Eli Wallach
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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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2015 | The Train | Andre | HIT | |
| 2014 | Showing Up | Self | HIT | |
| 2010 | Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber | Mordechai Rossman (voice) | HIT | |
| 2010 | The Ghost Writer | Old man | HIT | |
| 2007 | Brando | Self | HIT | |
| 2006 | The Holiday | Arthur Abbott | HIT | |
| 2006 | Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things | Self | HIT | |
| 2005 | The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation | Father | FLOP | |
| 2004 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Other Voices (voice) | HIT | |
| 2004 | Leone's West | Self | HIT | |
| 2003 | Mystic River | Mr. Loonie (uncredited) | HIT | |
| 2003 | Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip | Other Voices (voice) | HIT | |
| 2003 | Rita | Self | HIT | |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | HIT | |
| 2002 | Cinerama Adventure | Self | HIT | |
| 2000 | Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows | Self | HIT | |
| 2000 | Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' | Self | HIT | |
| 1997 | Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Self | HIT | |
| 1996 | The Associate | Donald Fallon | FLOP | |
| 1996 | The Search for Dracula | Narrator | HIT | |
| 1995 | Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King | Self | HIT | |
| 1994 | It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein | Narrator | HIT | |
| 1994 | Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess | Self | HIT | |
| 1994 | The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters | Self - Narrator (voice) | HIT | |
| 1992 | Lincoln | William Crook (voice) | HIT | |
| 1992 | The Donner Party | voice | HIT | |
| 1990 | The Godfather Part III | Don Altobello | HIT | |
| 1990 | The Godfather Family: A Look Inside | Self / Don Altobello | HIT | |
| 1988 | Hello Actors Studio | Self | HIT | |
| 1987 | Nuts | Dr. Herbert A. Morrison | FLOP | |
| 1978 | Girlfriends | Rabbi Gold | HIT | |
| 1974 | Crazy Joe | Don Vittorio | FLOP | |
| 1973 | Cinderella Liberty | Lynn Forshay | HIT | |
| 1971 | Paradise Lost | Leo Gordon | HIT | |
| 1970 | Zig Zag | Mario Gambretti | HIT | |
| 1969 | Mackenna's Gold | Ben Baker | HIT | |
| 1969 | The Brain | Frankie Scannapieco, godfather of the Italian mafia | HIT | |
| 1968 | Ace High | Cacopoulos | HIT | |
| 1966 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | Tuco Ramirez | HIT | |
| 1966 | How to Steal a Million | Davis Leland | HIT | |
| 1965 | Lord Jim | The General | HIT | |
| 1964 | Kisses for My President | Raphael Valdez Jr. | HIT | |
| 1963 | The Victors | Sgt. Craig | FLOP | |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won | Charlie Gant | HIT | |
| 1961 | The Misfits | Guido | HIT | |
| 1960 | The Magnificent Seven | Calvera | HIT | |
| 1960 | Seven Thieves | Poncho | HIT | |
| 1958 | The Lineup | Dancer | HIT | |
| 1956 | Baby Doll | Silva Vacarro | HIT |