Walter Matthau
Acting
🎂 1920-10-01
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Matthau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Cast credits(133)
Self
1962
Self
1962
1950
The Bartender
1950
Self
1971
Self
1961
Self - Guest
1968
Franklin Gaer
1961
Lawrence Stevens
1949
Jacobs
1948
Olsen
1948
1960
1961
1948
Iago
1948
Stuart Benson
1948
Self - Host
1975
Self - Host
1956
1963
Gov. John Slaton
1964
Andrew Johnson
1964
Charlie Mapes
1954
Self
1953
Peter Kanopolis
1958
Dr. Max Lewine
1958
Lex Rogers
1961
Off. Pete Chandler
1955
Moran
1955
Harry Wade
1955
Phil
1955
Self
1973
Coastguardsman
1950
Inspector
1950
Craig
1950
Senator Long
1991
1953
Tom Dutton
1953
George Wilson
1993
Gen. R.A. Smight
1968
Hamilton Bartholemew
1963
Max Goldman
1993
Drunk
1974
Charlie Gordon
1997
Horace Vandergelder
1969
Lt. Garber
1974
Oscar Madison
1968
Prof. Groeteschele
1964
Ted Caselle
1965
Sheriff Morey Johnson
1962
Walter Burns
1974
Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red
1986
Dr. Julian Winston
1969
Coach Morris Buttermaker
1976
Marvin Michaels
1978
Albert Einstein
1994
Miles Kendig
1980
Lou Mozell
2000
Frank Walsh
1998
Donald Becker
1988
Max Goldman
1995
Mel Miller
1957
Self (archive footage)
2014
Charley Varrick
1973
Willie Gingrich
1966
Padre Maurizio
1988
Wally Gibbs
1956
Roy Hubley / Jesse Kiplinger / Sam Nash
1971
Henry Graham
1971
Maxie Fields
1958
Self
1988
Self (archive footage)
2002
Judge Kyle
1958
Willy Clark
1975
Wes Todd
1955
Oscar Madison
1998
Paul Manning
1967
Stan Bodine
1955
Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD
1973
Sorrowful Jones
1980
Sonny Paluso
1983
Judge Charlie Cool
1996
Felix Anders
1960
Herbert Tucker
1982
Self
1992
Trabucco
1981
Self
1995
Harmon Cobb
1992
Joe Mulholland
1985
Dr. Charley Nichols
1978
Dan Snow
1981
Clifford Pepperman
1991
Self
1996
Self (archive footage)
2000
Self
1975
Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
1978
Pete Seltzer
1972
Joseph P. Kotcher
1971
Tony Gagouts
1962
Nat Moyer
1996
Self
1986
Dr. Karnes
1958
Harmon Cobb
1990
Harmon Cobb
1994
'Red' Wildoe
1958
Leo Sartori
1964
Tony Dallas
1963
Moe Axelrod
1972
Self
1993
Self
1982
Ben Alexander / Philip Judah
1960
Al Dahlke
1957
Self (archive footage)
2015
Lloyd Bourdelle
1978
Jack Martin
1959
Doc
1964
Himself
1989
Self
1998
Self
1968
Self (archive footage)
2020
The Movie Star
1968
1984
Narrator (voice)
1992
Self
1982
Self
1997
Dr. Spinelli
1954
Meredith
1962
Self
1982
Boris Thomashevsky
1978
Self
1987
Self / Narrator
1976
Self
1998
Self
1968
Self - Host
1978