The following is the filmography and credits for American actor Eli Wallach (December 7, 1915 – June 24, 2014). He started acting in 1945 and is known for his film roles as Calvera in The Magnificent Seven (1960), Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Napoleon in The Adventures of Gerard (1970), Cotton Weinberger in The Two Jakes (1990), Don Altobello in The Godfather Part III (1990), Donald Fallon in The Associate (1996), Arthur Abbott in The Holiday (2006), Noah Dietrich in The Hoax (2007), and Julie Steinhardt in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), which was the last film he appeared in before retiring in 2010.
He has also appeared in numerous television series, most known for playing Mr. Freeze in two episodes of Batman in 1967.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1956Baby DollSilva Vacarro1958The LineupDancer 1960Seven ThievesPancho 1960The Magnificent SevenCalvera1961The MisfitsGuido 1962Hemingway's Adventures of a Young ManJohn1962How the West Was WonCharlie Gant 1963The VictorsSergeant Craig 1963Act OneWarren Stone 1964The Moon-SpinnersStratos1964Kisses for My PresidentRaphael Valdez Jr.1965Lord JimThe General 1965Genghis Khan The Shah of Khwarezm1966The Poppy Is Also a Flower'Happy' Locarno1966How to Steal a MillionDavis Leland 1966The Good, the Bad and the UglyTuco Ramirez1967The Tiger Makes OutBen HarrisAlso producer 1968How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your LifeHarry Hunter 1968 A Lovely Way to Die Tennessee Fredericks1968Ace HighCacopoulos1969The BrainFrankie Scannapieco 1969Mackenna's GoldBen Baker 1970Zig ZagMario Gambretti1970The Adventures of GerardNapoleon Bonaparte1970The Angel LevineDelicatessen Clerk1970 The People Next DoorArthur Mason 1971Romance of a HorsethiefKifke 1971Long Live Your DeathMax LozoyaCredited as Ely Wallach1973Stateline MotelJoe 1973Cinderella LibertyLynn Forshay 1974Crazy JoeDon Vittorio1975Shoot First... Ask Questions LaterSheriff Edward Gideon a.k.a. Black Jack1975L'chaim: to Life 1975Eye of the CatCesare1976 IndependenceBenjamin FranklinShort1976Plot of FearPietro Riccio 1977The SentinelDetective Gatz1977Nasty HabitsMonsignor 1977The Domino PrincipleGeneral Reser1977The DeepAdam Coffin1978Circle of IronMan-in-Oil1978GirlfriendsRabbi Aaron Gold 1978Little ItalyGerolamo GiarraCredited as Ely Wallach1978Movie MovieVince Marlow / Pop 1979FirepowerSal Hyman1979Winter KillsJoe Diamond 1980Guri1980The HunterRitchie Blumenthal1981The SalamanderGeneral Leporello1984Sam's SonSam Orowitz 1986Tough GuysLeon B. Little 1987NutsDr. Herbert A. Morrison 1990The Two JakesCotton Weinberger1990The Godfather Part III Don Osvaldo Altobello1992Article 99Sam Abrams1992MistressGeorge Lieberhof 1992Night and the CityPeck1994Honey Sweet Love...Don Siro 1995Elia Kazan: A Director's JourneyNarratorDocumentary 1995Two MuchSheldon Dodge1996The AssociateDonald Fallon1996Larry's VisitShort 1998The Devil's TwilightBrooklyn ShopkeeperShort1999UninvitedAlan Strasser2000Keeping the FaithRabbi Ben Lewis2002Monday Night MayhemLeonard Goldenson2002Advice and DissentThe Rebbe Short2003Mystic RiverMr. Loonie, Liquor Store OwnerUncredited 2003The Root2004King of the CornerSol Spivak 2004The Easter Egg AdventureNarratorVoice2005A Taste of JupiterArturo 2005The Moon and the Son: An Imagined ConversationFatherVoice; Short2006The HoaxNoah Dietrich2006The HolidayArthur Abbott 2006Pola Negri: Life Is a Dream in CinemaHimselfDocumentary2006Brand upon the Brain!Narrator (Live recording)Voice2007Mama's BoySeymour Warburton2008Liszt For PresidentJoe Nightingale 2008The Toe Tactic Maestro2008New York, I Love You AbeSegment: "Joshua Marston"2009Tickling LeoEmil Pikler 2010The Ghost WriterOld Man 2010Wall Street: Money Never SleepsJulius Steinhardt 2015The Train AndreShort film; posthumous release
Television Year Title Role Notes 1949–1955 The Philco Television PlayhouseNacho4 episodes 1951Lights Out Episode: "Rappaccini's Daughter" 1952Studio OnePeter Hendon2 episodes 1952The WebEpisode: "Deadlock" 1956The Kaiser Aluminum HourCristofEpisode: "A Fragile Affair" 1957The Seven Lively ArtsAd Francis Episode: "The World of Nick Adams" 1958 Climax!Albert AnastasiaEpisode: "Albert Anastasia, His Life & Death" 1958SuspicionEpisode: "The Death of Paul Dane" 1958Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseRaymond Perez Episode: "My Father, The Fool" 1958Shirley Temple's StorybookSimon Episode: "The Emperor's New Clothes" 1958Playhouse 90Rafael / Poskrebyshev4 episodes 1959DuPont Show of the MonthSancho Panza / Cervantes' ManservantEpisode: "I, Don Quixote" 1960The Play of the WeekJohnny HortonEpisode: "Lullaby" 1960–1962Naked CityGeorgie / Detective Bane2 episodes 1962The Dick Powell ShowManny JacobsEpisode: "Tomorrow, the Man" 1962OutlawsSheriff Ned DeversEpisode: "A Bit of Glory" 1967CBS Playhouse Douglas LambertEpisode: "Dear Friends" 1967BatmanVictor Fries/Mr. Freeze2 episodes 1971The Young LawyersJames Johnson ScottEpisode: "Legal Maneuver" 1974Great PerformancesLeoEpisode: "Paradise Lost" 1974Orson Welles Great MysteriesFuzzyEpisode: "Compliments of the Season" 1975 KojakLee Curtin Episode: "A Question of Answers" 1977Seventh AvenueGus Farber Miniseries 1981Tales of the UnexpectedGerry WilliamsEpisode: "Shatterproof" 1985Christopher Columbus Father Hernando De TalaveraMiniseries 1985–1986Our Family HonorVincent Danzig13 episodes 1986American PlayhouseMr. Prince Episode: "Rocket to the Moon" 1987Highway to HeavenGene Malloy / Tim Charles2 episodes 1987Worlds BeyondCharles Episode: "The Black Tomb" 1988Murder, She WroteSalvatore GambiniEpisode: "A Very Good Year for Murder " 1989Alfred Hitchcock PresentsYosef KandinskyEpisode: "Kandinsky's Vault" 1989CBS Schoolbreak Special Ira Abrams Episode: "A Matter of Conscience" 1991L.A. LawJudge Adam Biel Episode: "There Goes the Judge" 1992Law & OrderSimon VilanisEpisode: "The Working Stiff" 1993TribecaJoeEpisode: "Stepping Back" 2001100 Center StreetJoe Franlangelo Episode: "Kids: Part 1" 2002The Education of Max BickfordJay Bickford, Max's Father3 episodes 2003Veritas: The QuestRabbi Episode: "The Name of God" 2003WhoopiNorman Episode: "American Woman" 2003ERMr. Langston Episode: "A Boy Falling Out of the Sky" 2005Stroker and HoopNarrator Episode: "I Saw Stroker Killing Santa" 2006Studio 60 on the Sunset StripEli Weinraub Episode: "The Wrap Party" 2009 Nurse JackieBernard ZimbergEpisode: "Chicken Soup"
Television films Year Title Role Notes 1957The LarkDauphin 1958The Gift of the Magi Narrator 1958Where Is Thy BrotherDan 1971The TypistsPaul Cunningham 1973A Cold Night's DeathFrank Enari 1974Indict and Convict DeWitt Foster 197620 Shades of Pink 1978The PirateBen Ezra 1980Fugitive Family 1981The Pride of Jesse HallamSal Galucci1981SkokieBert Silverman 1982The WallMauritzi Apt 1982The Executioner's SongUncle Vern Damico 1984Anatomy of an IllnessDr. William Hitzig 1985EmbassyJoe Verga 1985Murder: By Reason of InsanityDr. Huffman1986Something In CommonNorman Voss 1987The Impossible SpyYacov 1990Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia BrideFrank LatellaAka Bride of Violence 1992Legacy of LiesMoses Resnick 1992Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser StoryBill Presser 1993Vendetta II: The New MafiaFrank LatellaAka Bride of Violence 2 1996O. Henry's ChristmasBehrmansegment "The Last Leaf"1998Naked City: Justice with a BulletDeluca 2000The Bookfair MurdersErich Schmidt 2002Monday Night MayhemLeonard Goldenson
Documentaries Year Title Role Notes 1987Hollywood UncensoredHimself 1989FunnyHimself 2002Cinerama AdventureHimself 2003Broadway: The Golden AgeHimself 2007Constantine's SwordPiero Terracina (voice) 2007The WarReaderMiniseries (1 episode "When Things Get Tough") 2009The National Parks: America's Best Idea ReaderMiniseries (3 episodes) 2014The RooseveltsReaderMiniseries (2 episodes)
Theatre Year Title Role Venue Refs1945SkydriftCrew ChiefBroadway; November 1945 1946 King Henry VIIICromwellBroadway; November 1946 - February 1947 1946What Every Woman KnowsEnsembleBroadway; November 1946 - February 1947 1946 Androcles and the LionSpinthoBroadway; December 1946 - February 1947 1946This Property Is CondemnedEquity Library Theatre 1947 Yellow JackBuschBroadway; February 1947 - March 1947 1947 Alice in WonderlandDuck, Two of Spades, Other voicesBroadway; April 1947 - June 1947 1947 Antony and CleopatraDiomedesBroadway; November 1947 - March 1948 1948 Mister RobertsStefanowski - ReplacementFebruary 1948 - January 1951 1950 The Lady from the SeaBallestedAugust 1950 1951 The Rose TattooAlvaro Mangiacavallo February 1951 - October 1951 1953 Camino RealKilroyMarch 1953 - May 1953 1953 The Teahouse of the August Moon Sakini - ReplacementOctober 1953 - March 1956 1954 Mademoiselle ColombeJulienJanuary 1954 - February 1954 1956 Major BarbaraBill WalkerOctober 1956 - May 1957 1958 The Chairs and The LessonOld ManJanuary 1958 1958 The Cold Wind And The WarmWillie LavinDecember 1958 - March 1959 1961 RhinocerosBerrengerJanuary 1961 - August 1961 1964 LuvMilt ManvilleNovember 1964 - January 1967 1968 StaircaseCharles DyerJanuary 1968 - March 1968 1972 Promenade, All!Ollie H / WesleyApril 1972 - May 1972 1973 The Waltz of the ToreadorsGeneral St. PéSeptember 1973 - November 1973 1974 Saturday Sunday MondayPeppinoNovember 1974 1976The House of Blue Leaves 1978The Diary of Anne FrankOtto Frank 1982 Twice Around the ParkLeon Rose / Gus FrazierNovember 1982 - February 1983 1984Nest of the Wood GrousePublic Theater 1989 Cafe CrownDavid ColePublic Theater; February 1989 - March 1989 1992 The PriceGregory SolomonJune 1992 - July 1992 1994 The Flowering PeachNoahMarch 1994 - April 1994 1996Visiting Mr. GreenMr. GreenUnion Square Theatre; June 1996 - July 1996 2000Down the Garden Paths
Radio appearances Year Program Episode/source 1953 Best Plays The Rose Tattoo
Wallach read out Stephen King's novel Insomnia for Hodder & Stoughton Audio.
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