Eli Herschel Wallach
| Sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | Dec 7, 1915 Brooklyn, NY |
| Died | Jun 24, 2014 Manhattan, NY |
| Age | Died at 98 |
Eli Wallach | |
| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1945-2010 |
| Top Roles | Tuco, The General, Calvera, Tennessee Fredericks, Poncho |
| Top Genres | Drama, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Western, Crime |
| Top Topics | Politics, Romance (Drama), Civil War |
| Top Collaborators | John Huston (Director), Anne Jackson, Martin Ritt (Director), Omar Sharif |
| Shares birthday with | Fay Bainter, Louis Prima, Frances Gifford see more.. |
Eli Wallach Overview:
Character actor, Eli Wallach, was born Eli Herschel Wallach on Dec 7, 1915 in Brooklyn, NY. Wallach died at the age of 98 on Jun 24, 2014 in Manhattan, NY .
MINI BIO:
Dark-haired, plum-nosed American actor who always looked like he was about to say something forceful, even when he wasn't. Started sensationally in Baby Doll (after nearly 20 years as a stage actor), then played extrovert villains, with some nicely-played light comedy roles thrown in, sometimes opposite his wife, Anne Jackson (married 1948). The rasping voice was redolent of his native Brooklyn.
(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Character Actors: an Illustrated Directory).HONORS and AWARDS:
.
However he won one Honorary Award in 2010 for a lifetime's worth of indelible screen characters .
BlogHub Articles:
Remembering + 5 of His Films
By Will McKinley on Jun 26, 2014 From Cinematically InsaneSometime in the mid-1990s, on the corner of 82nd Street and Riverside Drive, I stopped to gawk at an icon. “Yes, it’s me,” said, apparently accustomed to silent, slack-jawed admirers on New York City street corners. He?greeted me with a smile, shook my hand, and patted ... Read full article
God Speed (1915-2014)
By Raquel Stecher on Jun 26, 2014 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film BlogWhat’s not to love about ? He could play despicable characters and still be utterly charming. And over the years his charisma grew and as an old man he was just adorable in both a sweet way and one that just lent itself to adoration. is one of my favorite actors and I... Read full article
1915 – 2014
By Marisa on Jun 25, 2014 From The Timothy Carey ExperienceCarey’s final project as a film director is Godfarter III (1989), an audition piece for [Francis Ford] Coppola, who was looking to cast the role of an elderly Mafia don for The Godfather: Part III (1990). Coppola considered Carey too young for the part (and may also have been put off by Carey&... Read full article
'Til Death Do Us Part ~ and Anne Jackson
By Google profile on Jun 17, 2012 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film BlogAbout MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. and Anne Jackson Married 64 years and counting Both Wallach and Jackson are method actors who met during a theater production of This Property is Condemned in 1946. ... Read full article
Stars & Their Hobbies ~
By Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog"Let me tell you a little about myself. As an actor I've played more bandits, thieves, killers, war lords, molesters and mafiose that you can shake a stick at... As a civilian I collect antique clocks, tell endless stories of my days as a medic in World War II, watch every tennis match, live for my ... Read full article
See all articles
Eli Wallach Quotes:
One Armed Man: I've been looking for you for 8 months. Whenever I should have had a gun in my right hand, I thought of you. Now I find you in exactly the position that suits me. I had lots of time to learn to shoot with my left.
[Tuco kills him with the gun he has hidden in the foam]
Tuco: When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.
Tuco: You never had a rope around your neck. Well, I'm going to tell you something. When that rope starts to pull tight, you can feel the Devil bite your ass.
Tuco: I like big fat men like you. When they fall they make more noise. And sometimes they don't get up.
read more quotes from Eli Wallach...
