Eli Wallach
Born
December 7, 1915
Died
June 24, 2014 (98 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
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Known For

Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
2022

The Train
Andre
2015

Showing Up
Self
2014

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Julie Steinhardt
2010

Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
Mordechai Rossman (voice)
2010

The Ghost Writer
Old man
2010
The Toe Tactic
Maestro
2009

New York, I Love You
Abe
2008

Il falso bugiardo
Self (archive footage)
2008

Vote and Die: Liszt for President
Joe Nightingale
2008

The War
Narrator (voice) · (7 episodes)
2008

Mama's Boy
Seymour Warburton
2007

Brando
Self
2007

The Holiday
Arthur
2006

The Hoax
Noah Dietrich
2006

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Eli Weinraub · (1 episode)
2006

The Real James Dean
Self
2006

Baby Doll: See No Evil
Self
2006

Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
Self
2006

The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'
Self
2006

A Taste Of Jupiter
Arturo
2005

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
Self
2005

James Dean: Sense Memories
Self
2005

The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
Father
2005

The Easter Egg Adventure
Narrator (voice)
2004

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
2004

Stroker and Hoop
Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
2004

King of the Corner
Sol Spivak
2004

Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'
Self
2004

Leone's West
Self
2004

Por un puñado de sueños
Self - Interviewee
2004

Mystic River
Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
2003

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Other Voices (voice)
2003

Rita
Self
2003

Whoopi
Norman · (1 episode)
2003

The Education of Gore Vidal
Self
2003

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2003

Veritas: The Quest
Rabbi · (1 episode)
2003

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
Self / Narrator
2003

Making 'The Misfits'
Self
2002

Cinerama Adventure
Self
2002

Monday Night Mayhem
Leonard Goldenson
2002

The Job
Mr. Weiss · (1 episode)
2001

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
2000

Uninvited
Alan Strasser
2000

Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
Self
2000

Keeping the Faith
Rabbi Ben Lewis
2000

The Bookfair Murders
Erich Schmidt
2000

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Deluca
1998

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)
1997

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Self
1997

The Associate
Donald Fallon
1996

The West
Self · (9 episodes)
1996

O. Henry's Christmas
Behrman ("The Last Leaf")
1996

Honey Sweet Love
Don Siro
1996

Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
Self
1996
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
Quote Reader
1996

The Search for Dracula
Narrator
1996

Two Much
Sheldon
1995

Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
Narrator
1995

American Cinema
Narrator
1995

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Self
1995

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
Narrator
1994

Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
Self
1994

ER
Mr. Langston · (1 episode)
1994

Baseball
Various (voice) · (0 episode)
1994

Baseball
(voice) · (7 episodes)
1994

Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
1994
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed
Self
1994

The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
Self - Narrator (voice)
1994

Vendetta II: The New Mafia
Frank Latella
1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1993
Lincoln
William Crook (voice)
1992

The Donner Party
voice
1992

Night and the City
Peck
1992

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
Bill Presser
1992

Mistress
George Lieberhof
1992

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
(voice)
1992

Legacy of Lies
Moses Resnick
1992

Article 99
Sam Abrams
1992

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
(voice)
1992
Terezin Diary
Narrator
1991

Coney Island
Self - Actor
1991

The Godfather Part III
Don Altobello
1990

Law & Order
Simon Vilanis · (1 episode)
1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Self
1990

The Two Jakes
Cotton Weinberger
1990

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Self / Don Altobello
1990

Hello Actors Studio
Self
1988

An Empire of Reason
Anti-Federalist Spokesman
1988

Funny
Self
1988

Hollywood Uncensored
Self
1987

The Impossible Spy
Yacov
1987

Nuts
Dr. Herbert A. Morrison
1987
Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland
Narrator (voice)
1987

Something in Common
Norman Voss
1986

Tough Guys
Leon B. Little
1986

Rocket to the Moon
Mr. Prince
1986

Murder: By Reason of Insanity
Dr. Huffman
1985

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Yosef Kandinsky · (1 episode)
1985

Our Family Honor
Vincent Danzig · (13 episodes)
1985

Embassy
Joe Verga
1985

Christopher Columbus
Padre Fernando De Talavera · (4 episodes)
1985

Murder, She Wrote
Salvatore Gambini · (1 episode)
1984

Highway to Heaven
Timothy Charles · (1 episode)
1984

Sam's Son
Sam Orowitz
1984

Anatomy of an Illness
Dr. William Hitzig
1984

Reading Rainbow
Himself - Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
1983

The Executioner's Song
Vern Damico · (2 episodes)
1982

The Executioner's Song
Vern Damico
1982

Wogan
Self · (1 episode)
1982

The Wall
Mauritzi Apt
1982

American Playhouse
Mr. Prince · (1 episode)
1982

Skokie
Bert Silverman
1981

The Salamander
General Leporello
1981

The Pride of Jesse Hallam
Sal Galucci
1981

Fugitive Family
Olan Vacio
1980

Guri
1980

The Hunter
Ritchie Blumenthal
1980

Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
Self - Narrator (voice)
1980

Winter Kills
Joe Diamond
1979

Firepower
Sal Hyman
1979

Tales of the Unexpected
Gerry Williams · (1 episode)
1979

The Pirate
Ben Ezra
1978

Movie Movie
Vince Marlow / Pop
1978

Little Italy
Don Gerolamo Giarra
1978

Girlfriends
Rabbi Gold
1978

Circle of Iron
Man-in-Oil
1978

The Hollywood Greats
Self · (1 episode)
1977

The Deep
Adam Coffin
1977

The Domino Principle
Gen. Reser
1977

Seventh Avenue
Gus Farber · (3 episodes)
1977

Nasty Habits
Monsignor
1977

The Sentinel
Detective Gatz
1977

Plot of Fear
Peter Struwwel
1976

Independence
Benjamin Franklin
1976

Eye of the Cat
Cesare
1975

Shoot First… Ask Questions Later
Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack
1975

Houston, We've Got a Problem
Narrator (voice)
1974

Crazy Joe
Don Vittorio
1974

Indict and Convict
DeWitt Foster
1974

Cinderella Liberty
Lynn Forshay
1973

Kojak
Lee Curtin · (2 episodes)
1973

Stateline Motel
Joe
1973

A Cold Night's Death
Frank Enari
1973

Don't Turn the Other Cheek
Maz Lozoya
1971

The Typists
Paul Cunningham
1971

Romance of a Horsethief
Kifke
1971

Paradise Lost
Leo Gordon
1971

Great Performances
Self · (1 episode)
1971

The People Next Door
Arthur Mason
1970

The Angel Levine
Delicatessen Clerk
1970

The Adventures of Gerard
Napoleon Bonaparte
1970

Zig Zag
Mario Gambretti
1970

The Reason Why
Charles
1970

Mackenna's Gold
Ben Baker
1969

The Brain
Frankie Scannapieco, godfather of the Italian mafia
1969

Ace High
Cacopoulos
1968

A Lovely Way to Die
Tennessee Fredericks
1968

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self · (1 episode)
1968

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
Harry Hunter
1968

The Tiger Makes Out
Ben Harris
1967
The Owl Who Gave a Hoot
Mr. Owl (voice)
1967

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Tuco Ramirez
1966
CBS Playhouse
Douglas Lambert · (1 episode)
1966

How to Steal a Million
Davis Leland
1966

The Poppy Is Also a Flower
'Happy' Locarno
1966

Batman
Mister Freeze · (2 episodes)
1966

Genghis Khan
Shah of Khwarezm
1965

Lord Jim
The General
1965

Kisses for My President
Raphael Valdez Jr.
1964

The Moon-Spinners
Stratos
1964

Act One
Warren Stone
1963

The Victors
Sgt. Craig
1963

How the West Was Won
Charlie Gant
1962

The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (4 episodes)
1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (7 episodes)
1962

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
John
1962

The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (7 episodes)
1961

The Dick Powell Show
Manny Jacobs · (1 episode)
1961

The Misfits
Guido
1961

The Magnificent Seven
Calvera
1960

Outlaws
(1 episode)
1960

Seven Thieves
Poncho
1960

Lullaby
Johnny Horton
1960
I, Don Quixote
Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant
1959

For Whom the Bell Tolls
Rafael
1959

The David Susskind Show
Self · (1 episode)
1959

The Gift of the Magi
Narrator
1958

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Raymond Perez · (1 episode)
1958

Naked City
Det. Peter Bane · (1 episode)
1958

Naked City
Georgie · (1 episode)
1958

The Plot to Kill Stalin
Poskrebyshev
1958

The Lineup
Dancer
1958

Shirley Temple's Storybook
Simon · (1 episode)
1958

Suspicion
(1 episode)
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · (4 episodes)
1957
The Lark
Dauphin
1957

Baby Doll
Silva Vacarro
1956

Playhouse 90
Rafael · (2 episodes)
1956

Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
1956

Climax!
Albert Anastasia · (1 episode)
1954

Omnibus
(1 episode)
1952

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dauphin · (1 episode)
1951

What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · (1 episode)
1950

Lights Out
Giovanni · (1 episode)
1949

Studio One
Ozep · (1 episode)
1948

Studio One
Peter Hendon · (1 episode)
1948

The Philco Television Playhouse
(2 episodes)
1948

The Philco Television Playhouse
Nacho · (1 episode)
1948

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
1948