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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 7, 1915
Died
June 24, 2014
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Ely Wallach
- 엘리 웰라치
- Елай Воллак
- Eli Herschel Wallach
- ایلی والاک
Eli Wallach
2.3 Popularity
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
9.0
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022
7.0
Andre
The Train
2015
9.2
Self
Showing Up
2014
6.1
Julie Steinhardt
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010
8.0
Mordechai Rossman (voice)
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
2010
6.8
Old man
The Ghost Writer
2010
0.0
Narrator
In the Name of Democracy
2009
4.0
Maestro
The Toe Tactic
2009
5.9
Abe
New York, I Love You
2008
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Il falso bugiardo
2008
Credits
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2022
9.0
The Train
as Andre
2015
7.0
Showing Up
as Self
2014
9.2
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
as Julie Steinhardt
2010
6.1
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
as Mordechai Rossman (voice)
2010
8.0
The Ghost Writer
as Old man
2010
6.8
In the Name of Democracy
as Narrator
2009
0.0
The Toe Tactic
as Maestro
2009
4.0
New York, I Love You
as Abe
2008
5.9
Il falso bugiardo
as Self (archive footage)
2008
0.0
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
as Joe Nightingale
2008
1.0
Mama's Boy
as Seymour Warburton
2007
4.6
The War
as Narrator (voice)
2007
8.0
Brando
as Self
2007
6.8
The Holiday
as Arthur Abbott
2006
7.1
The Hoax
as Noah Dietrich
2006
6.2
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
as Eli Weinraub
2006
7.3
The Real James Dean
as Self
2006
0.0
Baby Doll: See No Evil
as Self
2006
0.0
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
as Self
2006
9.6
The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'
as Self
2006
0.0
A Taste Of Jupiter
as Arturo
2005
4.2
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
as Self
2005
5.5
James Dean: Sense Memories
as Self
2005
0.0
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
as Father
2005
6.3
The Easter Egg Adventure
as Narrator (voice)
2004
5.5
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
2004
7.1
Stroker and Hoop
as Narrator (voice)
2004
5.7
King of the Corner
as Sol Spivak
2004
5.7
Leone's West
as Self
2004
7.0
Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'
as Self
2004
0.0
Por un puñado de sueños
as Self - Interviewee
2004
0.0
Mystic River
as Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
2003
7.7
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
as Other Voices (voice)
2003
7.4
Rita
as Self
2003
8.5
Whoopi
as Norman
2003
8.7
The Education of Gore Vidal
as Self
2003
6.0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003
7.0
Veritas: The Quest
as Rabbi
2003
6.5
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
as Self / Narrator
2003
0.0
Making 'The Misfits'
as Self
2002
0.0
Cinerama Adventure
as Self
2002
7.6
Monday Night Mayhem
as Leonard Goldenson
2002
5.3
The Job
as Mr. Weiss
2001
6.7
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Self
2000
7.1
Uninvited
as Alan Strasser
2000
3.5
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
as Self
2000
6.8
Keeping the Faith
as Rabbi Ben Lewis
2000
6.1
The Bookfair Murders
as Erich Schmidt
2000
4.3
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
as Deluca
1998
3.0
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
as Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)
1997
5.8
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
as Self
1997
7.2
The Associate
as Donald Fallon
1996
6.2
The West
as Self
1996
8.4
O. Henry's Christmas
as Behrman ("The Last Leaf")
1996
0.0
Honey Sweet Love
as Don Siro
1996
0.0
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
as Self
1996
0.0
🎬
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
as Quote Reader
1996
3.8
The Search for Dracula
as Narrator
1996
10.0
Two Much
as Sheldon
1995
5.4
James Dean: A Portrait
as Self
1995
0.0
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
as Narrator
1995
5.8
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
as Self
1995
8.5
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
as Narrator
1994
8.5
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
as Self
1994
6.8
ER
as Mr. Langston
1994
7.8
Baseball
as Various (voice)
1994
7.4
Baseball
as (voice)
1994
7.4
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
7.5
🎬
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed
as Self
1994
5.7
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1994
7.5
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
as Frank Latella
1993
5.0
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
🎬
Lincoln
as William Crook (voice)
1992
6.8
The Donner Party
as voice
1992
6.8
Night and the City
as Peck
1992
5.7
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
as Bill Presser
1992
5.3
Mistress
as George Lieberhof
1992
5.5
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
as (voice)
1992
0.0
Legacy of Lies
as Moses Resnick
1992
6.0
Article 99
as Sam Abrams
1992
6.2
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
as (voice)
1992
0.0
🎬
Terezin Diary
as Narrator
1991
0.0
Coney Island
as Self - Actor
1991
6.0
The Godfather Part III
as Don Altobello
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Simon Vilanis
1990
7.4
🎬
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
as Self
1990
0.0
The Two Jakes
as Cotton Weinberger
1990
6.0
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
as Self / Don Altobello
1990
7.7
Hello Actors Studio
as Self
1988
6.5
An Empire of Reason
as Anti-Federalist Spokesman
1988
0.0
Funny
as Self
1988
0.0
Hollywood Uncensored
as Self
1987
5.1
The Impossible Spy
as Yacov
1987
5.1
Nuts
as Dr. Herbert A. Morrison
1987
6.3
🎬
Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland
as Narrator (voice)
1987
0.0
Something in Common
as Norman Voss
1986
6.0
Tough Guys
as Leon B. Little
1986
6.0
Rocket to the Moon
as Mr. Prince
1986
0.0
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
as Dr. Huffman
1985
3.5
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Yosef Kandinsky
1985
7.2
Our Family Honor
as Vincent Danzig
1985
7.5
Embassy
as Joe Verga
1985
2.0
Christopher Columbus
as Padre Fernando De Talavera
1985
6.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Salvatore Gambini
1984
7.5
Highway to Heaven
as Timothy Charles
1984
7.4
Sam's Son
as Sam Orowitz
1984
5.9
Anatomy of an Illness
as Dr. William Hitzig
1984
0.0
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
8.3
The Executioner's Song
as Vern Damico
1982
0.0
The Executioner's Song
as Vern Damico
1982
5.7
Wogan
as Self
1982
4.5
The Wall
as Mauritzi Apt
1982
5.8
American Playhouse
as Mr. Prince
1982
6.2
Skokie
as Bert Silverman
1981
6.0
The Salamander
as General Leporello
1981
5.3
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
as Sal Galucci
1981
5.0
Fugitive Family
as Olan Vacio
1980
0.0
Guri
1980
0.0
The Hunter
as Ritchie Blumenthal
1980
5.9
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1980
0.0
Winter Kills
as Joe Diamond
1979
5.8
Firepower
as Sal Hyman
1979
4.7
Tales of the Unexpected
as Gerry Williams
1979
6.7
The Pirate
as Ben Ezra
1978
3.7
Movie Movie
as Vince Marlow / Pop
1978
6.0
Little Italy
as Don Gerolamo Giarra
1978
6.0
Girlfriends
as Rabbi Gold
1978
6.6
Circle of Iron
as Man-in-Oil
1978
5.6
The Hollywood Greats
as Self
1977
3.5
The Deep
as Adam Coffin
1977
6.0
The Domino Principle
as Gen. Reser
1977
5.9
Seventh Avenue
as Gus Farber
1977
5.0
Nasty Habits
as Monsignor
1977
4.6
The Sentinel
as Detective Gatz
1977
6.1
Plot of Fear
as Peter Struwwel
1976
5.2
Independence
as Benjamin Franklin
1976
0.0
Eye of the Cat
as Cesare
1975
3.6
Shoot First… Ask Questions Later
as Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack
1975
5.8
Houston, We've Got a Problem
as Narrator (voice)
1974
6.0
Crazy Joe
as Don Vittorio
1974
6.3
Indict and Convict
as DeWitt Foster
1974
0.0
Cinderella Liberty
as Lynn Forshay
1973
6.6
Kojak
as Lee Curtin
1973
7.0
Stateline Motel
as Joe
1973
5.0
A Cold Night's Death
as Frank Enari
1973
6.1
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
as Maz Lozoya
1971
5.3
The Typists
as Paul Cunningham
1971
0.0
Romance of a Horsethief
as Kifke
1971
2.5
Paradise Lost
as Leo Gordon
1971
10.0
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
The People Next Door
as Arthur Mason
1970
5.8
The Angel Levine
as Delicatessen Clerk
1970
5.1
The Adventures of Gerard
as Napoleon Bonaparte
1970
5.6
Zig Zag
as Mario Gambretti
1970
7.5
The Reason Why
as Charles
1970
0.0
Mackenna's Gold
as Ben Baker
1969
6.6
The Brain
as Frankie Scannapieco, godfather of the Italian mafia
1969
7.3
Ace High
as Cacopoulos
1968
6.5
A Lovely Way to Die
as Tennessee Fredericks
1968
4.7
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
6.6
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
as Harry Hunter
1968
5.4
The Tiger Makes Out
as Ben Harris
1967
4.6
🎬
The Owl Who Gave a Hoot
as Mr. Owl (voice)
1967
0.0
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
as Tuco Ramirez
1966
8.5
🎬
CBS Playhouse
as Douglas Lambert
1966
7.0
How to Steal a Million
as Davis Leland
1966
7.5
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
as 'Happy' Locarno
1966
5.8
Batman
as Mister Freeze
1966
7.3
Genghis Khan
as Shah of Khwarezm
1965
5.8
Lord Jim
as The General
1965
6.8
Kisses for My President
as Raphael Valdez Jr.
1964
7.0
The Moon-Spinners
as Stratos
1964
5.8
Act One
as Warren Stone
1963
5.9
The Victors
as Sgt. Craig
1963
6.2
How the West Was Won
as Charlie Gant
1962
7.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
as John
1962
5.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Dick Powell Show
as Manny Jacobs
1961
5.5
The Misfits
as Guido
1961
6.9
The Magnificent Seven
as Calvera
1960
7.5
Outlaws
1960
6.2
Seven Thieves
as Poncho
1960
6.5
Lullaby
as Johnny Horton
1960
0.0
🎬
I, Don Quixote
as Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant
1959
0.0
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Rafael
1959
0.0
The David Susskind Show
as Self
1959
5.0
The Gift of the Magi
as Narrator
1958
0.0
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as Raymond Perez
1958
5.8
Naked City
as Det. Peter Bane
1958
5.5
Naked City
as Georgie
1958
5.5
The Plot to Kill Stalin
as Poskrebyshev
1958
0.0
The Lineup
as Dancer
1958
7.1
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Simon
1958
6.2
Suspicion
1957
5.9
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
The Lark
as Dauphin
1957
0.0
Baby Doll
as Silva Vacarro
1956
7.0
Playhouse 90
as Rafael
1956
7.6
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Climax!
as Albert Anastasia
1954
3.3
Omnibus
1952
6.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Dauphin
1951
8.6
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
Lights Out
as Giovanni
1949
5.8
Studio One
as Peter Hendon
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Ozep
1948
5.0
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.3
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Nacho
1948
6.3
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
🎬
The Yidishe Gauchos
as Narrator
N/A
0.0