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Acting

Eli Wallach

Career: Active from 1956 to 2015, busiest in 1992 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 50
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 100 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Eli Wallach Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
4.1, average 5.4
Fantasy
0.8, average 1.7
Uncanny
1.7, average 2.5
Scare
1.8, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 8
Character Study 6
Political Intrigue 5
Romantic Comedy 5
Social Commentary 5
Historical Setting 5
Moral Ambiguity 4
Biographical Drama 3
Psychological Drama 3
Bleak Realism 3
Action-Packed 3
Psychological Tension 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

161

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

The Yidishe Gauchos

as Narrator

2010s

4 titles · average score 66

The Train

as Andre

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

56

as Julie Steinhardt

The Ghost Writer

75

as Old man

Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

as Mordechai Rossman (voice)

2000s

25 titles · average score 64

Nurse Jackie

78

TV show · as Bernard Zimberg

The War

86

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Mama's Boy

26

as Seymour Warburton

The Holiday

61

as Arthur

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

78

TV show · as Eli Weinraub

The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation

65

as Father

A Taste Of Jupiter

as Arturo

King of the Corner

57

as Sol Spivak

Mystic River

83

as Mr. Loonie (uncredited)

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

78

as Other Voices (voice)

Keeping the Faith

62

as Rabbi Ben Lewis

Uninvited

57

as Alan Strasser

1990s

26 titles · average score 62

The Associate

44

as Donald Fallon

Honey Sweet Love

as Don Siro

Two Much

31

as Sheldon

Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey

66

as Narrator

79

TV show · as Mr. Langston

Vendetta II: The New Mafia

TV show · as Frank Latella

Mistress

52

as George Lieberhof

Night and the City

57

as Peck

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

as (voice)

The Godfather Part III

67

as Don Altobello

The Two Jakes

56

as Cotton Weinberger

Law & Order

74

TV show · as Simon Vilanis

1980s

27 titles · average score 63

The Impossible Spy

69

as Yacov

Nuts

54

as Dr. Herbert A. Morrison

Tough Guys

47

as Leon B. Little

Christopher Columbus

65

TV show · as Padre Fernando De Talavera

Our Family Honor

TV show · as Vincent Danzig

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

60

as Dr. Huffman

Anatomy of an Illness

as Dr. William Hitzig

Sam's Son

64

as Sam Orowitz

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Salvatore Gambini

Highway to Heaven

73

TV show · as Gene Malloy / Timothy Charles

The Executioner's Song

67

as Vern Damico

The Hunter

52

as Ritchie Blumenthal

1970s

34 titles · average score 57

Girlfriends

82

as Rabbi Gold

Movie Movie

61

as Vince Marlow / Pop

The Deep

49

as Adam Coffin

The White, The Yellow, and The Black

56

as Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack

A Cold Night's Death

63

as Frank Enari

Stateline Motel

54

as Joe

Don't Turn the Other Cheek

57

as Maz Lozoya

The Typists

as Paul Cunningham

Romance of a Horsethief

42

as Kifke

The People Next Door

53

as Arthur Mason

The Adventures of Gerard

53

as Napoleon Bonaparte

Zig Zag

69

as Mario Gambretti

1960s

26 titles · average score 61

The Brain

71

as Frankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian Mafia

Ace High

63

as Cacopoulos

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

55

as Harry Hunter

A Lovely Way to Die

50

as Tennessee Fredericks

The Tiger Makes Out

54

as Ben Harris

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

91

as Tuco Ramirez

How to Steal a Million

89

as Davis Leland

Lord Jim

60

as The General

The Moon-Spinners

61

as Stratos

The Victors

44

as Sgt. Craig

The Misfits

74

as Guido

The Magnificent Seven

80

as Calvera

1950s

15 titles · average score 73

For Whom the Bell Tolls

as Rafael

The Lineup

80

as Dancer

The Plot to Kill Stalin

as Poskrebyshev

Naked City

69

TV show · as Georgie / Det. Peter Bane

Shirley Temple's Storybook

70

TV show · as Simon

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

TV show · as Raymond Perez

Suspicion

71

TV show

Baby Doll

77

as Silva Vacarro

Playhouse 90

79

TV show · as Rafael

Climax!

51

TV show · as Albert Anastasia

Omnibus

75

TV show

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Dauphin

1940s

3 titles · average score 65

Lights Out

65

TV show · as Giovanni

Studio One

65

TV show · as Ozep / Peter Hendon

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV show · as Nacho