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One of Hollywood's finest character / "Method" actors, Eli Wallach has been in demand for over 50 years on stage and screen and has worked alongside the biggest stars, including Clark Gable, Clint Eastwood, Steve McQueen, Marilyn Monroe, Yul Brynner, Peter O'Toole, and Al Pacino, to name but a few... See full bio »

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2010 The Ghost Writer
Old Man
 
2009 Nurse Jackie (TV series)
Bernard Zimberg
Chicken Soup (2009) … Bernard Zimberg
 
2009 New York, I Love You
Abe (segment "Joshua Marston")
 
2007 Mama's Boy
Seymour Warburton
 
2006 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (TV series)
Eli Weinraub
The Wrap Party (2006) … Eli Weinraub
 
2005 Stroker and Hoop (TV series)
Narrator
I Saw Stroker Killing Santa (2005) … Narrator (voice)
 
2005 A Taste of Jupiter
Arturo
 
2005 Character Studies (TV series)
Host
 
2005 The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation (short)
Father (voice)
 
2004 The Easter Egg Adventure
Narrator (voice)
 
2004 King of the Corner
Sol Spivak
 
2004 Whoopi (TV series)
Norman
American Woman (2004) … Norman
 
2004 Testimony of the Human Spirit (video)
Narrator
 
2003 Mystic River
Mr. Loonie - Liquor Store Owner (uncredited)
 
2003 ER (TV series)
Mr. Langston
A Boy Falling Out of the Sky (2003) … Mr. Langston
 
2003/I The Root
 
2003 Veritas: The Quest (TV series)
Rabbi
The Name of God (2003) … Rabbi
 
2002 Advice and Dissent (short)
The Rebbe
 
2002 The Education of Max Bickford (TV series)
Jay Bickford / Jay Bickford, Max's Father
One More Time (2002) … Jay Bickford
Genesis (2002) … Jay Bickford
 
1992-2002 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
George McKinstry / Voice-overs
Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film (2002) … Voice-overs
The Donner Party (1992) … George McKinstry (voice)
 
2002 The Job (TV series)
Mr. Weiss
Betrayal (2002) … Mr. Weiss
 
2001 100 Centre Street (TV series)
Joe Franlangelo
Kids: Part 1 (2001) … Joe Franlangelo
 
2000 The Bookfair Murders (TV movie)
Erich Schmidt
 
1999 Uninvited
Strasser
 
1998 Naked City: Justice with a Bullet (TV movie)
Deluca
 
1998 The Devil's Twilight (short)
Brooklyn Shopkeeper
 
1996 Larry's Visit (short)
 
1995 Two Much
Sheldon
 
1993 Bride of Violence 2 (TV movie)
Frank Latella
 
1993 Tribeca (TV series)
Joe
Stepping Back (1993) … Joe
 
1992 Lincoln (TV movie)
William Crook (voice)
 
1992 Night and the City
Peck
 
1992 Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (TV movie)
Bill Presser
 
1992 Law & Order (TV series)
Simon Vilanis
 
1992 Mistress
George Lieberhof
 
1992 Legacy of Lies (TV movie)
Moses Resnick
 
1992 Article 99
Sam Abrams
 
1991 Bride of Violence (TV movie)
Frank Latella
 
1991 L.A. Law (TV series)
Judge Adam Biel
There Goes the Judge (1991) … Judge Adam Biel
 
1990 The Two Jakes
Cotton Weinberger
 
1989 CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV series)
Ira Abrams
A Matter of Conscience (1989) … Ira Abrams
 
1988 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Yosef Kandinsky
Kandinsky's Vault (1988) … Yosef Kandinsky
 
1988 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Salvatore Gambini
A Very Good Year for Murder (1988) … Salvatore Gambini
 
1987 The Impossible Spy (TV movie)
Yacov
 
1987 Nuts
Dr. Herbert A. Morrison
 
1986-1987 Highway to Heaven (TV series)
Gene Malloy / Tim Charles
A Father's Faith (1987) … Gene Malloy
To Bind the Wounds (1986) … Tim Charles
 
1987 Worlds Beyond (TV series)
Charles
The Black Tomb (1987) … Charles
 
1986 Something in Common (TV movie)
Norman Voss
 
1986 American Playhouse (TV series)
Mr. Prince
Rocket to the Moon (1986) … Mr. Prince
 
1985-1986 Our Family Honor (TV series)
Vincent Danzig
Lone Justice (1985) … Vincent Danzig
Mark of Cain (1985) … Vincent Danzig
 
1985 Murder: By Reason of Insanity (TV movie)
Dr. Huffman
 
1985 Embassy (TV movie)
Joe Verga
 
1985 Christopher Columbus (TV mini-series)
Father Hernando De Talavera
 
1984 Sam's Son
Sam Orowitz
 
1984 Anatomy of an Illness (TV movie)
Dr. William Hitzig
 
1982 The Wall (TV movie)
Mauritzi Apt
 
1981 Skokie (TV movie)
Bert Silverman
 
1981 Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)
Gerry Williams
Shatterproof (1981) … Gerry Williams
 
1981 The Pride of Jesse Hallam (TV movie)
Sal Galucci
 
1981 The Salamander
General Leporello
 
1980 Fugitive Family (TV movie)
Olan Vacio
 
1979 Winter Kills
Joe Diamond
 
1979 Guri
 
1978 Movie Movie
Vince Marlow/Pop
 
1978 The Pirate (TV movie)
Ben Ezra
 
1978 Girlfriends
Rabbi Gold
 
1978 Little Italy
Gerolamo Giarra (as Ely Wallach)
 
1977 The Deep
Adam Coffin
 
1977 The Domino Principle
General Reser
 
1977 Nasty Habits
Monsignor
 
1977 Seventh Avenue (TV mini-series)
Gus Farber
 
1977 The Sentinel
Detective Gatz
 
1976 20 Shades of Pink (TV movie)
 
1976 Plot of Fear
Pietro Riccio
 
1975 Eye of the Cat
Cesare
 
1975 Kojak (TV series)
Lee Curtin
A Question of Answers (1975) … Lee Curtin
 
1975 Shoot First... Ask Questions Later
Sheriff Edward Gideon/aka Black Jack
 
1974 Houston, We've Got a Problem (TV movie)
Narrator, off-screen
 
1974 Crazy Joe
Don Vittorio
 
1974 Great Mysteries (TV series)
Fuzzy
Compliments of the Season (1974) … Fuzzy
 
1974 Indict and Convict (TV movie)
DeWitt Foster
 
1973 Cinderella Liberty
Lynn Forshay
 
1973 Stateline Motel
Joe
 
1973 A Cold Night's Death (TV movie)
Frank Enari
 
1971 Don't Turn the Other Cheek
Max Lozoya (as Ely Wallach)
 
1971 Romance of a Horsethief
Kifke
 
1971 Great Performances (TV series)
Leo
Paradise Lost (1971) … Leo
 
1971 The Young Lawyers (TV series)
James Johnson Scott
Legal Maneuver (1971) … James Johnson Scott
 
1971 The Typists (TV movie)
Paul Cunningham
 
1970 Zig Zag
Mario Gambretti
 
1970 The People Next Door
Arthur Mason
 
1970 The Angel Levine
Delicatessen Clerk
 
1970 The Reason Why (short)
Charles
 
1969 Mackenna's Gold
Ben Baker
 
1969 The Brain
Frankie Scannapieco
 
1968 Ace High
Cacopoulos
 
1968 A Lovely Way to Die
Tennessee Fredericks
 
1967 CBS Playhouse (TV series)
Douglas Lambert
Dear Friends (1967) … Douglas Lambert
 
1967 The Tiger Makes Out
Ben Harris
 
1967 Batman (TV series)
Mr. Freeze
The Duo Defy (1967) … Mr. Freeze
Ice Spy (1967) … Mr. Freeze
 
1966 How to Steal a Million
Davis Leland
 
1966 Poppies Are Also Flowers
'Happy' Locarno
 
1965 Genghis Khan
The Shah of Khwarezm
 
1965 Lord Jim
The General
 
1964 Kisses for My President
Raphael Valdez Jr.
 
1964 The Moon-Spinners
Stratos
 
1961-1964 Look Up and Live (TV series)
Narrator / Explanation
The Synagogue and the Sacred: Part Two (1964) … Narrator
The Synagogue and the Sacred: Part One (1964) … Narrator
The Synagogue and the Sacred: Part Three (1961) … Explanation
 
1963 Act One
Warren Stone
 
1962 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Manny Jacobs
Tomorrow, the Man (1962) … Manny Jacobs
 
1960-1962 Naked City (TV series)
Det. Bane / Georgie
A Run for the Money (1962) … Georgie
A Death of Princes (1960) … Det. Bane
 
1962 Outlaws (TV series)
Sheriff Ned Devers
A Bit of Glory (1962) … Sheriff Ned Devers
 
1961 The Misfits
Guido
 
1960 Seven Thieves
Poncho
 
1960 Play of the Week (TV series)
Johnny Horton
Lullaby (1960) … Johnny Horton
 
1960 Lullaby (TV movie)
Johnny Horton
 
1960 Goodyear Theatre (TV series)
Joseph Lanowski
Birthright (1960) … Joseph Lanowski
 
1960 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
Alfred Eisenstaedt
The Margaret Bourke White Story (1960) … Alfred Eisenstaedt
 
1959 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)
Cervantes' Manservant / Sancho Panza
 
1958-1959 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Rafael / Poskrebyshev
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Part 2 (1959) … Rafael
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Part 1 (1959) … Rafael
The Blue Men (1959)
The Plot to Kill Stalin (1958) … Poskrebyshev
 
1958 The Gift of the Magi (TV movie)
Narrator
 
1958 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV series)
Simon
The Emperor's New Clothes (1958) … Simon
 
1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV series)
Raymond Perez
My Father, the Fool (1958) … Raymond Perez
 
1958 Suspicion (TV series)
 
1958 The Lineup
Dancer
 
1958 Where Is Thy Brother? (TV movie)
Dan
 
1958 Climax! (TV series)
Albert Anastasia
 
1957 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
George Simon
 
1957 The Seven Lively Arts (TV series)
Ad Francis
The World of Nick Adams (1957) … Ad Francis
 
1952-1957 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Peter Hendon
The Man Who Wasn't Himself (1957) … Peter Hendon
Stan, the Killer (1952)
 
1957 The Lark (TV movie)
Dauphin
 
1956 The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (TV series)
Cristof
A Fragile Affair (1956) … Cristof
 
1949-1955 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
Nacho
The Outsiders (1955) … Nacho
Shadow of the Champ (1955)
The Baby (1953)
 
1954 Ponds Theater (TV series)
Delicate Story (1954)
 
1954 Goodyear Playhouse (TV series)
The Brownstone (1954)
 
1952 The Web (TV series)
Deadlock (1952)
 
1952 Danger (TV series)
Joe
The System (1952) … Joe
 
1952 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
The Portrait (1952)
 
1951 Lights Out (TV series)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2003 Rita (TV documentary) (archive source)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1967 The Tiger Makes Out (producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (6 titles)
2006 Life Is a Dream in Cinema: Pola Negri (documentary) (special thanks)
 
1966 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (special thanks - 2003 extended English-language version)
 
2000 American Masters (TV series documentary) (thanks - 1 episode)
 
1994 The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
1991 My Birthday Cake (dedicatee)
 
1990 The Godfather Family: A Look Inside (TV documentary) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (90 titles)
2014 Method or Madness? (documentary) (filming)
Himself
 
2014 What Ever Happened to Norma Jeane? (documentary) (filming)
Himself
 
2013 Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
2013 Showing Up (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Honorary Award Recipient
 
2010 Just Laugh! (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 The National Parks: America's Best Idea (TV mini-series documentary)
Going Home: 1920-1933 (2009) (voice)
 
2009 Ahead of Time (documentary)
Mordechai Rossman (voice)
 
2007 Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (TV series documentary)
Quote Reader
Forward Into the Past (2007) … Quote Reader (voice)
Censored (2007) … Quote Reader (voice)
The Temptations of Eve (2007) … Quote Reader (voice)
 
2007 Constantine's Sword (documentary)
Piero Terracina (voice)
 
2007 Brando (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Real James Dean (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Baby Doll: See No Evil (video short)
Himself
 
2006 Life Is a Dream in Cinema: Pola Negri (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
Himself
Marlon Brando (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Linen Book: Lost Images from 'The Magnificent Seven' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
1990-2005 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Actor
James Dean: Sense Memories (2005) … Himself
The Education of Gore Vidal (2003) … Himself
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (2000) … Himself - Actor
 
2005 The Needs of Kim Stanley (documentary)
 
2004 Imagine (TV series)
Himself
Brando (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (documentary)
Other Voices (voice)
 
2004 Reconstructing 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Bud Greenspan's Reflections (TV series documentary)
Himself
Pound for Pound (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Leone's West (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 The Leone Style (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip (TV documentary)
Other Voices (voice)
 
2003 Rita (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 The 100 Greatest Movie Stars (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King (TV documentary)
Himself/Narrator
 
2002 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself
Making 'The Misfits' (2002) … Himself
 
2002 I sogni nel mirino (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Cinerama Adventure (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Film Genre (TV series documentary)
Himself
The Western (2002) … Himself
 
2000 Backstory (TV series documentary)
Himself - Actor
The Seven Year Itch (2000) … Himself - Actor
 
2000 Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1991-1999 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
Himself
New York: Part V - Cosmopolis (1999) (voice)
New York: Part III - Sunshine and Shadow (1999) … Himself (voice)
 
1999 Jones Beach: An American Riviera (documentary)
Narrator
 
1998 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.3 (1998) … Himself
 
1994-1998 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
Tennessee Williams: Wounded Genius (1998) … Himself
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess (1994) … Himself
 
1997 Gran premio internazionale della TV (TV series)
Himself - Winner
14th Edition (1997) … Himself - Winner
 
1997 The Trial of Adolf Eichmann (TV documentary)
David Ben-Gurion (voice)
 
1997 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 The West (TV series documentary)
Fight No More Forever (1996) (voice)
Death Runs Riot (1996) (voice)
Speck of the Future (1996) (voice)
Empire Upon the Trails (1996) (voice)
 
1996 The 50th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1996 Clark Gable: Tall, Dark and Handsome (documentary)
Himself
 
1996 James Dean: A Portrait (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey (documentary)
Narrator
 
1995 The Way West (TV documentary)
Voice
 
1994 It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1994 Reading Rainbow (TV series)
Himself
Once There Was a Tree (1994) … Himself (voice)
 
1994 Baseball (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
Home (1994) … Himself (voice)
The National Pastime (1994) … Himself (voice)
Shadow Ball (1994) … Himself (voice)
A National Heirloom (1994) … Himself (voice)
The Faith of Fifty Million People (1994) … Himself (voice)
 
1994 The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters (TV documentary)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
1992 Street Scenes: New York on Film (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 The Godfather Family: A Look Inside (TV documentary)
Himself/Don Altobello (also archive footage)
 
1990 Terezín Diary (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1989 Funny (documentary)
Himself
 
1989 The Yidishe Gauchos (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1988 Hello Actors Studio (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1987 We the People 200: The Constitutional Gala (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1987 Hollywood Uncensored (documentary)
Himself
 
1986 Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1986 Wogan (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 10 February 1986 (1986) … Himself
 
1985 The ABC All-Star Spectacular (TV movie)
Himself - Actor
 
1978 Captain Kangaroo (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 13 September 1978 (1978) … Himself
 
1975 The Dream Factory (documentary)
Himself/Narrator
 
1974 L'chaim: To Life (documentary)
Narrator
 
1969-1972 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.162 (1972) … Himself
Episode #4.66 (1971) … Himself
Episode #2.103 (1970) … Himself
Episode #2.62 (1969) … Himself
 
1964-1972 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
Episode dated 14 April 1972 (1972) … Himself
Episode dated 3 January 1972 (1972) … Himself
Episode dated 5 February 1971 (1971) … Himself
Episode dated 14 January 1971 (1971) … Himself
Episode dated 20 December 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1969 You're Putting Me On (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 22 December 1969 (1969) … Himself
Episode dated 25 August 1969 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Himself - Guest Performer
Episode #3.6 (1969) … Himself - Guest Performer
 
1968 The Joan Rivers Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 24 December 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 Personality (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 2 December 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The 22nd Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1963-1968 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 16 February 1968 (1968) … Himself
Episode dated 2 February 1968 (1968) … Himself
Episode #3.119 (1966) … Himself
Episode #3.51 (1965) … Himself
Episode #2.41 (1965) … Himself
 
1967 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.36 (1967) … Himself
 
1956-1967 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Audience Bow
Episode #21.7 (1967) … Himself - Audience Bow
Episode #9.26 (1956) … Himself
 
1967 Gypsy (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 29 March 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1965 Password All-Stars (TV series)
Himself
Carol Channing vs. Eli Wallach (1965) … Himself
 
1965 ABC's Nightlife (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 16 July 1965 (1965) … Himself
 
1965 The 19th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1965 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 14 March 1965 (1965) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1964 Tempo (TV series)
Himself - Adam
Two-Handers (1964) … Himself - Adam
 
1963 To Tell the Truth (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 29 April 1963 (1963) … Himself
Episode dated 11 March 1963 (1963) … Himself
 
1963 Stump the Stars (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 15 April 1963 (1963) … Himself - Guest Panelist
 
1960 Directions (TV series)
Himself - Host
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (10 titles)
2008 Il falso bugiardo
Himself
 
2008 60/90 (TV series)
 
2008 How the West Was Lost (TV documentary)
Calvera/Guido/Tuco (uncredited)
 
2007 Guns for Christmas 3 (short)
Tuco
 
1995 Ennio Morricone (TV documentary)
 
1992 The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (video)
Don Altobello
 
1989 Hollywood Remembers Marilyn Monroe (video documentary short)
 
1989 John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1970 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1945- 1994). Active on Broadway in the following productions: See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 2 Interviews  | 2 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Ely Wallach

Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I was at the premiere of The Holiday, a movie I did with Kate Winslet. Surrounded by all these beautiful young women. And after they left, [wife Anne Jackson] comes up and says to me, "Honestly, I don't know what they see in you". See more »

Trivia:

There was no official theater department at the University of Texas when he attended, so he joined a student organization called The Curtain Club to put on plays. One of the other students involved was future Governor of Texas John Connally. See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius