Eli Wallach
Born December 7, 1915 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Godfather Part III
The Magnificent Seven
Mystic River
The Holiday
The Domino Principle
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
How the West Was Won
New York, I Love You
The Misfits
The Deep
How to Steal a Million
The Ghost Writer
Mackenna's Gold
The Hoax
Lord Jim
The Brain
The Sentinel
The Two Jakes
Winter Kills
Mama's Boy
The Associate
The Pirate
Hollywood Uncensored
Genghis Khan
Baby Doll
Girlfriends
The Hunter
Act One
Ace High
Mistress
Night and the City
Two Much
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
The Executioner's Song
The Salamander
Keeping the Faith
Article 99
Movie Movie
Showing Up
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
Tough Guys
Seven Thieves
Hello Actors Studio
Nuts
Eye of the Cat
TV Shows
The Mike Douglas Show
Murder, She Wrote
Great Performances
The Merv Griffin Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Batman
What's My Line?
Wogan
Baseball
Climax!
Screen Two
The Philco Television Playhouse
Studio One
Tales of the Unexpected
Naked City
Highway to Heaven
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
American Playhouse
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Suspicion
The Ed Sullivan Show
Nurse Jackie
Kojak
Reading Rainbow
Lights Out
Omnibus
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Playhouse 90
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Outlaws
The Dick Powell Show
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Christopher Columbus
The Job
The David Susskind Show
Worlds Beyond
Whoopi
Veritas: The Quest
Stroker and Hoop
The War
The Hollywood Greats
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Our Family Honor
The West
The Pirate
Seventh Avenue
Inside the Actors Studio
The Executioner's Song
More Movies
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
The White, The Yellow, and The Black
The Victors
The People Next Door
Romance of a Horsethief
Cinderella Liberty
Circle of Iron
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
The Train
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
The Education of Gore Vidal
The Moon-Spinners
Rat Pack
James Dean: Sense Memories
Firepower
A Lovely Way to Die
O. Henry's Christmas
Rita
Monday Night Mayhem
Brando
The Donner Party
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
The Easter Egg Adventure
Crazy Joe
The Search for Dracula
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
The Impossible Spy
Little Italy
Coney Island
Rocket to the Moon
The Bookfair Murders
Something in Common
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
The Tiger Makes Out
An Empire of Reason
The Plot to Kill Stalin
Cinerama Adventure
Plot of Fear
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
James Dean: A Portrait
Honey Sweet Love
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
The Lineup
The Adventures of Gerard
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
King of the Corner
The Lark
Houston, We've Got a Problem
Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
Lullaby
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
The Typists
Skokie
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
A Cold Night's Death
Kisses for My President
Indict and Convict
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
Guri
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
The Wall
Zig Zag
Stateline Motel
The Angel Levine
Anatomy of an Illness
Nasty Habits
Making 'The Misfits'
A Taste Of Jupiter
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
The Real James Dean
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
Paradise Lost
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
Embassy
The Toe Tactic
Sam's Son
Uninvited
Baby Doll: See No Evil
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
Il falso bugiardo
Funny
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Fugitive Family
The Gift of the Magi
Independence
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
The Reason Why
Por un puñado de sueños
In the Name of Democracy
Legacy of Lies
Leone's West
The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
