Acting · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA · Born December 7, 1915
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.
MovieRat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
2020
as Osvaldo Altobello
MovieThe Train
2015
as Andre
MovieShowing Up
2014
as Self
MovieWall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010
as Julie Steinhardt
MovieAhead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
2010
as Mordechai Rossman (voice)
MovieThe Ghost Writer
2010
as Old man
TVNurse Jackie
2009
as Bernard Zimberg
MovieIn the Name of Democracy
2009
as Narrator
MovieThe Toe Tactic
2009
as Maestro
MovieNew York, I Love You
2008
as Abe
MovieIl falso bugiardo
2008
as Self (archive footage)
MovieVote and Die: Liszt for President
2008
as Joe Nightingale
MovieMama's Boy
2007
as Seymour Warburton
TVThe War
2007
as Narrator (voice)
MovieBrando
2007
as Self
MovieThe Holiday
2006
as Arthur
MovieThe Hoax
2006
as Noah Dietrich
TVStudio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
as Eli Weinraub
MovieThe Real James Dean
2006
as Self
MovieBaby Doll: See No Evil
2006
as Self
MovieSergio Leone: The Way I See Things
2006
as Self
MovieThe Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'
2006
as Self
MovieA Taste Of Jupiter
2005
as Arturo
MovieSteve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
2005
as Self
MovieJames Dean: Sense Memories
2005
as Self
MovieThe Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
2005
as Father
MovieThe Easter Egg Adventure
2004
as Narrator (voice)
MovieUnforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
TVStroker and Hoop
2004
as Narrator (voice)
MovieKing of the Corner
2004
as Sol Spivak
MovieReconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'
2004
as Self
MovieLeone's West
2004
as Self
MoviePor un puñado de sueños
2004
as Self - Interviewee
MovieMystic River
2003
as Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
MovieHoratio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003
as Other Voices (voice)
MovieRita
2003
as Self
TVWhoopi
2003
as Norman
MovieThe Education of Gore Vidal
2003
as Self
MovieBroadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
TVVeritas: The Quest
2003
as Rabbi
MovieTime Machine: When Cowboys Were King
2003
as Self / Narrator
MovieMaking 'The Misfits'
2002
as Self
MovieCinerama Adventure
2002
as Self
MovieMonday Night Mayhem
2002
as Leonard Goldenson
TVThe Job
2001
as Mr. Weiss
MovieClint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
as Self
MovieUninvited
2000
as Alan Strasser
MovieGuns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
2000
as Self
MovieKeeping the Faith
2000
as Rabbi Ben Lewis
MovieThe Bookfair Murders
2000
as Erich Schmidt
MovieNaked City: Justice with a Bullet
1998
as Deluca
MovieThe Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997
as Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)
MovieTwentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997
as Self
MovieThe Associate
1996
as Donald Fallon
TVThe West
1996
as Self
MovieO. Henry's Christmas
1996
as Behrman ("The Last Leaf")
MovieHoney Sweet Love
1996
as Don Siro
MovieClark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
1996
as Self
MovieThe Search for Dracula
1996
as Narrator
MovieTwo Much
1995
as Sheldon
MovieJames Dean: A Portrait
1995
as Self
MovieElia Kazan: A Director's Journey
1995
as Narrator
MovieYul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
1995
as Self
MovieIt's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
1994
as Narrator
MovieMarilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
1994
as Self
TVER
1994
as Mr. Langston
TVBaseball
1994
as Various (voice)
TVInside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed
1994
as Self
MovieThe Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters
1994
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieVendetta II: The New Mafia
1993
as Frank Latella
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Lincoln
1992
as William Crook (voice)
MovieThe Donner Party
1992
as voice
MovieThe Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
1992
as Don Altobello
MovieNight and the City
1992
as Peck
MovieTeamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1992
as Bill Presser
MovieMistress
1992
as George Lieberhof
MovieNonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
1992
as (voice)
MovieLegacy of Lies
1992
as Moses Resnick
MovieArticle 99
1992
as Sam Abrams
MovieNonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
1992
as (voice)
Terezin Diary
1991
as Narrator
MovieConey Island
1991
as Self - Actor
MovieThe Godfather Part III
1990
as Don Altobello
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Simon Vilanis
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
as Self
MovieThe Two Jakes
1990
as Cotton Weinberger
MovieThe Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990
as Self / Don Altobello
MovieHello Actors Studio
1988
as Self
MovieAn Empire of Reason
1988
as Anti-Federalist Spokesman
MovieFunny
1988
as Self
MovieHollywood Uncensored
1987
as Self
MovieThe Impossible Spy
1987
as Yacov
MovieNuts
1987
as Dr. Herbert A. Morrison
MovieHollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV
1987
as Self - Host
Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland
1987
as Narrator (voice)
MovieSomething in Common
1986
as Norman Voss
TVWorlds Beyond
1986
as Charles Burgess
MovieTough Guys
1986
as Leon B. Little
MovieRocket to the Moon
1986
as Mr. Prince
MovieMurder: By Reason of Insanity
1985
as Dr. Huffman
TVThe New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Yosef Kandinsky
TVOur Family Honor
1985
as Vincent Danzig
MovieEmbassy
1985
as Joe Verga
TVChristopher Columbus
1985
as Padre Fernando De Talavera
TVScreen Two
1985
as Yacov
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Salvatore Gambini
TVHighway to Heaven
1984
as Timothy Charles
MovieSam's Son
1984
as Sam Orowitz
MovieAnatomy of an Illness
1984
as Dr. William Hitzig
TVReading Rainbow
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVThe Executioner's Song
1982
as Vern Damico
MovieThe Executioner's Song
1982
as Vern Damico
TVWogan
1982
as Self
MovieThe Wall
1982
as Mauritzi Apt
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Mr. Prince
MovieSkokie
1981
as Bert Silverman
MovieThe Salamander
1981
as General Leporello
MovieThe Pride of Jesse Hallam
1981
as Sal Galucci
MovieFugitive Family
1980
as Olan Vacio
MovieGuri
1980
MovieThe Hunter
1980
as Ritchie Blumenthal
MovieMemoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
1980
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieWinter Kills
1979
as Joe Diamond
MovieFirepower
1979
as Sal Hyman
TVTales of the Unexpected
1979
as Gerry Williams
MovieThe Pirate
1978
as Ben Ezra
MovieMovie Movie
1978
as Vince Marlow / Pop
MovieLittle Italy
1978
as Don Gerolamo Giarra
MovieGirlfriends
1978
as Rabbi Gold
MovieCircle of Iron
1978
as Man-in-Oil
TVThe Pirate
1977
as Ben Ezra
TVThe Hollywood Greats
1977
as Self
MovieThe Deep
1977
as Adam Coffin
MovieThe Domino Principle
1977
as Gen. Reser
TVSeventh Avenue
1977
as Gus Farber
MovieNasty Habits
1977
as Monsignor
MovieThe Sentinel
1977
as Detective Gatz
MoviePlot of Fear
1976
as Peter Struwwel
MovieIndependence
1976
as Benjamin Franklin
MovieEye of the Cat
1975
as Cesare
MovieThe White, The Yellow, and The Black
1975
as Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack
MovieHouston, We've Got a Problem
1974
as Narrator (voice)
MovieCrazy Joe
1974
as Don Vittorio
MovieIndict and Convict
1974
as DeWitt Foster
MovieCinderella Liberty
1973
as Lynn Forshay
TVKojak
1973
as Lee Curtin
MovieStateline Motel
1973
as Joe
TVOrson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Fuzzy
MovieA Cold Night's Death
1973
as Frank Enari
MovieDon't Turn the Other Cheek
1971
as Maz Lozoya
MovieThe Typists
1971
as Paul Cunningham
MovieRomance of a Horsethief
1971
as Kifke
MovieParadise Lost
1971
as Leo Gordon
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Self
MovieThe People Next Door
1970
as Arthur Mason
MovieThe Angel Levine
1970
as Delicatessen Clerk
MovieThe Adventures of Gerard
1970
as Napoleon Bonaparte
MovieZig Zag
1970
as Mario Gambretti
MovieThe Reason Why
1970
as Charles
MovieMackenna's Gold
1969
as Ben Baker
MovieThe Brain
1969
as Frankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian Mafia
MovieAce High
1968
as Cacopoulos
MovieA Lovely Way to Die
1968
as Tennessee Fredericks
TVRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
MovieHow to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968
as Harry Hunter
MovieThe Tiger Makes Out
1967
as Ben Harris
The Owl Who Gave a Hoot
1967
as Mr. Owl (voice)
MovieThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966
as Tuco Ramirez
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Douglas Lambert
MovieHow to Steal a Million
1966
as Davis Leland
MovieThe Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966
as 'Happy' Locarno
TVBatman
1966
as Mister Freeze
MovieGenghis Khan
1965
as Shah of Khwarezm
MovieLord Jim
1965
as The General
MovieKisses for My President
1964
as Raphael Valdez Jr.
MovieThe Moon-Spinners
1964
as Stratos
MovieAct One
1963
as Warren Stone
MovieThe Victors
1963
as Sgt. Craig
MovieHow the West Was Won
1962
as Charlie Gant
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
MovieHemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962
as John
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVThe Dick Powell Show
1961
as Manny Jacobs
MovieThe Misfits
1961
as Guido
MovieThe Magnificent Seven
1960
as Calvera
TVOutlaws
1960
MovieSeven Thieves
1960
as Poncho
MovieLullaby
1960
as Johnny Horton
I, Don Quixote
1959
as Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant
MovieFor Whom the Bell Tolls
1959
as Rafael
TVThe David Susskind Show
1959
as Self
MovieThe Gift of the Magi
1958
as Narrator
TVWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
as Raymond Perez
TVNaked City
1958
as Det. Peter Bane
MovieThe Plot to Kill Stalin
1958
as Poskrebyshev
MovieThe Lineup
1958
as Dancer
TVShirley Temple's Storybook
1958
as Simon
TVSuspicion
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
MovieThe Lark
1957
as Dauphin
MovieBaby Doll
1956
as Silva Vacarro
TVPlayhouse 90
1956
as Rafael
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
TVClimax!
1954
as Albert Anastasia
TVOmnibus
1952
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Dauphin
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
TVLights Out
1949
as Giovanni
TVStudio One
1948
as Peter Hendon
TVThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Yidishe Gauchos
as Narrator
