Eli Wallach: movies and TV shows
Eli Wallach has 222 credits in the archive: 162 films and 60 TV series, from 1948 to 2022. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1948 – 2022 · busiest year: 1992 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 106 |
| 2020 | The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone | Osvaldo Altobello | Film | 10.0 | 104 |
| 2015 | The Train | Andre | Film | 7.0 | 99 |
| 2014 | Showing Up | Self | Film | 9.2 | 98 |
| 2010 | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | Julie Steinhardt | Film | 6.1 | 94 |
| 2010 | The Ghost Writer | Old man | Film | 6.8 | 94 |
| 2010 | Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber | Mordechai Rossman (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 94 |
| 2009 | Nurse Jackie | Bernard Zimberg | TV | 7.1 | 93 |
| 2009 | The Toe Tactic | Maestro | Film | 4.0 | 93 |
| 2009 | In the Name of Democracy | Narrator | Film | — | 93 |
| 2008 | New York, I Love You | Abe | Film | 6.0 | 92 |
| 2008 | Il falso bugiardo | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 92 |
| 2008 | Vote and Die: Liszt for President | Joe Nightingale | Film | 1.0 | 92 |
| 2007 | The War | Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.1 | 91 |
| 2007 | Mama's Boy | Seymour Warburton | Film | 4.6 | 91 |
| 2007 | Brando | Self | Film | 6.8 | 91 |
| 2006 | The Holiday | Arthur | Film | 7.1 | 90 |
| 2006 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Eli Weinraub | TV | 7.4 | 90 |
| 2006 | The Hoax | Noah Dietrich | Film | 6.3 | 90 |
| 2006 | The Real James Dean | Self | Film | — | 90 |
| 2006 | Baby Doll: See No Evil | Self | Film | — | 90 |
| 2006 | Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things | Self | Film | 9.6 | 90 |
| 2006 | The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven' | Self | Film | — | 90 |
| 2005 | James Dean: Sense Memories | Self | Film | — | 89 |
| 2005 | Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool | Self | Film | 5.9 | 89 |
| 2005 | A Taste Of Jupiter | Arturo | Film | 4.2 | 89 |
| 2005 | The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation | Father | Film | 6.3 | 89 |
| 2004 | Stroker and Hoop | Narrator (voice) | TV | 5.7 | 88 |
| 2004 | King of the Corner | Sol Spivak | Film | 5.9 | 88 |
| 2004 | The Easter Egg Adventure | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 88 |
| 2004 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Other Voices (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 88 |
| 2004 | Por un puñado de sueños | Self - Interviewee | Film | — | 88 |
| 2004 | Leone's West | Self | Film | 7.0 | 88 |
| 2004 | Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly' | Self | Film | — | 88 |
| 2003 | Mystic River | Mr. Loonie (uncredited) | Film | 7.7 | 87 |
| 2003 | Whoopi | Norman | TV | 8.8 | 87 |
| 2003 | Veritas: The Quest | Rabbi | TV | 6.7 | 87 |
| 2003 | Rita | Self | Film | 8.3 | 87 |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | Film | 7.0 | 87 |
| 2003 | Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King | Self / Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 87 |
| 2003 | The Education of Gore Vidal | Self | Film | 8.7 | 87 |
| 2003 | Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip | Other Voices (voice) | Film | 7.7 | 87 |
| 2002 | Monday Night Mayhem | Leonard Goldenson | Film | 6.0 | 86 |
| 2002 | Cinerama Adventure | Self | Film | 7.7 | 86 |
| 2002 | Making 'The Misfits' | Self | Film | 7.0 | 86 |
| 2001 | The Job | Mr. Weiss | TV | 6.7 | 85 |
| 2000 | Keeping the Faith | Rabbi Ben Lewis | Film | 6.1 | 84 |
| 2000 | The Bookfair Murders | Erich Schmidt | Film | 5.6 | 84 |
| 2000 | Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows | Self | Film | 7.3 | 84 |
| 2000 | Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' | Self | Film | 7.0 | 84 |
| 2000 | Uninvited | Alan Strasser | Film | 5.3 | 84 |
| 1998 | Naked City: Justice with a Bullet | Deluca | Film | 4.2 | 82 |
| 1997 | The Trial of Adolf Eichmann | Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices) | Film | 5.6 | 81 |
| 1997 | Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Self | Film | 7.2 | 81 |
| 1996 | The West | Self | TV | 8.4 | 80 |
| 1996 | The Associate | Donald Fallon | Film | 6.3 | 80 |
| 1996 | O. Henry's Christmas | Behrman ("The Last Leaf") | Film | 5.0 | 80 |
| 1996 | Honey Sweet Love | Don Siro | Film | 9.0 | 80 |
| 1996 | The Search for Dracula | Narrator | Film | 8.3 | 80 |
| 1996 | Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome | Self | Film | 9.0 | 80 |
| 1995 | Two Much | Sheldon | Film | 5.5 | 79 |
| 1995 | James Dean: A Portrait | Self | Film | 7.0 | 79 |
| 1995 | Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King | Self | Film | 8.5 | 79 |
| 1995 | Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey | Narrator | Film | 6.1 | 79 |
| 1994 | ER | Mr. Langston | TV | 7.8 | 78 |
| 1994 | Baseball | Various (voice) | TV | 7.5 | 78 |
| 1994 | Baseball | (voice) | TV | 7.5 | 78 |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | TV | 7.6 | 78 |
| 1994 | The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 78 |
| 1994 | It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein | Narrator | Film | 8.8 | 78 |
| 1994 | Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess | Self | Film | 6.9 | 78 |
| 1994 | Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed | Self | Film | 5.7 | 78 |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV | 7.3 | 77 |
| 1993 | Vendetta II: The New Mafia | Frank Latella | Film | 6.3 | 77 |
| 1992 | Mistress | George Lieberhof | Film | 5.5 | 76 |
| 1992 | Article 99 | Sam Abrams | Film | 6.2 | 76 |
| 1992 | Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes | (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 76 |
| 1992 | Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems | (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 76 |
| 1992 | Night and the City | Peck | Film | 5.8 | 76 |
| 1992 | The Donner Party | voice | Film | 7.0 | 76 |
| 1992 | The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 | Don Altobello | Film | 8.9 | 76 |
| 1992 | Lincoln | William Crook (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 76 |
| 1992 | Legacy of Lies | Moses Resnick | Film | 8.0 | 76 |
| 1992 | Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story | Bill Presser | Film | 5.8 | 76 |
| 1991 | Coney Island | Self - Actor | Film | 8.0 | 75 |
| 1991 | Terezin Diary | Narrator | Film | — | 75 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Simon Vilanis | TV | 7.3 | 74 |
| 1990 | The Godfather Part III | Don Altobello | Film | 7.4 | 74 |
| 1990 | The Two Jakes | Cotton Weinberger | Film | 6.0 | 74 |
| 1990 | The Godfather Family: A Look Inside | Self / Don Altobello | Film | 7.8 | 74 |
| 1990 | Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret | Self | Film | — | 74 |
| 1988 | Hello Actors Studio | Self | Film | 6.7 | 72 |
| 1988 | An Empire of Reason | Anti-Federalist Spokesman | Film | — | 72 |
| 1988 | Funny | Self | Film | 8.0 | 72 |
| 1987 | Hollywood Uncensored | Self | Film | 5.4 | 71 |
| 1987 | Nuts | Dr. Herbert A. Morrison | Film | 6.3 | 71 |
| 1987 | The Impossible Spy | Yacov | Film | 5.9 | 71 |
| 1987 | Hollywood's Favorite Heavy: Businessmen on Prime Time TV | Self - Host | Film | — | 71 |
| 1987 | Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 71 |
| 1986 | Worlds Beyond | Charles Burgess | TV | 5.8 | 70 |
| 1986 | Rocket to the Moon | Mr. Prince | Film | 10.0 | 70 |
| 1986 | Tough Guys | Leon B. Little | Film | 6.0 | 70 |
| 1986 | Something in Common | Norman Voss | Film | 6.0 | 70 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Yacov | TV | 7.1 | 69 |
| 1985 | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Yosef Kandinsky | TV | 7.2 | 69 |
| 1985 | Christopher Columbus | Padre Fernando De Talavera | TV | 6.2 | 69 |
| 1985 | Our Family Honor | Vincent Danzig | TV | 7.7 | 69 |
| 1985 | Murder: By Reason of Insanity | Dr. Huffman | Film | 5.7 | 69 |
| 1985 | Embassy | Joe Verga | Film | 5.0 | 69 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Salvatore Gambini | TV | 7.5 | 68 |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven | Timothy Charles | TV | 7.4 | 68 |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven | Gene Malloy | TV | 7.4 | 68 |
| 1984 | Anatomy of an Illness | Dr. William Hitzig | Film | 7.0 | 68 |
| 1984 | Sam's Son | Sam Orowitz | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 1983 | Reading Rainbow | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 67 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 66 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Mr. Prince | TV | 6.6 | 66 |
| 1982 | The Executioner's Song | Vern Damico | TV | — | 66 |
| 1982 | The Executioner's Song | Vern Damico | Film | 5.8 | 66 |
| 1982 | The Wall | Mauritzi Apt | Film | 6.8 | 66 |
| 1981 | The Salamander | General Leporello | Film | 5.4 | 65 |
| 1981 | The Pride of Jesse Hallam | Sal Galucci | Film | 5.4 | 65 |
| 1981 | Skokie | Bert Silverman | Film | 6.0 | 65 |
| 1980 | The Hunter | Ritchie Blumenthal | Film | 5.9 | 64 |
| 1980 | Guri | Film | — | 64 | |
| 1980 | Fugitive Family | Olan Vacio | Film | 8.0 | 64 |
| 1980 | Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 64 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Gerry Williams | TV | 6.8 | 63 |
| 1979 | Winter Kills | Joe Diamond | Film | 5.8 | 63 |
| 1979 | Firepower | Sal Hyman | Film | 5.0 | 63 |
| 1978 | The Pirate | Ben Ezra | Film | 4.5 | 62 |
| 1978 | Girlfriends | Rabbi Gold | Film | 6.7 | 62 |
| 1978 | Movie Movie | Vince Marlow / Pop | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1978 | Circle of Iron | Man-in-Oil | Film | 5.5 | 62 |
| 1978 | Little Italy | Don Gerolamo Giarra | Film | 6.2 | 62 |
| 1977 | The Domino Principle | Gen. Reser | Film | 5.9 | 61 |
| 1977 | The Hollywood Greats | Self | TV | 4.7 | 61 |
| 1977 | The Pirate | Ben Ezra | TV | 5.0 | 61 |
| 1977 | The Deep | Adam Coffin | Film | 6.1 | 61 |
| 1977 | The Sentinel | Detective Gatz | Film | 6.1 | 61 |
| 1977 | Nasty Habits | Monsignor | Film | 5.0 | 61 |
| 1977 | Seventh Avenue | Gus Farber | TV | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1976 | Plot of Fear | Peter Struwwel | Film | 5.6 | 60 |
| 1976 | Independence | Benjamin Franklin | Film | 9.0 | 60 |
| 1975 | Eye of the Cat | Cesare | Film | 4.3 | 59 |
| 1975 | The White, The Yellow, and The Black | Sheriff Edward Gideon / aka Black Jack | Film | 5.8 | 59 |
| 1974 | Crazy Joe | Don Vittorio | Film | 6.6 | 58 |
| 1974 | Indict and Convict | DeWitt Foster | Film | 5.0 | 58 |
| 1974 | Houston, We've Got a Problem | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 58 |
| 1973 | Kojak | Lee Curtin | TV | 7.2 | 57 |
| 1973 | Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | Fuzzy | TV | 6.8 | 57 |
| 1973 | Cinderella Liberty | Lynn Forshay | Film | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1973 | Stateline Motel | Joe | Film | 5.3 | 57 |
| 1973 | A Cold Night's Death | Frank Enari | Film | 6.1 | 57 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 55 |
| 1971 | Don't Turn the Other Cheek | Maz Lozoya | Film | 5.6 | 55 |
| 1971 | The Typists | Paul Cunningham | Film | 8.0 | 55 |
| 1971 | Romance of a Horsethief | Kifke | Film | 4.0 | 55 |
| 1971 | Paradise Lost | Leo Gordon | Film | 9.0 | 55 |
| 1970 | The People Next Door | Arthur Mason | Film | 5.9 | 54 |
| 1970 | The Angel Levine | Delicatessen Clerk | Film | 5.4 | 54 |
| 1970 | Zig Zag | Mario Gambretti | Film | 7.7 | 54 |
| 1970 | The Adventures of Gerard | Napoleon Bonaparte | Film | 5.9 | 54 |
| 1970 | The Reason Why | Charles | Film | 10.0 | 54 |
| 1969 | Mackenna's Gold | Ben Baker | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1969 | The Brain | Frankie Scannapieco, Godfather of the Italian Mafia | Film | 7.3 | 53 |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self | TV | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1968 | Ace High | Cacopoulos | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1968 | A Lovely Way to Die | Tennessee Fredericks | Film | 4.8 | 52 |
| 1968 | How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life | Harry Hunter | Film | 5.7 | 52 |
| 1967 | The Tiger Makes Out | Ben Harris | Film | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1967 | The Tiger Makes Out | Film | 5.0 | 51 | |
| 1967 | The Owl Who Gave a Hoot | Mr. Owl (voice) | Film | — | 51 |
| 1966 | Batman | Mister Freeze | TV | 7.3 | 50 |
| 1966 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | Tuco Ramirez | Film | 8.5 | 50 |
| 1966 | CBS Playhouse | Douglas Lambert | TV | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1966 | How to Steal a Million | Davis Leland | Film | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1966 | The Poppy Is Also a Flower | 'Happy' Locarno | Film | 6.1 | 50 |
| 1965 | Lord Jim | The General | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1965 | Genghis Khan | Shah of Khwarezm | Film | 5.8 | 49 |
| 1964 | The Moon-Spinners | Stratos | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1964 | Kisses for My President | Raphael Valdez Jr. | Film | 7.6 | 48 |
| 1963 | Act One | Warren Stone | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1963 | The Victors | Sgt. Craig | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 46 |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won | Charlie Gant | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1962 | Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man | John | Film | 5.5 | 46 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 45 |
| 1961 | The Dick Powell Show | Manny Jacobs | TV | 5.7 | 45 |
| 1961 | The Misfits | Guido | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1960 | The Magnificent Seven | Calvera | Film | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1960 | Outlaws | TV | 6.7 | 44 | |
| 1960 | Seven Thieves | Poncho | Film | 6.6 | 44 |
| 1960 | Lullaby | Johnny Horton | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1959 | The David Susskind Show | Self | TV | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1959 | I, Don Quixote | Sancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1959 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Rafael | Film | — | 43 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Det. Peter Bane | TV | 5.7 | 42 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Georgie | TV | 5.7 | 42 |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook | Simon | TV | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Raymond Perez | TV | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1958 | The Lineup | Dancer | Film | 7.1 | 42 |
| 1958 | The Gift of the Magi | Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1958 | The Plot to Kill Stalin | Poskrebyshev | Film | — | 42 |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1957 | Suspicion | TV | 6.2 | 41 | |
| 1957 | The Lark | Dauphin | Film | — | 41 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 40 |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 | Rafael | TV | 7.6 | 40 |
| 1956 | Baby Doll | Silva Vacarro | Film | 7.1 | 40 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Albert Anastasia | TV | 3.8 | 38 |
| 1952 | Omnibus | TV | 6.3 | 36 | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Dauphin | TV | 8.8 | 35 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | TV | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1949 | Lights Out | Giovanni | TV | 6.0 | 33 |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | TV | 6.6 | 32 | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Nacho | TV | 6.6 | 32 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 32 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Ozep | TV | 5.4 | 32 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Peter Hendon | TV | 5.4 | 32 |
| The Yidishe Gauchos | Narrator | Film | — | — |