Eli Wallach
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
The Godfather Part III
1990
Mystic River
2003
The Magnificent Seven
1960
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959
The Holiday
2006
How to Steal a Million
1966
The Victors
1963
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
1994
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed
1994
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
1995
Genghis Khan
1965
The Deep
1977
Tough Guys
1986
Keeping the Faith
2000
The Associate
1996
The Hunter
1980
The Misfits
1961
Lord Jim
1965
The Ghost Writer
2010
Article 99
1992
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
1993
Circle of Iron
1978
Ace High
1968
The Lineup
1958
How the West Was Won
1962
The Domino Principle
1977
The Two Jakes
1990
A Taste Of Jupiter
2005
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
2005
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010
Mama's Boy
2007
Baby Doll
1956
Nuts
1987
Winter Kills
1979
Night and the City
1992
The Moon-Spinners
1964
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
2005
Plot of Fear
1976
The Gift of the Magi
1958
Seven Thieves
1960
Two Much
1995
The Impossible Spy
1987
Firepower
1979
Funny
1988
Mackenna's Gold
1969
Rocket to the Moon
1986
The Sentinel
1977
Hollywood Uncensored
1987
The Executioner's Song
1982
Crazy Joe
1974
Mistress
1992
Guri
1980
The Lark
1957
Zig Zag
1970
Uninvited
2000
Cinderella Liberty
1973
Movie Movie
1978
Shoot First… Ask Questions Later
1975
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
1980
The Easter Egg Adventure
2004
A Lovely Way to Die
1968
Sam's Son
1984
A Cold Night's Death
1973
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
The Toe Tactic
2009
The People Next Door
1970
The Donner Party
1992
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
2010
Girlfriends
1978
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962
Nasty Habits
1977
Houston, We've Got a Problem
1974
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
1995
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971
Romance of a Horsethief
1971
Monday Night Mayhem
2002
Act One
1963
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968
Kisses for My President
1964
Cinerama Adventure
2002
The Adventures of Gerard
1970
The Tiger Makes Out
1967
Showing Up
2014
Skokie
1981
Hello Actors Studio
1988
The Angel Levine
1970
The Reason Why
1970
The Brain
1969
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
1992
Anatomy of an Illness
1984
The Salamander
1981
Stateline Motel
1973
Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'
2004
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
1998
Eye of the Cat
1975
New York, I Love You
2008
The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'
2006
Rat Pack
2022
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
The Education of Gore Vidal
2003
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
1985
Paradise Lost
1971
Embassy
1985
The Plot to Kill Stalin
1958
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
2003
James Dean: Sense Memories
2005
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
2008
Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland
1987
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
Legacy of Lies
1992
The Pirate
1978
Brando
2007
Little Italy
1978
An Empire of Reason
1988
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990
Coney Island
1991
The Bookfair Murders
2000
The Train
2015
Terezin Diary
1991
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1992
The Hoax
2006
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
1994
I, Don Quixote
1959
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
2000
Indict and Convict
1974
Rita
2003
Honey Sweet Love
1996
The Search for Dracula
1996
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
1981
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
2006
O. Henry's Christmas
1996
Fugitive Family
1980
Leone's West
2004
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
1994
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
The Typists
1971
Lullaby
1960
Making 'The Misfits'
2002
Il falso bugiardo
2008
The Real James Dean
2006
Por un puñado de sueños
2004
The Wall
1982
Something in Common
1986
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997
Baby Doll: See No Evil
2006
Lincoln
1992
King of the Corner
2004
Independence
1976
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
1996
The Owl Who Gave a Hoot
1967
James Dean: A Portrait
1995
In the Name of Democracy
2009
The Yidishe Gauchos
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The Job
2001
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Law & Order
1990
The Dick Powell Show
1961
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
Batman
1966
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Highway to Heaven
1984
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Naked City
1958
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
The David Susskind Show
1959
Kojak
1973
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Veritas: The Quest
2003
Outlaws
1960
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Climax!
1954
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Our Family Honor
1985
CBS Playhouse
1966
Lights Out
1949
The Hollywood Greats
1977
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The West
1996
Naked City
1958
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Reading Rainbow
1983
Studio One
1948
Studio One
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The War
2007
Seventh Avenue
1977
Christopher Columbus
1985
Wogan
1982
What's My Line?
1950
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Baseball
1994
Playhouse 90
1956
ER
1994
American Playhouse
1982
The Executioner's Song
1982
Suspicion
1957
Whoopi
2003
Great Performances
1971
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
Omnibus
1952
Baseball
1994
Stroker and Hoop
2004
Nurse Jackie
2009
Worlds Beyond
1986
Tony Awards
1956