Eli Wallach
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 · 206
Law & Order
1990 · Simon Vilanis
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Presenter
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Salvatore Gambini
ER
1994 · Mr. Langston
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
Batman
1966 · Mister Freeze
Great Performances
1971 · Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Climax!
1954 · Albert Anastasia
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Wogan
1982 · Self
Studio One
1948 · Peter Hendon
What's My Line?
1950 · Self - Mystery Guest
Highway to Heaven
1984 · Timothy Charles
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966 · Tuco Ramirez
American Playhouse
1982 · Mr. Prince
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Gerry Williams
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985 · Yosef Kandinsky
Screen Two
1985 · Yacov
Naked City
1958 · Det. Peter Bane
Nurse Jackie
2009 · Bernard Zimberg
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self
Kojak
1973 · Lee Curtin
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
Suspicion
1957
Omnibus
1952
Baseball
1994 · Various (voice)
Reading Rainbow
1983 · Self - Narrator (voice...
The Magnificent Seven
1960 · Calvera
The Godfather Part III
1990 · Don Altobello
Lights Out
1949 · Giovanni
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958 · Simon
Mystic River
2003 · Mr. Loonie (uncredited...
Playhouse 90
1956 · Rafael
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · Raymond Perez
Outlaws
1960
The Holiday
2006 · Arthur
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006 · Eli Weinraub
The Dick Powell Show
1961 · Manny Jacobs
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973 · Fuzzy
Christopher Columbus
1985 · Padre Fernando De Tala...
The Domino Principle
1977 · Gen. Reser
New York, I Love You
2008 · Abe
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010 · Julie Steinhardt
The Job
2001 · Mr. Weiss
How the West Was Won
1962 · Charlie Gant
Stroker and Hoop
2004 · Narrator (voice)
The War
2007 · Narrator (voice)
Whoopi
2003 · Norman
The Misfits
1961 · Guido
The David Susskind Show
1959 · Self
The Ghost Writer
2010 · Old man
The Deep
1977 · Adam Coffin
Veritas: The Quest
2003 · Rabbi
Mackenna's Gold
1969 · Ben Baker
The Hollywood Greats
1977 · Self
The West
1996 · Self
The Hoax
2006 · Noah Dietrich
How to Steal a Million
1966 · Davis Leland
Worlds Beyond
1986 · Charles Burgess
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Dauphin
Our Family Honor
1985 · Vincent Danzig
The Sentinel
1977 · Detective Gatz
The Pirate
1978 · Ben Ezra
The Brain
1969 · Frankie Scannapieco, G...
The Two Jakes
1990 · Cotton Weinberger
Two Much
1995 · Sheldon
Mama's Boy
2007 · Seymour Warburton
The Pirate
1977 · Ben Ezra
Lord Jim
1965 · The General
Genghis Khan
1965 · Shah of Khwarezm
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992 · Don Altobello
The Hunter
1980 · Ritchie Blumenthal
Winter Kills
1979 · Joe Diamond
Seventh Avenue
1977 · Gus Farber
Baby Doll
1956 · Silva Vacarro
Mistress
1992 · George Lieberhof
Keeping the Faith
2000 · Rabbi Ben Lewis
Tough Guys
1986 · Leon B. Little
Movie Movie
1978 · Vince Marlow / Pop
Hollywood Uncensored
1987 · Self
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
1992 · (voice)
Ace High
1968 · Cacopoulos
Act One
1963 · Warren Stone
Girlfriends
1978 · Rabbi Gold
The Associate
1996 · Donald Fallon
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990 · Self / Don Altobello
Article 99
1992 · Sam Abrams
Night and the City
1992 · Peck
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966 · 'Happy' Locarno
Rita
2003 · Self
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
1998 · Deluca
Nuts
1987 · Dr. Herbert A. Morriso...
Rat Pack
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
1992 · (voice)
The Salamander
1981 · General Leporello
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
2020 · Osvaldo Altobello
The Train
2015 · Andre
The Executioner's Song
1982 · Vern Damico
A Lovely Way to Die
1968 · Tennessee Fredericks
The Moon-Spinners
1964 · Stratos
The Wall
1982 · Mauritzi Apt
Brando
2007 · Self
The Victors
1963 · Sgt. Craig
Coney Island
1991 · Self - Actor
The Education of Gore Vidal
2003 · Self
Showing Up
2014 · Self
Seven Thieves
1960 · Poncho
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
Cinderella Liberty
1973 · Lynn Forshay
Hello Actors Studio
1988 · Self
Circle of Iron
1978 · Man-in-Oil
The Bookfair Murders
2000 · Erich Schmidt
The White, The Yellow, and The Black
1975 · Sheriff Edward Gideon...
O. Henry's Christmas
1996 · Behrman ("The Last Lea...
The Impossible Spy
1987 · Yacov
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004 · Other Voices (voice)
The Typists
1971 · Paul Cunningham
The Donner Party
1992 · voice
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000 · Self
Firepower
1979 · Sal Hyman
The Lineup
1958 · Dancer
Monday Night Mayhem
2002 · Leonard Goldenson
James Dean: Sense Memories
2005 · Self
The Easter Egg Adventure
2004 · Narrator (voice)
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971 · Maz Lozoya
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
1985 · Dr. Huffman
Anatomy of an Illness
1984 · Dr. William Hitzig
Crazy Joe
1974 · Don Vittorio
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962 · John
The People Next Door
1970 · Arthur Mason
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · Self
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968 · Harry Hunter
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997 · Pinchas Freudiger / Da...
An Empire of Reason
1988 · Anti-Federalist Spokes...
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959 · Rafael
The Search for Dracula
1996 · Narrator
Lullaby
1960 · Johnny Horton
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
2005 · Self
Eye of the Cat
1975 · Cesare
A Cold Night's Death
1973 · Frank Enari
Plot of Fear
1976 · Peter Struwwel
Stateline Motel
1973 · Joe
Rocket to the Moon
1986 · Mr. Prince
Something in Common
1986 · Norman Voss
Romance of a Horsethief
1971 · Kifke
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1992 · Bill Presser
The Tiger Makes Out
1967 · Ben Harris
Houston, We've Got a Problem
1974 · Narrator (voice)
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
1993 · Frank Latella
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
2003 · Self / Narrator
Cinerama Adventure
2002 · Self
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
1996 · Self
The Adventures of Gerard
1970 · Napoleon Bonaparte
Sam's Son
1984 · Sam Orowitz
Indict and Convict
1974 · DeWitt Foster
Guri
1980
King of the Corner
2004 · Sol Spivak
The Executioner's Song
1982 · Vern Damico
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
1994 · Narrator
Little Italy
1978 · Don Gerolamo Giarra
The Angel Levine
1970 · Delicatessen Clerk
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
1981 · Sal Galucci
The Plot to Kill Stalin
1958 · Poskrebyshev
Honey Sweet Love
1996 · Don Siro
James Dean: A Portrait
1995 · Self
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
1995 · Narrator
Skokie
1981 · Bert Silverman
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
2000 · Self
Zig Zag
1970 · Mario Gambretti
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
2008 · Joe Nightingale
The Lark
1957 · Dauphin
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003 · Other Voices (voice)
Nasty Habits
1977 · Monsignor
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997 · Self
A Taste Of Jupiter
2005 · Arturo
The Real James Dean
2006 · Self
Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV
1987 · Self - Host
Kisses for My President
1964 · Raphael Valdez Jr.
Making 'The Misfits'
2002 · Self
Paradise Lost
1971 · Leo Gordon
Embassy
1985 · Joe Verga
Uninvited
2000 · Alan Strasser
Il falso bugiardo
2008 · Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
1994 · Self
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
1995 · Self
The Gift of the Magi
1958 · Narrator
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
2006 · Self
Baby Doll: See No Evil
2006 · Self
Funny
1988 · Self
Independence
1976 · Benjamin Franklin
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
2005 · Father
The Reason Why
1970 · Charles
The Toe Tactic
2009 · Maestro
Legacy of Lies
1992 · Moses Resnick
Fugitive Family
1980 · Olan Vacio
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
1994 · Self - Narrator (voice...
Leone's West
2004 · Self
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
2010 · Mordechai Rossman (voi...
Por un puñado de sueños
2004 · Self - Interviewee
In the Name of Democracy
2009 · Narrator
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
1980 · Self - Narrator (voice...
The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'
2006 · Self
Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'
2004 · Self