History Creator / EliWallach

After he met his future wife Anne Jackson in 1946, the two became known as a double act on Broadway, appearing in many plays together such as ''Theater/ThisPropertyIsCondemned'', ''Theater/TheRoseTattoo'', ''Theater/{{Rhinoceros}}'', ''Theater/{{Luv}}'', ''Theater/{{Lullaby}}'', ''Theater/TheTypists'' and ''Theater/TheTiger''. He and Jackson remained happily married until his passing from natural causes in 2014.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Though he was never quite an A-Lister, his bigger name co-stars were sometimes intimidated by his acting talent and saw it as a threat to their coveted popularity. While making ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]'', set reporter Erskine Johnson was convinced that he would walk away with the movie and that everyone but Creator/YulBrynner would have their work cut out to stop him. During the making of ''Film/TheMisfits'', Marilyn Monroe demanded that Arthur Miller cut scenes featuring his character Guido because he was afraid that his performance would outshine her own. Clint Eastwood quit making Spaghetti Westerns after he felt that Wallach had upstaged him in ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''. He couldn't upstage everyone, however: Creator/ZeroMostel got all the praise for ''Theater/{{Rhinoceros}}'' while Wallach felt he struggled to hold his own as the star of the play and blew his voice out engaging in HamToHamCombat while rehearsing.

After he met his future wife Anne Jackson in 1946, the two became known as a double act on Broadway, appearing in many plays together such as ''Theater/ThisPropertyIsCondemned'', ''Theater/TheRoseTattoo'', ''Theater/{{Rhinoceros}}'', ''Theater/{{Luv}}'', ''Theater/{{Lullaby}}'', ''Theater/TheTypists'' and ''Theater/TheTiger''. He and Jackson remained happily married until natural causes took his life in 2014.

* FacialDialogue: He was an expert at this.

A Jewish boy with Polish immigrant parents, he grew up in NewYorkCity's Little Italy, although he spent four years away at the University of Texas. An alumnus of the Actor's Studio Method school of acting, Wallach had a prestigious career on the stage, which he had a particular affinity for, although he had plenty of roles in film and television. He was best known to some for being in seven Western movies: ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960'', ''Film/HowTheWestWasWon'', ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'', ''Film/AceHigh'', ''Film/MackennasGold'', ''Film/DontTurnTheOtherCheek'' and ''Film/TheWhiteTheYellowTheBlack''.

* ''Film/TheBrain'' - Frankie Scannapieco''

* PlatonicLifePartners: With Creator/MarilynMonroe, until they fell out making ''Film/TheMisfits''. He may have been the subject of one-sided UnresolvedSexualTension with her, too.

* ThatRussianSquatDance: He impressed everyone with a ''Kazatsky'' at a theater company party once.

* FatalMethodActing: The man had ''rotten'' luck when it came to set safety requirements, as he was nearly hung (twice!), dragged to death behind a horse, decapitated by a speeding train, ''and'' poisoned by acid on the set of ''The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.''

* AdultFear: He was the subject of this. He witnessed a Mafia murder when he was a child. He dove under the counter of the family store before the gangster could see him, and his father rushed in and pulled him to the back of the store, safe out of sight.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Though he was never quite an A-Lister, his bigger name co-stars were sometimes intimidated by his acting talent and saw it as a threat to their coveted popularity. While making ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven'', set reporter Erskine Johnson was convinced that he would walk away with the movie and that everyone but Creator/YulBrynner would have their work cut out to stop him. During the making of ''Film/TheMisfits'', Marilyn Monroe demanded that Arthur Miller cut scenes featuring his character Guido because he was afraid that his performance would outshine her own. Clint Eastwood quit making Spaghetti Westerns after he felt that Wallach had upstaged him in ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''. He couldn't upstage everyone, however: Creator/ZeroMostel got all the praise for ''Theater/{{Rhinoceros}}'' while Wallach felt he struggled to hold his own as the star of the play and blew his voice out engaging in HamToHamCombat while rehearsing.

* BadassAdorable: He was cute, bright eyed, a notable nice guy and modest to the point of self-effacing, yet he was a fine athlete, enough to jump from the box seat onto the stage while performing in ''Theater/CaminoReal'', and an excellent dancer, swimmer and horseback rider.

* GirlyRun: He was known to have a very dainty, delicate run.

* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Gender-flipped; he was the Energetic Guy to Anne Jackson's Savvy Girl.

* RighteousRabbit: His Chinese Zodiac sign.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Though he was never quite an A-Lister, his bigger name co-stars were sometimes intimidated by his acting talent and saw it as a threat to their coveted popularity. While making ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven'', there were fears that he would walk away with the movie and that everyone but Creator/YulBrynner would have their work cut out to stop him. During the making of ''Film/TheMisfits'', Marilyn Monroe demanded that Arthur Miller cut scenes featuring his character Guido because he was afraid that his performance would outshine her own. Clint Eastwood quit making Spaghetti Westerns after he felt that Wallach had upstaged him in ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''. He couldn't upstage everyone, however: Creator/ZeroMostel got all the praise for ''Theater/{{Rhinoceros}}'' while Wallach felt he struggled to hold his own as the star of the play and blew his voice out engaging in HamToHamCombat while rehearsing.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Though he was never quite an A-Lister, his bigger name co-stars were sometimes intimidated by his acting talent and saw it as a threat to their coveted popularity. During the making of ''Film/TheMisfits'', Marilyn Monroe demanded that Arthur Miller cut scenes featuring his character Guido because he was afraid that his performance would outshine her own. Clint Eastwood quit making Spaghetti Westerns after he felt that Wallach had upstaged him in ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''. He couldn't upstage everyone, however: Creator/ZeroMostel got all the praise for ''Theater/{{Rhinoceros}}'' while Wallach felt he struggled to hold his own as the star of the play and blew his voice out engaging in HamToHamCombat while rehearsing.
* BadassAdorable: He was cute, bright eyed, a notable nice guy and modest to the point of self-effacing, yet he was tough when he needed to be, incredibly athletic, enough to jump from the box seat onto the stage while performing in ''Theater/CaminoReal'', and an excellent horseback rider.

A Jewish boy with Polish immigrant parents, he grew up in NewYorkCity's Little Italy, although he spent four years away at the University of Texas. An alumnus of the Actor's Studio Method school of acting, Wallach had a prestigious career on the stage, which he had a particular affinity for, although he had plenty of roles in film and television. He was best known to some for being in seven Western movies: ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven'', ''Film/HowTheWestWasWon'', ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'', ''Film/AceHigh'', ''Film/MackennasGold'', ''Film/DontTurnTheOtherCheek'' and ''Film/TheWhiteTheYellowTheBlack''.

After he met his future wife Anne Jackson in 1946, the two became known as a double act on Broadway, appearing in many plays together such as ''Theater/ThisPropertyIsCondemned'', ''Theater/TheTeahouseOfTheAugustMoon'', ''Theater/TheRoseTattoo'', ''Theater/{{Rhinoceros}}'', ''Theater/TheTypists'' and ''Theater/TheTiger''. He and Jackson remained happily married until natural causes took his life in 2014.