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Eli Wallach

Eli Herschel Wallach made his film debut in Baby Doll (1956) and went on to appear in more than 90 films in a career that spanned seven decades. He is remembered for films such as The Lineup (1958), The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Misfits (1961) opposite Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe in their final film appearances, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), How to Steal a Million (1966), Cinderella Liberty (1973) and The Godfather: Part III (1990).

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Filmography

The Holiday

2006
as Arthur Abbott

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

1966
as Tuco

Mystic River

2003
as Mr. Loonie - Liquor Store Owner

The Godfather: Part III

1990
as Don Altobello

Batman

1966
as Mr. Freeze

Movie Movie

1978
as Vince Marlow / Pop

Honey Sweet Love

1994
as Don Siro

Little Italy

1978
as Gerolamo Giarra

The Lineup

1958
as Dancer

Rita

2003

How the West Was Won

1962
as Charlie Gant

Anatomy of an Illness

1984
as Dr. William Hitzig

Our Family Honor

1985

The Hoax

2006
as Noah Dietrich

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

1998
as Deluca

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

2003
as Other voices

Vote and Die: Liszt for President

2008
as Joe Nightingale

Tough Guys

1986
as Leon B. Little

The Gift of the Magi

1958
as Narrator

Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things

2006
as Eli Wallach

Cinderella Liberty

1973
as Lynn Forshay

Night and the City

1992
as Peck

The Two Jakes

1990
as Cotton Weinberger

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King

2003
as Eli Wallach

Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome

1996
as Self - Actor

The Impossible Spy

1987
as Yacov

Great Performances - Making 'The Misfits

2002
as Eli Wallach

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

1985
as Dr. Huffman

Sam's Son

1984
as Sam Orowitz

The Angel Levine

1970
as Deli clerk

The War

2007

The Misfits

1961
as Guido

A Taste Of Jupiter

2005
as Arturo

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

1990
as Himself

The People Next Door

1970
as Arthur Mason

Lord Jim

1965
as Der General

Firepower

1979
as Sal Hyman

The Executioner's Song

1982
as Vern Damico

Winter Kills

1979
as Joe Diamond

Indict and Convict

1974
as DeWitt Foster

The Associate

1996
as Donald Fallon

Baby Doll

1956
as Silva Vacarro

Girlfriends

1978
as Rabbi Gold

The Ghost Writer

2010
as Old man

Le Cerveau

1969
as Frankie Scannapieco

The Easter Egg Adventure

2004
as Narrator (voice)

Act One

1963
as Warren Stone

The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters

1994
as Eli Wallach

Crazy Joe

1974
as Don Vittorio

Mackenna's Gold

1969
as Ben Baker

I sogni nel mirino

2002
as Eli Wallach

Vendetta II: The New Mafia

1993
as Frank Latella

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

1968
as Harry Hunter

The Domino Principle

1977
as General Tom Reser

Leone's West

2004
as Eli Wallach

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

2010
as Julie Steinhardt

The Tiger Makes Out

1967
as Ben Harris

Article 99

1992
as Sam Abrams

Shoot First… Ask Questions Later

1975
as Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack

A Lovely Way to Die

1968
as Tennessee Fredericks

Mistress

1992
as George Lieberhof

A Cold Night's Death

1973
as Frank Enari

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

2005
as Himself - Interviewee

I, Don Quixote

1959
as Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant

Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey

1995
as Narrator

Biography: Tennessee Williams - Wounded Genius

1998
as Self

Fugitive Family

1980
as Olan Vacio

The Typists

1971
as Paul Cunningham

The Adventures of Gerard

1970
as Napoleon Bonaparte

The Train

2015
as Andre

Showing Up

2014
as Himself

Don't Turn the Other Cheek

1971
as Maz Lozoya

I quattro dell'Ave Maria

1968
as Cacopoulos

Keeping the Faith

2000
as Rabbi Ben Lewis

20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years

1997
as Eli Wallach

Circle of Iron

1978
as Man-in-Oil

The Salamander

1981
as General Leporello

Stateline Motel

1973
as Joe

Romance of a Horsethief

1971
as Kifke

Zig Zag

1970
as Mario Gambretti

The Real James Dean

2006
as Eli Wallach

How to Steal a Million

1966
as Davis Leland

The Victors

1963
as Sgt. Craig

Nasty Habits

1977
as Monsignor

The Sentinel

1977
as Detective Gatz

The Hunter

1980
as Ritchie Blumenthal

Plot of Fear

1976
as Peter Struwwel

Monday Night Mayhem

2002
as Leonard Goldenson

Skokie

1981
as Bert Silverman

Seven Thieves

1960
as Poncho

Broadway: The Golden Age

2003
as Himself

The Magnificent Seven

1960
as Calvera

The Search for Dracula

1996
as Narrator

New York, I Love You

2008
as Abe (segment "Joshua Marston")

The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation

2005
as Father

James Dean: Sense Memories

2005
as Eli Wallach

The Donner Party

1992
as George McKinstry

Poppies Are Also Flowers

1966
as 'Happy' Locarno

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

1992
as Bill Presser

Genghis Khan

1965
as Shah of Khwarezm

O. Henry´s Christmas

1996
as Behrman (segment "The Last Leaf")

Mama's Boy

2007
as Seymour Warburton

The Deep

1977
as Adam Coffin

Nuts

1987
as Dr. Herbert A. Morrison

The Moon-Spinners

1964
as Stratos

Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man

1962
as John

Two Much

1995
as Sheldon

Kisses For My President

1964
as Raphael Valdez Jr.

The Pride of Jesse Hallam

1981
as Sal Galucci

Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

2009
as Mordechai Rossman

In the Name of Democracy

2009
as Narrator

Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'

2000
as Self

Producer

Movie The Tiger Makes Out 1967

Guest Star

Episode Playhouse 90
The Plot to Kill Stalin 		1958
Episode Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Donna Mills, Eli Wallach, Bug Lady 		1993
Episode The Education of Max Bickford
One More Time 		2002
Episode Batman
Ice Spy 		1967
Episode Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
The Wrap Party 		2006
Episode The Job
Betrayal 		2002
Episode Batman
The Duo Defy 		1967
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Eli Wallach, Hector Elizando 		1992
Episode The Dick Powell Show
Tomorrow The Man 		1962
Episode Naked City
A Run for the Money 		1962
Episode Murder, She Wrote
A Very Good Year for Murder 		1988
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Don Rickles, Eli Wallach, Colleen Mcullough, Lou Brock 		1977
Episode Law & Order
The Working Stiff 		1992
Episode What's My Line?
Cast of Broadway Hit 'LUV' 		1965
Episode Whoopi
American Woman 		2004
Episode The Education of Max Bickford
I Never Schlunged My Father 		2002
Episode 100 Centre Street
Kids (1) 		2001
Episode Nurse Jackie
Chicken Soup 		2009
Episode Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Compliments of the Season 		1975
Episode The Education of Max Bickford
Genesis 		2002
Episode Tales of the Unexpected
Shatterproof 		1981
Episode Naked City
A Death of Princes 		1960
Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
Kandinsky's Vault 		1988