Work is work, "said the actor who dabbled in film, television, but the theater was his true passion and he gave her a Tony Award
Eli Wallach, whose long career includes performances in The Magnificent Seven, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Godfather III and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, died Tuesday at age 98.
Wallach has long been a favorite Hollywood actors give their characters, often villains, gangsters or merchants-un threatening touch with his deep voice. The Magnificent Seven and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly-two major Westerns of the 1960s - portrayed villains.
He also starred opposite some of the biggest stars in history. Among its more than 150 credits had roles in The Misfits (1961) with Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe; Lord Jim (1965) with Peter O'Toole and James Mason; Two tough guys (1986) with Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster; Chinatown 2 (1990) with Jack Nicholson; and much smaller roles, no credit in Mystic River (2003), starring Sean Penn and Tim Robbins directed by Clint Eastwood, her costar in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
But Wallach's heart was in the theater, where he participated in the works of Tennessee Williams as The Rose Tattoo, and Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros.
"For actors, the films are a means to an end," Wallach told The New York Times in 1973. "And I will ride a horse for 10 weeks in Spain, and have enough preparation to go back and make a play ".
Eli Herschel Wallach was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 7, 1915. Though he was Jewish, he grew up in a mostly Italian neighborhood, an experience that would later help him in various roles.
"I grew up watching Italian And in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Sergio Leone (director) said.. 'You have to pray here and persignarse Do you know how to cross himself?' I said, 'Well, I'm Jewish, but I know how persignarme because the Italians did daily 30, 40 times a day, "he said in an interview with the blog Old New York Stories.
Wallach attended the University of Texas-among his classmates was Walter Cronkite, and served in the Army during World War II.
After the war, he studied at the Actors Studio and became a leading devotee of the method, a form of action in which you ask the players to draw their experiences and emotions for inner understanding.
He won a Tony for his performance in The Rose Tattoo, and also starred in Mr. Roberts, The Teahouse of the August Moon and Major Barbara. He made his film debut in another Tennessee Williams, Baby Doll (1956), three years after rejecting the role of Maggio in From Here to Eternity (1953). Frank Sinatra took the paper and revitalized his career.
"Whenever Sinatra met me after that, he told me, 'Hey, crazy player,'" said Old New York Stories.
Almost rejects role in The Magnificent Seven, but changed his mind when he saw how he could shape the role of the bandit Calvera, Wallach told the American Legends website.
"I was with (director John) Sturges and said.. 'In the cowboy movie, you never see what bandits do with the money ... I want to show how they spend Wants to silk shirts I give two gold teeth, I want a good horse, a saddle wonderful. "Sturges said, 'okay I already have.'".
The Magnificent Seven, also starring Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson and James Coburn, featured music by Elmer Bernstein. Of the principal cast members, only Robert Vaughn is still alive.
Wallach worked constantly, whether on stage, big or small screen, especially if the TV show was based in New York. He appeared in an episode of Law and Order 1992 and had small ephemeral performances Tribeca and 100 Centre Street. But work was work, and it also meant parties ER (Emergecias), crime reporter, Skyward, and the TV movie The Executioner's Song.
Made Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) when he was 94 years old.
He had a great sense of humor about his reputation and his memoir titled The Good, the Bad and since her role in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was "the Ugly" Tuco, the buffoonish villain.
"I'm having fun answering the questions," he said in the interview with an editor. "One woman asked me, 'Is Ess your real name?' And I said, 'How can invent a name like mine?' ".
A Wallach survived by his wife, actress Anne Jackson, with whom he was married for 66 years; three children and many grandchildren.
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