Eli Wallach
Acting
- Born:
- 1915-12-07
- Died:
- 2014-06-24
- Place of birth:
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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 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
Filmography
Rat Pack
The Train
Showing Up
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
The Ghost Writer
Nurse Jackie
In the Name of Democracy
The Toe Tactic
New York, I Love You
Il falso bugiardo
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
Mama's Boy
The War
Brand Upon the Brain!
Brando
The Holiday
The Hoax
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
The Real James Dean
Baby Doll: See No Evil
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'
A Taste Of Jupiter
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
James Dean: Sense Memories
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
The Easter Egg Adventure
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Stroker and Hoop
King of the Corner
Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'
Leone's West
Por un puñado de sueños
Mystic River
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Rita
Whoopi
The Education of Gore Vidal
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Veritas: The Quest
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
Making 'The Misfits'
Cinerama Adventure
Monday Night Mayhem
The Job
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Uninvited
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
Keeping the Faith
The Bookfair Murders
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
The Associate
The West
O. Henry's Christmas
Honey Sweet Love
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
The Search for Dracula