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Walter Matthau
Walter John Matthau was an American actor, known for his "hangdog face" and for playing world-weary characters. He starred in 10 films alongside his real-life friend Jack Lemmon, including The Odd Couple (1968) and Grumpy Old Men (1993). The New York Times called this "one of Hollywood's most successful pairings". Among other accolades, Matthau won an Academy Award, one BAFTA Award, and two Tony A…
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Born 1 October 1920 · Died 1 July 2000 · Q202172
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 1 entry
AOL: Walter Matthau shocked son with reason he refused to be frozen after death
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2021· 1 entry
The Forward: Walter Matthau wanted to play Tevye — and at least 9 other things you didn’t know about ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
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2019· 1 entry
The Forward: For Walter Matthau On His 99th Birthday
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2003· 1 entry
And her body is interred in the same plot as her husband
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2000· 1 entry
Died 2000-07-01.
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1982· 1 entry
Matthau received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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1976· 1 entry
10 years after his first heart attack, Matthau underwent heart-bypass surgery
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1971· 2 entries
“The Odd Couple was mine. That was the plutonium I needed. It all started happening after that.”
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Matthau discussed his longtime compulsive gambling with a writer for The New York Times
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1967· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Fortune Cookie (1967).
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1966· 1 entry
While filming The Fortune Cookie, the first of at least three in his lifetime
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1965· 3 entries
Awarded Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (1965).
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His second after A Shot in the Dark in 1962
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Where he played slovenly sportswriter Oscar Madison, opposite Art Carney as Felix Ungar
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1962· 1 entry
Awarded Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (1962).
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1961· 1 entry
While doing a two-week television shoot in Florida for Tallahassee 7000, Matthau had lost $183,000 (equivalent to US$1,971,631 in 2025), mostly betting on spring-training baseball games
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1953· 1 entry
And their daughter, Jenny, was born in 1956
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1948· 1 entry
Matthau married Geraldine "Geri" Grace Johnson
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1920· 1 entry
Born 1920-10-01.
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