Eli Wallach
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Law & Order
Simon Vilanis
1990
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Salvatore Gambini
1984
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
ER
Mr. Langston
1994
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
Batman
Mister Freeze
1966
Series
Great Performances
Self
1971
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Film
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Tuco Ramirez
1966
Series
Wogan
Self
1982
Series
Climax!
Albert Anastasia
1954
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Series
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Series
Nurse Jackie
Bernard Zimberg
2009
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
Gerry Williams
1979
Series
Highway to Heaven
Timothy Charles
1984
Series
Highway to Heaven
Gene Malloy
1984
Series
American Playhouse
Mr. Prince
1982
Series
Screen Two
Yacov
1985
Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
Nacho
1948
Series
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Yosef Kandinsky
1985
Series
Studio One
Peter Hendon
1948
Series
Studio One
Ozep
1948
Series
Naked City
Det. Peter Bane
1958
Series
Naked City
Georgie
1958
Film
The Godfather Part III
Don Altobello
1990
Film
Mystic River
Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
2003
Series
Kojak
Lee Curtin
1973
Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
Film
The Magnificent Seven
Calvera
1960
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Omnibus
1952
Film
The Holiday
Arthur
2006
Series
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Series
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Raymond Perez
1958
Series
Suspicion
1957
Series
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Simon
1958
Series
Lights Out
Giovanni
1949
Series
Playhouse 90
Rafael
1956
Series
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Eli Weinraub
2006
Series
Outlaws
1960
Series
Baseball
Various (voice)
1994
Series
Baseball
(voice)
1994
Series
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Fuzzy
1973
CBS Playhouse
Douglas Lambert
1966
Series
The Dick Powell Show
Manny Jacobs
1961
Film
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Julie Steinhardt
2010
Film
New York, I Love You
Abe
2008
Film
The Ghost Writer
Old man
2010
Film
How the West Was Won
Charlie Gant
1962
Film
The Misfits
Guido
1961
Series
Whoopi
Norman
2003
Film
The Domino Principle
Gen. Reser
1977
Series
Christopher Columbus
Padre Fernando De Talavera
1985
Series
Stroker and Hoop
Narrator (voice)
2004
Series
The Job
Mr. Weiss
2001
Series
The War
Narrator (voice)
2007
Film
The Deep
Adam Coffin
1977
Series
Veritas: The Quest
Rabbi
2003
Film
How to Steal a Million
Davis Leland
1966
Film
Mackenna's Gold
Ben Baker
1969
Series
The David Susskind Show
Self
1959
Series
The Hollywood Greats
Self
1977
Series
The West
Self
1996
Film
Mama's Boy
Seymour Warburton
2007
Film
The Sentinel
Detective Gatz
1977
Film
The Brain
Frankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian Mafia
1969
Film
Article 99
Sam Abrams
1992
Film
The Two Jakes
Cotton Weinberger
1990
Film
The Hoax
Noah Dietrich
2006
Series
Worlds Beyond
Charles Burgess
1986
Film
Keeping the Faith
Rabbi Ben Lewis
2000
Film
Two Much
Sheldon
1995
Film
Lord Jim
The General
1965
Film
The Pirate
Ben Ezra
1978
Film
The Hunter
Ritchie Blumenthal
1980
Film
Tough Guys
Leon B. Little
1986
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dauphin
1951
Series
Our Family Honor
Vincent Danzig
1985
Film
Genghis Khan
Shah of Khwarezm
1965
Film
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Don Altobello
1992
Film
Baby Doll
Silva Vacarro
1956
Series
The Pirate
Ben Ezra
1977
Film
Ace High
Cacopoulos
1968
Film
The Associate
Donald Fallon
1996
Film
The Salamander
General Leporello
1981
Film
Nuts
Dr. Herbert A. Morrison
1987
Film
Mistress
George Lieberhof
1992
Series
Seventh Avenue
Gus Farber
1977
Film
Rita
Self
2003
Film
Seven Thieves
Poncho
1960
Film
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Self / Don Altobello
1990
Film
Girlfriends
Rabbi Gold
1978
Film
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
'Happy' Locarno
1966
Film
Night and the City
Peck
1992
Film
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
(voice)
1992
Film
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Deluca
1998
Film
Act One
Warren Stone
1963
Film
Movie Movie
Vince Marlow / Pop
1978
Film
Winter Kills
Joe Diamond
1979
Film
The White, The Yellow, and The Black
Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack
1975
Film
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Osvaldo Altobello
2020
Film
Hollywood Uncensored
Self
1987
Film
Circle of Iron
Man-in-Oil
1978
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Self
1990
Film
The Victors
Sgt. Craig
1963
Film
Showing Up
Self
2014
Film
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
John
1962
Film
Hello Actors Studio
Self
1988
Film
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
2000
Film
James Dean: Sense Memories
Self
2005
Film
The Moon-Spinners
Stratos
1964
Film
Crazy Joe
Don Vittorio
1974
Film
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
The Education of Gore Vidal
Self
2003
Film
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2003
Film
Coney Island
Self - Actor
1991
Film
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
Self
2005
Film
O. Henry's Christmas
Behrman ("The Last Leaf")
1996
Film
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
Dr. Huffman
1985
Film
The Executioner's Song
Vern Damico
1982
Film
Brando
Self
2007
Film
Cinderella Liberty
Lynn Forshay
1973
Film
The Train
Andre
2015
Film
The Wall
Mauritzi Apt
1982
Film
Plot of Fear
Peter Struwwel
1976
Film
The Donner Party
voice
1992
Film
A Lovely Way to Die
Tennessee Fredericks
1968
Film
The Lineup
Dancer
1958
Film
Firepower
Sal Hyman
1979
Film
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
2004
Film
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
Self / Narrator
2003
Film
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
Maz Lozoya
1971
Film
The Impossible Spy
Yacov
1987
Film
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
Self
1996
Film
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
(voice)
1992
Film
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
Harry Hunter
1968
Film
Honey Sweet Love
Don Siro
1996
Film
The People Next Door
Arthur Mason
1970
Film
The Toe Tactic
Maestro
2009
Film
The Typists
Paul Cunningham
1971
Film
The Easter Egg Adventure
Narrator (voice)
2004
Film
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)
1997
Film
Anatomy of an Illness
Dr. William Hitzig
1984
Film
The Bookfair Murders
Erich Schmidt
2000
Film
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
Joe Nightingale
2008
Film
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Self
1995
Film
An Empire of Reason
Anti-Federalist Spokesman
1988
Film
Monday Night Mayhem
Leonard Goldenson
2002
Lincoln
William Crook (voice)
1992
Film
Romance of a Horsethief
Kifke
1971
Film
A Cold Night's Death
Frank Enari
1973
Film
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
Narrator
1994
Film
Lullaby
Johnny Horton
1960
Terezin Diary
Narrator
1991
Film
Skokie
Bert Silverman
1981
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Film
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
Self
2000
Film
Little Italy
Don Gerolamo Giarra
1978
Film
The Tiger Makes Out
Ben Harris
1967
Film
The Adventures of Gerard
Napoleon Bonaparte
1970
Film
Stateline Motel
Joe
1973
Film
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Self
1997
Film
Sam's Son
Sam Orowitz
1984
Film
Uninvited
Alan Strasser
2000
Film
King of the Corner
Sol Spivak
2004
Film
Eye of the Cat
Cesare
1975
Film
Something in Common
Norman Voss
1986
Film
Making 'The Misfits'
Self
2002
Film
Nasty Habits
Monsignor
1977
Series
The Executioner's Song
Vern Damico
1982
Film
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
Frank Latella
1993
Film
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
Narrator
1995
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed
Self
1994
Film
The Lark
Dauphin
1957
Film
The Search for Dracula
Narrator
1996
Film
Cinerama Adventure
Self
2002
Film
Indict and Convict
DeWitt Foster
1974
Film
Kisses for My President
Raphael Valdez Jr.
1964
Film
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
Sal Galucci
1981
Film
Il falso bugiardo
Self (archive footage)
2008
Film
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
Self
2006
Film
James Dean: A Portrait
Self
1995
Film
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
Bill Presser
1992
Film
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Rafael
1959
Film
The Real James Dean
Self
2006
Film
Zig Zag
Mario Gambretti
1970
Film
Rocket to the Moon
Mr. Prince
1986
Film
Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV
Self - Host
1987
Film
Guri
1980
Film
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Other Voices (voice)
2003
Film
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
Self
1994
I, Don Quixote
Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant
1959
Film
Embassy
Joe Verga
1985
Film
The Plot to Kill Stalin
Poskrebyshev
1958
Film
The Angel Levine
Delicatessen Clerk
1970
Film
Funny
Self
1988
Film
Paradise Lost
Leo Gordon
1971
Film
Houston, We've Got a Problem
Narrator (voice)
1974
Film
A Taste Of Jupiter
Arturo
2005
Film
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
Father
2005
Film
Baby Doll: See No Evil
Self
2006
Film
The Gift of the Magi
Narrator
1958
Film
Fugitive Family
Olan Vacio
1980
Film
Por un puñado de sueños
Self - Interviewee
2004
Film
Independence
Benjamin Franklin
1976
Film
Leone's West
Self
2004
Film
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
Self - Narrator (voice)
1994
Film
The Reason Why
Charles
1970
Film
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
Mordechai Rossman (voice)
2010
Film
Legacy of Lies
Moses Resnick
1992
Film
Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'
Self
2004
The Yidishe Gauchos
Narrator
Film
In the Name of Democracy
Narrator
2009
Film
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
Self - Narrator (voice)
1980
Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland
Narrator (voice)
1987
The Owl Who Gave a Hoot
Mr. Owl (voice)
1967
Film
The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'
Self
2006