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Walter Matthau

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

01/10/1920

Day of Death

01/07/2000
(80) years old

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Walter Matthau

Biography

Walter Matthau (born Walter John Matthow; October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American actor, comedian and film director. He is best known for his film roles in A Face in the Crowd (1957), King Creole (1958) and as a coach of a hapless little league team in the baseball comedy The Bad News Bears... Read More

Known For

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'

And the Oscar Goes To...

The Kid Stays in the Picture

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

Hanging Up

The Marriage Fool

The Odd Couple II

Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

Filmography

Cast

2020

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

as Self (archive footage)

2015

Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and...

as Self (archive footage)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2002

The Kid Stays in the Picture

as Self (archive footage)

2000

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

as Self (archive footage)

2000

Hanging Up

as Lou Mozell

1998

The Marriage Fool

as Frank Walsh

1998

Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walt...

as Self

1998

The Odd Couple II

as Oscar Madison

1998

Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

as Self

1997

Out to Sea

as Charlie Gordon

1997

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

as Self

1996

I'm Not Rappaport

as Nat Moyer

1996

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

as Self

1996

The Grass Harp

as Judge Charlie Cool

1995

Grumpier Old Men

as Max Goldman

1995

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of Am...

as Self

1994

I.Q.

as Albert Einstein

1994

Incident in a Small Town

as Harmon Cobb

1993

Grumpy Old Men

as Max Goldman

1993

Dennis the Menace

as George Wilson

1993

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

as Self

1992

How The Grinch Stole Christmas!

as Narrator (voice)

1992

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

as Self

1992

Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimo...

as Harmon Cobb

1991

JFK

as Senator Long

1991

Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love

as Clifford Pepperman

1990

The Incident

as Harmon Cobb

1989

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the G...

as Himself

1988

The Little Devil

as Padre Maurizio

1988

The Couch Trip

as Donald Becker

1987

A Beverly Hills Christmas

as Self

1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self

1986

Pirates

as Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red

1986

Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birt...

as Self

1985

Movers & Shakers

as Joe Mulholland

1984

The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team

1983

The Survivors

as Sonny Paluso

1982

Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy W...

as Self

1982

Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter

as Self

1982

I Ought to Be in Pictures

as Herbert Tucker

1982

I Love Liberty

as Self

1981

First Monday in October

as Dan Snow

1981

Buddy Buddy

as Trabucco

1980

Hopscotch

as Miles Kendig

1980

Little Miss Marker

as Sorrowful Jones

1978

The Stingiest Man in Town

as Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)

1978

California Suite

as Marvin Michaels

1978

Funny Business

as Self - Host

1978

House Calls

as Dr. Charley Nichols

1978

Actor

as Boris Thomashevsky

1978

Casey's Shadow

as Lloyd Bourdelle

1976

The Gentleman Tramp

as Self / Narrator

1976

The Bad News Bears

as Coach Morris Buttermaker

1975

The Sunshine Boys

as Willy Clark

1975

The Lion Roars Again

as Self

1974

Earthquake

as Drunk

1974

The Front Page

as Walter Burns

1974

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

as Lt. Garber

1973

The Laughing Policeman

as Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD

1973

Charley Varrick

as Charley Varrick

1972

Pete 'n' Tillie

as Pete Seltzer

1972

Awake and Sing!

as Moe Axelrod

1971

Kotch

as Joseph P. Kotcher

1971

Plaza Suite

as Roy Hubley / Jesse Kiplinger / Sam Nash

1971

A New Leaf

as Henry Graham

1969

Cactus Flower

as Dr. Julian Winston

1969

Hello, Dolly!

as Horace Vandergelder

1968

Candy

as Gen. R.A. Smight

1968

Jack Benny's Bag

as Self

1968

The Secret Life of an American Wife

as The Movie Star

1968

The Odd Couple

as Oscar Madison

1968

Carol Channing and 101 Men

as Self

1967

A Guide for the Married Man

as Paul Manning

1966

The Fortune Cookie

as Willie Gingrich

1965

Mirage

as Ted Caselle

1964

Goodbye Charlie

as Leo Sartori

1964

Fail Safe

as Prof. Groeteschele

1964

Ensign Pulver

as Doc

1963

Charade

as Hamilton Bartholemew

1963

Island of Love

as Tony Dallas

1962

Who's Got the Action?

as Tony Gagouts

1962

Big Deal in Laredo

as Meredith

1962

Lonely are the Brave

as Sheriff Morey Johnson

1960

Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' ...

as Ben Alexander / Philip Judah

1960

Strangers When We Meet

as Felix Anders

1959

Gangster Story

as Jack Martin

1958

Ride a Crooked Trail

as Judge Kyle

1958

Onionhead

as 'Red' Wildoe

1958

Voice in the Mirror

as Dr. Karnes

1958

King Creole

as Maxie Fields

1957

Slaughter on 10th Avenue

as Al Dahlke

1957

A Face in the Crowd

as Mel Miller

1956

Bigger Than Life

as Wally Gibbs

1955

The Indian Fighter

as Wes Todd

1955

The Kentuckian

as Stan Bodine

1954

Atomic Attack

as Dr. Spinelli

Crew

1980

Little Miss Marker

as Executive Producer

1959

Gangster Story

as Director