Acting
Eli Wallach
Born 1915-12-07
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Eli Wallach
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966
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Mystic River
2003
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The Godfather Part III
1990
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The Holiday
2006
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Law & Order
1990
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The Ghost Writer
2010
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
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The Magnificent Seven
1960
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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010
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ER
1994
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (221 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2022 |
 | The Train | Andre | Movie | 2015 |
 | Showing Up | Self | Movie | 2014 |
 | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | Julie Steinhardt | Movie | 2010 |
 | Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber | Mordechai Rossman (voice) | Movie | 2010 |
 | The Ghost Writer | Old man | Movie | 2010 |
 | Nurse Jackie | Bernard Zimberg | TV Series | 2009 |
 | In the Name of Democracy | Narrator | Movie | 2009 |
 | The Toe Tactic | Maestro | Movie | 2009 |
 | New York, I Love You | Abe | Movie | 2008 |
 | Il falso bugiardo | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2008 |
 | Vote and Die: Liszt for President | Joe Nightingale | Movie | 2008 |
 | Mama's Boy | Seymour Warburton | Movie | 2007 |
 | The War | Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Brando | Self | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Holiday | Arthur | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Hoax | Noah Dietrich | Movie | 2006 |
 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Eli Weinraub | TV Series | 2006 |
 | The Real James Dean | Self | Movie | 2006 |
 | Baby Doll: See No Evil | Self | Movie | 2006 |
 | Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things | Self | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven' | Self | Movie | 2006 |
 | A Taste Of Jupiter | Arturo | Movie | 2005 |
 | Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool | Self | Movie | 2005 |
 | James Dean: Sense Memories | Self | Movie | 2005 |
 | The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation | Father | Movie | 2005 |
 | The Easter Egg Adventure | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2004 |
 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Other Voices (voice) | Movie | 2004 |
 | Stroker and Hoop | Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2004 |
 | King of the Corner | Sol Spivak | Movie | 2004 |
 | Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly' | Self | Movie | 2004 |
 | Leone's West | Self | Movie | 2004 |
 | Por un puñado de sueños | Self - Interviewee | Movie | 2004 |
 | Mystic River | Mr. Loonie (uncredited) | Movie | 2003 |
 | Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip | Other Voices (voice) | Movie | 2003 |
 | Rita | Self | Movie | 2003 |
 | Whoopi | Norman | TV Series | 2003 |
 | The Education of Gore Vidal | Self | Movie | 2003 |
 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | Movie | 2003 |
 | Veritas: The Quest | Rabbi | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King | Self / Narrator | Movie | 2003 |
 | Making 'The Misfits' | Self | Movie | 2002 |
 | Cinerama Adventure | Self | Movie | 2002 |
 | Monday Night Mayhem | Leonard Goldenson | Movie | 2002 |
 | The Job | Mr. Weiss | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows | Self | Movie | 2000 |
 | Uninvited | Alan Strasser | Movie | 2000 |
 | Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' | Self | Movie | 2000 |
 | Keeping the Faith | Rabbi Ben Lewis | Movie | 2000 |
 | The Bookfair Murders | Erich Schmidt | Movie | 2000 |
 | Naked City: Justice with a Bullet | Deluca | Movie | 1998 |
 | The Trial of Adolf Eichmann | Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices) | Movie | 1997 |
 | Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Self | Movie | 1997 |
 | The Associate | Donald Fallon | Movie | 1996 |
 | The West | Self | TV Series | 1996 |
 | O. Henry's Christmas | Behrman ("The Last Leaf") | Movie | 1996 |
 | Honey Sweet Love | Don Siro | Movie | 1996 |
 | Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome | Self | Movie | 1996 |
 | The Search for Dracula | Narrator | Movie | 1996 |
 | Two Much | Sheldon | Movie | 1995 |
 | James Dean: A Portrait | Self | Movie | 1995 |
 | Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey | Narrator | Movie | 1995 |
 | Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King | Self | Movie | 1995 |
 | It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein | Narrator | Movie | 1994 |
 | Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess | Self | Movie | 1994 |
 | ER | Mr. Langston | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Baseball | Various (voice) | TV Series | 1994 |
| Baseball | (voice) | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | TV Series | 1994 |
| Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed | Self | Movie | 1994 | |
 | The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters | Self - Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1994 |
 | Vendetta II: The New Mafia | Frank Latella | Movie | 1993 |
 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1993 |
| Lincoln | William Crook (voice) | Movie | 1992 | |
 | The Donner Party | voice | Movie | 1992 |
 | The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 | Don Altobello | Movie | 1992 |
 | Night and the City | Peck | Movie | 1992 |
 | Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story | Bill Presser | Movie | 1992 |
 | Mistress | George Lieberhof | Movie | 1992 |
 | Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems | (voice) | Movie | 1992 |
 | Legacy of Lies | Moses Resnick | Movie | 1992 |
 | Article 99 | Sam Abrams | Movie | 1992 |
 | Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes | (voice) | Movie | 1992 |
| Terezin Diary | Narrator | Movie | 1991 | |
 | Coney Island | Self - Actor | Movie | 1991 |
 | The Godfather Part III | Don Altobello | Movie | 1990 |
 | Law & Order | Simon Vilanis | TV Series | 1990 |
| Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret | Self | Movie | 1990 | |
 | The Two Jakes | Cotton Weinberger | Movie | 1990 |
 | The Godfather Family: A Look Inside | Self / Don Altobello | Movie | 1990 |
 | Hello Actors Studio | Self | Movie | 1988 |
 | An Empire of Reason | Anti-Federalist Spokesman | Movie | 1988 |
 | Funny | Self | Movie | 1988 |
 | Hollywood Uncensored | Self | Movie | 1987 |
 | The Impossible Spy | Yacov | Movie | 1987 |
 | Nuts | Dr. Herbert A. Morrison | Movie | 1987 |
 | Eve and Marilyn | Self (archive photo) | Movie | 1987 |
 | Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV | Self - Host | Movie | 1987 |
| Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1987 | |
 | Something in Common | Norman Voss | Movie | 1986 |
 | Worlds Beyond | Charles Burgess | TV Series | 1986 |
 | Tough Guys | Leon B. Little | Movie | 1986 |
 | Rocket to the Moon | Mr. Prince | Movie | 1986 |
 | Murder: By Reason of Insanity | Dr. Huffman | Movie | 1985 |
 | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Yosef Kandinsky | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Our Family Honor | Vincent Danzig | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Embassy | Joe Verga | Movie | 1985 |
 | Christopher Columbus | Padre Fernando De Talavera | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Screen Two | Yacov | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Murder, She Wrote | Salvatore Gambini | TV Series | 1984 |
 | Highway to Heaven | Timothy Charles | TV Series | 1984 |
| Highway to Heaven | Gene Malloy | TV Series | 1984 |
 | Sam's Son | Sam Orowitz | Movie | 1984 |
 | Anatomy of an Illness | Dr. William Hitzig | Movie | 1984 |
 | Reading Rainbow | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 1983 |
 | The Executioner's Song | Vern Damico | TV Series | 1982 |
 | The Executioner's Song | Vern Damico | Movie | 1982 |
 | Wogan | Self | TV Series | 1982 |
 | The Wall | Mauritzi Apt | Movie | 1982 |
 | American Playhouse | Mr. Prince | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Skokie | Bert Silverman | Movie | 1981 |
 | The Salamander | General Leporello | Movie | 1981 |
 | The Pride of Jesse Hallam | Sal Galucci | Movie | 1981 |
 | Fugitive Family | Olan Vacio | Movie | 1980 |
 | Guri | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1980 |
 | The Hunter | Ritchie Blumenthal | Movie | 1980 |
 | Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush | Self - Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1980 |
 | Winter Kills | Joe Diamond | Movie | 1979 |
 | Firepower | Sal Hyman | Movie | 1979 |
 | Tales of the Unexpected | Gerry Williams | TV Series | 1979 |
 | Movie Movie | Vince Marlow / Pop | Movie | 1978 |
 | Little Italy | Don Gerolamo Giarra | Movie | 1978 |
 | Girlfriends | Rabbi Gold | Movie | 1978 |
 | Circle of Iron | Man-in-Oil | Movie | 1978 |
 | The Pirate | Ben Ezra | TV Series | 1977 |
 | The Hollywood Greats | Self | TV Series | 1977 |
 | The Deep | Adam Coffin | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Domino Principle | Gen. Reser | Movie | 1977 |
 | Seventh Avenue | Gus Farber | TV Series | 1977 |
 | Nasty Habits | Monsignor | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Sentinel | Detective Gatz | Movie | 1977 |
 | Plot of Fear | Peter Struwwel | Movie | 1976 |
 | Independence | Benjamin Franklin | Movie | 1976 |
 | Eye of the Cat | Cesare | Movie | 1975 |
 | The White, The Yellow, and The Black | Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack | Movie | 1975 |
 | Houston, We've Got a Problem | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1974 |
 | Crazy Joe | Don Vittorio | Movie | 1974 |
 | Indict and Convict | DeWitt Foster | Movie | 1974 |
 | Cinderella Liberty | Lynn Forshay | Movie | 1973 |
 | Kojak | Lee Curtin | TV Series | 1973 |
 | Stateline Motel | Joe | Movie | 1973 |
 | Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | Fuzzy | TV Series | 1973 |
 | A Cold Night's Death | Frank Enari | Movie | 1973 |
 | Don't Turn the Other Cheek | Maz Lozoya | Movie | 1971 |
 | The Typists | Paul Cunningham | Movie | 1971 |
 | Romance of a Horsethief | Kifke | Movie | 1971 |
 | Paradise Lost | Leo Gordon | Movie | 1971 |
 | Great Performances | Self | TV Series | 1971 |
 | The People Next Door | Arthur Mason | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Angel Levine | Delicatessen Clerk | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Adventures of Gerard | Napoleon Bonaparte | Movie | 1970 |
 | Zig Zag | Mario Gambretti | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Reason Why | Charles | Movie | 1970 |
 | Mackenna's Gold | Ben Baker | Movie | 1969 |
 | The Brain | Frankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian Mafia | Movie | 1969 |
 | Ace High | Cacopoulos | Movie | 1968 |
 | A Lovely Way to Die | Tennessee Fredericks | Movie | 1968 |
 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self | TV Series | 1968 |
 | How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life | Harry Hunter | Movie | 1968 |
 | The Tiger Makes Out | Ben Harris | Movie | 1967 |
| The Tiger Makes Out | Producer | Movie | 1967 |
| The Owl Who Gave a Hoot | Mr. Owl (voice) | Movie | 1967 | |
 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | Tuco Ramirez | Movie | 1966 |
| CBS Playhouse | Douglas Lambert | TV Series | 1966 | |
 | How to Steal a Million | Davis Leland | Movie | 1966 |
 | The Poppy Is Also a Flower | 'Happy' Locarno | Movie | 1966 |
 | Batman | Mister Freeze | TV Series | 1966 |
 | Genghis Khan | Shah of Khwarezm | Movie | 1965 |
 | Lord Jim | The General | Movie | 1965 |
 | Kisses for My President | Raphael Valdez Jr. | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Moon-Spinners | Stratos | Movie | 1964 |
 | Act One | Warren Stone | Movie | 1963 |
 | The Victors | Sgt. Craig | Movie | 1963 |
 | How the West Was Won | Charlie Gant | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV Series | 1962 |
 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV Series | 1962 |
 | Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man | John | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV Series | 1961 |
 | The Dick Powell Show | Manny Jacobs | TV Series | 1961 |
 | The Misfits | Guido | Movie | 1961 |
 | The Magnificent Seven | Calvera | Movie | 1960 |
 | Outlaws | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1960 |
 | Seven Thieves | Poncho | Movie | 1960 |
 | Lullaby | Johnny Horton | Movie | 1960 |
| I, Don Quixote | Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant | Movie | 1959 | |
 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Rafael | Movie | 1959 |
 | The David Susskind Show | Self | TV Series | 1959 |
 | The Gift of the Magi | Narrator | Movie | 1958 |
 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Raymond Perez | TV Series | 1958 |
 | Naked City | Det. Peter Bane | TV Series | 1958 |
| Naked City | Georgie | TV Series | 1958 |
 | The Plot to Kill Stalin | Poskrebyshev | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Lineup | Dancer | Movie | 1958 |
 | Shirley Temple's Storybook | Simon | TV Series | 1958 |
 | Suspicion | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1957 |
 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV Series | 1957 |
 | The Lark | Dauphin | Movie | 1957 |
 | Baby Doll | Silva Vacarro | Movie | 1956 |
 | Playhouse 90 | Rafael | TV Series | 1956 |
 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV Series | 1956 |
 | Climax! | Albert Anastasia | TV Series | 1954 |
 | Omnibus | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1952 |
 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Dauphin | TV Series | 1951 |
 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | TV Series | 1950 |
 | Lights Out | Giovanni | TV Series | 1949 |
 | Studio One | Peter Hendon | TV Series | 1948 |
| Studio One | Ozep | TV Series | 1948 |
 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1948 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | Nacho | TV Series | 1948 |
 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV Series | 1948 |
| The Yidishe Gauchos | Narrator | Movie | — |