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

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

  • The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • ER

    ER

  • Batman

    Batman

  • Wogan

    Wogan

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Highway to Heaven

    Highway to Heaven

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • Reading Rainbow

    Reading Rainbow

  • The Magnificent Seven

    The Magnificent Seven

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Kojak

    Kojak

  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

  • American Playhouse

    American Playhouse

  • The Godfather Part III

    The Godfather Part III

  • Lights Out

    Lights Out

  • Playhouse 90

    Playhouse 90

  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

  • The Holiday

    The Holiday

  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

  • The Brain

    The Brain

  • The Ghost Writer

    The Ghost Writer

  • Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

    Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

  • How the West Was Won

    How the West Was Won

  • Mystic River

    Mystic River

  • Suspicion

    Suspicion

  • The Dick Powell Show

    The Dick Powell Show

  • New York, I Love You

    New York, I Love You

  • The Executioner's Song

    The Executioner's Song

  • Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

    Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

  • Shirley Temple's Storybook

    Shirley Temple's Storybook

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • The Associate

    The Associate

  • The Pride of Jesse Hallam

    The Pride of Jesse Hallam

  • Cinderella Liberty

    Cinderella Liberty

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

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

  • The Salamander

    The Salamander

  • The Sentinel

    The Sentinel

  • Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess

    Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess

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

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

  • Lord Jim

    Lord Jim

  • The Misfits

    The Misfits

  • The Tiger Makes Out

    The Tiger Makes Out

  • Baby Doll

    Baby Doll

  • Outlaws

    Outlaws

  • The Angel Levine

    The Angel Levine

  • Murder: By Reason of Insanity

    Murder: By Reason of Insanity

  • Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

    Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

  • CBS Playhouse

    CBS Playhouse

  • Whoopi

    Whoopi

  • Something in Common

    Something in Common

  • Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

    Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

  • King of the Corner

    King of the Corner

  • Tough Guys

    Tough Guys

  • In the Name of Democracy

    In the Name of Democracy

  • The Two Jakes

    The Two Jakes

  • How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

    How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

  • The Job

    The Job

  • James Dean: A Portrait

    James Dean: A Portrait

  • Uninvited

    Uninvited

  • Veritas: The Quest

    Veritas: The Quest

  • Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

    Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

  • Cinerama Adventure

    Cinerama Adventure

  • The Poppy Is Also a Flower

    The Poppy Is Also a Flower

  • Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

    Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

  • Ace High

    Ace High

  • The David Susskind Show

    The David Susskind Show

  • A Lovely Way to Die

    A Lovely Way to Die

  • Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush

    Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush

  • The Domino Principle

    The Domino Principle

  • The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

    The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

  • Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

    Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

  • Keeping the Faith

    Keeping the Faith

  • Little Italy

    Little Italy

  • Circle of Iron

    Circle of Iron

  • The Moon-Spinners

    The Moon-Spinners

  • The War

    The War

  • Indict and Convict

    Indict and Convict

  • Article 99

    Article 99

  • Winter Kills

    Winter Kills

  • Stroker and Hoop

    Stroker and Hoop

  • Eye of the Cat

    Eye of the Cat

  • Independence

    Independence

  • Stateline Motel

    Stateline Motel

  • Brando

    Brando

  • The Hunter

    The Hunter

  • Genghis Khan

    Genghis Khan

  • The Lineup

    The Lineup

  • The Hollywood Greats

    The Hollywood Greats

  • Our Family Honor

    Our Family Honor

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed

    Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed

  • The Lark

    The Lark

  • Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

    Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

  • The West

    The West

  • Mama's Boy

    Mama's Boy

  • The Typists

    The Typists

  • Anatomy of an Illness

    Anatomy of an Illness

  • The Easter Egg Adventure

    The Easter Egg Adventure

  • The Wall

    The Wall

  • Kisses for My President

    Kisses for My President

  • Vote and Die: Liszt for President

    Vote and Die: Liszt for President

  • Mackenna's Gold

    Mackenna's Gold

  • Coney Island

    Coney Island

  • Lincoln

    Lincoln

  • A Cold Night's Death

    A Cold Night's Death

  • Two Much

    Two Much

  • Making 'The Misfits'

    Making 'The Misfits'

  • Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus

  • The Impossible Spy

    The Impossible Spy

  • Girlfriends

    Girlfriends

  • Firepower

    Firepower

  • The Donner Party

    The Donner Party

  • Crazy Joe

    Crazy Joe

  • Seven Thieves

    Seven Thieves

  • Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

    Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

  • Act One

    Act One

  • Houston, We've Got a Problem

    Houston, We've Got a Problem

  • Rat Pack

    Rat Pack

  • Romance of a Horsethief

    Romance of a Horsethief

  • An Empire of Reason

    An Empire of Reason

  • How to Steal a Million

    How to Steal a Million

  • The Real James Dean

    The Real James Dean

  • The Deep

    The Deep

  • Seventh Avenue

    Seventh Avenue

  • Honey Sweet Love

    Honey Sweet Love

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

    Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

  • Nasty Habits

    Nasty Habits

  • Showing Up

    Showing Up

  • The Adventures of Gerard

    The Adventures of Gerard

  • The People Next Door

    The People Next Door

  • Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

    Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

  • O. Henry's Christmas

    O. Henry's Christmas

  • Night and the City

    Night and the City

  • The Victors

    The Victors

  • The Toe Tactic

    The Toe Tactic

  • Movie Movie

    Movie Movie

  • Don't Turn the Other Cheek

    Don't Turn the Other Cheek

  • Plot of Fear

    Plot of Fear

  • The Plot to Kill Stalin

    The Plot to Kill Stalin

  • Hello Actors Studio

    Hello Actors Studio

  • The Gift of the Magi

    The Gift of the Magi

  • Leone's West

    Leone's West

  • Fugitive Family

    Fugitive Family

  • Vendetta II: The New Mafia

    Vendetta II: The New Mafia

  • Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

    Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

  • Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

    Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

  • Paradise Lost

    Paradise Lost

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

    Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

  • For Whom the Bell Tolls

    For Whom the Bell Tolls

  • Skokie

    Skokie

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Nuts

    Nuts

  • Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

    Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

  • The Hoax

    The Hoax

  • Rita

    Rita

  • The Bookfair Murders

    The Bookfair Murders

  • The Executioner's Song

    The Executioner's Song

  • Mistress

    Mistress

  • Shoot First… Ask Questions Later

    Shoot First… Ask Questions Later

  • The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

    The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

  • Funny

    Funny

  • James Dean: Sense Memories

    James Dean: Sense Memories

  • The Pirate

    The Pirate

  • A Taste Of Jupiter

    A Taste Of Jupiter

  • Il falso bugiardo

    Il falso bugiardo

  • Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

  • Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things

    Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things

  • Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome

    Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome

  • It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

    It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

  • Sam's Son

    Sam's Son

  • American Cinema

    American Cinema

  • Zig Zag

    Zig Zag

  • Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King

    Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King

  • Hollywood Uncensored

    Hollywood Uncensored

  • Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey

    Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey

  • Rocket to the Moon

    Rocket to the Moon

  • The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation

    The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation

  • The Train

    The Train

  • The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters

    The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters

  • Baby Doll: See No Evil

    Baby Doll: See No Evil

  • The Reason Why

    The Reason Why

  • Monday Night Mayhem

    Monday Night Mayhem

  • Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland

    Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland

  • Lullaby

    Lullaby

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

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

  • The Education of Gore Vidal

    The Education of Gore Vidal

  • I, Don Quixote

    I, Don Quixote

  • Legacy of Lies

    Legacy of Lies

  • The Owl Who Gave a Hoot

    The Owl Who Gave a Hoot

  • Por un puñado de sueños

    Por un puñado de sueños

  • Embassy

    Embassy

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

    Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'

  • The Search for Dracula

    The Search for Dracula

  • Guri

    Guri

  • Terezin Diary

    Terezin Diary