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Eli Wallach

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Biography

Eli Wallach's acting career began in the 1930s, but was interrupted by World War II; after the war, he began to make his mark…more

Born

12/7/1915, Brooklyn, New York

Birth Name

Eli Wallach

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (3)

Role
- True Stories
  Voice
  - S 7: Ep 3 The Donner Party
    5/20/93
- Our Family Honor
  Vincent Danzig
  - S 1: Ep 13 Crimes of Passion (2)
    1/3/86
  - S 1: Ep 12 Crimes of Passion (1)
    12/27/85
  - S 1: Ep 11 End of the Line
    12/20/85
  - S 1: Ep 10 Lone Justice
    12/13/85
  - S 1: Ep 9 Mark of Cain
    12/6/85
  - + 8 More Credits
- Playhouse 90
  Host
  - S 3: Ep 15 The Blue Men
    1/15/59
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- The National Parks: America's Best Idea
  Voices
Guest Star (70)

Role
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
  Eli Weintrob
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Wrap Party
    10/23/06
- Stroker and Hoop
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 10 I Saw Stroker Killing Santa (aka A Cold, Dead, White Christmas)
    12/4/05
- Whoopi
  Norman
  - S 1: Ep 12 American Woman
    1/6/04
- ER
  Mr. Langston
  - S 9: Ep 15 A Boy Falling out of the Sky
    2/13/03
- Great Performances
  Commentator
  - S 31: Ep 2 Making `The Misfits'
    10/2/02
- The Education of Max Bickford
  Jay Bickford
  - S 1: Ep 21 One More Time
    5/12/02
  - S 1: Ep 15 Genesis
    3/3/02
  - S 1: Ep 13 I Never Schlunged My Father
    1/27/02
- Job
  Mr. Weiss
  - S 2: Ep 9 Betrayal
    3/20/02
- 100 Centre Street
  Joe Franlangelo
  - S 2: Ep 1 Kids (1)
    10/8/01
- American Masters
  Narrator
  - S 13: Ep 5 The Lives of Lillian Hellman
    6/30/99
- Inside the Actors Studio
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 2 Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson
    5/10/98
- Reading Rainbow
  Narrator
  - S 12: Ep 4 Once There Was a Tree
    10/6/94
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 32 October 19, 1993
    10/19/93
- Tribeca
  Joe
  - S 1: Ep 7 Stepping Back
    5/4/93
- Law & Order
  Simon Vilanis
  - S 2: Ep 22 The Working Stiff
    5/14/92
- L.A. Law
  Judge Adam Biel
  - S 5: Ep 20 There Goes the Judge
    5/2/91
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 9: Ep 143 Show #1410
    12/28/90
- CBS Schoolbreak Special
  Ira Abrams
  - S 6: Ep 6 A Matter of Conscience
    4/11/89
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
  Yosef Kandinsky
  - S 3: Ep 16 Kadinsky's Vault
    6/25/88
- Murder, She Wrote
  Salvatore Gambini
  - S 4: Ep 17 A Very Good Year for Murder
    2/28/88
- Highway to Heaven
  Gene Malloy
  - S 3: Ep 22 A Father's Faith
    3/4/87
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest (cameo)
  - S 5: Ep 53 Show #0711
    5/15/86
- American Playhouse
  Mr. Prince
  - S 5: Ep 13 Rocket to the Moon
    5/5/86
- Highway to Heaven
  Tim Charles
  - S 2: Ep 18 To Bind the Wounds
    2/19/86
- Tales of the Unexpected
  Gerry Williams
  - S 4: Ep 6 Shatterproof
    5/10/81
- Great Mysteries
  Fuzzy
  - S 1: Ep 23 Compliments of the Season
    2/2/74
- Kojak
  Guest Star
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 10: Ep 20 720103
    1/3/72
  - S 9: Ep 50 710205
    2/5/71
  - S 9: Ep 38 710114
    1/14/71
- The Young Lawyers
  James Johnson Scott
  - S 1: Ep 17 Legal Maneuver
    1/20/71
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself, on film
  - S 23: Ep 23 March 8, 1970: Nancy Sinatra, Rodney Dangerfield, Bobby Vinton, Joan Sutherland and Marilyn Horne
    3/8/70
- Veritas: The Quest
  Rabbi
  - S 1: Ep 8 Name of God
- You're Putting Me On
  Guest Contestant
  - S 1: Ep 27 Week 26
    12/22/69
  - S 1: Ep 17 Week 16
    10/13/69
  - S 1: Ep 10 Week 9
    8/25/69
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 62 November 25, 1969
    11/25/69
  - S 4: Ep 162 May 3, 1972
    5/3/72
  - S 4: Ep 66 December 20, 1971
    12/20/71
  - S 2: Ep 103 January 21, 1970
    1/21/70
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 70 November 24, 1969
    11/24/69
  - S 7: Ep 36 Ocotber 6, 1969
    10/6/69
  - S 6: Ep 176 May 5, 1969
    5/5/69
  - S 6: Ep 123 February 19, 1969
    2/19/69
  - S 6: Ep 80 December 20, 1968
    12/20/68
  - + 30 More Credits
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Guest Performer
  - S 3: Ep 6 Episode #46
    10/20/69
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 35 October 17, 1969
    10/17/69
  - S 7: Ep 179 May 15, 1969
    5/15/69
  - S 6: Ep 49 November 9, 1967
    11/9/67
  - S 6: Ep 14 September 21, 1967
    9/21/67
  - S 15: Ep 133 March 10, 1977
    3/10/77
  - + 5 More Credits
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 23 April 3, 1968
    4/3/68
  - S 5: Ep 19 October 1, 1970
    10/1/70
  - S 4: Ep 84 April 29, 1970
    4/29/70
- The Match Game
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 25 Rita Moreno & Eli Wallach
    2/19/68
- CBS Playhouse
  Doug Lambert
  - S 1: Ep 3 Dear Friends
    12/6/67
- The Woody Woodbury Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 62 November 21, 1967
    11/21/67
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 36 November 9, 1967
    11/9/67
- Batman
  Mr. Freeze
  - S 2: Ep 60 The Duo Defy
    3/30/67
  - S 2: Ep 59 Ice Spy
    3/29/67
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest Trio
  - S 16: Ep 28 EPISODE #755
    3/14/65
- Stump the Stars
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 30 April 15, 1963
    4/15/63
- Dick Powell Show
  Manny Jacobs
  - S 2: Ep 2 Tomorrow The Man
    10/2/62
- Naked City
  George Manin
  - S 3: Ep 22 A Run for the Money
    3/14/62
- Outlaws
  Ned Danvers
  - S 2: Ep 16 A Bit of Glory
    2/1/62
- Naked City
  Detective Bane
  - S 2: Ep 1 A Death of Princes
    10/12/60
- Alcoa Theatre
  Joseph Lanowski
  - S 3: Ep 19 Birthright
    1/18/60
- The Play of the Week
  Johnny Horton
  - S 1: Ep 15 Lullaby
    1/18/60
- The DuPont Show Of The Month
  Sancho Panza - Cervantes' Manservant
  - S 3: Ep 3 I, Don Quixote
    11/9/59
- Playhouse 90
  Rafael
  - S 3: Ep 24 For Whom the Bell Tolls (Part Two)
    3/19/59
  - S 3: Ep 23 For Whom the Bell Tolls (Part One)
    3/12/59
- Shirley Temple's Storybook
  Simon
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Emperor's New Clothes
    11/25/58
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
  Raymond Perez
  - S 1: Ep 4 My Father The Fool
    10/27/58
- Playhouse 90
  Poskrebyshev
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Plot to Kill Stalin
    9/25/58
- Suspicion
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 41 The Death of Paul Dane
    7/21/58
- Climax!
  Albert Anastasia
  - S 4: Ep 23 Albert Anastasia, His Life and Death
    2/27/58
- Studio One
  Peter Hendon
  - S 9: Ep 32 The Man Who Wasn't Himself
    5/20/57
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  The Dauphin
  - S 6: Ep 4 The Lark
    2/10/57
- Omnibus
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 9 A Man Without a Country
    12/2/56
- Kaiser Aluminum Hour
  Cristof
  - S 1: Ep 4 A Fragile Affair
    8/28/56
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  scheduled guest
  - S 9: Ep 26 scheduled: Marcel Marceau; Eli Wallach; Nat King Cole; Roberta Peters
    3/18/56
- The Philco Television Playhouse
  Nacho
  - S 7: Ep 27 The Outsiders
    9/18/55
- The Philco Television Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 14 Shadow of the Champ
    3/20/55
  - S 2: Ep 15 The Beautiful Bequest
    12/11/49
- Kraft Television Theatre (1953)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 21 Delicate Story
    3/4/54
- Goodyear Television Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 8 The Brownstone
    1/31/54
  - S 2: Ep 28 The Baby
    9/13/53
- The Web (1950)
  Character
  - S 3: Ep 1 Deadlock
    9/28/52
- Studio One
  Stan
  - S 4: Ep 49 Stan, the Killer
    9/1/52
- Danger
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 39 The System
    6/10/52
- The Armstrong Circle Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 36 Portrait
    5/20/52
- Lights Out (1949)
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 5 Rappaccini's Daughter
    9/24/51
Special Guest Star (2)

Role
- Nurse Jackie
  Mr. Zimberg
  - S 1: Ep 3 Chicken Soup
    6/22/09
- Kojak
  Lee Curtin
  - S 3: Ep 1 A Question of Answers (1)
    9/14/75

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Trivia
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- He was signed to play the part of Angelo Maggio in From Here To Eternity, but later withdrew. Frank Sinatra got the part and won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar, reviving his own film career.
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- He was a very close friend of Arthur Miller for many years. He used to call Miller once every month to tell him a joke and hear a laugh.
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- He remained close friends with his The Magnificent Seven co-stars James Coburn and Brad Dexter until their deaths in 2002.
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Quotes
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- Eli Wallach: "When I'm gone, I hope there's a theater in the next world where I can work."
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