Eli Wallach
Acting·December 7, 1915·† June 24, 2014 — 98 years old·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.
Known For
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966·8.5
Mystic River
2003·7.7
The Godfather Part III
1990·7.4
The Holiday
2006·7.1
The Ghost Writer
2010·6.8
The Magnificent Seven
1960·7.5
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010·6.1
ER
1994·7.8
Law & Order
1990·7.3
Keeping the Faith
2000·6.1
How to Steal a Million
1966·7.5
New York, I Love You
2008·6.0
Filmography · 216
—The Yidishe GauchosNarrator2022Rat PackSelf (archive footage)2020The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael CorleoneOsvaldo Altobello2015The TrainAndre2014Showing UpSelf2010Wall Street: Money Never SleepsJulie Steinhardt2010Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth GruberMordechai Rossman (voice)2010The Ghost WriterOld man2009Nurse JackieTVBernard Zimberg2009In the Name of DemocracyNarrator2009The Toe TacticMaestro2008New York, I Love YouAbe2008Il falso bugiardoSelf (archive footage)2008Vote and Die: Liszt for PresidentJoe Nightingale2007Mama's BoySeymour Warburton2007The WarTVNarrator (voice)2007BrandoSelf2006The HolidayArthur2006The HoaxNoah Dietrich2006Studio 60 on the Sunset StripTVEli Weinraub2006The Real James DeanSelf2006Baby Doll: See No EvilSelf2006Sergio Leone: The Way I See ThingsSelf2006The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'Self2005A Taste Of JupiterArturo2005Steve McQueen: The Essence of CoolSelf2005James Dean: Sense MemoriesSelf2005The Moon and the Son: An Imagined ConversationFather2004The Easter Egg AdventureNarrator (voice)2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonOther Voices (voice)2004Stroker and HoopTVNarrator (voice)2004King of the CornerSol Spivak2004Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'Self2004Leone's WestSelf2004Por un puñado de sueñosSelf - Interviewee2003Mystic RiverMr. Loonie (uncredited)2003Horatio's Drive: America's First Road TripOther Voices (voice)2003RitaSelf2003WhoopiTVNorman2003The Education of Gore VidalSelf2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf2003Veritas: The QuestTVRabbi2003Time Machine: When Cowboys Were KingSelf / Narrator2002Making 'The Misfits'Self2002Cinerama AdventureSelf2002Monday Night MayhemLeonard Goldenson2001The JobTVMr. Weiss2000Clint Eastwood: Out of the ShadowsSelf2000UninvitedAlan Strasser2000Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'Self2000Keeping the FaithRabbi Ben Lewis2000The Bookfair MurdersErich Schmidt1998Naked City: Justice with a BulletDeluca1997The Trial of Adolf EichmannPinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)1997Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 YearsSelf1996The AssociateDonald Fallon1996The WestTVSelf1996O. Henry's ChristmasBehrman ("The Last Leaf")1996Honey Sweet LoveDon Siro1996Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and HandsomeSelf1996The Search for DraculaNarrator1995Two MuchSheldon1995James Dean: A PortraitSelf1995Elia Kazan: A Director's JourneyNarrator1995Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was KingSelf1994It's Alive: The True Story of FrankensteinNarrator1994Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal GoddessSelf1994ERTVMr. Langston1994BaseballTVVarious (voice) · (voice)1994Inside the Actors StudioTVSelf1994Martha Graham: The Dancer RevealedSelf1994The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed MonstersSelf - Narrator (voice)1993Vendetta II: The New MafiaFrank Latella1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienTVSelf - Guest1992LincolnWilliam Crook (voice)1992The Donner Partyvoice1992The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980Don Altobello1992Night and the CityPeck1992Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser StoryBill Presser1992MistressGeorge Lieberhof1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems(voice)1992Legacy of LiesMoses Resnick1992Article 99Sam Abrams1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes(voice)1991Terezin DiaryNarrator1991Coney IslandSelf - Actor1990The Godfather Part IIIDon Altobello1990Law & OrderTVSimon Vilanis1990Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept SecretSelf1990The Two JakesCotton Weinberger1990The Godfather Family: A Look InsideSelf / Don Altobello1988Hello Actors StudioSelf1988An Empire of ReasonAnti-Federalist Spokesman1988FunnySelf1987Hollywood UncensoredSelf1987The Impossible SpyYacov1987NutsDr. Herbert A. Morrison1987Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TVSelf - Host1987Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in PolandNarrator (voice)1986Something in CommonNorman Voss1986Worlds BeyondTVCharles Burgess1986Tough GuysLeon B. Little1986Rocket to the MoonMr. Prince1985Murder: By Reason of InsanityDr. Huffman1985The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsTVYosef Kandinsky1985Our Family HonorTVVincent Danzig1985EmbassyJoe Verga1985Christopher ColumbusTVPadre Fernando De Talavera1985Screen TwoTVYacov1984Murder, She WroteTVSalvatore Gambini1984Highway to HeavenTVTimothy Charles · Gene Malloy1984Sam's SonSam Orowitz1984Anatomy of an IllnessDr. William Hitzig1983Reading RainbowTVSelf - Narrator (voice)1982The Executioner's SongTVVern Damico1982The Executioner's SongVern Damico1982WoganTVSelf1982The WallMauritzi Apt1982American PlayhouseTVMr. Prince1981SkokieBert Silverman1981The SalamanderGeneral Leporello1981The Pride of Jesse HallamSal Galucci1980Fugitive FamilyOlan Vacio1980Guri1980The HunterRitchie Blumenthal1980Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of FlatbushSelf - Narrator (voice)1979Winter KillsJoe Diamond1979FirepowerSal Hyman1979Tales of the UnexpectedTVGerry Williams1978The PirateBen Ezra1978Movie MovieVince Marlow / Pop1978Little ItalyDon Gerolamo Giarra1978GirlfriendsRabbi Gold1978Circle of IronMan-in-Oil1977The PirateTVBen Ezra1977The Hollywood GreatsTVSelf1977The DeepAdam Coffin1977The Domino PrincipleGen. Reser1977Seventh AvenueTVGus Farber1977Nasty HabitsMonsignor1977The SentinelDetective Gatz1976Plot of FearPeter Struwwel1976IndependenceBenjamin Franklin1975Eye of the CatCesare1975The White, The Yellow, and The BlackSheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack1974Houston, We've Got a ProblemNarrator (voice)1974Crazy JoeDon Vittorio1974Indict and ConvictDeWitt Foster1973Cinderella LibertyLynn Forshay1973KojakTVLee Curtin1973Stateline MotelJoe1973Orson Welles' Great MysteriesTVFuzzy1973A Cold Night's DeathFrank Enari1971Don't Turn the Other CheekMaz Lozoya1971The TypistsPaul Cunningham1971Romance of a HorsethiefKifke1971Paradise LostLeo Gordon1971Great PerformancesTVSelf1970The People Next DoorArthur Mason1970The Angel LevineDelicatessen Clerk1970The Adventures of GerardNapoleon Bonaparte1970Zig ZagMario Gambretti1970The Reason WhyCharles1969Mackenna's GoldBen Baker1969The BrainFrankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian Mafia1968Ace HighCacopoulos1968A Lovely Way to DieTennessee Fredericks1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InTVSelf1968How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your LifeHarry Hunter1967The Tiger Makes OutBen Harris · Producer1967The Owl Who Gave a HootMr. Owl (voice)1966The Good, the Bad and the UglyTuco Ramirez1966CBS PlayhouseTVDouglas Lambert1966How to Steal a MillionDavis Leland1966The Poppy Is Also a Flower'Happy' Locarno1966BatmanTVMister Freeze1965Genghis KhanShah of Khwarezm1965Lord JimThe General1964Kisses for My PresidentRaphael Valdez Jr.1964The Moon-SpinnersStratos1963Act OneWarren Stone1963The VictorsSgt. Craig1962How the West Was WonCharlie Gant1962The Merv Griffin ShowTVSelf1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTVSelf1962Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young ManJohn1961The Mike Douglas ShowTVSelf1961The Dick Powell ShowTVManny Jacobs1961The MisfitsGuido1960The Magnificent SevenCalvera1960OutlawsTV1960Seven ThievesPoncho1960LullabyJohnny Horton1959I, Don QuixoteSancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant1959For Whom the Bell TollsRafael1959The David Susskind ShowTVSelf1958The Gift of the MagiNarrator1958Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseTVRaymond Perez1958Naked CityTVDet. Peter Bane · Georgie1958The Plot to Kill StalinPoskrebyshev1958The LineupDancer1958Shirley Temple's StorybookTVSimon1957SuspicionTV1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarTVSelf1957The LarkDauphin1956Baby DollSilva Vacarro1956Playhouse 90TVRafael1956Tony AwardsTVSelf - Presenter1954Climax!TVAlbert Anastasia1952OmnibusTV1951Hallmark Hall of FameTVDauphin1950What's My Line?TVSelf - Mystery Guest1949Lights OutTVGiovanni1948Studio OneTVOzep · Peter Hendon1948The Philco Television PlayhouseTVNacho1948The Ed Sullivan ShowTVSelf