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Eli Wallach Biography

Eli Wallach aka
Eli Wallach
Born: 1915-12-07
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY

Race: White
Field: Actor
Famous for: The Magnificent Seven

Field: Actor

Eli Wallach was an American film and stage actor. Born December 7, 1915 in Brooklyn, New York.

Eli graduated from the University of Texas but gained his first (method) acting experience at the Neighborhood Playhouse. He made his Broadway debut in 1945 and won a Tony Award in 1951. His film debut was instantly accomplished in Elia Kazan's Baby Doll and he went on to become a prolific player, although rarely in a starring role he was memorable in many of his early films, especially The Misfits, The Magnificent Seven and as Tuco (the 'Ugly') in Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. He also continued to work on the stage as well as doing made-for-TV films.

Eli Wallach Famous Quote

Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.
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Oscar gongs for the greats
Irish Times
This year's distinguished professionals will be actor Eli Wallach, archivist Kevin Brownlow and perennial enfant terrible Jean-Luc Godard. ...

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Reuters

Francis Ford Coppola, Jean-Luc Godard, Eli Wallach To Get Honorary Oscars
ScreenCrave.com
... three legendary contributors to the film industry will be honored later this year including Francis Ford Coppola (well-deserved), Eli Wallach (he's ...


Ask the Incredible Inman | Tiger tale
Louisville Courier-Journal
The movie is ?The Tiger Makes Out,? a 1967 film with Eli Wallach as the mailman. He longs for romance and ?kidnaps? a housewife (played by Wallach's wife, ...



PoliJAM (blog)

Michael J. Fox, Bill Hader, Eli Wallach guest programming TCM
Radio & Television Business Report
Emmy-winners Michael J. Fox, Bill Hader and Eli Wallach have each signed up to take the seat opposite Turner Classic Movies host Robert Os...


The Phoenix

Eli Wallach talks on acting and actors
The Phoenix
... where he is currently in the middle of a three week run in Anouilh's play The Waltz of the Toreadors, Eli Wallach grins as he talks about himself. ...



Yes, THAT Eli Wallach
Who2 (blog)
You look at recent photos of Eli Wallach and think, oh, here's this grandfatherly old gaffer who pinches babies' cheeks and wears tweed socks and sits on ...



Orlando Sentinel (blog)

Idea for Robert Rodriguez ? remake ?The Good, the Bad and the Ugly?
Orlando Sentinel (blog)
And get Danny Trejo to take on the Eli Wallach ?the ugly? role. He doesn't have Wallach's range (Who does?), but he can be funny. And ...


Salon

question of the day: Are honorary Oscars bullshit?
Flick Filosopher (blog)
Recently the recipients of this year's honorary Oscars were announced: actor Eli Wallach, film historian and preservationist Kevin Brownlow, ...
The Godfather and the Out...


Matters to Contemplate: Contestants wanted for Misfits 'Look Alike' contest
Reno Gazette Journal
Urged by locals to ask Eli Wallach, Guido, the pilot in the movie, to be one of our grand marshals, it took me six weeks to find his agents in Los Angel...


Columbus Dispatch

Show & Tell
Columbus Dispatch
... who made his feature-directing debut 50 years ago with Breathless; and actor Eli Wallach ( The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; The Magnificent Seven).

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