as Sgt. Craig
• How the West Was Won1962 · as Charlie Gant
• Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man1962 · as John
• The Misfits1961 · as Guido
• The Magnificent Seven1960 · as Calvera
• Seven Thieves1960 · as Poncho
• Lullaby1960 · as Johnny Horton
• I, Don Quixote1959 · as Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant
• For Whom the Bell Tolls1959 · as Rafael
• The Gift of the Magi1958 · as Narrator
• The Plot to Kill Stalin1958 · as Poskrebyshev
• The Lineup1958 · as Dancer
• The Lark1957 · as Dauphin
• Baby Doll1956 · as Silva Vacarro
• The Yidishe Gauchos— · as Narrator

All TV Shows (60)

• Nurse Jackie2009 · as Bernard Zimberg
• The War2007 · as Narrator (voice)
• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip2006 · as Eli Weinraub
• Stroker and Hoop2004 · as Narrator (voice)
• Whoopi2003 · as Norman
• Veritas: The Quest2003 · as Rabbi
• The Job2001 · as Mr. Weiss
• The West1996 · as Self
• ER1994 · as Mr. Langston
• Baseball1994 · as Various (voice)
• Baseball1994 · as (voice)
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Law & Order1990 · as Simon Vilanis
• Worlds Beyond1986 · as Charles Burgess
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents1985 · as Yosef Kandinsky
• Our Family Honor1985 · as Vincent Danzig
• Christopher Columbus1985 · as Padre Fernando De Talavera
• Screen Two1985 · as Yacov
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Salvatore Gambini
• Highway to Heaven1984 · as Timothy Charles
• Highway to Heaven1984 · as Gene Malloy
• Reading Rainbow1983 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Executioner's Song1982 · as Vern Damico
• Wogan1982 · as Self
• American Playhouse1982 · as Mr. Prince
• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Gerry Williams
• The Pirate1977 · as Ben Ezra
• The Hollywood Greats1977 · as Self
• Seventh Avenue1977 · as Gus Farber
• Kojak1973 · as Lee Curtin
• Orson Welles' Great Mysteries1973 · as Fuzzy
• Great Performances1971 · as Self
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968 · as Self
• CBS Playhouse1966 · as Douglas Lambert
• Batman1966 · as Mister Freeze
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The Dick Powell Show1961 · as Manny Jacobs
• Outlaws1960
• The David Susskind Show1959 · as Self
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1958 · as Raymond Perez
• Naked City1958 · as Det. Peter Bane
• Naked City1958 · as Georgie
• Shirley Temple's Storybook1958 · as Simon
• Suspicion1957
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self
• Playhouse 901956 · as Rafael
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• Climax!1954 · as Albert Anastasia
• Omnibus1952
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Dauphin
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self - Mystery Guest
• Lights Out1949 · as Giovanni
• Studio One1948 · as Ozep
• Studio One1948 · as Peter Hendon
• The Philco Television Playhouse1948
• The Philco Television Playhouse1948 · as Nacho
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self