Cast
Walter Matthau
Acting
Cast
Walter Matthau
Known for
Acting
Born
1920-10-01
From
New York City, New York, USA
Died
2000-07-01
Also known as Walter Matuschanskayasky, Walter John Matthau, والتر ماتائو
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.
Dennis the Menace
as Mr. Wilson
Charade
as Hamilton Bartholemew
Candy
as Gen. R.A. Smight
JFK
as Senator Long
Earthquake
as Drunk
Chaplin
as Self (archive footage)
Grumpy Old Men
as Max Goldman
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Lt. Garber
Fail Safe
as Prof. Groeteschele
Grumpier Old Men
as Max Goldman
Cactus Flower
as Dr. Julian Winston
Mirage
as Ted Caselle
Hello, Dolly!
as Horace Vandergelder
The Bad News Bears
as Coach Morris Buttermaker
The Odd Couple
as Oscar Madison
I.Q.
as Albert Einstein
California Suite
as Marvin Michaels
Hanging Up
as Lou Mozell
A Guide for the Married Man
as Paul Manning
The Front Page
as Walter Burns
Lonely are the Brave
as Sheriff Morey Johnson
Pirates
as Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red
The Kentuckian
as Stan Bodine
Plaza Suite
as Sam Nash / Jesse Kiplinger / Roy Hubley
Charley Varrick
as Charley Varrick
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self (voice)
Out to Sea
as Charlie Gordon
The Odd Couple II
as Oscar Madison
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self
The Couch Trip
as Donald Becker
The Sunshine Boys
as Willy Clark
Buddy Buddy
as Trabucco
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
A Face in the Crowd
as Mel Miller
Actor
as Boris Thomashevsky
The Indian Fighter
as Wes Todd
The Marriage Fool
as Frank Walsh
Who's Got the Action?
as Tony Gagouts
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
as Self
Hopscotch
as Miles Kendig
The Little Devil
as Padre Maurizio
The Grass Harp
as Judge Charlie Cool
The Survivors
as Sonny Paluso
Bigger Than Life
as Wally Gibbs
Little Miss Marker
as Sorrowful Jones
House Calls
as Dr. Charley Nichols
The Fortune Cookie
as Willie Gingrich
The Stingiest Man in Town
as Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
King Creole
as Maxie Fields
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
as Self
Ensign Pulver
as Doc
A New Leaf
as Henry Graham
Strangers When We Meet
as Felix Anders
Onionhead
as 'Red' Wildoe
Goodbye Charlie
as Leo Sartori
Movers & Shakers
as Joe Mulholland
Incident in a Small Town
as Harmon Cobb
Gangster Story
as Jack Martin
I Love Liberty
as Self
Pete 'n' Tillie
as Pete Seltzer
The Laughing Policeman
as Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD
Kotch
as Joseph P. Kotcher
First Monday in October
as Dan Snow
The Lion Roars Again
as Self
Ride a Crooked Trail
as Judge Kyle
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
as Self
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
as Clifford Pepperman
The Gentleman Tramp
as Self / Narrator
Casey's Shadow
as Lloyd Bourdelle
I'm Not Rappaport
as Nat Moyer
Atomic Attack
as Dr. Spinelli
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
as Narrator
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
as Self
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
as Al Dahlke
Carol Channing and 101 Men
as Self
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
as Self (archive footage)
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
as Harmon Cobb
Big Deal in Laredo
as Meredith
Island of Love
as Tony Dallas
The Incident
as Harmon Cobb
Jack Benny's Bag
as Self
Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'
as Self (archive footage)
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
as Self (archive footage)
Elvis: A Life in Music
as Self (archive footage)
Awake and Sing!
as Moe Axelrod
Voice in the Mirror
as Dr. Karnes
The Secret Life of an American Wife
as The Movie Star
Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands'
as Ben Alexander / Philip Judah
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
as Self
I Ought to Be in Pictures
as Herbert Tucker
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
as Self - Performer
Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau
as Self
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
as Self
A Beverly Hills Christmas
as Self
Funny Business
as Self - Host
Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
as Self
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
as Narrator (voice)