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06-25-2014, 07:07 AM
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Eli Wallach, 98
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/25/mo...t-98.html?_r=0
A versatile, old fashioned, 'method' performer who was a founding member of the Actor's Studio, a fixture in the live teleplays of early TV and immortal as Tuco in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". If you've never seen a lesser known Wallach picture called "The Lineup", try to find it. Directed by the great Don Siegel (Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Killers, Charley Varrick, et al..), it is the godfather of every excellent San Francisco-based crime drama subsequently made including Bullitt and Siegel's own Dirty Harry. (Siegel of course was Clint Eastwood's directing mentor). Wallach headlines The Lineup as the oddly charming assassin 'Dancer'. Wallach was a treasure who clearly preferred work over inactivity. Despite his obvious intellect, he didn't seem to take himself too seriously as his role as Mr. Freeze in Adam West's Batman would attest..
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