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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsRIP, Tuco. Eli Wallach dead at 98.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/25/movies/eli-wallach-multifaceted-actor-dies-at-98.htmlEli Wallach, who was one of his generations 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 Ionescos allegorical play Rhinoceros, a henpecked French general in Jean Anouilhs Waltz of the Toreadors, Clark Gables 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.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)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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RIP Tuco Benedicto Pacífico Juan María Ramírez
KG
(28,749 posts)shenmue
(38,503 posts)alarimer
(16,245 posts)I didn't even know that was him as Tuco.
blogslut
(37,955 posts)Goodbye, dear sir.
Flaxbee
(13,661 posts)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.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)on the 1960s Batman TV series.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)"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.