Actor

Eli Wallach

159 movies as actor

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 · Western

Mystic River

2003 · Thriller, Drama

The Godfather Part III

1990 · Crime, Drama

The Holiday

2006 · Comedy, Romance

The Ghost Writer

2010 · Thriller, Mystery

The Magnificent Seven

1960 · Western

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

2010 · Drama, Crime

Keeping the Faith

2000 · Comedy, Romance

How to Steal a Million

1966 · Comedy, Crime

New York, I Love You

2008 · Comedy, Drama

How the West Was Won

1962 · Western

The Misfits

1961 · Drama, Romance

Eli Wallach movies

The Yidishe Gauchos

The Yidishe Gauchos

Narrator

Rat Pack

2022 · Self (archive footage)

The Train

2015 · Andre

Showing Up

2014 · Self

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

2010 · Julie Steinhardt

Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

2010 · Mordechai Rossman (voice)

The Ghost Writer

2010 · Old man

In the Name of Democracy

2009 · Narrator

The Toe Tactic

2009 · Maestro

New York, I Love You

2008 · Abe

Il falso bugiardo

2008 · Self (archive footage)

Vote and Die: Liszt for President

2008 · Joe Nightingale

Mama's Boy

2007 · Seymour Warburton

Brando

2007 · Self

The Holiday

2006 · Arthur

The Hoax

2006 · Noah Dietrich

The Real James Dean

2006 · Self

Baby Doll: See No Evil

2006 · Self

Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things

2006 · Self

The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'

2006 · Self

A Taste Of Jupiter

2005 · Arturo

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

2005 · Self

James Dean: Sense Memories

2005 · Self

The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation

2005 · Father

The Easter Egg Adventure

2004 · Narrator (voice)

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

2004 · Other Voices (voice)

King of the Corner

2004 · Sol Spivak

Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'

2004 · Self

Leone's West

2004 · Self

Por un puñado de sueños

2004 · Self - Interviewee

Mystic River

2003 · Mr. Loonie (uncredited)

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

2003 · Other Voices (voice)

Rita

2003 · Self

The Education of Gore Vidal

2003 · Self

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

2003 · Self

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King

2003 · Self / Narrator

Making 'The Misfits'

2002 · Self

Cinerama Adventure

2002 · Self

Monday Night Mayhem

2002 · Leonard Goldenson

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

2000 · Self

Uninvited

2000 · Alan Strasser

Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'

2000 · Self

Keeping the Faith

2000 · Rabbi Ben Lewis

The Bookfair Murders

2000 · Erich Schmidt

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

1998 · Deluca

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

1997 · Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

1997 · Self

The Associate

1996 · Donald Fallon

O. Henry's Christmas

1996 · Behrman ("The Last Leaf")

Honey Sweet Love

1996 · Don Siro

Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome

1996 · Self

The Search for Dracula

1996 · Narrator

Two Much

1995 · Sheldon

James Dean: A Portrait

1995 · Self

Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey

1995 · Narrator

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

1995 · Self

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

1994 · Narrator

Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess

1994 · Self

Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed

Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed

1994 · Self

The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters

1994 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Lincoln

Lincoln

1992 · William Crook (voice)

The Donner Party

1992 · voice

The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980

1992 · Don Altobello

Night and the City

1992 · Peck

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

1992 · Bill Presser

Mistress

1992 · George Lieberhof

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

1992 · (voice)

Legacy of Lies

1992 · Moses Resnick

Article 99

1992 · Sam Abrams

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

1992 · (voice)

Terezin Diary

Terezin Diary

1991 · Narrator

Coney Island

1991 · Self - Actor

The Godfather Part III

1990 · Don Altobello

Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's

Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

1990 · Self

The Two Jakes

1990 · Cotton Weinberger

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

1990 · Self / Don Altobello

Hello Actors Studio

1988 · Self

An Empire of Reason

1988 · Anti-Federalist Spokesman

Funny

1988 · Self

Hollywood Uncensored

1987 · Self

The Impossible Spy

1987 · Yacov

Nuts

1987 · Dr. Herbert A. Morrison

Eve and Marilyn

1987 · Self (archive photo)

Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV

1987 · Self - Host

Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in

Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland

1987 · Narrator (voice)

Something in Common

1986 · Norman Voss

Tough Guys

1986 · Leon B. Little

Rocket to the Moon

1986 · Mr. Prince

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

1985 · Dr. Huffman

Embassy

1985 · Joe Verga

Sam's Son

1984 · Sam Orowitz

Anatomy of an Illness

1984 · Dr. William Hitzig

The Executioner's Song

1982 · Vern Damico

The Wall

1982 · Mauritzi Apt

Skokie

1981 · Bert Silverman

The Salamander

1981 · General Leporello

The Pride of Jesse Hallam

1981 · Sal Galucci

Fugitive Family

1980 · Olan Vacio

Guri

1980

The Hunter

1980 · Ritchie Blumenthal

Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush

1980 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Winter Kills

1979 · Joe Diamond

Firepower

1979 · Sal Hyman

Movie Movie

1978 · Vince Marlow / Pop

Little Italy

1978 · Don Gerolamo Giarra

Girlfriends

1978 · Rabbi Gold

Circle of Iron

1978 · Man-in-Oil

The Deep

1977 · Adam Coffin

The Domino Principle

1977 · Gen. Reser

Nasty Habits

1977 · Monsignor

The Sentinel

1977 · Detective Gatz

Plot of Fear

1976 · Peter Struwwel

Independence

1976 · Benjamin Franklin

Eye of the Cat

1975 · Cesare

The White, The Yellow, and The Black

1975 · Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack

Houston, We've Got a Problem

1974 · Narrator (voice)

Crazy Joe

1974 · Don Vittorio

Indict and Convict

1974 · DeWitt Foster

Cinderella Liberty

1973 · Lynn Forshay

Stateline Motel

1973 · Joe

A Cold Night's Death

1973 · Frank Enari

Don't Turn the Other Cheek

1971 · Maz Lozoya

The Typists

1971 · Paul Cunningham

Romance of a Horsethief

1971 · Kifke

Paradise Lost

1971 · Leo Gordon

The People Next Door

1970 · Arthur Mason

The Angel Levine

1970 · Delicatessen Clerk

The Adventures of Gerard

1970 · Napoleon Bonaparte

Zig Zag

1970 · Mario Gambretti

The Reason Why

1970 · Charles

Mackenna's Gold

1969 · Ben Baker

The Brain

1969 · Frankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian Mafia

Ace High

1968 · Cacopoulos

A Lovely Way to Die

1968 · Tennessee Fredericks

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

1968 · Harry Hunter

The Tiger Makes Out

1967 · Ben Harris

The Owl Who Gave a Hoot

The Owl Who Gave a Hoot

1967 · Mr. Owl (voice)

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

1966 · Tuco Ramirez

How to Steal a Million

1966 · Davis Leland

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

1966 · 'Happy' Locarno

Genghis Khan

1965 · Shah of Khwarezm

Lord Jim

1965 · The General

Kisses for My President

1964 · Raphael Valdez Jr.

The Moon-Spinners

1964 · Stratos

Act One

1963 · Warren Stone

The Victors

1963 · Sgt. Craig

How the West Was Won

1962 · Charlie Gant

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

1962 · John

The Misfits

1961 · Guido

The Magnificent Seven

1960 · Calvera

Seven Thieves

1960 · Poncho

Lullaby

1960 · Johnny Horton

I, Don Quixote

I, Don Quixote

1959 · Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1959 · Rafael

The Gift of the Magi

1958 · Narrator

The Plot to Kill Stalin

1958 · Poskrebyshev

The Lineup

1958 · Dancer

The Lark

1957 · Dauphin

Baby Doll

1956 · Silva Vacarro

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