Eli Wallach

Career timeline

1. 1915 · Born

   Born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

2. 1948 · Screen debut

   The Philco Television Playhouse (TV)

3. 1966 · Breakthrough

   The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Movie)

4. 2010 · Latest release

   Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (Movie)

5. 2014 · Died

   June 24, 2014

Career in numbers

3 1940s

9 1950s

14 1960s

12 1970s

10 1980s

11 1990s

14 2000s

2 2010s

• Drama44
• Comedy23
• Crime17
• Mystery12
• Thriller9
• Romance8

Highest-rated title The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 1992 8.9 Most popular title Law & Order 1990 7.3

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Eli Wallach in our catalogue.

Buzz Kulik

7 titles together

Delbert Mann

6 titles together

Fielder Cook

4 titles together

Ralph Nelson

3 titles together

Herbert Wise

3 titles together

Diane Keaton

3 titles together

Robert Mulligan

3 titles together

Daniel Petrie

3 titles together

James Mason

2 titles together

Michael Dinner

2 titles together

1. 2010 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps as Julie Steinhardt 6.1 Movie
2. 2010 The Ghost Writer as Old man 6.8 Movie
3. 2009 Nurse Jackie as Bernard Zimberg 7.1 TV
4. 2008 New York, I Love You as Abe 6.0 Movie
5. 2007 Mama's Boy as Seymour Warburton 4.6 Movie
6. 2007 The War as Narrator (voice) 8.2 TV
7. 2007 Brand Upon the Brain! as Narrator (live recording) 6.6 Movie
8. 2006 The Holiday as Arthur 7.1 Movie
9. 2006 The Hoax as Noah Dietrich 6.3 Movie
10. 2006 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Eli Weinraub 7.5 TV
11. 2004 Stroker and Hoop as Narrator (voice) 5.9 TV
12. 2003 Mystic River as Mr. Loonie (uncredited) 7.7 Movie
13. 2003 Rita as Self Movie
14. 2003 Veritas: The Quest as Rabbi TV
15. 2001 The Job as Mr. Weiss 6.8 TV
16. 2000 Keeping the Faith as Rabbi Ben Lewis 6.1 Movie
17. 1996 The Associate as Donald Fallon 6.2 Movie
18. 1995 Two Much as Sheldon 5.5 Movie
19. 1994 ER as Mr. Langston 7.8 TV
20. 1994 Baseball as (voice) 7.6 TV
21. 1994 Inside the Actors Studio as Self TV
22. 1992 The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 as Don Altobello 8.9 Movie
23. 1992 Night and the City as Peck 5.7 Movie
24. 1992 Article 99 as Sam Abrams 6.1 Movie
25. 1990 The Godfather Part III as Don Altobello 7.4 Movie
26. 1990 Law & Order as Simon Vilanis 7.3 TV
27. 1990 The Two Jakes as Cotton Weinberger 6.0 Movie
28. 1987 Nuts as Dr. Herbert A. Morrison 6.4 Movie
29. 1986 Tough Guys as Leon B. Little 6.0 Movie
30. 1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Yosef Kandinsky 7.2 TV
31. 1985 Our Family Honor as Vincent Danzig TV
32. 1985 Christopher Columbus as Padre Fernando De Talavera TV
33. 1985 Screen Two as Yacov TV
34. 1984 Murder, She Wrote as Salvatore Gambini 7.5 TV
35. 1984 Highway to Heaven as Timothy Charles 7.4 TV
36. 1982 American Playhouse as Mr. Prince TV
37. 1980 The Hunter as Ritchie Blumenthal 5.9 Movie
38. 1979 Winter Kills as Joe Diamond 5.7 Movie
39. 1979 Tales of the Unexpected as Gerry Williams 6.8 TV
40. 1978 Girlfriends as Rabbi Gold 6.7 Movie
41. 1978 Circle of Iron as Man-in-Oil 5.6 Movie
42. 1977 The Deep as Adam Coffin 6.1 Movie
43. 1977 The Domino Principle as Gen. Reser 5.8 Movie
44. 1977 Seventh Avenue as Gus Farber TV
45. 1977 The Sentinel as Detective Gatz 6.1 Movie
46. 1976 Independence as Benjamin Franklin Movie
47. 1973 Kojak as Lee Curtin 7.3 TV
48. 1973 Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Fuzzy TV
49. 1971 Don't Turn the Other Cheek as Maz Lozoya 5.6 Movie
50. 1969 Mackenna's Gold as Ben Baker 6.6 Movie
51. 1969 The Brain as Frankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian Mafia 7.3 Movie
52. 1968 Ace High as Cacopoulos 6.5 Movie
53. 1968 How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life as Harry Hunter Movie
54. 1966 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as Tuco Ramirez 8.5 Movie
55. 1966 CBS Playhouse as Douglas Lambert TV
56. 1966 How to Steal a Million as Davis Leland 7.5 Movie
57. 1966 Batman as Mister Freeze 7.3 TV
58. 1965 Genghis Khan as Shah of Khwarezm 5.7 Movie
59. 1965 Lord Jim as The General 6.8 Movie
60. 1962 How the West Was Won as Charlie Gant 7.0 Movie
61. 1961 The Dick Powell Show as Manny Jacobs TV
62. 1961 The Misfits as Guido 7.0 Movie
63. 1960 The Magnificent Seven as Calvera 7.5 Movie
64. 1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Raymond Perez TV
65. 1958 Naked City as Det. Peter Bane TV
66. 1958 The Lineup as Dancer 7.1 Movie
67. 1958 Shirley Temple's Storybook as Simon TV
68. 1956 Baby Doll as Silva Vacarro 7.0 Movie
69. 1956 Playhouse 90 as Rafael TV
70. 1954 Climax! as Albert Anastasia TV
71. 1952 Omnibus TV
72. 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dauphin TV
73. 1949 Lights Out as Giovanni TV
74. 1948 Studio One as Ozep TV
75. 1948 The Philco Television Playhouse TV

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