I was saddened to learn about the passing of Eli Wallach on Tuesday. Though he had a prolific career that began well over six decades ago, my first “encounter” with the actor did not take place until ...

NEW YORK — Eli Wallach, the raspy-voiced character actor who starred in dozens of movies and Broadway plays over a remarkable and enduring career and earned film immortality as a conniving, ...

This is FRESH AIR. Eli Wallach already had played villains in Westerns before he appeared opposite Clint Eastwood as Tuco in "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly." Tuco was the ugly one and also was one of ...

Actor Eli Wallach was trying mightily to revive his career after serving five years in the Army during World War II when he had a dream. The scene was a courtroom, Wallach the accused. Wallach “cannot ...

Eli Wallach, a celebrated stage and film actor who excelled at playing impulsive characters across the ethnic spectrum, memorably as Mexican bandits in the 1960s movie westerns “The Magnificent Seven” ...