
Born 1915 — Died 2014
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 …
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Rat Pack(2022)
as Self (archive footage)

The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone(2020)
as Osvaldo Altobello

The Train(2015)
as Andre

Showing Up(2014)
as Self

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps(2010)
as Julie Steinhardt

Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber(2010)
as Mordechai Rossman (voice)

The Ghost Writer(2010)
as Old man

In the Name of Democracy(2009)
as Narrator

The Toe Tactic(2009)
as Maestro

New York, I Love You(2008)
as Abe

Il falso bugiardo(2008)
as Self (archive footage)

Vote and Die: Liszt for President(2008)
as Joe Nightingale

Mama's Boy(2007)
as Seymour Warburton

Brando(2007)
as Self

The Holiday(2006)
as Arthur

The Hoax(2006)
as Noah Dietrich

The Real James Dean(2006)
as Self

Baby Doll: See No Evil(2006)
as Self

Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things(2006)
as Self

The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'(2006)
as Self

A Taste Of Jupiter(2005)
as Arturo

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool(2005)
as Self

James Dean: Sense Memories(2005)
as Self

The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation(2005)
as Father

The Easter Egg Adventure(2004)
as Narrator (voice)

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson(2004)
as Other Voices (voice)

King of the Corner(2004)
as Sol Spivak

Leone's West(2004)
as Self

Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'(2004)
as Self

Por un puñado de sueños(2004)
as Self - Interviewee

Mystic River(2003)
as Mr. Loonie (uncredited)

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip(2003)
as Other Voices (voice)

Rita(2003)
as Self

The Education of Gore Vidal(2003)
as Self

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There(2003)
as Self

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King(2003)
as Self / Narrator

Making 'The Misfits'(2002)
as Self

Cinerama Adventure(2002)
as Self

Monday Night Mayhem(2002)
as Leonard Goldenson

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows(2000)
as Self

Uninvited(2000)
as Alan Strasser

Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'(2000)
as Self

Keeping the Faith(2000)
as Rabbi Ben Lewis

The Bookfair Murders(2000)
as Erich Schmidt

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet(1998)
as Deluca

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann(1997)
as Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years(1997)
as Self

The Associate(1996)
as Donald Fallon

O. Henry's Christmas(1996)
as Behrman ("The Last Leaf")

Honey Sweet Love(1996)
as Don Siro

Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome(1996)
as Self

The Search for Dracula(1996)
as Narrator

Two Much(1995)
as Sheldon

James Dean: A Portrait(1995)
as Self

Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey(1995)
as Narrator

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King(1995)
as Self

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein(1994)
as Narrator

Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess(1994)
as Self
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed(1994)
as Self

The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters(1994)
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Vendetta II: The New Mafia(1993)
as Frank Latella
Lincoln(1992)
as William Crook (voice)

The Donner Party(1992)
as voice

The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980(1992)
as Don Altobello

Night and the City(1992)
as Peck

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story(1992)
as Bill Presser

Mistress(1992)
as George Lieberhof

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems(1992)
as (voice)

Legacy of Lies(1992)
as Moses Resnick

Article 99(1992)
as Sam Abrams

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes(1992)
as (voice)
Terezin Diary(1991)
as Narrator

Coney Island(1991)
as Self - Actor

The Godfather Part III(1990)
as Don Altobello
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret(1990)
as Self

The Two Jakes(1990)
as Cotton Weinberger

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside(1990)
as Self / Don Altobello

Hello Actors Studio(1988)
as Self

An Empire of Reason(1988)
as Anti-Federalist Spokesman

Funny(1988)
as Self

Hollywood Uncensored(1987)
as Self

The Impossible Spy(1987)
as Yacov

Nuts(1987)
as Dr. Herbert A. Morrison

Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV(1987)
as Self - Host
Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland(1987)
as Narrator (voice)

Something in Common(1986)
as Norman Voss

Tough Guys(1986)
as Leon B. Little

Rocket to the Moon(1986)
as Mr. Prince

Murder: By Reason of Insanity(1985)
as Dr. Huffman

Embassy(1985)
as Joe Verga

Sam's Son(1984)
as Sam Orowitz

Anatomy of an Illness(1984)
as Dr. William Hitzig

The Executioner's Song(1982)
as Vern Damico

The Wall(1982)
as Mauritzi Apt

Skokie(1981)
as Bert Silverman

The Salamander(1981)
as General Leporello

The Pride of Jesse Hallam(1981)
as Sal Galucci

Fugitive Family(1980)
as Olan Vacio

Guri(1980)

The Hunter(1980)
as Ritchie Blumenthal

Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush(1980)
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Winter Kills(1979)
as Joe Diamond

Firepower(1979)
as Sal Hyman

The Pirate(1978)
as Ben Ezra

Movie Movie(1978)
as Vince Marlow / Pop

Little Italy(1978)
as Don Gerolamo Giarra

Girlfriends(1978)
as Rabbi Gold

Circle of Iron(1978)
as Man-in-Oil

The Deep(1977)
as Adam Coffin

The Domino Principle(1977)
as Gen. Reser

Nasty Habits(1977)
as Monsignor

The Sentinel(1977)
as Detective Gatz

Plot of Fear(1976)
as Peter Struwwel

Independence(1976)
as Benjamin Franklin

Eye of the Cat(1975)
as Cesare

The White, The Yellow, and The Black(1975)
as Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack

Houston, We've Got a Problem(1974)
as Narrator (voice)

Crazy Joe(1974)
as Don Vittorio

Indict and Convict(1974)
as DeWitt Foster

Cinderella Liberty(1973)
as Lynn Forshay

Stateline Motel(1973)
as Joe

A Cold Night's Death(1973)
as Frank Enari

Don't Turn the Other Cheek(1971)
as Maz Lozoya

The Typists(1971)
as Paul Cunningham

Romance of a Horsethief(1971)
as Kifke

Paradise Lost(1971)
as Leo Gordon

The People Next Door(1970)
as Arthur Mason

The Angel Levine(1970)
as Delicatessen Clerk

The Adventures of Gerard(1970)
as Napoleon Bonaparte

Zig Zag(1970)
as Mario Gambretti

The Reason Why(1970)
as Charles

Mackenna's Gold(1969)
as Ben Baker

The Brain(1969)
as Frankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian Mafia

Ace High(1968)
as Cacopoulos

A Lovely Way to Die(1968)
as Tennessee Fredericks

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life(1968)
as Harry Hunter

The Tiger Makes Out(1967)
as Ben Harris
The Owl Who Gave a Hoot(1967)
as Mr. Owl (voice)

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly(1966)
as Tuco Ramirez

How to Steal a Million(1966)
as Davis Leland

The Poppy Is Also a Flower(1966)
as 'Happy' Locarno

Genghis Khan(1965)
as Shah of Khwarezm

Lord Jim(1965)In catalog
as The General

Kisses for My President(1964)
as Raphael Valdez Jr.

The Moon-Spinners(1964)
as Stratos

Act One(1963)
as Warren Stone

The Victors(1963)
as Sgt. Craig

How the West Was Won(1962)
as Charlie Gant

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man(1962)
as John

The Misfits(1961)
as Guido

The Magnificent Seven(1960)
as Calvera

Seven Thieves(1960)
as Poncho

Lullaby(1960)
as Johnny Horton
I, Don Quixote(1959)
as Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant

For Whom the Bell Tolls(1959)
as Rafael

The Gift of the Magi(1958)
as Narrator

The Plot to Kill Stalin(1958)
as Poskrebyshev

The Lineup(1958)
as Dancer

The Lark(1957)
as Dauphin

Baby Doll(1956)
as Silva Vacarro
The Yidishe Gauchos
as Narrator
Eli Wallachhasn’t been picked in any published slate yet.

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip(2006)
as Eli Weinraub