Eli Wallach
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Acting Credits
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 BA...
Known For
Filmography
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The Train
2015
as Andre
Showing Up
2014
as Self
The Ghost Writer
2010
as Old man
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010
as Julie Steinhardt
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
2010
as Mordechai Rossman (voice)
The Toe Tactic
2009
as Maestro
In the Name of Democracy
2009
as Narrator
Nurse Jackie
2009
as Bernard Zimberg
New York, I Love You
2008
as Abe
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
2008
as Joe Nightingale
Il falso bugiardo
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Mama's Boy
2007
as Seymour Warburton
Brando
2007
as Self
The War
2007
as Narrator (voice)
The Holiday
2006
as Arthur
The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'
2006
as Self
The Hoax
2006
as Noah Dietrich
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
2006
as Self
The Real James Dean
2006
as Self
Baby Doll: See No Evil
2006
as Self
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
as Eli Weinraub
A Taste Of Jupiter
2005
as Arturo
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
2005
as Self
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
2005
as Father
James Dean: Sense Memories
2005
as Self
The Easter Egg Adventure
2004
as Narrator (voice)
Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'
2004
as Self
Leone's West
2004
as Self
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
Por un puñado de sueños
2004
as Self - Interviewee
King of the Corner
2004
as Sol Spivak
Stroker and Hoop
2004
as Narrator (voice)
Mystic River
2003
as Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
The Education of Gore Vidal
2003
as Self
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
2003
as Self / Narrator
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003
as Other Voices (voice)
Rita
2003
as Self
Veritas: The Quest
2003
as Rabbi
Whoopi
2003
as Norman
Monday Night Mayhem
2002
as Leonard Goldenson
Cinerama Adventure
2002
as Self
Making 'The Misfits'
2002
as Self
The Job
2001
as Mr. Weiss
Keeping the Faith
2000
as Rabbi Ben Lewis
Uninvited
2000
as Alan Strasser
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
as Self
The Bookfair Murders
2000
as Erich Schmidt
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
2000
as Self
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
1998
as Deluca
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997
as Self
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997
as Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)
The Associate
1996
as Donald Fallon
Honey Sweet Love
1996
as Don Siro
The Search for Dracula
1996
as Narrator
O. Henry's Christmas
1996
as Behrman ("The Last Leaf")
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
1996
as Self
The West
1996
as Self
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
1995
as Self
Two Much
1995
as Sheldon
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
1995
as Narrator
James Dean: A Portrait
1995
as Self
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
1994
as Narrator
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed
1994
as Self
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
1994
as Self
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
1994
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Baseball
1994
as Various (voice)
ER
1994
as Mr. Langston
Baseball
1994
as (voice)
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
1993
as Frank Latella
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Article 99
1992
as Sam Abrams
Night and the City
1992
as Peck
Mistress
1992
as George Lieberhof
The Donner Party
1992
as voice
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
1992
as (voice)
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
1992
as (voice)
Legacy of Lies
1992
as Moses Resnick
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1992
as Bill Presser
Lincoln
1992
as William Crook (voice)
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992
as Don Altobello
Coney Island
1991
as Self - Actor
Terezin Diary
1991
as Narrator
The Godfather Part III
1990
as Don Altobello
The Two Jakes
1990
as Cotton Weinberger
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
as Self
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990
as Self / Don Altobello
Law & Order
1990
as Simon Vilanis
Funny
1988
as Self
Hello Actors Studio
1988
as Self
An Empire of Reason
1988
as Anti-Federalist Spokesman
Nuts
1987
as Dr. Herbert A. Morrison
The Impossible Spy
1987
as Yacov
Hollywood Uncensored
1987
as Self
Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland
1987
as Narrator (voice)
Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV
1987
as Self - Host
Eve and Marilyn
1987
as Self (archive photo)
Tough Guys
1986
as Leon B. Little
Rocket to the Moon
1986
as Mr. Prince
Something in Common
1986
as Norman Voss
Worlds Beyond
1986
as Charles Burgess
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
1985
as Dr. Huffman
Embassy
1985
as Joe Verga
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Yosef Kandinsky
Our Family Honor
1985
as Vincent Danzig
Christopher Columbus
1985
as Padre Fernando De Talavera
Screen Two
1985
as Yacov
Sam's Son
1984
as Sam Orowitz
Anatomy of an Illness
1984
as Dr. William Hitzig
Highway to Heaven
1984
as Timothy Charles
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Salvatore Gambini
Highway to Heaven
1984
as Gene Malloy
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Executioner's Song
1982
as Vern Damico
The Wall
1982
as Mauritzi Apt
Wogan
1982
as Self
The Executioner's Song
1982
as Vern Damico
American Playhouse
1982
as Mr. Prince
Skokie
1981
as Bert Silverman
The Salamander
1981
as General Leporello
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
1981
as Sal Galucci
The Hunter
1980
as Ritchie Blumenthal
Guri
1980
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
1980
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Fugitive Family
1980
as Olan Vacio
Winter Kills
1979
as Joe Diamond
Firepower
1979
as Sal Hyman
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Gerry Williams
Circle of Iron
1978
as Man-in-Oil
Movie Movie
1978
as Vince Marlow / Pop
Girlfriends
1978
as Rabbi Gold
Little Italy
1978
as Don Gerolamo Giarra
The Deep
1977
as Adam Coffin
The Domino Principle
1977
as Gen. Reser
The Sentinel
1977
as Detective Gatz
Nasty Habits
1977
as Monsignor
The Hollywood Greats
1977
as Self
Seventh Avenue
1977
as Gus Farber
The Pirate
1977
as Ben Ezra
Plot of Fear
1976
as Peter Struwwel
Independence
1976
as Benjamin Franklin
The White, The Yellow, and The Black
1975
as Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack
Eye of the Cat
1975
as Cesare
Crazy Joe
1974
as Don Vittorio
Houston, We've Got a Problem
1974
as Narrator (voice)
Indict and Convict
1974
as DeWitt Foster
Cinderella Liberty
1973
as Lynn Forshay
A Cold Night's Death
1973
as Frank Enari
Stateline Motel
1973
as Joe
Kojak
1973
as Lee Curtin
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Fuzzy
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971
as Maz Lozoya
Romance of a Horsethief
1971
as Kifke
Paradise Lost
1971
as Leo Gordon
The Typists
1971
as Paul Cunningham
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Zig Zag
1970
as Mario Gambretti
The People Next Door
1970
as Arthur Mason
The Adventures of Gerard
1970
as Napoleon Bonaparte
The Angel Levine
1970
as Delicatessen Clerk
The Reason Why
1970
as Charles
Mackenna's Gold
1969
as Ben Baker
The Brain
1969
as Frankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian Mafia
Ace High
1968
as Cacopoulos
A Lovely Way to Die
1968
as Tennessee Fredericks
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968
as Harry Hunter
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
The Tiger Makes Out
1967
as Ben Harris
The Owl Who Gave a Hoot
1967
as Mr. Owl (voice)
How to Steal a Million
1966
as Davis Leland
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966
as 'Happy' Locarno
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966
as Tuco Ramirez
Batman
1966
as Mister Freeze
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Douglas Lambert
Genghis Khan
1965
as Shah of Khwarezm
Lord Jim
1965
as The General
The Moon-Spinners
1964
as Stratos
Kisses for My President
1964
as Raphael Valdez Jr.
The Victors
1963
as Sgt. Craig
Act One
1963
as Warren Stone
How the West Was Won
1962
as Charlie Gant
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962
as John
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Misfits
1961
as Guido
The Dick Powell Show
1961
as Manny Jacobs
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Magnificent Seven
1960
as Calvera
Seven Thieves
1960
as Poncho
Lullaby
1960
as Johnny Horton
Outlaws
1960
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959
as Rafael
I, Don Quixote
1959
as Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant
The David Susskind Show
1959
as Self
The Lineup
1958
as Dancer
The Gift of the Magi
1958
as Narrator
The Plot to Kill Stalin
1958
as Poskrebyshev
Naked City
1958
as Det. Peter Bane
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
as Raymond Perez
Naked City
1958
as Georgie
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
as Simon
The Lark
1957
as Dauphin
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Suspicion
1957
Baby Doll
1956
as Silva Vacarro
Playhouse 90
1956
as Rafael
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Climax!
1954
as Albert Anastasia
Omnibus
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Dauphin
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
Lights Out
1949
as Giovanni
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Studio One
1948
as Ozep
Studio One
1948
as Peter Hendon
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Nacho