Eli Wallach
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.
TV Shows(53)
Nurse Jackie
Bernard Zimberg
2009
The War
Narrator (voice)
2007
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Eli Weinraub
2006
Stroker and Hoop
Narrator (voice)
2004
Whoopi
Norman
2003
Veritas: The Quest
Rabbi
2003
The Job
Mr. Weiss
2001
The West
Self
1996
ER
Mr. Langston
1994
Baseball
Various (voice)
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Law & Order
Simon Vilanis
1990
Worlds Beyond
Charles Burgess
1986
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Yosef Kandinsky
1985
Our Family Honor
Vincent Danzig
1985
Christopher Columbus
Padre Fernando De Talavera
1985
Murder, She Wrote
Salvatore Gambini
1984
Highway to Heaven
Timothy Charles
1984
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
The Executioner's Song
Vern Damico
1982
Wogan
Self
1982
American Playhouse
Mr. Prince
1982
Tales of the Unexpected
Gerry Williams
1979
The Pirate
Ben Ezra
1977
The Hollywood Greats
Self
1977
Seventh Avenue
Gus Farber
1977
Kojak
Lee Curtin
1973
Great Performances
Self
1971
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
CBS Playhouse
Douglas Lambert
1966
Batman
Mister Freeze
1966
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
The Dick Powell Show
Manny Jacobs
1961
Outlaws
1960
The David Susskind Show
Self
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Raymond Perez
1958
Naked City
Det. Peter Bane
1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Simon
1958
Suspicion
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Playhouse 90
Rafael
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Climax!
Albert Anastasia
1954
Omnibus
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dauphin
1951
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Lights Out
Giovanni
1949
Studio One
Ozep
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Movies(160)
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
2022
The Godfather, Coda: The death of Michael Corleone
Osvaldo Altobello
2020
The Train
Andre
2015
Showing Up
Self
2014
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Julie Steinhardt
2010
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
Mordechai Rossman (voice)
2010
The Ghost Writer
Old man
2010
In the Name of Democracy
Narrator
2009
The Toe Tactic
Maestro
2009
New York, I Love You
Abe
2008
Il falso bugiardo
Self (archive footage)
2008
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
Joe Nightingale
2008
Mama's Boy
Seymour Warburton
2007
Brando
Self
2007
The Holiday
Arthur Abbott
2006
The Hoax
Noah Dietrich
2006
The Real James Dean
Self
2006
Baby Doll: See No Evil
Self
2006
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
Self
2006
The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'
Self
2006
A Taste Of Jupiter
Arturo
2005
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
Self
2005
James Dean: Sense Memories
Self
2005
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
Father
2005
The Easter Egg Adventure
Narrator (voice)
2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
2004
King of the Corner
Sol Spivak
2004
Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'
Self
2004
Leone's West
Self
2004
Por un puñado de sueños
Self - Interviewee
2004
Mystic River
Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
2003
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Other Voices (voice)
2003
Rita
Self
2003
The Education of Gore Vidal
Self
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2003
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
Self / Narrator
2003
Making 'The Misfits'
Self
2002
Cinerama Adventure
Self
2002
Monday Night Mayhem
Leonard Goldenson
2002
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
2000
Uninvited
Alan Strasser
2000
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
Self
2000
Keeping the Faith
Rabbi Ben Lewis
2000
The Bookfair Murders
Erich Schmidt
2000
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
Deluca
1998
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)
1997
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Self
1997
The Associate
Donald Fallon
1996
O. Henry's Christmas
Behrman ("The Last Leaf")
1996
Honey Sweet Love
Don Siro
1996
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
Self
1996
The Search for Dracula
Narrator
1996
Two Much
Sheldon
1995
James Dean: A Portrait
Self
1995
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
Narrator
1995
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Self
1995
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
Narrator
1994
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
Self
1994
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed
Self
1994
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
Self - Narrator (voice)
1994
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
Frank Latella
1993
Lincoln
William Crook (voice)
1992
The Donner Party
voice
1992
Night and the City
Peck
1992
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
Bill Presser
1992
Mistress
George Lieberhof
1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
(voice)
1992
Legacy of Lies
Moses Resnick
1992
Article 99
Sam Abrams
1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
(voice)
1992
Terezin Diary
Narrator
1991
Coney Island
Self - Actor
1991
The Godfather Part III
Don Altobello
1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Self
1990
The Two Jakes
Cotton Weinberger
1990
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Self / Don Altobello
1990
Hello Actors Studio
Self
1988
An Empire of Reason
Anti-Federalist Spokesman
1988
Funny
Self
1988
Hollywood Uncensored
Self
1987
The Impossible Spy
Yacov
1987
Nuts
Dr. Herbert A. Morrison
1987
Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV
Self - Host
1987
Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland
Narrator (voice)
1987
Something in Common
Norman Voss
1986
Tough Guys
Leon B. Little
1986
Rocket to the Moon
Mr. Prince
1986
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
Dr. Huffman
1985
Embassy
Joe Verga
1985
Sam's Son
Sam Orowitz
1984
Anatomy of an Illness
Dr. William Hitzig
1984
The Executioner's Song
Vern Damico
1982
The Wall
Mauritzi Apt
1982
Skokie
Bert Silverman
1981
The Salamander
General Leporello
1981
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
Sal Galucci
1981
Fugitive Family
Olan Vacio
1980
Guri
1980
The Hunter
Ritchie Blumenthal
1980
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
Self - Narrator (voice)
1980
Winter Kills
Joe Diamond
1979
Firepower
Sal Hyman
1979
The Pirate
Ben Ezra
1978
Movie Movie
Vince Marlow / Pop
1978
Little Italy
Don Gerolamo Giarra
1978
Girlfriends
Rabbi Gold
1978
Circle of Iron
Man-in-Oil
1978
The Deep
Adam Coffin
1977
The Domino Principle
Gen. Reser
1977
Nasty Habits
Monsignor
1977
The Sentinel
Detective Gatz
1977
Plot of Fear
Peter Struwwel
1976
Independence
Benjamin Franklin
1976
Eye of the Cat
Cesare
1975
Shoot First… Ask Questions Later
Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack
1975
Houston, We've Got a Problem
Narrator (voice)
1974
Crazy Joe
Don Vittorio
1974
Indict and Convict
DeWitt Foster
1974
Cinderella Liberty
Lynn Forshay
1973
Stateline Motel
Joe
1973
A Cold Night's Death
Frank Enari
1973
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
Maz Lozoya
1971
The Typists
Paul Cunningham
1971
Romance of a Horsethief
Kifke
1971
Paradise Lost
Leo Gordon
1971
The People Next Door
Arthur Mason
1970
The Angel Levine
Delicatessen Clerk
1970
The Adventures of Gerard
Napoleon Bonaparte
1970
Zig Zag
Mario Gambretti
1970
The Reason Why
Charles
1970
Mackenna's Gold
Ben Baker
1969
The Brain
Frankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian Mafia
1969
Ace High
Cacopoulos
1968
A Lovely Way to Die
Tennessee Fredericks
1968
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
Harry Hunter
1968
The Tiger Makes Out
Ben Harris
1967
The Owl Who Gave a Hoot
Mr. Owl (voice)
1967
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Tuco Ramirez
1966
How to Steal a Million
Davis Leland
1966
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
'Happy' Locarno
1966
Genghis Khan
Shah of Khwarezm
1965
Lord Jim
The General
1965
Kisses for My President
Raphael Valdez Jr.
1964
The Moon-Spinners
Stratos
1964
Act One
Warren Stone
1963
The Victors
Sgt. Craig
1963
How the West Was Won
Charlie Gant
1962
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
John
1962
The Misfits
Guido
1961
The Magnificent Seven
Calvera
1960
Seven Thieves
Poncho
1960
Lullaby
Johnny Horton
1960
I, Don Quixote
Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant
1959
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Rafael
1959
The Gift of the Magi
Narrator
1958
The Plot to Kill Stalin
Poskrebyshev
1958
The Lineup
Dancer
1958
The Lark
Dauphin
1957
Baby Doll
Silva Vacarro
1956
The Yidishe Gauchos
Narrator