Eli Wallach

Acting

Eli Wallach

Born December 7, 1915Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA212 credits

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

Rat Pack
9.0

Rat Pack

Movie

2022

The Train
7.0

The Train

Movie

2015

Showing Up
9.2

Showing Up

Movie

2014

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
6.1

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Movie

2010

Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
8.0

Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

Movie

2010

The Ghost Writer
6.8

The Ghost Writer

Movie

2010

Filmography

Rat Pack
2022Rat Packas Self (archive footage)Movie
The Train
2015The Trainas AndreMovie
Showing Up
2014Showing Upas SelfMovie
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010Wall Street: Money Never Sleepsas Julie SteinhardtMovie
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
2010Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruberas Mordechai Rossman (voice)Movie
The Ghost Writer
2010The Ghost Writeras Old manMovie
Nurse Jackie
2009Nurse Jackieas Bernard ZimbergTV
In the Name of Democracy
2009In the Name of Democracyas NarratorMovie
The Toe Tactic
2009The Toe Tacticas MaestroMovie
New York, I Love You
2008New York, I Love Youas AbeMovie
Il falso bugiardo
2008Il falso bugiardoas Self (archive footage)Movie
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
2008Vote and Die: Liszt for Presidentas Joe NightingaleMovie
Mama's Boy
2007Mama's Boyas Seymour WarburtonMovie
The War
2007The Waras Narrator (voice)TV
Brando
2007Brandoas SelfMovie
The Holiday
2006The Holidayas Arthur AbbottMovie
The Hoax
2006The Hoaxas Noah DietrichMovie
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006Studio 60 on the Sunset Stripas Eli WeinraubTV
The Real James Dean
2006The Real James Deanas SelfMovie
Baby Doll: See No Evil
2006Baby Doll: See No Evilas SelfMovie
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
2006Sergio Leone: The Way I See Thingsas SelfMovie
The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'
2006The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'as SelfMovie
A Taste Of Jupiter
2005A Taste Of Jupiteras ArturoMovie
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
2005Steve McQueen: The Essence of Coolas SelfMovie
James Dean: Sense Memories
2005James Dean: Sense Memoriesas SelfMovie
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
2005The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversationas FatherMovie
The Easter Egg Adventure
2004The Easter Egg Adventureas Narrator (voice)Movie
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnsonas Other Voices (voice)Movie
Stroker and Hoop
2004Stroker and Hoopas Narrator (voice)TV
King of the Corner
2004King of the Corneras Sol SpivakMovie
Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'
2004Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'as SelfMovie
Leone's West
2004Leone's Westas SelfMovie
Por un puñado de sueños
2004Por un puñado de sueñosas Self - IntervieweeMovie
Mystic River
2003Mystic Riveras Mr. Loonie (uncredited)Movie
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Tripas Other Voices (voice)Movie
Rita
2003Ritaas SelfMovie
Whoopi
2003Whoopias NormanTV
The Education of Gore Vidal
2003The Education of Gore Vidalas SelfMovie
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were Thereas SelfMovie
Veritas: The Quest
2003Veritas: The Questas RabbiTV
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
2003Time Machine: When Cowboys Were Kingas Self / NarratorMovie
Making 'The Misfits'
2002Making 'The Misfits'as SelfMovie
Cinerama Adventure
2002Cinerama Adventureas SelfMovie
Monday Night Mayhem
2002Monday Night Mayhemas Leonard GoldensonMovie
The Job
2001The Jobas Mr. WeissTV
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadowsas SelfMovie
Uninvited
2000Uninvitedas Alan StrasserMovie
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
2000Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'as SelfMovie
Keeping the Faith
2000Keeping the Faithas Rabbi Ben LewisMovie
The Bookfair Murders
2000The Bookfair Murdersas Erich SchmidtMovie
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
1998Naked City: Justice with a Bulletas DelucaMovie
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997The Trial of Adolf Eichmannas Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)Movie
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Yearsas SelfMovie
The Associate
1996The Associateas Donald FallonMovie
The West
1996The Westas SelfTV
O. Henry's Christmas
1996O. Henry's Christmasas Behrman ("The Last Leaf")Movie
Honey Sweet Love
1996Honey Sweet Loveas Don SiroMovie
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
1996Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsomeas SelfMovie
The Search for Dracula
1996The Search for Draculaas NarratorMovie
Two Much
1995Two Muchas SheldonMovie
James Dean: A Portrait
1995James Dean: A Portraitas SelfMovie
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
1995Elia Kazan: A Director's Journeyas NarratorMovie
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
1995Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was Kingas SelfMovie
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
1994It's Alive: The True Story of Frankensteinas NarratorMovie
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
1994Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddessas SelfMovie
ER
1994ERas Mr. LangstonTV
Baseball
1994Baseballas Various (voice)TV
Inside the Actors Studio
1994Inside the Actors Studioas SelfTV
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1994Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealedas SelfMovie
The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
1994The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monstersas Self - Narrator (voice)Movie
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
1993Vendetta II: The New Mafiaas Frank LatellaMovie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brienas Self - GuestTV
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1992Lincolnas William Crook (voice)Movie
The Donner Party
1992The Donner Partyas voiceMovie
Night and the City
1992Night and the Cityas PeckMovie
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1992Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Storyas Bill PresserMovie
Mistress
1992Mistressas George LieberhofMovie
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poemsas (voice)Movie
Legacy of Lies
1992Legacy of Liesas Moses ResnickMovie
Article 99
1992Article 99as Sam AbramsMovie
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
1992Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymesas (voice)Movie
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1991Terezin Diaryas NarratorMovie
Coney Island
1991Coney Islandas Self - ActorMovie
The Godfather Part III
1990The Godfather Part IIIas Don AltobelloMovie
Law & Order
1990Law & Orderas Simon VilanisTV
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1990Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secretas SelfMovie
The Two Jakes
1990The Two Jakesas Cotton WeinbergerMovie
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990The Godfather Family: A Look Insideas Self / Don AltobelloMovie
Hello Actors Studio
1988Hello Actors Studioas SelfMovie
An Empire of Reason
1988An Empire of Reasonas Anti-Federalist SpokesmanMovie
Funny
1988Funnyas SelfMovie
Hollywood Uncensored
1987Hollywood Uncensoredas SelfMovie
The Impossible Spy
1987The Impossible Spyas YacovMovie
Nuts
1987Nutsas Dr. Herbert A. MorrisonMovie
Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV
1987Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TVas Self - HostMovie
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1987Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Polandas Narrator (voice)Movie
Something in Common
1986Something in Commonas Norman VossMovie
Worlds Beyond
1986Worlds Beyondas Charles BurgessTV
Tough Guys
1986Tough Guysas Leon B. LittleMovie
Rocket to the Moon
1986Rocket to the Moonas Mr. PrinceMovie
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
1985Murder: By Reason of Insanityas Dr. HuffmanMovie
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985The New Alfred Hitchcock Presentsas Yosef KandinskyTV
Our Family Honor
1985Our Family Honoras Vincent DanzigTV
Embassy
1985Embassyas Joe VergaMovie
Christopher Columbus
1985Christopher Columbusas Padre Fernando De TalaveraTV
Murder, She Wrote
1984Murder, She Wroteas Salvatore GambiniTV
Highway to Heaven
1984Highway to Heavenas Timothy CharlesTV
Sam's Son
1984Sam's Sonas Sam OrowitzMovie
Anatomy of an Illness
1984Anatomy of an Illnessas Dr. William HitzigMovie
Reading Rainbow
1983Reading Rainbowas Self - Narrator (voice)TV
The Executioner's Song
1982The Executioner's Songas Vern DamicoTV
The Executioner's Song
1982The Executioner's Songas Vern DamicoMovie
Wogan
1982Woganas SelfTV
The Wall
1982The Wallas Mauritzi AptMovie
American Playhouse
1982American Playhouseas Mr. PrinceTV
Skokie
1981Skokieas Bert SilvermanMovie
The Salamander
1981The Salamanderas General LeporelloMovie
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
1981The Pride of Jesse Hallamas Sal GalucciMovie
Fugitive Family
1980Fugitive Familyas Olan VacioMovie
Guri
1980GuriMovie
The Hunter
1980The Hunteras Ritchie BlumenthalMovie
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
1980Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbushas Self - Narrator (voice)Movie
Winter Kills
1979Winter Killsas Joe DiamondMovie
Firepower
1979Firepoweras Sal HymanMovie
Tales of the Unexpected
1979Tales of the Unexpectedas Gerry WilliamsTV
The Pirate
1978The Pirateas Ben EzraMovie
Movie Movie
1978Movie Movieas Vince Marlow / PopMovie
Little Italy
1978Little Italyas Don Gerolamo GiarraMovie
Girlfriends
1978Girlfriendsas Rabbi GoldMovie
Circle of Iron
1978Circle of Ironas Man-in-OilMovie
The Pirate
1977The Pirateas Ben EzraTV
The Hollywood Greats
1977The Hollywood Greatsas SelfTV
The Deep
1977The Deepas Adam CoffinMovie
The Domino Principle
1977The Domino Principleas Gen. ReserMovie
Seventh Avenue
1977Seventh Avenueas Gus FarberTV
Nasty Habits
1977Nasty Habitsas MonsignorMovie
The Sentinel
1977The Sentinelas Detective GatzMovie
Plot of Fear
1976Plot of Fearas Peter StruwwelMovie
Independence
1976Independenceas Benjamin FranklinMovie
Eye of the Cat
1975Eye of the Catas CesareMovie
Shoot First… Ask Questions Later
1975Shoot First… Ask Questions Lateras Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black JackMovie
Houston, We've Got a Problem
1974Houston, We've Got a Problemas Narrator (voice)Movie
Crazy Joe
1974Crazy Joeas Don VittorioMovie
Indict and Convict
1974Indict and Convictas DeWitt FosterMovie
Cinderella Liberty
1973Cinderella Libertyas Lynn ForshayMovie
Kojak
1973Kojakas Lee CurtinTV
Stateline Motel
1973Stateline Motelas JoeMovie
A Cold Night's Death
1973A Cold Night's Deathas Frank EnariMovie
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
1971Don't Turn the Other Cheekas Maz LozoyaMovie
The Typists
1971The Typistsas Paul CunninghamMovie
Romance of a Horsethief
1971Romance of a Horsethiefas KifkeMovie
Paradise Lost
1971Paradise Lostas Leo GordonMovie
Great Performances
1971Great Performancesas SelfTV
The People Next Door
1970The People Next Dooras Arthur MasonMovie
The Angel Levine
1970The Angel Levineas Delicatessen ClerkMovie
The Adventures of Gerard
1970The Adventures of Gerardas Napoleon BonaparteMovie
Zig Zag
1970Zig Zagas Mario GambrettiMovie
The Reason Why
1970The Reason Whyas CharlesMovie
Mackenna's Gold
1969Mackenna's Goldas Ben BakerMovie
The Brain
1969The Brainas Frankie Scannapieco, godfather of the Italian mafiaMovie
Ace High
1968Ace Highas CacopoulosMovie
A Lovely Way to Die
1968A Lovely Way to Dieas Tennessee FredericksMovie
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-Inas SelfTV
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Lifeas Harry HunterMovie
The Tiger Makes Out
1967The Tiger Makes Outas Ben HarrisMovie
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1967The Owl Who Gave a Hootas Mr. Owl (voice)Movie
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966The Good, the Bad and the Uglyas Tuco RamirezMovie
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1966CBS Playhouseas Douglas LambertTV
How to Steal a Million
1966How to Steal a Millionas Davis LelandMovie
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966The Poppy Is Also a Floweras 'Happy' LocarnoMovie
Batman
1966Batmanas Mister FreezeTV
Genghis Khan
1965Genghis Khanas Shah of KhwarezmMovie
Lord Jim
1965Lord Jimas The GeneralMovie
Kisses for My President
1964Kisses for My Presidentas Raphael Valdez Jr.Movie
The Moon-Spinners
1964The Moon-Spinnersas StratosMovie
Act One
1963Act Oneas Warren StoneMovie
The Victors
1963The Victorsas Sgt. CraigMovie
How the West Was Won
1962How the West Was Wonas Charlie GantMovie
The Merv Griffin Show
1962The Merv Griffin Showas SelfTV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carsonas SelfTV
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Manas JohnMovie
The Mike Douglas Show
1961The Mike Douglas Showas SelfTV
The Dick Powell Show
1961The Dick Powell Showas Manny JacobsTV
The Misfits
1961The Misfitsas GuidoMovie
The Magnificent Seven
1960The Magnificent Sevenas CalveraMovie
Outlaws
1960OutlawsTV
Seven Thieves
1960Seven Thievesas PonchoMovie
Lullaby
1960Lullabyas Johnny HortonMovie
I
1959I, Don Quixoteas Sancho Panza / Cervantes' ManservantMovie
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959For Whom the Bell Tollsas RafaelMovie
The David Susskind Show
1959The David Susskind Showas SelfTV
The Gift of the Magi
1958The Gift of the Magias NarratorMovie
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouseas Raymond PerezTV
Naked City
1958Naked Cityas Det. Peter BaneTV
The Plot to Kill Stalin
1958The Plot to Kill Stalinas PoskrebyshevMovie
The Lineup
1958The Lineupas DancerMovie
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958Shirley Temple's Storybookas SimonTV
Suspicion
1957SuspicionTV
T
1957Tonight Starring Jack Paaras SelfTV
The Lark
1957The Larkas DauphinMovie
Baby Doll
1956Baby Dollas Silva VacarroMovie
Playhouse 90
1956Playhouse 90as RafaelTV
Tony Awards
1956Tony Awardsas Self - PresenterTV
Climax!
1954Climax!as Albert AnastasiaTV
Omnibus
1952OmnibusTV
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951Hallmark Hall of Fameas DauphinTV
What's My Line?
1950What's My Line?as Self - Mystery GuestTV
Lights Out
1949Lights Outas GiovanniTV
Studio One
1948Studio Oneas OzepTV
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948The Philco Television PlayhouseTV
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948The Ed Sullivan Showas SelfTV
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—The Yidishe Gauchosas NarratorMovie