Eli Wallach

<html> <head> <title>Eli Wallach</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/735/000022669/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0>Eli Wallach<img src="wallach.jpg" height=239 width=250 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Eli Wallach">Born: <a href="/lists/859/000106541/" class=proflink>7-Dec</a>-<a href="/lists/914/000105599/" class=proflink>1915</a> Birthplace: <a href="/geo/436/000069229/" class=proflink>Brooklyn, NY</a> Died: <a href="/lists/062/000106741/" class=proflink>24-Jun</a>-<a href="/lists/640/000378503/" class=proflink>2014</a> Location of death: <a href="/geo/592/000069385/" class=proflink>Manhattan, NY</a> Cause of death: unspecified Gender: Male Religion: <a href="/lists/875/000071662/" class=proflink>Jewish</a> Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: ActorNationality: United States Executive summary: The Magnificent SevenMilitary service: US Army (1940-45, Captain)At his death in 2014, Eli Wallach was among the oldest old-time Hollywood actors who were still working. He played Tuco ("the ugly") in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly with <a href="/people/849/000022783/">Clint Eastwood</a>, the train robber in the all-star How the West was Won, the leader of the bandits in The Magnificent Seven with <a href="/people/459/000026381/">Yul Brynner</a> and <a href="">(ambiguous link, Steve McQueen)</a>, and a heartbroken mechanic in The Misfits with <a href="/people/156/000027075/">Clark Gable</a> and <a href="/people/219/000022153/">Marilyn Monroe</a>. He played Don Altobello, the cunning competitor to the Corleone family in The Godfather: Part III, and he was the blind hitman in Tough Guys with <a href="/people/524/000024452/">Kirk Douglas</a> and <a href="/people/938/000031845/">Burt Lancaster</a>. His first film, which Wallach considered his best, was <a href="/people/537/000026459/">Elia Kazan</a>'s Baby Doll with <a href="/people/553/000022487/">Karl Malden</a> and <a href="/people/810/000091537/">Carroll Baker</a>. Wallach grew up poor and Jewish in an Italian neighborhood of Brooklyn. Appearing in a school play at 15, he knew he would be an actor. After college and Army duty, he was one of the early practitioners of method acting, studying at the Actors Studio with <a href="/people/721/000022655/">Marlon Brando</a>, <a href="/people/226/000042100/">Patricia Neal</a>, <a href="/people/920/000043791/">Montgomery Clift</a>, and <a href="/people/972/000031879/">Kevin McCarthy</a>. As a young, struggling actor, when he got a role in a road show, he sublet his apartment to Brando, who, Wallach complained years later, was often late with the rent. He made his Broadway debut in Skydrift in 1945, opposite <a href="/people/463/000023394/">Rita Moreno</a>, also making her first New York appearance. The play bombed and closed within a week. Wallach won a Tony for The Rose Tattoo in 1951 with <a href="/people/376/000032280/">Maureen Stapleton</a>, and an Obie Award in 1963 for The Typists and the The Tiger, costarring his wife. He won an Emmy for the UN-funded anti-drug film The Poppy Is Also a Flower in 1967. Wallach was known as a Hollywood actor, but he always lived in New York. He married <a href="/people/588/000132192/">Anne Jackson</a>, an actress he met in those drama workshops, and they worked together in numerous plays and films. Wallach said that he and his wife were lucky to find scripts where their characters argued, as it kept their marriage healthy. They remained married for life, and Wallach was never arrested, never scandalized. He was paid $350 to play Mr Freeze on TV's Batman, and was astounded when he read that <a href="/people/685/000022619/">Arnold Schwarzenegger</a> was paid $20 million to play the same character in the disastrous Batman & Robin. After Wallach grumbled about the injustice of it all, his wife offered sound advice: "Lift weights". After Wallach told that story on a few talk shows in 2005, promoting his autobiography, The Good, the Bad, and Me, he received an unexpected package from Gov. Schwarzenegger -- a small set of ten-pound barbells. Father: Abraham Wallach Mother: Bertha Schorr Wife: <a href="/people/588/000132192/">Anne Jackson</a> (actress, m. 5-Mar-1948, one son, two daughters) Son: Peter D. Wallach (movie industry, b. 20-Feb-1951) Daughter: Roberta L. Wallach (actress, b. 2-Aug-1955) Daughter: Katherine B. Wallach (actress, b. 13-Jul-1958)     High School: <a href="/edu/014/000083762/">Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, NY (1932)</a>     University: <a href="/edu/364/000082118/">BA, University of Texas at Austin (1936)</a>     University: <a href="/edu/691/000068487/">MS Education, City College of New York (1938)</a>     <a href="/honors/859/000044727/">Tony</a> 1951     <a href="/honors/534/000044402/">Emmy</a> 1966     <a href="/honors/466/000060286/">Oscar (honorary)</a> 2010, for lifetime achievement     <a href="/org/379/000167875/">Al Franken for Senate</a>     <a href="/lists/937/000043808/">Polish Ancestry</a>     <a href="/lists/481/000045346/">Jewish Ancestry</a>     Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/352/000083103/">Marijuana</a>     TELEVISION     <a href="/tv/419/000138005/">The Education of Max Bickford</a> Jay Bickford (2002)     <a href="/tv/734/000348687/">Our Family Honor</a> Vincent Danzig (1985-86)     FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR     <a href="/films/806/000253047/">Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (14-May-2010)</a> · Julie Steinhardt     <a href="/films/057/000215409/">The Ghost Writer (12-Feb-2010)</a> · Old Man     <a href="/films/165/000274340/">Tickling Leo (25-Jul-2009)</a>     <a href="/films/168/000208541/">New York, I Love You (5-Feb-2009)</a> · Abe     <a href="/films/154/000204539/">Mama's Boy (30-Nov-2007)</a>     <a href="/films/410/000387246/">Constantine's Sword (24-Jun-2007)</a> [VOICE]     <a href="/films/510/000129123/">The Holiday (5-Dec-2006)</a>     <a href="/films/845/000130455/">The Hoax (15-Oct-2006)</a>     <a href="/films/589/000085334/">Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (4-Sep-2004)</a> [VOICE]     <a href="/films/019/000130626/">King of the Corner (2004)</a> · Sol Spivak     <a href="/films/302/000253540/">Broadway: The Golden Age (Apr-2003)</a> · Himself     <a href="/films/408/000091135/">Monday Night Mayhem (14-Jan-2002)</a>     <a href="/films/619/000269809/">The Bookfair Murders (9-Apr-2000)</a>     <a href="/films/602/000037491/">Keeping the Faith (5-Apr-2000)</a>     <a href="/films/600/000040480/">Uninvited (26-Nov-1999)</a>     <a href="/films/278/000043149/">The Associate (25-Oct-1996)</a> · Fallon     <a href="/films/903/000040783/">Two Much (15-Mar-1996)</a>     <a href="/films/357/000088093/">Baseball (18-Sep-1994)</a> · Himself     <a href="/films/090/000040967/">Night and the City (16-Oct-1992)</a>     <a href="/films/550/000088286/">Mistress (29-Apr-1992)</a> · George Lieberhoff     <a href="/films/286/000042160/">Article 99 (13-Mar-1992)</a> · Sam Abrams     <a href="/films/471/000034369/">The Godfather: Part III (25-Dec-1990)</a>     <a href="/films/823/000032727/">The Two Jakes (10-Aug-1990)</a> · Cotton Weinberger     <a href="/films/297/000034195/">Nuts (20-Nov-1987)</a> · Dr. Herbert A. Morrison     <a href="/films/636/000034534/">Tough Guys (3-Oct-1986)</a>     <a href="/films/263/000243531/">Christopher Columbus (7-Mar-1985)</a>     <a href="/films/561/000205943/">Sam's Son (17-Aug-1984)</a>     <a href="/films/184/000067980/">The Executioner's Song (10-Sep-1982)</a>     <a href="/films/125/000213483/">Skokie (17-Nov-1981)</a>     <a href="/films/190/000107866/">The Pride of Jesse Hallam (3-Mar-1981)</a>     <a href="/films/268/000259488/">The Salamander (1981)</a>     <a href="/films/193/000041070/">The Hunter (1-Aug-1980)</a>     <a href="/films/134/000071918/">Winter Kills (11-May-1979)</a>     <a href="/films/471/000033372/">Firepower (27-Apr-1979)</a>     <a href="/films/150/000071934/">Circle of Iron (14-Dec-1978)</a>     <a href="/films/258/000033159/">Movie Movie (Nov-1978)</a>     <a href="/films/304/000042178/">Girlfriends (Aug-1978)</a>     <a href="/films/644/000036536/">Nasty Habits (10-Oct-1977)</a>     <a href="/films/460/000038346/">The Domino Principle (25-Jul-1977)</a>     <a href="/films/437/000038323/">The Deep (17-Jun-1977)</a> · Adam Coffin     <a href="/films/471/000038357/">The Sentinel (7-Jan-1977)</a> · Det. Gatz     <a href="/films/148/000071932/">Cinderella Liberty (7-Apr-1974)</a>     <a href="/films/733/000032637/">Crazy Joe (15-Feb-1974)</a>     <a href="/films/833/000254071/">Don't Turn the Other Cheek (22-Dec-1971)</a>     <a href="/films/243/000230550/">Romance of a Horsethief (1971)</a>     <a href="/films/616/000035511/">The People Next Door (26-Aug-1970)</a>     <a href="/films/523/000252764/">The Angel Levine (28-Jul-1970)</a> · Delicatessen Clerk     <a href="/films/280/000252521/">The Adventures of Gerard (Jan-1970)</a> · Napoleon     <a href="/films/680/000254915/">Zigzag (1970)</a> · Mario Gambretti     <a href="/films/411/000042285/">Mackenna's Gold (18-Mar-1969)</a> · Ben Baker     <a href="/films/663/000131270/">The Brain (7-Mar-1969)</a>     <a href="/films/576/000131183/">Ace High (31-Oct-1968)</a>     <a href="/films/861/000257090/">A Lovely Way to Die (6-May-1968)</a>     <a href="/films/304/000161818/">How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (17-Jan-1968)</a>     <a href="/films/456/000238739/">The Tiger Makes Out (18-Aug-1967)</a>     <a href="/films/986/000032890/">The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (23-Dec-1966)</a> · Tuco -- The Ugly     <a href="/films/802/000036694/">How to Steal a Million (13-Jul-1966)</a> · Davis Leland     <a href="/films/051/000032952/">The Poppy Is Also a Flower (22-Apr-1966)</a>     <a href="/films/586/000034484/">Genghis Khan (15-Apr-1965)</a>     <a href="/films/914/000039797/">Lord Jim (25-Feb-1965)</a> · The General     <a href="/films/764/000231071/">Kisses for My President (21-Aug-1964)</a> · Valdez     <a href="/films/716/000037605/">The Moon-Spinners (2-Jul-1964)</a>     <a href="/films/281/000227597/">Act One (26-Dec-1963)</a> · Warren Stone     <a href="/films/735/000034633/">The Victors (22-Nov-1963)</a>     <a href="/films/375/000034273/">How the West Was Won (1-Nov-1962)</a> · Charlie Gant     <a href="/films/116/000129726/">Adventures of a Young Man (18-Jul-1962)</a>     <a href="/films/813/000035708/">The Misfits (1-Feb-1961)</a> · Guido     <a href="/films/617/000032521/">The Magnificent Seven (23-Oct-1960)</a> · Calvera     <a href="/films/157/000107833/">Seven Thieves (11-Mar-1960)</a> · Poncho     <a href="/films/234/000081988/">The Lineup (11-Jun-1958)</a>     <a href="/films/150/000064955/">Baby Doll (18-Dec-1956)</a> · Silva Vacarro Author of books: The Good, The Bad, And Me: In My Anecdotage (<tt>2005</tt>, memoir) <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;">New! <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=22669"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=22669">Eli Wallach</a></td> </tr> </table> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript. 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