Walter Matthau

**Walter John Matthau** ( **Matthow**; ; 1 Oktober 1920 – 1 Juli 2000) adalah seorang aktor layar dan panggung Amerika, dikenal karena "wajahnya yang murung" dan karena memainkan karakter yang lelah dunia. Dia membintangi 10 film bersama teman aslinya Jack Lemmon, termasuk *[[The Odd Couple (film)|The Odd Couple]]* (1968) dan ''Grumpy Old Men'' (1993). *[[The New York Times]]* menyebutnya "salah satu pasangan tersukses di Hollywood". Di antara penghargaan lainnya, ia adalah seorang pemenang Academy Award, dua kali BAFTA Award, dan dua kali Tony Award.

Di teater Broadway, Matthau memerankan karakter Oscar Madison di *[[The Odd Couple (play)|The Odd Couple]]* oleh penulis drama Neil Simon, yang membuatnya menerima penghargaan Penghargaan Tony untuk Aktor Utama Terbaik dalam sebuah Drama pada tahun 1965, yang kedua setelah *[[L'Idiote|A Shot in the Dark]]* pada tahun 1962. Ia memenangkan Academy Award untuk Aktor Pendukung Terbaik untuk penampilannya dalam film Billy Wilder *[[The Fortune Cookie]]* (1966), dengan nominasi Aktor Terbaik lebih lanjut untuk *[[Kotch]]* (1971) dan ''The Sunshine Boys'' (1975). Ia mendapatkan pengakuan lebih lanjut atas perannya sebagai pelatih tim liga kecil yang malang dalam komedi bisbol *[[The Bad News Bears]]* (1976).

Matthau juga dikenal karena penampilannya dalam *[[A Face in the Crowd (film)|A Face in the Crowd]]* (1957) karya Elia Kazan, kawan Elvis Presley *[[King Creole]]* (1958), film romantis Stanley Donen *[[Charade (1963 film)|Charade]]* (1963), *[[Fail Safe (1964 film)|Fail Safe]]* (1964), film musikal Gene Kelly *[[Hello, Dolly! (film)|Hello, Dolly!]]* (1969), Komedi konyol Elaine May *[[A New Leaf (film)|A New Leaf]]* (1971) dan komedi ensemble Herbert Ross *[[California Suite (film)|California Suite]]* (1978). Dia juga membintangi *[[Plaza Suite (film)|Plaza Suite]]* (1971), *[[Charley Varrick]]* (1973), *[[The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 film)|The Taking of Pelham One Two Three]]* (1974), *[[The Sunshine Boys (1975 film)|The Sunshine Boys]]* (1975), *[[House Calls (1978 film)|House Calls]]* (1978), *[[Hopscotch (film)|Hopscotch]]* (1980) dan *[[Dennis the Menace (1993 film)|Dennis the Menace]]* (1993).

Pada tahun 1982, ia menerima bintang di Hollywood Walk of Fame.

## Filmografi

* *[[Atomic Attack]]* (1950) (subjek pendek)
* *[[The Kentuckian]]* (1955)
* *[[The Indian Fighter]]* (1955)
* *[[Bigger Than Life]]* (1956)
* *[[A Face in the Crowd]]* (1957)
* *[[Slaughter on Tenth Avenue]]* (1957)
* *[[King Creole]]* (1958)
* *[[Voice in the Mirror]]* (1958)
* *[[Ride a Crooked Trail]]* (1958)
* *[[Onionhead]]* (1958)
* *[[Gangster Story]]* (1960) (juga sutradara)
* *[[Strangers When We Meet (film)|Strangers When We Meet]]* (1960)
* *[[Lonely are the Brave]]* (1962)
* *[[Who's Got the Action?]]* (1962)
* *[[Island of Love]]* (1963)
* *[[Charade]]* (1963)
* *[[Ensign Pulver]]* (1964)
* *[[Fail-Safe (film 1964)|Fail-Safe]]* (1964)
* *[[Goodbye Charlie]]* (1964)
* *[[Mirage (film)|Mirage]]* (1965)
* *[[The Fortune Cookie]]* (1966)
* *[[A Guide for the Married Man]]* (1967)
* *[[The Odd Couple (film)|The Odd Couple]]* (1968)
* *[[The Secret Life of an American Wife]]* (1968)
* *[[Candy (film 1968)|Candy]]* (1968)
* *[[Hello, Dolly! (film)|Hello, Dolly!]]* (1969)
* *[[Cactus Flower (film)|Cactus Flower]]* (1969)
* *[[A New Leaf]]* (1971)
* *[[Plaza Suite]]* (1971)
* *[[Kotch]]* (1971)
* *[[Pete 'n' Tillie]]* (1972)
* *[[The Laughing Policeman]]* (1973)
* *[[Charley Varrick]]* (1973)

* *[[The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (film 1974)|The Taking of Pelham One Two Three]]* (1974)
* *[[Earthquake (film)|Earthquake]]* (1974) (dikreditkan sebagai "Walter Matuschanskayasky")
* *[[The Front Page (1974 film)|The Front Page]]* (1974)
* *[[The Lion Roars Again]]* (1975) (subjek pendek)
* *[[The Gentleman Tramp]]* (1975) (dokumenter)
* *[[The Sunshine Boys]]* (1975)
* *[[The Bad News Bears]]* (1976)
* *[[Casey's Shadow]]* (1978)
* *[[House Calls (film)|House Calls]]* (1978)
* *[[California Suite]]* (1978)
* *[[Portrait of a 60% Perfect Man]]* (1980) (dokumenter)
* *[[Little Miss Marker (1980 film)|Little Miss Marker]]* (1980)
* *[[Hopscotch (film)|Hopscotch]]* (1980)
* *[[First Monday in October]]* (1981)
* *[[Buddy Buddy]]* (1981)
* *[[I Ought to Be in Pictures]]* (1982)
* *[[The Survivors (film)|The Survivors]]* (1983)
* *[[Movers & Shakers]]* (1985)
* *[[Pirates (1986 film)|Pirates]]* (1986)
* *[[The Little Devil]]* (1988)
* *[[The Couch Trip]]* (1988)
* *[[JFK (film)|JFK]]* (1991) as Senator Russell B. Long
* *[[Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy]]* (1992) (dokumenter)
* *[[Dennis the Menace (film)|Dennis the Menace]]* (1993)
* *[[Grumpy Old Men (film)|Grumpy Old Men]]* (1993)
* *[[I.Q. (film)|I.Q.]]* (1994)
* *[[The Grass Harp (film)|The Grass Harp]]* (1995)
* *[[Grumpier Old Men]]* (1995)
* *[[I'm Not Rappaport]]* (1996)
* *[[Out to Sea]]* (1997)
* *[[The Odd Couple II]]* (1998)
* *[[The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg]]* (1998) (dokumenter)
* *[[Hanging Up]]* (2000)

## Karya TV

* *Dry Run*, episode of *[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]* series (1959)
* *[[Juno and the Paycock]]* (1960)
* *[[Tallahassee 7000]]* (cast member in 1961)
* *[[Awake and Sing!]]* (1972)
* *[[Actor (TV Series)|Actor]]* (1978)
* *[[The Stingiest Man in Town]]* (1978) (voice)
* *[[The Incident]]* (1990)
* *[[Mr. Lambert Remembers Love]]* (1991)
* *[[Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore]]* (1992)
* *[[Incident in a Small Town]]* (1994)
* *[[The Marriage Fool]]* (1998)

## Penampilan panggung

* *[[Anne of the Thousand Days]]* (1948) (replacement)
* *[[The Liar]]* (1950)
* *[[Twilight Walk]]* (1951)
* *[[Fancy Meeting You Again]]* (1952)
* *[[One Bright Day]]* (1952)
* *[[In Any Language]]* (1952)
* *[[The Grey-Eyed People]]* (1952)
* *[[The Ladies of the Corridor]]* (1953)
* *[[The Burning Glass]]* (1953)
* *[[Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter]]* (1955)
* *[[Once More, with Feeling!]]* (1958)
* *[[Once There Was a Russian]]* (1961)
* *[[A Shot in the Dark]]* (1961)
* *[[My Mother, My Father and Me]]* (1963)
* *[[The Odd Couple]]* (1965)

## Penghargaan

## Referensi

## Pranala luar

* 
* Official Walter Matthau Website (run by his son, Charles) 
* Humorous Quotes 
* Walter Matthau at Find a Grave
* GERMAN WEBSITE OF WALTER MATTHAU & JACK LEMMON