Eli Wallach
Born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA — Dec 07 1915• Died Jun 24 2014
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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. Wallac…
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Law & Order
Simon Vilanis
ER
Mr. Langston
Murder, She Wrote
Salvatore Gambini
Great Performances
Self
Batman
Mister Freeze
Climax!
Albert Anastasia
Naked City
Det. Peter Bane
Studio One
Ozep
The Philco Television Playhouse
Tales of the Unexpected
Gerry Williams
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Yosef Kandinsky
Highway to Heaven
Timothy Charles
Kojak
Lee Curtin
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
Lights Out
Giovanni
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Tuco Ramirez
Nurse Jackie
Bernard Zimberg
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Simon
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Raymond Perez
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
Baseball
Various (voice)
Playhouse 90
Rafael
Suspicion
The Job
Mr. Weiss
Outlaws
Whoopi
Norman
The Godfather Part III
Don Altobello
The Magnificent Seven
Calvera
American Playhouse
Mr. Prince
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Eli Weinraub
Veritas: The Quest
Rabbi
The War
Narrator (voice)
Mystic River
Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
The Holiday
Arthur Abbott
CBS Playhouse
Douglas Lambert
Worlds Beyond
Charles Burgess
The West
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dauphin
Stroker and Hoop
Narrator (voice)
New York, I Love You
Abe
Eye of the Cat
Cesare
How the West Was Won
Charlie Gant
The People Next Door
Arthur Mason
The Ghost Writer
Old man
Christopher Columbus
Padre Fernando De Talavera
Keeping the Faith
Rabbi Ben Lewis
The Deep
Adam Coffin
Lord Jim
The General
How to Steal a Million
Davis Leland
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Julie Steinhardt
The Sentinel
Detective Gatz
Our Family Honor
Vincent Danzig
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
The Hollywood Greats
Self
The Hoax
Noah Dietrich
Article 99
Sam Abrams
Mama's Boy
Seymour Warburton
The Misfits
Guido
Girlfriends
Rabbi Gold
The Two Jakes
Cotton Weinberger
Genghis Khan
Shah of Khwarezm
The Hunter
Ritchie Blumenthal
Mackenna's Gold
Ben Baker
The Associate
Donald Fallon
Two Much
Sheldon
Baby Doll
Silva Vacarro
Nuts
Dr. Herbert A. Morrison
Winter Kills
Joe Diamond
The Brain
Frankie Scannapieco, godfather of the Italian mafia
Circle of Iron
Man-in-Oil
A Lovely Way to Die
Tennessee Fredericks
Seventh Avenue
Gus Farber
The Executioner's Song
Vern Damico
Movie Movie
Vince Marlow / Pop
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
'Happy' Locarno
Brando
Self
Mistress
George Lieberhof
The Salamander
General Leporello
The Lineup
Dancer
Crazy Joe
Don Vittorio
The Executioner's Song
Vern Damico
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
Sam's Son
Sam Orowitz
Ace High
Cacopoulos
The Pirate
Ben Ezra
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Self / Don Altobello
The Victors
Sgt. Craig
Hello Actors Studio
Self
Skokie
Bert Silverman
Tough Guys
Leon B. Little
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
Self
Firepower
Sal Hyman
Monday Night Mayhem
Leonard Goldenson
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
Bill Presser
The Easter Egg Adventure
Narrator (voice)
Lincoln
William Crook (voice)
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Other Voices (voice)
Nasty Habits
Monsignor
The Adventures of Gerard
Napoleon Bonaparte
Cinderella Liberty
Lynn Forshay
Plot of Fear
Peter Struwwel
King of the Corner
Sol Spivak
Showing Up
Self
The Wall
Mauritzi Apt
The Tiger Makes Out
Ben Harris
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
Dr. Huffman
The Lark
Dauphin
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
Self
Night and the City
Peck
The Toe Tactic
Maestro
Indict and Convict
DeWitt Foster
Independence
Benjamin Franklin
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
Self
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
John
Seven Thieves
Poncho
An Empire of Reason
Anti-Federalist Spokesman
Act One
Warren Stone
Il falso bugiardo
Self (archive footage)
Embassy
Joe Verga
The Donner Party
voice
Zig Zag
Mario Gambretti
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)
Rita
Self
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
Maz Lozoya
Shoot First… Ask Questions Later
Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack
Romance of a Horsethief
Kifke
Coney Island
Self - Actor
O. Henry's Christmas
Behrman ("The Last Leaf")
The Moon-Spinners
Stratos
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Self
Cinerama Adventure
Self
The Education of Gore Vidal
Self
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Self
The Domino Principle
Gen. Reser
Leone's West
Self
A Cold Night's Death
Frank Enari
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
Self / Narrator
Stateline Motel
Joe
Anatomy of an Illness
Dr. William Hitzig
Something in Common
Norman Voss
Funny
Self
The Plot to Kill Stalin
Poskrebyshev
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
Narrator
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Deluca
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
Harry Hunter
Uninvited
Alan Strasser
Hollywood Uncensored
Self
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Self
Little Italy
Don Gerolamo Giarra
James Dean: A Portrait
Self
Fugitive Family
Olan Vacio
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
(voice)
The Angel Levine
Delicatessen Clerk
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Rafael
Paradise Lost
Leo Gordon
The Impossible Spy
Yacov
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
Self
The Bookfair Murders
Erich Schmidt
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
Sal Galucci
The Real James Dean
Self
Houston, We've Got a Problem
Narrator (voice)
Making 'The Misfits'
Self
Kisses for My President
Raphael Valdez Jr.
The Gift of the Magi
Narrator
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
Joe Nightingale
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
Father
The Typists
Paul Cunningham
The Reason Why
Charles
Guri
Legacy of Lies
Moses Resnick
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed
Self
I, Don Quixote
Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant
James Dean: Sense Memories
Self
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
Narrator
The Train
Andre
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
Self
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
Self - Narrator (voice)
Rocket to the Moon
Mr. Prince
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
Frank Latella
Honey Sweet Love
Don Siro
Lullaby
Johnny Horton
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
Self - Narrator (voice)
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
(voice)
The Owl Who Gave a Hoot
Mr. Owl (voice)
Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'
Self
A Taste Of Jupiter
Arturo
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
Mordechai Rossman (voice)
In the Name of Democracy
Narrator
The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'
Self
Por un puñado de sueños
Self - Interviewee
The Yidishe Gauchos
Narrator
Baby Doll: See No Evil
Self
Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland
Narrator (voice)
Terezin Diary
Narrator
The Search for Dracula
Narrator
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter