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TheMightyFavog

(13,770 posts)
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 01:37 AM Jun 2014

RIP, Tuco. Eli Wallach dead at 98.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/25/movies/eli-wallach-multifaceted-actor-dies-at-98.html

Eli Wallach, who was one of his generation’s most prominent and prolific character actors in film, onstage and on television for more than 60 years, died on Tuesday. He was 98.

His death was confirmed by his daughter Katherine.

A self-styled journeyman actor, the versatile Mr. Wallach appeared in scores of roles, often with his wife, Anne Jackson. No matter the part, he always seemed at ease and in control, whether playing a Mexican bandit in the 1960 western “The Magnificent Seven,” a bumbling clerk in Ionesco’s allegorical play “Rhinoceros,” a henpecked French general in Jean Anouilh’s “Waltz of the Toreadors,” Clark Gable’s sidekick in “The Misfits” or a Mafia don in “The Godfather: Part III.”

Despite his many years of film work, some of it critically acclaimed, Mr. Wallach was never nominated for an Academy Award. But in November 2010, less than a month before his 95th birthday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded him an honorary Oscar, saluting him as “the quintessential chameleon, effortlessly inhabiting a wide range of characters, while putting his inimitable stamp on every role.”
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RIP, Tuco. Eli Wallach dead at 98. (Original Post) TheMightyFavog Jun 2014 OP
Magnificent Seven star Eli Wallach dies at 98 dipsydoodle Jun 2014 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Joe Shlabotnik Jun 2014 #2
Wah waah wah Joe Shlabotnik Jun 2014 #3
bloooooonnnnnddddiiiieeeeeeeeee!!!! KG Jun 2014 #4
Rest in peace shenmue Jun 2014 #5
I was just watching "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" yesterday. alarimer Jun 2014 #6
One of the last of the greats. blogslut Jun 2014 #7
First time I saw him was in "How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life" Flaxbee Jun 2014 #8
He was everywhere...RIP Mr. Wallach...nt joeybee12 Jun 2014 #9
He was also one of the actors who played "Mr. Freeze" Art_from_Ark Jun 2014 #10
Today on NPR's "Fresh Air" they played a taped interview with him from a few years ago red dog 1 Jun 2014 #11

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
1. Magnificent Seven star Eli Wallach dies at 98
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 04:00 AM
Jun 2014

Eli Wallach, whose best known films included The Magnificent Seven and Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, has died aged 98.



Character actor Wallach - who began his film career in 1956 after 10 years on stage - was admired for his wide range, in a career spanning six decades.

His portrayal of bandit chief Calvera in The Magnificent Seven was regarded by many as his definitive role.

A "quintessential chameleon", he won an honorary Oscar in 2011.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28012230

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Flaxbee

(13,661 posts)
8. First time I saw him was in "How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life"
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 03:07 PM
Jun 2014

with his wife, Anne Jackson, and with Dean Martin and Stella Stevens.

Sexist movie (as many were then - 1968) but parts were very funny.

I liked him. Rest in Peace, Mr. Wallach.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
11. Today on NPR's "Fresh Air" they played a taped interview with him from a few years ago
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 09:29 PM
Jun 2014

"Fresh Air Remembers Actor Eli Wallach"

http://www.freshair.npr.org/2014/06/27/326159247/fresh-air-remembers-actor-eli-wallach/


It was good for him to get that Lifetime Achievement Academy Award in 2010
but, IMO, he deserved an Academy Award for acting, several times.

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