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24 june 2014 3 07 december 1915 eliwallach.png university college of new york -lrb- m.ed . -rrb- of texas at austin -lrb- b.a. -rrb- city manhattan united states , new york city , new york , '' '' , '' the magnificent seven '' , '' the the godfather part iii '' , '' batman '' , '' good the holiday '' , '' the two jakes '' , , '' baby doll '' the bad and the ugly anne -rrb- jackson -lrb- 1948 -- 2014 ; his death eli wallach - publicity.jpg eli wallach actor natural causes photo taken 1966 cremation 1945 -- 2014 red new york , united states hook , brooklyn , new york city , bafta honorary academy award awards , tony awards , emmy awards , tuco , arthur abbott , mr. freeze , silva vacarro , calvera , don altobello , cotton weinberger eli wallach
 eli herschel wallach
eli wallach

eli herschel wallach -lrb- ; december 7 , 1915 -- june 24 , 2014 -rrb- was an american film , television and stage actor whose career spanned more than six decades , beginning in the late 1940s .
trained in stage acting , which he enjoyed doing most , he became `` one of the greatest ` character actors ' ever to appear on stage and screen , '' states tcm , with over 90 film credits .
on stage , he often co-starred with his wife , anne jackson , becoming one of the best-known acting couples in the american theater .
wallach initially studied method acting under sanford meisner , and later became a founding member of the actors studio , where he studied under lee strasberg .
his versatility gave him the ability to play a wide variety of different roles throughout his career , primarily as a supporting actor .
for his debut screen performance in `` baby doll '' , he won a bafta award for best newcomer and a golden globe award nomination .
among his other most famous roles are calvera in `` the magnificent seven '' -lrb- 1960 -rrb- , guido in `` the misfits '' -lrb- 1961 -rrb- , and tuco -lrb- `` the ugly '' -rrb- in `` the good , the bad and the ugly '' -lrb- 1966 -rrb- .
other notable portrayals include don altobello in `` the godfather part iii '' , cotton weinberger in `` the two jakes '' -lrb- both 1990 -rrb- , and arthur abbott in `` the holiday '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- .
one of america 's most prolific screen actors , wallach remained active well into his nineties , with roles as recently as 2010 in '' '' and `` the ghost writer '' .
wallach received bafta awards , tony awards and emmy awards for his work , and received an academy honorary award at the second annual governors awards , presented on november 13 , 2010 .
