Eli Wallach

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Nationality: American
Birthdate: 12/07/1915
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

biography

One of the most respected actors in American performance, Eli Wallach’s film career never quite matched his long list of stage credits in terms of quality, but he had nevertheless contributed some memorable characters to film. Moviegoers knew him best for a pair of similar characters – the cruel Mexican bandit Calvera, whose raids on a poor village prompt the formation of “The Magnificent Seven” (1960), and as the scheming, scene-stealing Tuco (a.k.a. “The Ugly”) in Sergio Leone’s epic Italian Western adventure “The Good, The Bad and the Ugly” (1967). But Wallach’s film career stretched back a Continued

Credits

Voice of Piero Terracina
2008
(TV Show)
2007-2007
Noah Dietrich
2007
Arthur Abbott
2006
(TV Show)
2002-2002
Mr Weiss
2002
(TV Show)
2002-2002
Jay Bickford
2002
Jay Bickford
2002
Rabbi Lewis
2000
Fallon
1996
Sheldon
1996
Don Altobello
1990
Cotton Weinberger
1990
Joe Diamond
1977
David Leland
1966
Guido
1961
Calvera
1960
Voice of Maestro
Monsignor
Don Vittorio
Sam Abrams
Emil Pikler
General Tom Reser
Leporello
Leon B Little
Sol Spivak
Store Clerk
Actor
George Lieberhoff
Sgt Craig
Warren Stone
Vince Marlowe
Strasser
Adam Coffin
The General
Dr Herbert A Morrison
Lynn Forshay
Shah of Khwarezm
Sal Hyman
Man in Oil
Scannapieco
Actor
Fredericks
Pancho
Silva Vacarro
Ritchie Blumenthal
Rabbi Gold
Ben Harris
Narration
Dancer
Arthur Mason
Sam Orowitz
Cacopoulos

milestones

Year
Milestone
1936 
After college found employment as a radio actor while pursuing graduate work in education
1939 
Stage acting debut in "The Bo Tree"
 
Served as captain in US Army Medical Corps during WWII
1945 
Made Broadway debut, "Skydrift" (ran for one week)
 
Member of Eva LeGallienne's American Repertory Theatre
Continued

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