Eli Wallach
Acting
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.
Born: December 7, 1915
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Paradise Lost
Playwright Clifford Odets' portrait of the Great Depression unfolds in the modest two-family home of Leo and Clara Gordon as misfortune strikes them and the people running with them. Opened on Broadway in 1935, it became one of the Group Theatre's most controversial plays and Odets' favorite.
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
Documentary about Sergio Leone
Showing Up
An unprecedented look at the audition, compiled from more than 50 interviews with notable artists including Kristin Chenoweth, Richard Griffiths, Zoe Kazan, Nathan Lane, Chris Messina, Sam Rockwell and Eli Wallach.
Rat Pack
In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford together form the "rat pack": they sing the most popular hits of the moment, star in the most profitable Hollywood films and are already making a splash on television . This documentary, produced by a recognized specialist in the history of Hollywood, recounts the exceptional destiny of this informal group which flirted with the greats of this world, notably through Sinatra, personal friend of American President Kennedy.
Whoopi
Whoopi was an American situation comedy, starring Whoopi Goldberg. The series revolved around the events and people at her hotel, the Lamont Hotel, in New York City. The show aired on Tuesdays from September 9, 2003, on NBC to April 20, 2004.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
Mary Shelley created a monster in 1818, and writers, actors and filmmakers haven't been able to get enough of it ever since. The history of the creature on and off the screen includes clips from Thomas Edison's 1910 filmization to Kenneth Branagh's 1994 treatment, plus interviews with Robert De Niro, Mel Brooks, Roger Corman and others. Hosted by Roger Moore; narrated by Eli Wallach.
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
There is only one Yul Brynner. No other actor had his looks, his range of talents, his energy and his capacity to draw others into the spell of his charm. A true sophisticate of deliberately mysterious origins, Yul Brynner was at home in a wide variety of languages and social environments.
Rita
Biography of 1940's sex goddess Rita Hayworth.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Andre
as Self
as Julie Steinhardt
as Mordechai Rossman (voice)
as Old man
as Bernard Zimberg
as Narrator
as Maestro
as Abe
as Self (archive footage)
as Joe Nightingale
as Seymour Warburton
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Arthur Abbott
as Noah Dietrich
as Eli Weinraub
as Self
as Self
as Arturo
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Other Voices (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Sol Spivak
as Self
as Self - Interviewee
as Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
as Other Voices (voice)
as Norman
as Self
as Self
as Rabbi
as Self / Narrator
as Self
as Self
as Leonard Goldenson
as Mr. Weiss
as Alan Strasser
as Rabbi Ben Lewis
as Erich Schmidt
as Deluca
as Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)
as Donald Fallon
as Self
as Behrman ("The Last Leaf")
as Don Siro
as Narrator
as Sheldon
as Self
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Mr. Langston
as Various (voice)
as (voice)
as Self
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Frank Latella
as Self - Guest
as voice
as Peck
as Bill Presser
as George Lieberhof
as (voice)
as Moses Resnick
as Sam Abrams
as (voice)
as Self - Actor
as Don Altobello
as Simon Vilanis
as Cotton Weinberger
as Self / Don Altobello
as Self
as Anti-Federalist Spokesman
as Self
as Self
as Yacov
as Dr. Herbert A. Morrison
as Norman Voss
as Leon B. Little
as Mr. Prince
as Dr. Huffman
as Yosef Kandinsky
as Vincent Danzig
as Joe Verga
as Padre Fernando De Talavera
as Salvatore Gambini
as Timothy Charles
as Sam Orowitz
as Dr. William Hitzig
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Vern Damico
as Vern Damico
as Self
as Mauritzi Apt
as Mr. Prince
as Bert Silverman
as General Leporello
as Sal Galucci
as Olan Vacio
as Ritchie Blumenthal
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Joe Diamond
as Sal Hyman
as Gerry Williams
as Ben Ezra
as Vince Marlow / Pop
as Don Gerolamo Giarra
as Rabbi Gold
as Man-in-Oil
as Self
as Adam Coffin
as Gen. Reser
as Gus Farber
as Monsignor
as Detective Gatz
as Peter Struwwel
as Benjamin Franklin
as Cesare
as Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack
as Narrator (voice)
as Don Vittorio
as DeWitt Foster
as Lynn Forshay
as Lee Curtin
as Joe
as Frank Enari
as Maz Lozoya
as Paul Cunningham
as Kifke
as Leo Gordon
as Self
as Arthur Mason
as Delicatessen Clerk
as Napoleon Bonaparte
as Mario Gambretti
as Charles
as Ben Baker
as Frankie Scannapieco, godfather of the Italian mafia
as Cacopoulos
as Tennessee Fredericks
as Self
as Harry Hunter
as Ben Harris
as Tuco Ramirez
as Davis Leland
as 'Happy' Locarno
as Mister Freeze
as Shah of Khwarezm
as The General
as Raphael Valdez Jr.
as Stratos
as Warren Stone
as Sgt. Craig
as Charlie Gant
as Self
as Self
as Manny Jacobs
as Guido
as Calvera
as Poncho
as Johnny Horton
as Rafael
as Self
as Narrator
as Raymond Perez
as Det. Peter Bane
as Georgie
as Poskrebyshev
as Dancer
as Simon
as Dauphin
as Silva Vacarro
as Rafael
as Albert Anastasia
as Dauphin
as Self - Mystery Guest
as Giovanni
as Ozep
as Peter Hendon
as Nacho
as Self