Walter Matthau
Age: N/A | From: New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Walter Matuschanskayasky , Уолтер Мэттау , Walter John Matthau
Gender: Male
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 47
TV Involvements: 23
Most Famous Work
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 (1976). He also starred in 10 films alongside Jack Lemmon, including The Odd Couple (1968), The Front Page (1974) and Grumpy Old Men (1993). Matthau won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the Billy Wilder film The Fortune Cookie (1966). Matthau is also known for his performances in Stanley Donen's romance Charade (1963), Gene Kelly's musical Hello, Dolly! (1969), Elaine May's screwball comedy A New Leaf (1971) and Herbert Ross' ensemble comedy California Suite (1978). He also starred in Plaza Suite, Kotch (both 1971), Charley Varrick (1973), The Sunshine Boys (1975), and Hopscotch (1980). On Broadway, Matthau originated the role of Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple by playwright Neil Simon, for which he received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1965, his second after A Shot in the Dark in 1962. Matthau also received two British Academy Film Awards and a Golden Globe Award. In 1963, he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his performance in The DuPont Show of the Week. In 1982, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Matthau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
The Philco Television Playhouse
(1948) Stuart Benson
Tony Awards
(1956) Self - Host
Lux Video Theatre
(1950) Craig
Climax!
(1954) Charlie Mapes
Naked City
(1958) Dr. Max Lewine
Dr. Kildare
(1961) Franklin Gaer
Robert Montgomery Presents
(1950) The Bartender
Suspense
(1949) Lawrence StevensActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2015 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2014 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2002 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2000 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Lou Mozell | ||
| 1998 | Frank Walsh | |
| Self | ||
| Oscar Madison | ||
| Self | ||
| 1997 | Charlie Gordon | |
| Self | ||
| 1996 | Nat Moyer | |
| Self | ||
| 1995 | Max Goldman | |
| Judge Charlie Cool | ||
| Self | ||
| 1994 | Albert Einstein | |
| Harmon Cobb | ||
| 1993 | Max Goldman | |
| George Wilson | ||
| 1992 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Himself | ||
| Harmon Cobb | ||
| Self | ||
| 1991 | Senator Long | |
| Clifford Pepperman | ||
| 1990 | Harmon Cobb | |
| 1988 | Self | |
| Padre Maurizio | ||
| Donald Becker | ||
| 1987 | Self | |
| 1986 | Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red | |
| 1985 | Joe Mulholland | |
| 1983 | Sonny Paluso | |
| 1982 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Herbert Tucker | ||
| Self | ||
| 1981 | Dan Snow | |
| Trabucco | ||
| 1980 | Miles Kendig | |
| Sorrowful Jones | ||
| 1978 | Ebenezer Scrooge (voice) | |
| Marvin Michaels | ||
| Dr. Charley Nichols | ||
| Boris Thomashevsky | ||
| Lloyd Bourdelle | ||
| 1976 | Narrator | |
| Coach Morris Buttermaker | ||
| 1975 | Willy Clark | |
| Self - Host / Various | ||
| Self | ||
| 1974 | Drunk | |
| Walter Burns | ||
| Lt. Garber | ||
| 1973 | Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD | |
| Charley Varrick | ||
| Self | ||
| 1972 | Pete Seltzer | |
| Moe Axelrod | ||
| 1971 | Joseph P. Kotcher | |
| Roy Hubley / Jesse Kiplinger / Sam Nash | ||
| Henry Graham | ||
| Self | ||
| 1969 | Dr. Julian Winston | |
| Horace Vandergelder | ||
| 1968 | Gen. R.A. Smight | |
| The Movie Star | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Oscar Madison | ||
| Self | ||
| 1967 | Paul Manning | |
| 1966 | Willie Gingrich | |
| 1965 | Ted Caselle | |
| 1964 | Leo Sartori | |
| Gov. John Slaton | ||
| Andrew Johnson | ||
| Prof. Groeteschele | ||
| Doc | ||
| 1963 | Hamilton Bartholemew | |
| N/A | ||
| Tony Dallas | ||
| 1962 | Tony Gagouts | |
| Meredith | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Sheriff Morey Johnson | ||
| 1961 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| Franklin Gaer | ||
| Lex Rogers | ||
| 1960 | N/A | |
| Felix Anders | ||
| 1959 | Jack Martin | |
| 1958 | Judge Kyle | |
| 'Red' Wildoe | ||
| Peter Kanopolis | ||
| Dr. Max Lewine | ||
| Dr. Karnes | ||
| Maxie Fields | ||
| 1957 | Al Dahlke | |
| Mel Miller | ||
| 1956 | Wally Gibbs | |
| Self - Host | ||
| 1955 | Wes Todd | |
| Off. Pete Chandler | ||
| Moran | ||
| Harry Wade | ||
| Phil | ||
| Stan Bodine | ||
| 1954 | Charlie Mapes | |
| Dr. Spinelli | ||
| 1953 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| Tom Dutton | ||
| 1950 | Coastguardsman | |
| Inspector | ||
| Craig | ||
| N/A | ||
| The Bartender | ||
| 1949 | Lawrence Stevens | |
| 1948 | Jacobs | |
| Olsen | ||
| N/A | ||
| Iago | ||
| Stuart Benson | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Executive Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |