RIP: Eli Wallach (1915-2014)

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RIP: Eli Wallach (1915-2014)

Eli Wallach, Multifaceted Actor, Dies 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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We just re-watched The Holiday Tuesday evening and I found I couldn't remember if Eli was still alive so I looked him up. I was a little surprised to see he was still with us. Two hours later the news broke. What a great actor. Although you'll always be Tuco to me I also enjoyed your many roles softer roles in movies like The Holiday and Two Much. RIP Eli.

Steve
 
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R.I.P. He was never a main stream actor but damn he was good IMO.
 

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