Eli Wallach, Journeyman Actor, Dies at 98

[sonnymax]

Eli Wallach, who starred alongside Hollywood's greatest stage, screen and TV actors, has passed away at age 98. His movie credits include supporting roles in the Magnificent Seven, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Misfits, Lord Jim and The Godfather III. However, he was most at home on stage, where he appeared in classics like Tennessee Williams’ The Rose Tattoo and Camino Real, Eugène Ionesco’s Rhinoceros, and The Typists and The Tiger by Murray Schisgal.

NYT obit

[Shawn]

If you want to see a fine performance from Wallach later in his career then check out "The Holiday" from 2006. He has a significant supporting role as a retired actor and shares some wonderful scenes with Kate Winslet.

[GA Russell]

My favorite of his was The Tiger Makes Out.

[Hot Ptah]

If you want to see a fine performance from Wallach later in his career then check out "The Holiday" from 2006. He has a significant supporting role as a retired actor and shares some wonderful scenes with Kate Winslet.

That was the first film I thought of. He is tremendous in that role.

[paul secor]

I don't know whether he thought of himself as a "Journeyman Actor". I never regarded him as such.

Thank you, Mr. Wallach.

[JSngry]

Yeah, I don't like the word "journeyman" in today's world. Sounds like a wanderer who 's good enough to get a job as a temp but doesn't ever get hired on as a full-timer. I think Eli Wallach was certainly better than that, by a long shot!

[Chuck Nessa]

If I had a life as an actor, I'd hope to be him.

[sonnymax]

Yeah, I don't like the word "journeyman" in today's world. Sounds like a wanderer who 's good enough to get a job as a temp but doesn't ever get hired on as a full-timer. I think Eli Wallach was certainly better than that, by a long shot!

Certainly not the meaning I had in mind. I admire people like Wallach partly for their ability to put their craft above things like fame and fortune, exploring and perfecting their art in different mediums, leaving a body of work that is more than simply entertaining - it elevates us as a culture. In "today's world" where many "stars" are famous for "being famous", a true artist like Wallach is to be celebrated and mourned.

[Hardbopjazz]

RIP Tuco.

[clifford_thornton]

I think you mean the acting version of "musician's musician." So, "actor's actor."

RIP.

[Larry Kart]

For some reason, when I think of Wallach I also think of Martin Balsam, in particular the look on his face as he tumbles down the stairs in "Psycho,"Wendell Corey (if you can track it down, catch him in the noir "Desert Fury") , and the great Arthur Kennedy in any number of roles but especially in Anthony Mann's "The Far Country," opposite Jimmy Stewart. There were some terrific so-called character actors around back then, gifted at playing figures who were equivocal in one way or another.