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.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Honorary Award · 2010
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series · 1967
- BAFTA Award — Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles · 1957
- Theatre World Award · 1951
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actor in a Play · 1951
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- American Campaign Medal
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
- Donaldson Awards
- Ellis Island Medal of Honor
- European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
- Good Conduct Medal
- World War II Victory Medal
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series · 2010 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series · 2007 · nominated
- Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Actor in a Play · 1998 · nominated
- Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play · 1993 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1987 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series · 1967 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles · 1957 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 1956 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The West
Reading Rainbow
The War
Coney Island
ER
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Mystic River
Kisses for My President
Baseball
Murder, She Wrote
How to Steal a Million
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Magnificent Seven
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
The Godfather Part III
Highway to Heaven
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Law & Order
Batman
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Kojak
Nurse Jackie
The Holiday
The Easter Egg Adventure
The Donner Party
Anatomy of an Illness
How the West Was Won
The Misfits
Baby Doll
What's My Line?
The Ghost Writer
Tales of the Unexpected
Lord Jim
The Ed Sullivan Show
Girlfriends
Cinderella Liberty
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Mackenna's Gold
Seven Thieves
Ace High
Shirley Temple's Storybook
The Victors
The Hoax
The Associate
Nuts
Act One
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