Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

December 6, 1915 (109 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eli Wallach, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation

Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'

The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'

Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

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

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

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