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person_profile-Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau Died at age: 79

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Oct 01, 1920

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jul 01, 2000

Biography of

Walter Matthau

    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.

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Filmography of

Walter Matthau

Found 87 Movies in total

And the Oscar Goes To...

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2014

The Kid Stays in the Picture

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2002

Hanging Up

Lou Mozell ( Actor )

... 2000

The Marriage Fool

Frank Walsh ( Actor )

... 1998

The Odd Couple II

Oscar Madison ( Actor )

... 1998

... 1998

Out to Sea

Charlie Gordon ( Actor )

... 1997

I'm Not Rappaport

Nat Moyer ( Actor )

... 1996

... 1996

Grumpier Old Men

Max Goldman ( Actor )

... 1995

The Grass Harp

Judge Charlie Cool ( Actor )

... 1995

I.Q.

Albert Einstein ( Actor )

... 1994

Incident in a Small Town

Harmon Cobb ( Actor )

... 1994

Grumpy Old Men

Max Goldman ( Actor )

... 1993

Dennis the Menace

George Wilson ( Actor )

... 1993

... 1992

JFK

Senator Long ( Actor )

... 1991

Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love

Clifford Pepperman ( Actor )

... 1991

The Incident

Harmon Cobb ( Actor )

... 1990

... 1988

The Little Devil

Padre Maurizio ( Actor )

... 1988

The Couch Trip

Donald Becker ( Actor )

... 1988

... 1987

Pirates

Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red ( Actor )

... 1986

Movers & Shakers

Joe Mulholland ( Actor )

... 1985

The Survivors

Sonny Paluso ( Actor )

... 1983

... 1982

I Ought to Be in Pictures

Herbert Tucker ( Actor )

... 1982

I Love Liberty

Self ( Actor )

... 1982

First Monday in October

Dan Snow ( Actor )

... 1981

Buddy Buddy

Trabucco ( Actor )

... 1981

Hopscotch

Miles Kendig ( Actor )

... 1980

Little Miss Marker

Sorrowful Jones ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 1980

The Stingiest Man in Town

Ebenezer Scrooge (voice) ( Actor )

... 1978

California Suite

Marvin Michaels ( Actor )

... 1978

House Calls

Dr. Charley Nichols ( Actor )

... 1978

Actor

Boris Thomashevsky ( Actor )

... 1978

Casey's Shadow

Lloyd Bourdelle ( Actor )

... 1978

The Gentleman Tramp

Narrator ( Actor )

... 1976

The Bad News Bears

Coach Morris Buttermaker ( Actor )

... 1976

The Sunshine Boys

Willy Clark ( Actor )

... 1975

Earthquake

Drunk ( Actor )

... 1974

The Front Page

Walter Burns ( Actor )

... 1974

... 1974

The Laughing Policeman

Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD ( Actor )

... 1973

Charley Varrick

Charley Varrick ( Actor )

... 1973

Pete 'n' Tillie

Pete Seltzer ( Actor )

... 1972

Awake and Sing!

Moe Axelrod ( Actor )

... 1972

Kotch

Joseph P. Kotcher ( Actor )

... 1971

Plaza Suite

Roy Hubley / Jesse Kiplinger / Sam Nash ( Actor )

... 1971

A New Leaf

Henry Graham ( Actor )

... 1971

Cactus Flower

Dr. Julian Winston ( Actor )

... 1969

Hello, Dolly!

Horace Vandergelder ( Actor )

... 1969

Candy

Gen. R.A. Smight ( Actor )

... 1968

The Secret Life of an American Wife

The Movie Star ( Actor )

... 1968

The Odd Couple

Oscar Madison ( Actor )

... 1968

... 1968

A Guide for the Married Man

Paul Manning ( Actor )

... 1967

The Fortune Cookie

Willie Gingrich ( Actor )

... 1966

Mirage

Ted Caselle ( Actor )

... 1965

Goodbye Charlie

Leo Sartori ( Actor )

... 1964

Fail Safe

Prof. Groeteschele ( Actor )

... 1964

Ensign Pulver

Doc ( Actor )

... 1964

Charade

Hamilton Bartholemew ( Actor )

... 1963

Island of Love

Tony Dallas ( Actor )

... 1963

Who's Got the Action?

Tony Gagouts ( Actor )

... 1962

Lonely are the Brave

Sheriff Morey Johnson ( Actor )

... 1962

Strangers When We Meet

Felix Anders ( Actor )

... 1960

Gangster Story

Jack Martin ( Actor )

Director

... 1959

Ride a Crooked Trail

Judge Kyle ( Actor )

... 1958

Onionhead

'Red' Wildoe ( Actor )

... 1958

Voice in the Mirror

Dr. Karnes ( Actor )

... 1958

King Creole

Maxie Fields ( Actor )

... 1958

Slaughter on 10th Avenue

Al Dahlke ( Actor )

... 1957

A Face in the Crowd

Mel Miller ( Actor )

... 1957

Bigger Than Life

Wally Gibbs ( Actor )

... 1956

The Indian Fighter

Wes Todd ( Actor )

... 1955

The Kentuckian

Stan Bodine ( Actor )

... 1955

Atomic Attack

Dr. Spinelli ( Actor )

... 1954