Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1915-12-07
- Day of Death2014-06-24 (98 years)
- Place of BirthBrooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Also Known AsEly Wallach엘리 웰라치Елай ВоллакEli Herschel Wallachایلی والاک
Eli Wallach
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...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 2015
The Train
As: Andre
- 2010
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
As: Julie Steinhardt
- 2010
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
As: Mordechai Rossman (voice)
- 2010
The Ghost Writer
As: Old man
- 2009
In the Name of Democracy
As: Narrator
- 2009
The Toe Tactic
As: Maestro
- 2008
New York, I Love You
As: Abe
- 2008
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
As: Joe Nightingale
- 2008
The War
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2007
Mama's Boy
As: Seymour Warburton
- 2006
The Holiday
As: Arthur
- 2006
The Hoax
As: Noah Dietrich
- 2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
As: Eli Weinraub
- 2005
A Taste Of Jupiter
As: Arturo
- 2005
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
As: Father
- 2004
The Easter Egg Adventure
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
As: Other Voices (voice)
- 2004
Stroker and Hoop
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2004
King of the Corner
As: Sol Spivak
- 2003
Mystic River
As: Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
- 2003
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
As: Other Voices (voice)
- 2003
Whoopi
As: Norman
- 2003
Veritas: The Quest
As: Rabbi
- 2002
Monday Night Mayhem
As: Leonard Goldenson
- 2001
The Job
As: Mr. Weiss
- 2000
Uninvited
As: Alan Strasser
- 2000
Keeping the Faith
As: Rabbi Ben Lewis
- 2000
The Bookfair Murders
As: Erich Schmidt
- 1998
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
As: Deluca
- 1997
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
As: Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)
- 1996
The Associate
As: Donald Fallon
- 1996
O. Henry's Christmas
As: Behrman ("The Last Leaf")
- 1996
Honey Sweet Love
As: Don Siro
- 1996
The Search for Dracula
As: Narrator
- 1995
Two Much
As: Sheldon
- 1995
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
As: Narrator
- 1995
American Cinema
As: Narrator
- 1994
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
As: Narrator
- 1994
ER
As: Mr. Langston
- 1994
Baseball
As: Various (voice)
- 1994
Baseball
As: (voice)
- 1993
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
As: Frank Latella
- 1992
The Donner Party
As: voice
- 1992
Night and the City
As: Peck
- 1992
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
As: Bill Presser
- 1992
Mistress
As: George Lieberhof
- 1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
As: (voice)
- 1992
Legacy of Lies
As: Moses Resnick
- 1992
Article 99
As: Sam Abrams
- 1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
As: (voice)
- 1990
The Godfather Part III
As: Don Altobello
- 1990
Law & Order
As: Simon Vilanis
- 1990
The Two Jakes
As: Cotton Weinberger
- 1988
An Empire of Reason
As: Anti-Federalist Spokesman
- 1987
The Impossible Spy
As: Yacov
- 1987
Nuts
As: Dr. Herbert A. Morrison
- 1986
Something in Common
As: Norman Voss
- 1986
Tough Guys
As: Leon B. Little
- 1986
Rocket to the Moon
As: Mr. Prince
- 1985
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
As: Dr. Huffman
- 1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Yosef Kandinsky
- 1985
Our Family Honor
As: Vincent Danzig
- 1985
Embassy
As: Joe Verga
- 1985
Christopher Columbus
As: Padre Fernando De Talavera
- 1984
Murder, She Wrote
As: Salvatore Gambini
- 1984
Highway to Heaven
As: Timothy Charles
- 1984
Sam's Son
As: Sam Orowitz
- 1984
Anatomy of an Illness
As: Dr. William Hitzig
- 1982
The Executioner's Song
As: Vern Damico
- 1982
The Executioner's Song
As: Vern Damico
- 1982
The Wall
As: Mauritzi Apt
- 1982
American Playhouse
As: Mr. Prince
- 1981
Skokie
As: Bert Silverman
- 1981
The Salamander
As: General Leporello
- 1981
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
As: Sal Galucci
- 1980
Fugitive Family
As: Olan Vacio
- 1980
The Hunter
As: Ritchie Blumenthal
- 1979
Winter Kills
As: Joe Diamond
- 1979
Firepower
As: Sal Hyman
- 1979
Tales of the Unexpected
As: Gerry Williams
- 1978
The Pirate
As: Ben Ezra
- 1978
Movie Movie
As: Vince Marlow / Pop
- 1978
Little Italy
As: Don Gerolamo Giarra
- 1978
Girlfriends
As: Rabbi Gold
- 1978
Circle of Iron
As: Man-in-Oil
- 1977
The Deep
As: Adam Coffin
- 1977
The Domino Principle
As: Gen. Reser
- 1977
Seventh Avenue
As: Gus Farber
- 1977
Nasty Habits
As: Monsignor
- 1977
The Sentinel
As: Detective Gatz
- 1976
Plot of Fear
As: Peter Struwwel
- 1976
Independence
As: Benjamin Franklin
- 1975
Eye of the Cat
As: Cesare
- 1975
Shoot First… Ask Questions Later
As: Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack
- 1974
Houston, We've Got a Problem
As: Narrator (voice)
- 1974
Crazy Joe
As: Don Vittorio
- 1974
Indict and Convict
As: DeWitt Foster
- 1973
Cinderella Liberty
As: Lynn Forshay
- 1973
Kojak
As: Lee Curtin
- 1973
Stateline Motel
As: Joe
- 1973
A Cold Night's Death
As: Frank Enari
- 1971
Don't Turn the Other Cheek
As: Maz Lozoya
- 1971
The Typists
As: Paul Cunningham
- 1971
Romance of a Horsethief
As: Kifke
- 1971
Paradise Lost
As: Leo Gordon
- 1970
The People Next Door
As: Arthur Mason
- 1970
The Angel Levine
As: Delicatessen Clerk
- 1970
The Adventures of Gerard
As: Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1970
Zig Zag
As: Mario Gambretti
- 1970
The Reason Why
As: Charles
- 1969
Mackenna's Gold
As: Ben Baker
- 1969
The Brain
As: Frankie Scannapieco, godfather of the Italian mafia
- 1968
Ace High
As: Cacopoulos
- 1968
A Lovely Way to Die
As: Tennessee Fredericks
- 1968
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
As: Harry Hunter
- 1967
The Tiger Makes Out
As: Ben Harris
- 1966
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
As: Tuco Ramirez
- 1966
How to Steal a Million
As: Davis Leland
- 1966
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
As: 'Happy' Locarno
- 1966
Batman
As: Mister Freeze
- 1965
Genghis Khan
As: Shah of Khwarezm
- 1965
Lord Jim
As: The General
- 1964
Kisses for My President
As: Raphael Valdez Jr.
- 1964
The Moon-Spinners
As: Stratos
- 1963
Act One
As: Warren Stone
- 1963
The Victors
As: Sgt. Craig
- 1962
How the West Was Won
As: Charlie Gant
- 1962
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
As: John
- 1961
The Dick Powell Show
As: Manny Jacobs
- 1961
The Misfits
As: Guido
- 1960
The Magnificent Seven
As: Calvera
- 1960
Seven Thieves
As: Poncho
- 1960
Lullaby
As: Johnny Horton
- 1959
For Whom the Bell Tolls
As: Rafael
- 1958
The Gift of the Magi
As: Narrator
- 1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
As: Raymond Perez
- 1958
Naked City
As: Det. Peter Bane
- 1958
Naked City
As: Georgie
- 1958
The Plot to Kill Stalin
As: Poskrebyshev
- 1958
The Lineup
As: Dancer
- 1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook
As: Simon
- 1956
Baby Doll
As: Silva Vacarro
- 1956
Playhouse 90
As: Rafael
- 1954
Climax!
As: Albert Anastasia
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Dauphin
- 1949
Lights Out
As: Giovanni
- 1948
Studio One
As: Peter Hendon
- 1948
Studio One
As: Ozep
- 1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
As: Nacho