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Eli Wallach
Born December 07, 1915Died June 24, 2014
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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 ...
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Filmography
Actor (211 credits)
Movies
Rat PackSelf (archive footage)
2022
The TrainAndre
2015
Showing UpSelf
2014
The Ghost WriterOld man
2010
Wall Street: Money Never SleepsJulie Steinhardt
2010
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth GruberMordechai Rossman (voice)
2010
The Toe TacticMaestro
2009
New York, I Love YouAbe
2008
Vote and Die: Liszt for PresidentJoe Nightingale
2008
Il falso bugiardoSelf (archive footage)
2008
Mama's BoySeymour Warburton
2007
BrandoSelf
2007
The HolidayArthur
2006
The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'Self
2006
The HoaxNoah Dietrich
2006
Sergio Leone: The Way I See ThingsSelf
2006
The Real James DeanSelf
2006
Baby Doll: See No EvilSelf
2006
A Taste Of JupiterArturo
2005
Steve McQueen: The Essence of CoolSelf
2005
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined ConversationFather
2005
James Dean: Sense MemoriesSelf
2005
The Easter Egg AdventureNarrator (voice)
2004
Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'Self
2004
Leone's WestSelf
2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonOther Voices (voice)
2004
Por un puñado de sueñosSelf - Interviewee
2004
King of the CornerSol Spivak
2004
Mystic RiverMr. Loonie (uncredited)
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf
2003
The Education of Gore VidalSelf
2003
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were KingSelf / Narrator
2003
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road TripOther Voices (voice)
2003
RitaSelf
2003
Monday Night MayhemLeonard Goldenson
2002
Cinerama AdventureSelf
2002
Making 'The Misfits'Self
2002
Keeping the FaithRabbi Ben Lewis
2000
UninvitedAlan Strasser
2000
Clint Eastwood: Out of the ShadowsSelf
2000
The Bookfair MurdersErich Schmidt
2000
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'Self
2000
Naked City: Justice with a BulletDeluca
1998
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 YearsSelf
1997
The Trial of Adolf EichmannPinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)
1997
The AssociateDonald Fallon
1996
Sex, Censorship and the Silver ScreenQuote Reader
1996
Honey Sweet LoveDon Siro
1996
The Search for DraculaNarrator
1996
O. Henry's ChristmasBehrman ("The Last Leaf")
1996
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and HandsomeSelf
1996
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was KingSelf
1995
Two MuchSheldon
1995
Elia Kazan: A Director's JourneyNarrator
1995
American CinemaNarrator
1995
It's Alive: The True Story of FrankensteinNarrator
1994
Martha Graham: The Dancer RevealedSelf
1994
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal GoddessSelf
1994
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed MonstersSelf - Narrator (voice)
1994
Vendetta II: The New MafiaFrank Latella
1993
Article 99Sam Abrams
1992
Night and the CityPeck
1992
MistressGeorge Lieberhof
1992
The Donner Partyvoice
1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes(voice)
1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems(voice)
1992
Legacy of LiesMoses Resnick
1992
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser StoryBill Presser
1992
LincolnWilliam Crook (voice)
1992
Coney IslandSelf - Actor
1991
Terezin DiaryNarrator
1991
The Godfather Part IIIDon Altobello
1990
The Two JakesCotton Weinberger
1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept SecretSelf
1990
The Godfather Family: A Look InsideSelf / Don Altobello
1990
FunnySelf
1988
Hello Actors StudioSelf
1988
An Empire of ReasonAnti-Federalist Spokesman
1988
NutsDr. Herbert A. Morrison
1987
The Impossible SpyYacov
1987
Hollywood UncensoredSelf
1987
Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in PolandNarrator (voice)
1987
Tough GuysLeon B. Little
1986
Rocket to the MoonMr. Prince
1986
Something in CommonNorman Voss
1986
Murder: By Reason of InsanityDr. Huffman
1985
EmbassyJoe Verga
1985
Sam's SonSam Orowitz
1984
Anatomy of an IllnessDr. William Hitzig
1984
The Executioner's SongVern Damico
1982
The WallMauritzi Apt
1982
SkokieBert Silverman
1981
The SalamanderGeneral Leporello
1981
The Pride of Jesse HallamSal Galucci
1981
The HunterRitchie Blumenthal
1980
Guri
1980
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of FlatbushSelf - Narrator (voice)
1980
Fugitive FamilyOlan Vacio
1980
Winter KillsJoe Diamond
1979
FirepowerSal Hyman
1979
Circle of IronMan-in-Oil
1978
Movie MovieVince Marlow / Pop
1978
GirlfriendsRabbi Gold
1978
The PirateBen Ezra
1978
Little ItalyDon Gerolamo Giarra
1978
The DeepAdam Coffin
1977
The Domino PrincipleGen. Reser
1977
The SentinelDetective Gatz
1977
Nasty HabitsMonsignor
1977
Plot of FearPeter Struwwel
1976
IndependenceBenjamin Franklin
1976
Shoot First… Ask Questions LaterSheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack
1975
Eye of the CatCesare
1975
Crazy JoeDon Vittorio
1974
Houston, We've Got a ProblemNarrator (voice)
1974
Indict and ConvictDeWitt Foster
1974
Cinderella LibertyLynn Forshay
1973
A Cold Night's DeathFrank Enari
1973
Stateline MotelJoe
1973
Don't Turn the Other CheekMaz Lozoya
1971
Romance of a HorsethiefKifke
1971
Paradise LostLeo Gordon
1971
The TypistsPaul Cunningham
1971
Zig ZagMario Gambretti
1970
The People Next DoorArthur Mason
1970
The Adventures of GerardNapoleon Bonaparte
1970
The Angel LevineDelicatessen Clerk
1970
The Reason WhyCharles
1970
Mackenna's GoldBen Baker
1969
The BrainFrankie Scannapieco, godfather of the Italian mafia
1969
Ace HighCacopoulos
1968
A Lovely Way to DieTennessee Fredericks
1968
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your LifeHarry Hunter
1968
The Tiger Makes OutBen Harris
1967
The Owl Who Gave a HootMr. Owl (voice)
1967
How to Steal a MillionDavis Leland
1966
The Poppy Is Also a Flower'Happy' Locarno
1966
The Good, the Bad and the UglyTuco Ramirez
1966
Genghis KhanShah of Khwarezm
1965
Lord JimThe General
1965
The Moon-SpinnersStratos
1964
Kisses for My PresidentRaphael Valdez Jr.
1964
The VictorsSgt. Craig
1963
Act OneWarren Stone
1963
How the West Was WonCharlie Gant
1962
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young ManJohn
1962
The MisfitsGuido
1961
The Magnificent SevenCalvera
1960
Seven ThievesPoncho
1960
LullabyJohnny Horton
1960
For Whom the Bell TollsRafael
1959
I, Don QuixoteSancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant
1959
The LineupDancer
1958
The Gift of the MagiNarrator
1958
The Plot to Kill StalinPoskrebyshev
1958
The LarkDauphin
1957
Baby DollSilva Vacarro
1956
Tv
The WarNarrator (voice)
2008
Studio 60 on the Sunset StripEli Weinraub
2006
Stroker and HoopNarrator (voice)
2004
Veritas: The QuestRabbi
2003
WhoopiNorman
2003
The JobMr. Weiss
2001
The WestSelf
1996
Inside the Actors StudioSelf
1994
BaseballVarious (voice)
1994
ERMr. Langston
1994
Baseball(voice)
1994
Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
1993
Law & OrderSimon Vilanis
1990
The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsYosef Kandinsky
1985
Our Family HonorVincent Danzig
1985
Christopher ColumbusPadre Fernando De Talavera
1985
Highway to HeavenTimothy Charles
1984
Murder, She WroteSalvatore Gambini
1984
Reading RainbowHimself - Narrator (voice)
1983
WoganSelf
1982
American PlayhouseMr. Prince
1982
The Executioner's SongVern Damico
1982
Tales of the UnexpectedGerry Williams
1979
The Hollywood GreatsSelf
1977
Seventh AvenueGus Farber
1977
KojakLee Curtin
1973
Great PerformancesSelf
1971
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf
1968
BatmanMister Freeze
1966
CBS PlayhouseDouglas Lambert
1966
The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1962
The Dick Powell ShowManny Jacobs
1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
1961
Outlaws
1960
The David Susskind ShowSelf
1959
Naked CityDet. Peter Bane
1958
Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseRaymond Perez
1958
Naked CityGeorgie
1958
Shirley Temple's StorybookSimon
1958
Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf
1957
Suspicion
1957
Playhouse 90Rafael
1956
Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter
1956
Climax!Albert Anastasia
1954
Omnibus
1952
Hallmark Hall of FameDauphin
1951
What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Lights OutGiovanni
1949
The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Studio OneOzep
1948
Studio OnePeter Hendon
1948
The Philco Television PlayhouseNacho
1948
Producer (1 credits)