Salute to Eli Wallach (1915 - 2014)

Eli WALLACH remains the unforgettable actor of a few great classic movies of the international cinema : « « Baby Doll » (Elia Kazan / 1955) with Caroll Baker and Karl Malden ; « The Misfist » (John Huston / 1961) with Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift ; « The Victors » (Carl Foreman /1963) with Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, George Peppard and George Hamilton ; « Lord Jim » (Richard Brooks /1965 – See The Topic) with Peter O’Toole, James Mason, Curt Jürgens, Akim Tamiroff and Daliah Lavi) and « How To Steal a Million » (William Wyler / 1966) with Peter O’Toole and Audrey Hepburn and Hugh Griffith…

Also, he was one of the most impressive though guys of the Western : « The Magnificent Seven (John Sturges / 1960) with Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen and « How The West Was Won » (John Ford ; Henry Hathaway ; George Marshall ; Richard Thorpe / 1962) with George Peppard and Lee J. Cob.

But nobody will never forget his famous and brilliant performance of the Mexican outlaw ; « the ugly guy, Tuco » of « The Good, The Bad and The Ugly » (Sergio Leone /1966) with Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef.

So long, Tuco. 

 

R. I. P. Eli /Tuco.

 Lord Jim – Topic / link :

http://adayforallnights.blogspot.fr/2012/05/lord-jim-1965.html