Eli Wallach

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

Don Altobello

The Godfather Part III

Mr. Loonie (uncredited)

Mystic River

Calvera

The Magnificent Seven

Rafael

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Arthur Abbott

The Holiday

Davis Leland

How to Steal a Million

Sgt. Craig

The Victors

Narrator

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

Self

Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed

Self

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

Shah of Khwarezm

Genghis Khan

Adam Coffin

The Deep

Leon B. Little

Tough Guys

Rabbi Ben Lewis

Keeping the Faith

Donald Fallon

The Associate

Ritchie Blumenthal

The Hunter

Guido

The Misfits

The General

Lord Jim

Old man

The Ghost Writer

Sam Abrams

Article 99

Frank Latella

Vendetta II: The New Mafia

Man-in-Oil

Circle of Iron

Cacopoulos

I quattro dell'Ave Maria

Dancer

The Lineup

Charlie Gant

How the West Was Won

Gen. Reser

The Domino Principle

Cotton Weinberger

The Two Jakes

Arturo

A Taste Of Jupiter

Self

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

Julie Steinhardt

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Seymour Warburton

Mama's Boy

Silva Vacarro

Baby Doll

Dr. Herbert A. Morrison

Nuts

Joe Diamond

Winter Kills

Peck

Night and the City

Stratos

The Moon-Spinners

Father

The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation

Peter Struwwel

E tanta paura

Narrator

The Gift of the Magi

Poncho

Seven Thieves

Sheldon

Two Much

Yacov

The Impossible Spy

Sal Hyman

Firepower

Self

Funny

Ben Baker

Mackenna's Gold

Mr. Prince

Rocket to the Moon

Detective Gatz

The Sentinel

Self

Hollywood Uncensored

Vern Damico

The Executioner's Song

Don Vittorio

Crazy Joe

George Lieberhof

Mistress

Guri

Dauphin

The Lark

Mario Gambretti

Zig Zag

Alan Strasser

Uninvited

Lynn Forshay

Cinderella Liberty

Vince Marlow / Pop

Movie Movie

Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack

Il bianco, il giallo, il nero

Self - Narrator (voice)

Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush

Narrator (voice)

The Easter Egg Adventure

Tennessee Fredericks

A Lovely Way to Die

Sam Orowitz

Sam's Son

Frank Enari

A Cold Night's Death

Self

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

Maestro

The Toe Tactic

Arthur Mason

The People Next Door

voice

The Donner Party

Mordechai Rossman (voice)

Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

Rabbi Gold

Girlfriends

John

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

Monsignor

Nasty Habits

Narrator (voice)

Houston, We've Got a Problem

Narrator

Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey

'Happy' Locarno

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

Maz Lozoya

¡Viva la muerte... tua!

Kifke

Le Roman d'un voleur de chevaux

Leonard Goldenson

Monday Night Mayhem

Warren Stone

Act One

Harry Hunter

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

Raphael Valdez Jr.

Kisses for My President

Self

Cinerama Adventure

Napoleon Bonaparte

The Adventures of Gerard

Ben Harris

The Tiger Makes Out

Self

Showing Up

Bert Silverman

Skokie

Self

Hello Actors Studio

Delicatessen Clerk

The Angel Levine

Charles

The Reason Why

Frankie Scannapieco, godfather of the Italian mafia

Le Cerveau

(voice)

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

(voice)

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

Dr. William Hitzig

Anatomy of an Illness

General Leporello

The Salamander

Joe

L'ultima chance

Self

Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'

Deluca

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

Cesare

Attenti al buffone

Abe

New York, I Love You

Self

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

Self (archive footage)

Rat Pack

Tuco Ramirez

Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

Self

Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

Self

The Education of Gore Vidal

Dr. Huffman

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

Leo Gordon

Paradise Lost

Joe Verga

Embassy

Poskrebyshev

The Plot to Kill Stalin

Self / Narrator

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King

Self

James Dean: Sense Memories

Joe Nightingale

Vote and Die: Liszt for President

Quote Reader

Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

Narrator (voice)

Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland

Self

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

Moses Resnick

Legacy of Lies

Ben Ezra

The Pirate

Self

Brando

Don Gerolamo Giarra

Squadra antimafia

Anti-Federalist Spokesman

An Empire of Reason

Self / Don Altobello

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

Self - Actor

Coney Island

Erich Schmidt

The Bookfair Murders

Andre

The Train

Narrator

Terezín Diary

Bill Presser

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

Noah Dietrich

The Hoax

Other Voices (voice)

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

Self

Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess

Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant

I, Don Quixote

Self

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

DeWitt Foster

Indict and Convict

Self

Rita

Don Siro

Honey Sweet Love

Narrator

The Search for Dracula

Sal Galucci

The Pride of Jesse Hallam

Self

Sergio Leone - Il mio modo di vedere le cose

Behrman ("The Last Leaf")

O. Henry's Christmas

Olan Vacio

Fugitive Family

Self

Leone's West

Self - Narrator (voice)

The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters

Other Voices (voice)

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Paul Cunningham

The Typists

Johnny Horton

Lullaby

Self

Making 'The Misfits'

Self (archive footage)

Il falso bugiardo

Self

The Real James Dean

Self - Interviewee

Por un puñado de sueños

Mauritzi Apt

The Wall

Norman Voss

Something in Common

Self

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

Self

Baby Doll: See No Evil

William Crook (voice)

Lincoln

Sol Spivak

King of the Corner

Benjamin Franklin

Independence

Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

Self

Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome

Mr. Owl (voice)

The Owl Who Gave a Hoot

Self

James Dean: A Portrait

Narrator

In the Name of Democracy

Narrator

The Yidishe Gauchos

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

159

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-12-07

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Ely Wallach