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Eli Wallach

1915 - 2014

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Eli Herschel Wallach ( EE-ly WOL-ək; December 7, 1915 – June 24, 2014) was an American film, television, and stage actor from New York City. Known for his character actor roles, his entertainment career spanned over six decades. He received a BAFTA Award, a Tony Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. He also was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1988 and received the Academy Honorary Award in 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eli Wallach is the 191st most popular actor (down from 153rd in 2019), the 452nd most popular biography from United States (down from 288th in 2019) and the 100th most popular American Actor.

Eli Wallach is most famous for his role as "Tuco" in the movie The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Eli Wallach ranks 191 out of 13,578. Before him are Bette Davis, Anouk Aimée, Max von Sydow, Anna Magnani, Nancy Reagan, and Leslie Caron. After him are Laurence Olivier, Giulietta Masina, Angelina Jolie, Simone Signoret, Peter O'Toole, and Peter Ustinov.

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Among people born in 1915, Eli Wallach ranks 15. Before him are Moshe Dayan, Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., Orson Welles, Arthur Miller, Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., and W. Arthur Lewis. After him are David Rockefeller, Yitzhak Shamir, Paul Samuelson, Clifford Shull, Billie Holiday, and Hu Yaobang. Among people deceased in 2014, Eli Wallach ranks 12. Before him are Eduard Shevardnadze, Hiroo Onoda, Gough Whitlam, Claudio Abbado, Wojciech Jaruzelski, and Nadine Gordimer. After him are Joe Cocker, Luis Aragonés, Maximilian Schell, Shirley Temple, Alexander Grothendieck, and Lauren Bacall.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eli Wallach ranks 452 out of 20,380. Before him are Lou Henry Hoover (1874), Edward Hopper (1882), Jeffrey Dahmer (1960), Nancy Reagan (1921), Margaret Mitchell (1900), and Bill Nelson (1942). After him are John Rawls (1921), William F. Sharpe (1934), Angelina Jolie (1975), Edward Drinker Cope (1840), Man Ray (1890), and Millard Fillmore (1800).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Eli Wallach ranks 100. Before him are Leonardo DiCaprio (1974), Harvey Keitel (1939), Martin Sheen (1940), Jack Lemmon (1925), Bette Davis (1908), and Nancy Reagan (1921). After him are Angelina Jolie (1975), Oliver Hardy (1892), Chris Cooper (1951), Sandra Bullock (1964), Julia Roberts (1967), and Sidney Poitier (1927).

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