
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.

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
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