Eli Wallach
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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Eli Herschel Wallach (December 7, 1915 – June 24, 2014) was an American film, television and stage actor, who gained fame in the late 1950s. For his performance in Baby Doll he won a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer and a Golden Globe nomination. One of his most famous roles is that of Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Other roles include his portrayal of Don Altobello in The Godfather Part III, Calvera in The Magnificent Seven, and Arthur Abbott in The Holiday. Wallach has received BAFTA Awards, Tony Awards and Emmy Awards for his work. Wallach also has a cameo as a liquor store owner in Clint Eastwood's Mystic River. Wallach received an Honorary Academy Award at the 2nd Annual Governors Awards, presented on November 13, 2010.
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The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'
The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
