Eli Wallach

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

213

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-12-07

Day of death

2014-06-24 (98 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • ER

    ER

  • Batman

    Batman

  • Article 99

    Article 99

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Wogan

    Wogan

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Highway to Heaven

    Highway to Heaven

  • The Godfather Part III

    The Godfather Part III

  • The Holiday

    The Holiday

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

  • The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

  • Kojak

    Kojak

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • The Magnificent Seven

    The Magnificent Seven

  • How the West Was Won

    How the West Was Won

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Mystic River

    Mystic River

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

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

  • Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things

    Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things

  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

  • How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

    How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

  • The Misfits

    The Misfits

  • Mackenna's Gold

    Mackenna's Gold

  • Lights Out

    Lights Out

  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

  • Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

  • Reading Rainbow

    Reading Rainbow

  • Playhouse 90

    Playhouse 90

  • Baby Doll

    Baby Doll

  • Lord Jim

    Lord Jim

  • Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

    Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

  • Outlaws

    Outlaws

  • Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

    Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • The Lark

    The Lark

  • The Brain

    The Brain

  • Tough Guys

    Tough Guys

  • Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

    Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

  • Little Italy

    Little Italy

  • The Sentinel

    The Sentinel

  • Shirley Temple's Storybook

    Shirley Temple's Storybook

  • New York, I Love You

    New York, I Love You

  • Firepower

    Firepower

  • Act One

    Act One

  • Genghis Khan

    Genghis Khan

  • Cinerama Adventure

    Cinerama Adventure

  • Houston, We've Got a Problem

    Houston, We've Got a Problem

  • Girlfriends

    Girlfriends

  • Suspicion

    Suspicion

  • The Hunter

    The Hunter

  • Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush

    Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush

  • Two Much

    Two Much

  • Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

    Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

  • Winter Kills

    Winter Kills

  • The Deep

    The Deep

  • The Associate

    The Associate

  • How to Steal a Million

    How to Steal a Million

  • Crazy Joe

    Crazy Joe

  • The Dick Powell Show

    The Dick Powell Show

  • The Lineup

    The Lineup

  • Veritas: The Quest

    Veritas: The Quest

  • Skokie

    Skokie

  • American Playhouse

    American Playhouse

  • The Salamander

    The Salamander

  • Nasty Habits

    Nasty Habits

  • Paradise Lost

    Paradise Lost

  • Rat Pack

    Rat Pack

  • The Ghost Writer

    The Ghost Writer

  • Cinderella Liberty

    Cinderella Liberty

  • A Cold Night's Death

    A Cold Night's Death

  • Seven Thieves

    Seven Thieves

  • Circle of Iron

    Circle of Iron

  • The War

    The War

  • CBS Playhouse

    CBS Playhouse

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

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

  • Lincoln

    Lincoln

  • Whoopi

    Whoopi

  • Ace High

    Ace High

  • The Job

    The Job

  • Showing Up

    Showing Up

  • The Poppy Is Also a Flower

    The Poppy Is Also a Flower

  • The Victors

    The Victors

  • A Lovely Way to Die

    A Lovely Way to Die

  • The Moon-Spinners

    The Moon-Spinners

  • Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

    Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

  • Plot of Fear

    Plot of Fear

  • Nuts

    Nuts

  • Mama's Boy

    Mama's Boy

  • The Easter Egg Adventure

    The Easter Egg Adventure

  • The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

    The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

  • Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

    Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

  • Romance of a Horsethief

    Romance of a Horsethief

  • Stroker and Hoop

    Stroker and Hoop

  • The Two Jakes

    The Two Jakes

  • The Domino Principle

    The Domino Principle

  • The West

    The West

  • Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

    Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

  • Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus

  • Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed

    Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed

  • Stateline Motel

    Stateline Motel

  • Something in Common

    Something in Common

  • The Tiger Makes Out

    The Tiger Makes Out

  • Honey Sweet Love

    Honey Sweet Love

  • The Pride of Jesse Hallam

    The Pride of Jesse Hallam

  • The Hollywood Greats

    The Hollywood Greats

  • Keeping the Faith

    Keeping the Faith

  • The Pirate

    The Pirate

  • The Angel Levine

    The Angel Levine

  • Murder: By Reason of Insanity

    Murder: By Reason of Insanity

  • Kisses for My President

    Kisses for My President

  • Anatomy of an Illness

    Anatomy of an Illness

  • Hollywood Uncensored

    Hollywood Uncensored

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • The People Next Door

    The People Next Door

  • The Real James Dean

    The Real James Dean

  • Uninvited

    Uninvited

  • The David Susskind Show

    The David Susskind Show

  • Leone's West

    Leone's West

  • Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

    Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

  • Vendetta II: The New Mafia

    Vendetta II: The New Mafia

  • Indict and Convict

    Indict and Convict

  • For Whom the Bell Tolls

    For Whom the Bell Tolls

  • Rita

    Rita

  • Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

    Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

  • Shoot First… Ask Questions Later

    Shoot First… Ask Questions Later

  • The Gift of the Magi

    The Gift of the Magi

  • The Adventures of Gerard

    The Adventures of Gerard

  • The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

    The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

  • The Donner Party

    The Donner Party

  • The Impossible Spy

    The Impossible Spy

  • Don't Turn the Other Cheek

    Don't Turn the Other Cheek

  • Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

    Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

  • The Executioner's Song

    The Executioner's Song

  • The Plot to Kill Stalin

    The Plot to Kill Stalin

  • King of the Corner

    King of the Corner

  • Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

    Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

  • Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

    Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

  • A Taste Of Jupiter

    A Taste Of Jupiter

  • Our Family Honor

    Our Family Honor

  • Hello Actors Studio

    Hello Actors Studio

  • Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

    Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

  • Making 'The Misfits'

    Making 'The Misfits'

  • Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess

    Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess

  • Coney Island

    Coney Island

  • The Wall

    The Wall

  • Funny

    Funny

  • Seventh Avenue

    Seventh Avenue

  • An Empire of Reason

    An Empire of Reason

  • Mistress

    Mistress

  • Night and the City

    Night and the City

  • Il falso bugiardo

    Il falso bugiardo

  • Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

    Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

  • Movie Movie

    Movie Movie

  • O. Henry's Christmas

    O. Henry's Christmas

  • Monday Night Mayhem

    Monday Night Mayhem

  • The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation

    The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation

  • Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

    Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

  • Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey

    Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey

  • In the Name of Democracy

    In the Name of Democracy

  • The Typists

    The Typists

  • Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome

    Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome

  • James Dean: Sense Memories

    James Dean: Sense Memories

  • The Hoax

    The Hoax

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Eye of the Cat

    Eye of the Cat

  • The Bookfair Murders

    The Bookfair Murders

  • The Toe Tactic

    The Toe Tactic

  • Sam's Son

    Sam's Son

  • The Reason Why

    The Reason Why

  • Embassy

    Embassy

  • It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

    It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

  • The Education of Gore Vidal

    The Education of Gore Vidal

  • Brando

    Brando

  • The Executioner's Song

    The Executioner's Song

  • The Owl Who Gave a Hoot

    The Owl Who Gave a Hoot

  • Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King

    Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King

  • Zig Zag

    Zig Zag

  • The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters

    The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters

  • I, Don Quixote

    I, Don Quixote

  • James Dean: A Portrait

    James Dean: A Portrait

  • Legacy of Lies

    Legacy of Lies

  • Rocket to the Moon

    Rocket to the Moon

  • Independence

    Independence

  • Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'

    Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'

  • Baby Doll: See No Evil

    Baby Doll: See No Evil

  • Fugitive Family

    Fugitive Family

  • Lullaby

    Lullaby

  • Vote and Die: Liszt for President

    Vote and Die: Liszt for President

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

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

  • Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland

    Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland

  • The Train

    The Train

  • Guri

    Guri

  • The Search for Dracula

    The Search for Dracula

  • Por un puñado de sueños

    Por un puñado de sueños

  • The Yidishe Gauchos

    The Yidishe Gauchos

  • Terezin Diary

    Terezin Diary