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Eli Wallach
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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 G…
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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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Eli Wallach's Filmography
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Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
The Train
as Andre
Showing Up
as Self
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
as Julie Steinhardt
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
as Mordechai Rossman (voice)
The Ghost Writer
as Old man
In the Name of Democracy
as Narrator
The Toe Tactic
as Maestro
New York, I Love You
as Abe
Il falso bugiardo
as Self (archive footage)
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
as Joe Nightingale
Mama's Boy
as Seymour Warburton
Brando
as Self
The Holiday
as Arthur
The Hoax
as Noah Dietrich
The Real James Dean
as Self
Baby Doll: See No Evil
as Self
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
as Self
The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'
as Self
A Taste Of Jupiter
as Arturo
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
as Self
James Dean: Sense Memories
as Self
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
as Father
The Easter Egg Adventure
as Narrator (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
King of the Corner
as Sol Spivak
Leone's West
as Self
Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'
as Self
Por un puñado de sueños
as Self - Interviewee
Mystic River
as Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
as Other Voices (voice)
Rita
as Self
The Education of Gore Vidal
as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
as Self / Narrator
Making 'The Misfits'
as Self
Cinerama Adventure
as Self
Monday Night Mayhem
as Leonard Goldenson
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Self
Uninvited
as Alan Strasser
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
as Self
Keeping the Faith
as Rabbi Ben Lewis
The Bookfair Murders
as Erich Schmidt
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
as Deluca
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
as Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
as Self
The Associate
as Donald Fallon
O. Henry's Christmas
as Behrman ("The Last Leaf")
Honey Sweet Love
as Don Siro
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
as Self
The Search for Dracula
as Narrator
Two Much
as Sheldon
James Dean: A Portrait
as Self
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
as Narrator
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
as Self
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
as Narrator
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
as Self
No Poster
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed
as Self
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
as Self - Narrator (voice)
No Poster
Lincoln
as William Crook (voice)
The Donner Party
as voice
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
as Don Altobello
Night and the City
as Peck
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
as Bill Presser
Mistress
as George Lieberhof
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
as (voice)
Legacy of Lies
as Moses Resnick
Article 99
as Sam Abrams
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
as (voice)
No Poster
Terezin Diary
as Narrator
Coney Island
as Self - Actor
The Godfather Part III
as Don Altobello
No Poster
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
as Self
The Two Jakes
as Cotton Weinberger
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
as Self / Don Altobello
Hello Actors Studio
as Self
An Empire of Reason
as Anti-Federalist Spokesman
Funny
as Self
Hollywood Uncensored
as Self
The Impossible Spy
as Yacov
Nuts
as Dr. Herbert A. Morrison
Eve and Marilyn
as Self (archive photo)
Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV
as Self - Host
No Poster
Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland
as Narrator (voice)
Something in Common
as Norman Voss
Tough Guys
as Leon B. Little
Rocket to the Moon
as Mr. Prince
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
as Dr. Huffman
Embassy
as Joe Verga
Sam's Son
as Sam Orowitz
Anatomy of an Illness
as Dr. William Hitzig
The Executioner's Song
as Vern Damico
The Wall
as Mauritzi Apt
Skokie
as Bert Silverman
The Salamander
as General Leporello
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
as Sal Galucci
Fugitive Family
as Olan Vacio
Guri
The Hunter
as Ritchie Blumenthal
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Winter Kills
as Joe Diamond
Firepower
as Sal Hyman
Movie Movie
as Vince Marlow / Pop
Little Italy
as Don Gerolamo Giarra
Girlfriends
as Rabbi Gold
Circle of Iron
as Man-in-Oil
The Deep
as Adam Coffin
The Domino Principle
as Gen. Reser
Nasty Habits
as Monsignor
The Sentinel
as Detective Gatz
Plot of Fear
as Peter Struwwel
Independence
as Benjamin Franklin
Eye of the Cat
as Cesare
The White, The Yellow, and The Black
as Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack
Houston, We've Got a Problem
as Narrator (voice)
Crazy Joe
as Don Vittorio
Indict and Convict
as DeWitt Foster
Cinderella Liberty
as Lynn Forshay
Stateline Motel
as Joe
A Cold Night's Death
as Frank Enari
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
as Maz Lozoya
The Typists
as Paul Cunningham
Romance of a Horsethief
as Kifke
Paradise Lost
as Leo Gordon
The People Next Door
as Arthur Mason
The Angel Levine
as Delicatessen Clerk
The Adventures of Gerard
as Napoleon Bonaparte
Zig Zag
as Mario Gambretti
The Reason Why
as Charles
Mackenna's Gold
as Ben Baker
The Brain
as Frankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian Mafia
Ace High
as Cacopoulos
A Lovely Way to Die
as Tennessee Fredericks
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
as Harry Hunter
The Tiger Makes Out
as Ben Harris
No Poster
The Owl Who Gave a Hoot
as Mr. Owl (voice)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
as Tuco Ramirez
How to Steal a Million
as Davis Leland
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
as 'Happy' Locarno
Genghis Khan
as Shah of Khwarezm
Lord Jim
as The General
Kisses for My President
as Raphael Valdez Jr.
The Moon-Spinners
as Stratos
Act One
as Warren Stone
The Victors
as Sgt. Craig
How the West Was Won
as Charlie Gant
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
as John
The Misfits
as Guido
The Magnificent Seven
as Calvera
Seven Thieves
as Poncho
Lullaby
as Johnny Horton
No Poster
I, Don Quixote
as Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Rafael
The Gift of the Magi
as Narrator
The Plot to Kill Stalin
as Poskrebyshev
The Lineup
as Dancer
The Lark
as Dauphin
Baby Doll
as Silva Vacarro
No Poster
The Yidishe Gauchos
as Narrator