“for actors, movies are a means to an end.”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
Figure timeline
Eli Wallach
Eli Herschel Wallach was an American film, television, and stage actor from New York City. Known for his character actor roles, his entertainment career spanned over six decades. He received a BAFTA Award, a Tony Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. He also was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1988 and received the Academy Honorary Award in 2010.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
entertainment · American actor (1915–2014) · film actor · autobiographer · character actor · stage actor · television actor · actor · military officer · military personnel · film producer · producer · also Eli Wallach, Eli Herschel Wallach, Wallach
Born 7 December 1915 · Died 24 June 2014 · Q104067
42 published statements · 0 followers
See & hear
Photos & media
4 photos
Media from Wikimedia Commons, hotlinked at the source under its own licence — see each file for author and terms.
Live now
In the news
Pulling headlines from trusted outlets — this usually takes a few seconds
Checking the wires…
Feed scan
These are live links, not archived citations — they only join the timeline once a collect run verifies and archives them.
Live pulse
Recent highlights
Most recent outstanding titles, awards, and quotes
- Quote
- Quote
2026· 3 entries
“I have tremendous respect and admiration for her as an actress . . . we have a terrific working compatibility when we”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
“It opened my eyes to the word friendship... You could rely on people. If they gave you their word, that was it... It was an education.”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
2023· 1 entry
collider: Eli Wallach’s Last Film Is This Steven Spielberg-Acclaimed Short
- #news
- #headline
2015· 1 entry
At the Rhode Island International Film Festival
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2014· 9 entries
The Guardian: Letter: Eli Wallach on Book at Bedtime
- #news
- #headline
The Guardian: Eli Wallach: 50 years of being very good, bad and (occasionally) ugly in the movies
- #news
- #headline
The Guardian: Eli Wallach
- #news
- #headline
The Guardian: Eli Wallach: a career in clips
- #news
- #headline
The Guardian: Eli Wallach, star of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, dies aged 98
- #news
- #headline
Newsday: Eli Wallach, a TV interview
- #news
- #headline
IndieWire: When Jim Met Eli: My 20 Minutes With The Late, Great Eli Wallach
- #news
- #headline
Seattle Times: Versatile actor Eli Wallach dies at 98
- #news
- #headline
Died 2014-06-24.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #death
2010· 3 entries
At the age of 94, Wallach received an Academy Honorary Award for his contribution to the film industry from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
The Guardian: From Tennessee Williams to Sergio Leone: Actor Eli Wallach at 95
- #news
- #headline
Awarded Academy Honorary Award (2010).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
2009· 1 entry
BroadwayWorld: Eli Wallach at LOVE 'N' COURAGE Benefit Honors Elaine Stritch Photo
- #news
- #headline
2008· 2 entries
Wallach lost sight in his left eye due to a stroke
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
In 2008, Wallach lost sight in his left eye due to a stroke.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #life
- #personal-life
2006· 2 entries
Wallach appeared on NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, playing a former writer who was blacklisted in the 1950s
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Was one of the "most charismatic men" she'd met, and her "very own sexiest man alive
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2005· 1 entry
Released album “Ellis Island: The Dream of America”.
- #musicbrainz
- #release
- #work
2003· 1 entry
Wallach acted in Mystic River, produced and directed by Eastwood, who once said "working with Eli Wallach has been one of the great pleasures of my life
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2000· 1 entry
The Guardian: Eli Wallach: strength of character
- #news
- #headline
1988· 2 entries
Acted in a revival of Cafe Crown, a portrait of the Yiddish theater scene during its prime
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
And received the Academy Honorary Award in 2010
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1978· 1 entry
Played in a revival of The Diary of Anne Frank, along with their daughters, and in 1984 they acted in Nest of the Wood Grouse, directed by Joseph Papp
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1977· 1 entry
And 10 years later, at the age of 71, he starred alongside Michael Landon in Highway to Heaven episode "A Father's Faith"
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1973· 1 entry
“Earl Holliman: actor with desire for variety”
Text from Wikiquote, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikiquote
- #quote
1967· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1967).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
1963· 1 entry
And acted together in Waltz of the Toreadors in 1973
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1961· 1 entry
Wallach co-starred with Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift and Clark Gable in The Misfits, Monroe's and Gable's last film before their deaths
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1958· 1 entry
And in 1961 Rhinoceros opposite Zero Mostel
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1957· 1 entry
Awarded BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles for Baby Doll (1957).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
1953· 1 entry
When he, along with Frank Sinatra and Harvey Lembeck, tried out for the role of Maggio in the film From Here to Eternity
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1951· 2 entries
Awarded Theatre World Award (1951).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Awarded Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (1951).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
1945· 1 entry
Wallach made his Broadway debut and he won a Tony Award in 1951 for his performance alongside Maureen Stapleton in the Tennessee Williams play The Rose Tattoo
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1936· 1 entry
From the University of Texas with a degree in history
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1915· 2 entries
At 156 Union Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn, a son of Polish Jewish immigrants Abraham and Bertha Wallach (née Schorr) from Przemyśl
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Born 1915-12-07.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #birth