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.
Filmography
I, Don Quixote
1959 · 10.0
The Reason Why
1970 · 10.0
Honey Sweet Love
1996 · 9.0
Paradise Lost
1971 · 9.0
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992 · 8.9
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · 8.8
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966 · 8.5
Whoopi
2003 · 8.4
The Search for Dracula
1996 · 8.3
The War
2007 · 8.2
The Typists
1971 · 8.0
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
1992 · 8.0
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
1992 · 8.0
The Gift of the Magi
1958 · 8.0
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
2010 · 8.0
Fugitive Family
1980 · 8.0
ER
1994 · 7.8
Mystic River
2003 · 7.7
Our Family Honor
1985 · 7.7
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003 · 7.7
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
1994 · 7.7
Zig Zag
1970 · 7.7
Baseball
1994 · 7.6
Kisses for My President
1964 · 7.6
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · 7.5
Playhouse 90
1956 · 7.5
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006 · 7.5
How to Steal a Million
1966 · 7.5
Houston, We've Got a Problem
1974 · 7.5
Independence
1976 · 7.5
The Magnificent Seven
1960 · 7.5
The Godfather Part III
1990 · 7.4
Highway to Heaven
1984 · 7.4
Kojak
1973 · 7.3
Lincoln
1992 · 7.3
Batman
1966 · 7.3
Law & Order
1990 · 7.3
The Brain
1969 · 7.3
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985 · 7.2
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004 · 7.2
The Holiday
2006 · 7.1
Nurse Jackie
2009 · 7.1
Screen Two
1985 · 7.1
The Lineup
1958 · 7.1
Omnibus
1952 · 7.0
CBS Playhouse
1966 · 7.0
The Misfits
1961 · 7.0
Seventh Avenue
1977 · 7.0
The Train
2015 · 7.0
Lullaby
1960 · 7.0
Baby Doll
1956 · 7.0
The Executioner's Song
1982 · 7.0
The Donner Party
1992 · 7.0
The Easter Egg Adventure
2004 · 7.0
Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland
1987 · 7.0
How the West Was Won
1962 · 7.0
The Ghost Writer
2010 · 6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · 6.8
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973 · 6.8
The Job
2001 · 6.8
Lord Jim
1965 · 6.8
Outlaws
1960 · 6.7
Veritas: The Quest
2003 · 6.7
Girlfriends
1978 · 6.7
Crazy Joe
1974 · 6.7
Cinderella Liberty
1973 · 6.7
American Playhouse
1982 · 6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · 6.6
Mackenna's Gold
1969 · 6.6
Seven Thieves
1960 · 6.6
The Wall
1982 · 6.6
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958 · 6.5
Ace High
1968 · 6.5
Sam's Son
1984 · 6.5
Nuts
1987 · 6.4
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · 6.3
Act One
1963 · 6.3
The Hoax
2006 · 6.3
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
2005 · 6.3
Suspicion
1957 · 6.2
The Associate
1996 · 6.2
Christopher Columbus
1985 · 6.2
Little Italy
1978 · 6.2
The Victors
1963 · 6.2
Monday Night Mayhem
2002 · 6.2
Keeping the Faith
2000 · 6.1
Movie Movie
1978 · 6.1
The Deep
1977 · 6.1
The Sentinel
1977 · 6.1
Article 99
1992 · 6.1
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
1995 · 6.1
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010 · 6.1
Lights Out
1949 · 6.0
New York, I Love You
2008 · 6.0
The Two Jakes
1990 · 6.0
Tough Guys
1986 · 6.0
A Cold Night's Death
1973 · 6.0
Skokie
1981 · 6.0
Stroker and Hoop
2004 · 5.9
The Hunter
1980 · 5.9
The Moon-Spinners
1964 · 5.9
The Adventures of Gerard
1970 · 5.9
The Impossible Spy
1987 · 5.9
The People Next Door
1970 · 5.9
King of the Corner
2004 · 5.9
Worlds Beyond
1986 · 5.8
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966 · 5.8
The White, The Yellow, and The Black
1975 · 5.8
The Domino Principle
1977 · 5.8
The Executioner's Song
1982 · 5.8
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1992 · 5.8
Naked City
1958 · 5.7
The Dick Powell Show
1961 · 5.7
Night and the City
1992 · 5.7
Genghis Khan
1965 · 5.7
Winter Kills
1979 · 5.7
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
1985 · 5.7
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968 · 5.7
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971 · 5.6
Circle of Iron
1978 · 5.6
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962 · 5.6
Plot of Fear
1976 · 5.6
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997 · 5.6
The Bookfair Murders
2000 · 5.6
Two Much
1995 · 5.5
Studio One
1948 · 5.4
Mistress
1992 · 5.4
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
1981 · 5.4
The Angel Levine
1970 · 5.4
The Salamander
1981 · 5.3
Stateline Motel
1973 · 5.3
Uninvited
2000 · 5.3
The Pirate
1977 · 5.0
Firepower
1979 · 5.0
Nasty Habits
1977 · 5.0
The Tiger Makes Out
1967 · 5.0
Indict and Convict
1974 · 5.0
A Lovely Way to Die
1968 · 4.8
Mama's Boy
2007 · 4.6
Eye of the Cat
1975 · 4.3
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
1998 · 4.2
A Taste Of Jupiter
2005 · 4.2
Romance of a Horsethief
1971 · 4.0
Embassy
1985 · 4.0
The Toe Tactic
2009 · 4.0
Climax!
1954 · 3.8
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
2008 · 1.0
Terezin Diary
1991 · 0.0
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
1993 · 0.0
Guri
1980 · 0.0
The Plot to Kill Stalin
1958 · 0.0
An Empire of Reason
1988 · 0.0
The Yidishe Gauchos
— · 0.0
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959 · 0.0
The Lark
1957 · 0.0
In the Name of Democracy
2009 · 0.0
The Owl Who Gave a Hoot
1967 · 0.0