Eli Wallach

Also Credited As:

Eli Herschel Wallach
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Biography

Movieg rs 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 in Sergio Leone's groundbreaking spaghetti Western, "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly" (1967). But Wallach's career stretched back a decade prior and continued on well into the 21st century, during which he played almost every …
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Job Title

Actor, Below The Line

Born

Eli Herschel Wallach on December 7, 1915 in Brooklyn, New York, USA

LATEST CREDITS

Sam's Son

Sam Orowitz

The People Next Door

Arthur Mason

The Lineup

Dancer

Tickling Leo

Emil Pikler

Ahead of Time

Voice

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

Interviewee

Aces High

Cacopoulos

River of Steel

Voice

The Tiger Makes Out

Ben Harris

Don't Turn the Other Cheek

Actor

Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Primetime TV

Host

Cinerama Adventure

Actor

The Moon-Spinners

Stratos

Honey Sweet Love

Actor

The Impossible Spy

Yacov

The Magnificent Seven

Calvera

Jones Beach: An American Riviera

Narration

Terezin Diary

Narration

The Moviemakers: Robert Wise

Narration

A Cold Night's Death

Dr Frank Enari

The Moviemakers: Stanley Donen

Narration

Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey

Narration

Attenti al Buffone

Ras

Romance of a Horse Thief

Kifke

The Hunter

Ritchie Blumenthal