
Eli Wallach
Highest Rated: 100% Girlfriends (1978)
Lowest Rated: 8% Mama's Boy (2007)
Birthday: Dec 07, 1915
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
One of the most respected actors in American performance, Eli Wallach's career never quite matched his long list of stage credits in terms of quality, but he had nevertheless contributed some memorable characters to film. Movieg rs knew him best for a pair of similar characters - the cruel Mexican bandit Calvera, whose raids on a poor village prompt the formation of "The Magnificent Seven" (1960), and as the scheming, scene-stealing Tuco in Sergio Leone's groundbreaking spaghetti Western, "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly" (1967). But Wallach's career stretched back a decade prior and continued on well into the 21st century, during which he played almost every ethnic type and moral stripe under the sun. While his record on the big screen remained spotty, Wallach thrived on television with an Emmy-winning performance in "The Poppy is a Flower" (ABC, 1966) and a campy turn as Mr. Freeze on "Batman" (ABC, 1966-68). Over the years, he remained under the radar while performing onstage or in lesser-known pictures, only to resurface in projects like the revival of "The Diary of Anne Frank" (1978), the acclaimed miniseries "The Executioner's Song" (NBC, 1982) and Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather III" (1990), in which he had a memorable scene as a mobster who dies while eating poisoned cannoli. The nonagenarian delivered award-worthy small screen performances on "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (NBC, 2006-07) and "Nurse Jackie" (Showtime, 2009-15), and by the time he died at the age of 98 on June 24, 2014, Wallach's place as one of Hollywood's most venerated character performers had been assured.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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84% | 70% | The Ghost Writer | Old Man (Character) | $15.5M | 2010 |
55% | 44% | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | Julie Steinhardt (Character) | $52.5M | 2010 |
90% | 80% | Ahead of Time | Mordechai Rossman (Voice) | $33K | 2009 |
33% | 33% | Tickling Leo | Emil Pikler (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vote and Die: Liszt for President | Joe Nightingale (Character) | - | 2008 |
8% | 26% | Mama's Boy | Seymour (Character) | - | 2007 |
49% | 80% | The Holiday | Arthur Abbott (Character) | $63.2M | 2006 |
86% | 58% | The Hoax | Noah Dietrich (Character) | $7.1M | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Testimony of the Human Spirit | Narrator | - | 2004 |
71% | 26% | King of the Corner | Sol Spivak (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Rita | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
67% | 71% | Monday Night Mayhem | Leonard Goldenson (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Advice and Dissent | The Rebbe (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Taste of Jupiter | Arturo (Character) | - | 2002 |
69% | 59% | Keeping the Faith | Rabbi Lewis (Character) | $37M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bookfair Murders | Erich Schmidt (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Uninvited | Strasser (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Naked City: Justice With a Bullet | Deluca (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Larry's Visit | Unknown (Character) | - | 1996 |
28% | 53% | The Associate | Fallon (Character) | $12.8M | 1996 |
14% | 36% | Two Much | Sheldon (Character) | $1.1M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey | Unknown (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Honey Sweet Love | Don Siro (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vendetta II: The New Mafia | Frank Latella (Character) | - | 1993 |
57% | 30% | Night and the City | Peck (Character) | $6.2M | 1992 |
72% | 39% | Mistress | George Lieberhof (Character) | $53.6K | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Legacy of Lies | Moses Resnick (Character) | - | 1992 |
43% | 54% | Article 99 | Sam Abrams (Character) | $6.2M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story | Bill Presser (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride | Frank Latella (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Terezín Diary | Narrator | - | 1990 |
68% | 62% | The Godfather, Part III | Don Altobello (Character) | $64.6M | 1990 |
65% | 38% | The Two Jakes | Cotton Weinberger (Character) | $9.4M | 1990 |
88% | 73% | The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone | Don Altobello (Character) | - | 1990 |
33% | 71% | Nuts | Dr. Herbert A. Morrison (Character) | $29.5M | 1987 |
57% | 55% | Tough Guys | Leon B. Little (Character) | $20.5M | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Something in Common | Norman Voss (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 85% | The Impossible Spy | Yacov (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Sweet Victim | Dr. Huffman (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder: By Reason of Insanity | Dr. Huffman (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Our Family Honor | Vincent Danzig (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sam's Son | Sam Orowitz (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Anatomy of an Illness | Dr. William Hitzig (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | 74% | The Executioner's Song | Uncle Vern Damico (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | 86% | The Wall | Mauritzi Apt (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | 40% | The Salamander | General Leporello (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Skokie | Bert Silverman (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | 78% | The Pride of Jesse Hallam | Sal Galucci (Character) | - | 1981 |
50% | 49% | The Hunter | Ritchie Blumenthal (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fugitive Family | Olan Vacio (Character) | - | 1980 |
38% | 59% | Circle of Iron | Man-in-Oil (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | 26% | Firepower | Sal Hyman (Character) | - | 1979 |
88% | 55% | Winter Kills | Joe Diamond (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Pirate | Ben Ezra (Character) | - | 1978 |
100% | 73% | Girlfriends | Rabbi Gold (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Movie Movie |
Vince Marlow/ |
- | 1978 |
20% | 18% | The Domino Principle | General Reser (Character) | - | 1977 |
48% | 37% | The Deep | Adam Coffin (Character) | - | 1977 |
45% | 44% | The Sentinel | Det. Gatz (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | 44% | Nasty Habits | Monsignor (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 20 Shades of Pink | Unknown (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Question of Answers | Lee Curtin (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Il Bianco, Il Giallo, Il Nero |
Sheriff Edward Gideon/ |
- | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stateline Motel | Joe (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | 49% | Shoot First, Ask Questions Later | Sheriff Edward "Black Jack" Gideon (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Indict and Convict | DeWitt Foster (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | 38% | Crazy Joe | Don Vittorio (Character) | - | 1974 |
63% | 62% | Cinderella Liberty | Lynn Forshay (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | 40% | A Cold Night's Death | Frank Enari (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Don't Turn the Other Cheek | Max Lozoya (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | 43% | Romance of a Horse Thief | Kifke (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | 43% | The People Next Door | Arthur Mason (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | 63% | The Angel Levine | Delicatessen Clerk (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Adventures of Gerard | Napoleon (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zigzag | Mario Gambretti (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | 71% | The Brain | Frankie Scannapieco (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Ace High | Cacopoulos (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | 50% | How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life | Harry Hunter (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Lovely Way to Die | Tennessee Fredericks (Character) | - | 1968 |
97% | 97% | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | Tuco (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tiger Makes Out | Ben Harris (Character) | - | 1967 |
100% | 88% | How to Steal a Million | Davis Leland (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Poppy Is Also a Flower | "Happy" Locarno (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | 38% | Genghis Khan | The Shah of Khwarezm (Character) | - | 1965 |
57% | 57% | Lord Jim | The General (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | 61% | The Moon-Spinners | Stratos (Character) | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | 31% | Kisses for My President | Raphael Valdez Jr. (Character) | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Act One | Warren Stone (Character) | - | 1963 |
20% | 79% | The Victors | Sgt. Craig (Character) | - | 1963 |
86% | 74% | How the West Was Won | Charlie Gant (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | 55% | Adventures of a Young Man | John (Character) | - | 1962 |
97% | 78% | The Misfits | Guido aka Pilot (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | 29% | Seven Thieves | Poncho (Character) | - | 1960 |
89% | 87% | The Magnificent Seven | Calvera (Character) | - | 1960 |
86% | 83% | The Lineup | Dancer (Character) | - | 1958 |
94% | 81% | Baby Doll | Silva Vacarro (Character) | - | 1956 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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81% | 86% | Nurse Jackie | Bernard Zimberg (Guest Star) | 2009 |
74% | 92% | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Eli Weinraub (Guest Star) | 2006 |
26% | No Score Yet | Whoopi | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
18% | No Score Yet | Oliver Beene | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 80% | ER | Mr. Langston (Guest Star) | 2003 |
79% | No Score Yet | The Education of Max Bickford | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
100% | No Score Yet | The Job | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Actors Studio | Guest | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bride of Violence | Frank Latella (Character) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown (Character) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Highway to Heaven | Gene Malloy (Guest Star) | 1986-1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Johnny Carson | Guest | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kojak | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
93% | 79% | Batman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1958 |
90% | No Score Yet | Lights Out | Unknown (Character) | 1951 |
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