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A Yale student
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Eli Wallach: American film, television and stage actor
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I did Batman, too. I did Mr. Freeze. I get more mail for him than
anything I've ever done. – Eli Wallach
A
Yale student may be called an Eli, after Yale benefactor Elihu
Yale.
In
1718, at the behest of either Rector Andrew or Governor Gurdon
Saltonstall, Cotton Mather contacted a successful businessman in
Wales named Elihu Yale to ask him for financial help in
constructing a new building for the college. Yale, who had made a
fortune through trade while living in India as a representative
of the East India Company, donated nine bales of goods, which
were sold for more than £560, a substantial sum at the
time. Yale also donated 417 books and a portrait of King George
I. Cotton Mather suggested that the school change its name to
Yale College in gratitude to its benefactor and to increase the
chances that he would give the college another large donation or
bequest. Elihu Yale was away in India when the news of the
school's name change reached his home in Wrexham, North Wales, a
trip from which he never returned. And while he did ultimately
leave his fortunes to the "Collegiate School within His
Majesties Colony of Connecticot," the institution was never
able to successfully lay claim to it. Regardless, the entire
institution eventually became Yale University.
Eli
Herschel Wallach (born December 7, 1915) is an American film,
television and stage actor, who gained fame in the late 1950s.
For his performance in Baby Doll he won a BAFTA Award for Best
Newcomer and a Golden Globe nomination. One of his most famous
roles is that of Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966).
Other roles include his portrayal of Don Altobello in The
Godfather Part III, Calvera in The Magnificent Seven, and Arthur
Abbott in The Holiday. Wallach has received BAFTA Awards, Tony
Awards and Emmy Awards for his work. Wallach also has a cameo as
a liquor store owner in Clint Eastwood's Mystic River. His most
recent roles are in movies Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and
The Ghost Writer (film).
Wallach
was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Bertha (née
Schorr) and Abraham Wallach, the only Jewish family in an
otherwise predominantly Italian American neighborhood. His
parents owned Bertha's, a candy store. Wallach graduated in 1936
from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in History
and in 1938 received a Masters degree in Education from the City
College of New York. However, he gained his first Method
experience at the Neighborhood Playhouse. It was while attending
the University of Texas that Wallach performed in a play with
fellow students Ann Sheridan and Walter Cronkite.
Wallach
served as a staff sergeant in Hawaii in a military hospital in
the United States Army in World War II. He was soon sent to
Officer Candidate School (OCS) in Abilene, Texas to train as a
medical administrative officer. He graduated as a Second
Lieutenant and was sent to Madison Barracks in upstate New York.
He was promptly shipped to Casablanca and, later in the war, to
France. It was there that a superior discovered his acting
history and asked him to form a show for the patients. He and
other members from his unit wrote a play called Is This the
Army?, which was inspired by Irving Berlin's This is the Army. In
the comedic play, Wallach and the other men clowned around as
various dictators, with Wallach portraying Adolf Hitler, the
leader of Nazi Germany.
Wallach
took classes in acting at the Dramatic Workshop of the New School
in New York with the influential German director Erwin Piscator.
Wallach made his Broadway debut in 1945 and won a Tony Award in
1951 for his performance in the Tennessee Williams play The Rose
Tattoo. Additional theater credits include Mister Roberts, The
Teahouse of the August Moon, Camino Real, Major Barbara, Luv, and
Staircase, co-starring Milo O'Shea, which depicted an aging
homosexual couple in a serious way. He also played a role in a
tour of Antony and Cleopatra, produced by actress Katharine
Cornell in 1946. He last starred on stage as the title character
in Visiting Mr. Green.
Wallach's
film debut was in Elia Kazan's controversial Baby Doll, and he
went on to have a prolific career in films, although rarely in a
starring role. Other early films include The Lineup, The Misfits,
The Magnificent Seven (he portrayed Mexican bandit Calvera), Lord
Jim as the General, a comic role in How to Steal a Million (the
latter two with Peter O'Toole), and perhaps most famously, as
Tuco (the 'Ugly') in Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the
Ugly. After the latter's success, Wallach would appear in several
other "Spaghetti Westerns", including Ace High with
Terence Hill and Bud Spencer.
Wallach
is central to one of the most infamous show business legends. In
1953 he was cast as Angelo Maggio in the movie From Here to
Eternity. He was abruptly replaced by Frank Sinatra before
filming began. Sinatra went on to win an Oscar for the
performance and revived his career. Legend has it that Sinatra
used pressure from his reputed underworld connections to get the
part. That story inspired a similar incident depicted in the
classic 1972 film The Godfather. Wallach says he turned down the
role to appear in a Tennessee Williams play: "Whenever
Sinatra saw me, he’d say, 'Hello, you crazy actor!'"
In
2006, Wallach made a guest appearance on the NBC show Studio 60
on the Sunset Strip, playing a former writer who was blacklisted
in the 1950s. His character was a writer on The Philco Comedy
Hour, a comedy show that aired on the fictional NBS network. This
is a reference to The Philco Television Playhouse, several
episodes of which Wallach actually appeared on in 1955. Wallach
earned a 2007 Emmy nomination for his work on the show.
Before
accepting a role as a villain in Leone's Once Upon a Time in the
West, Henry Fonda called Wallach and asked "What the hell
does he [Leone] know about the West?" Wallach assured Fonda
he would be pleasantly surprised if he accepted the role. After
the film's success Fonda called Wallach back to thank him.
Wallach
and Leone, though having built a good relationship during
shooting The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, had a falling-out later
on. Leone had asked Wallach to play a role in his upcoming film,
A Fistful of Dynamite, but the actor explained he had a
scheduling conflict. After much pleading Wallach finally relented
and turned down the other offer and waited for Leone to raise
enough Hollywood money for the picture. However, the studio Leone
went to had an actor, Rod Steiger, with one more picture in his
studio contract and the studio announced that Leone would have to
use him if they were to put up any financing. Leone then called
to apologize to Wallach, who remained dumbstruck on the other end
of the line. After even refusing to give Wallach a token payment
for losing out on two jobs, the actor said, "I'll sue
you"—to which Leone replied, "Get in line",
and slammed down the phone. In his autobiography, Wallach relates
the incident as regrettably being the final time the two spoke to
one another. On February 27th, 2011, he is set to receive an
Honorary Academy Award for his contribution to the film industry.
Wallach
played Mr. Freeze in the 1960s Batman television series. He wrote
in his autobiography that he received more fan mail about his
role as Mr. Freeze than all of his other roles combined.
Wallach
has been married to stage actress Anne Jackson (born 1926) since
March 5, 1948, and they have three children: Peter, Katherine and
Roberta: the latter had an acting experience as a mentally
disturbed teenager in Paul Zindel's The Effect of Gamma Rays on
Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds.
In
2005, Wallach released his autobiography The Good, the Bad and
Me: In My Anecdotage. In this tome, Wallach talked about his most
famous role as Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. He
mentioned that he didn't realize he was going to be "blessed"
with that title until he saw the film. He mentioned it was an
honor to work with Clint Eastwood, whom he praised for his
professionalism. Wallach mentioned, however, that director Sergio
Leone was notoriously careless regarding the safety of his actors
during dangerous scenes. It was during filming that Wallach
accidentally drank from a bottle of acid that a film technician
had carelessly placed next to his soda bottle. He spat it out
immediately, but was furious that his vocal cords could have been
damaged if he'd swallowed any of it. Leone gave him some milk to
wash his mouth out with and apologized for the incident, but also
commented that accidents do happen.
Wallach
lost sight in his left eye as the result of a stroke. According
to his autobiography the incident occurred "some years ago".
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