Eli Wallach
Eli Wallach
Eli Herschel Wallachwas an American film, television and stage actor whose career spanned more than six decades, beginning in the late 1940s. Trained in stage acting, which he enjoyed doing most, he became "one of the greatest 'character actors' ever to appear on stage and screen" states TCM, with over 90 film credits. On stage, he often co-starred with his wife, Anne Jackson, becoming one of the best-known acting couples in the American theater...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth7 December 1915
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I love to tell stories and this is my way of getting them down on paper.
I always end up being the evil one, and I wouldn't hurt a fly.
The richest man is the one with the most powerful friends.
But I went to the University of Texas in the 30s, and while there I learned to ride. Mostly polo ponies.
I always wanted to tell stories and act.
Everyone thinks acting is easy. It's far from easy, but it's the most gratifying thing I do.
I'd come out of the army after five years as a medic. I was a medical administrator and we ran hospitals, and I was a Captain in the army at the end, in 1945
I never dreamed I would do Westerns
Recipe? Recipe? We don' need no stinkin' recipe.
What do I need a movie for? The stage is on a higher level in every way, and a more satisfying medium. Movies, by comparison, are like calendar art next to great paintings. You can't really do very much in movies or in television, but the stage is such an anarchistic medium.
My first Western was called The Magnificent Seven.
Well, I've maybe gotten 200 requests for interviews about Marilyn, and I just decided I'm gonna do my own.
But Clint I love, because Clint was my mentor. I knew nothing about making an Italian movie.
I've worked with wonderful actors like Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda.