Eli Wallach
Acting
Born December 7, 1915 · 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.
Films (158)
Rat Pack
2022
The Train
2015
Showing Up
2014
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
2010
The Ghost Writer
2010
In the Name of Democracy
2009
The Toe Tactic
2009
New York, I Love You
2008
Il falso bugiardo
2008
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
2008
Mama's Boy
2007
Brando
2007
The Holiday
2006
The Hoax
2006
The Real James Dean
2006
Baby Doll: See No Evil
2006
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
2006
The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'
2006
A Taste Of Jupiter
2005
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
2005
James Dean: Sense Memories
2005
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
2005
The Easter Egg Adventure
2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
King of the Corner
2004
Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'
2004
Leone's West
2004
Por un puñado de sueños
2004
Mystic River
2003
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003
Rita
2003
The Education of Gore Vidal
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
2003
Making 'The Misfits'
2002
Cinerama Adventure
2002
Monday Night Mayhem
2002
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
Uninvited
2000
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
2000
Keeping the Faith
2000
The Bookfair Murders
2000
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
1998
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997
The Associate
1996
O. Henry's Christmas
1996
Honey Sweet Love
1996
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
1996
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
1996
The Search for Dracula
1996
Two Much
1995
James Dean: A Portrait
1995
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
1995
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
1995
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
1994
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
1994
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed
1994
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
1994
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
1993
Lincoln
1992
The Donner Party
1992
Night and the City
1992
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1992
Mistress
1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
1992
Legacy of Lies
1992
Article 99
1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
1992
Terezin Diary
1991
Coney Island
1991
The Godfather Part III
1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
The Two Jakes
1990
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990
Hello Actors Studio
1988
An Empire of Reason
1988
Funny
1988
Hollywood Uncensored
1987
The Impossible Spy
1987
Nuts
1987
Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland
1987
Something in Common
1986
Tough Guys
1986
Rocket to the Moon
1986
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
1985
Embassy
1985
Sam's Son
1984
Anatomy of an Illness
1984
The Executioner's Song
1982
The Wall
1982
Skokie
1981
The Salamander
1981
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
1981
Fugitive Family
1980
Guri
1980
The Hunter
1980
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
1980
Winter Kills
1979
Firepower
1979
The Pirate
1978
Movie Movie
1978
Little Italy
1978
Girlfriends
1978
Circle of Iron
1978
The Deep
1977
The Domino Principle
1977
Nasty Habits
1977
The Sentinel
1977
Plot of Fear
1976
Independence
1976
Eye of the Cat
1975
Shoot First… Ask Questions Later
1975
Houston, We've Got a Problem
1974
Crazy Joe
1974
Indict and Convict
1974
Cinderella Liberty
1973
Stateline Motel
1973
A Cold Night's Death
1973
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971
The Typists
1971
Romance of a Horsethief
1971
Paradise Lost
1971
The People Next Door
1970
The Angel Levine
1970
The Adventures of Gerard
1970
Zig Zag
1970
The Reason Why
1970
Mackenna's Gold
1969
The Brain
1969
Ace High
1968
A Lovely Way to Die
1968
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968
The Tiger Makes Out
1967
The Owl Who Gave a Hoot
1967
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966
How to Steal a Million
1966
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966
Genghis Khan
1965
Lord Jim
1965
Kisses for My President
1964
The Moon-Spinners
1964
Act One
1963
The Victors
1963
How the West Was Won
1962
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962
The Misfits
1961
The Magnificent Seven
1960
Seven Thieves
1960
Lullaby
1960
I, Don Quixote
1959
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959
The Gift of the Magi
1958
The Plot to Kill Stalin
1958
The Lineup
1958
The Lark
1957
Baby Doll
1956