Eli Wallach

Eli Wallach (born December 7, 1915 in Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish family) is an American film, TV and stage actor.

Trivia

• Although his The Magnificent Seven character (Calvera) and the rest of his bandits are eventually defeated in that film, he has ironically outlived all of the seven stars, except for Robert Vaughn who is still alive as of 2005, despite being older than all of them besides Yul Brynner.
• He has been married to acclaimed stage actress Anne Jackson (b. 1926) since March 5, 1948, and they have three children, Peter, Katherine and Roberta.
• In 2005, Wallach released his autobiography "The Good, The Bad And Me: In My Anecdotage". In this tome, Wallach talked about his most famous role as Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. He mentioned that he didn't realize he was going to be "blessed" with that title until he saw the film. He mentioned it was an honor to work with Clint Eastwood, whom he praised for his professionalism. Wallach mentioned, however, that director Sergio Leone was notoriously careless in ensuring the safety of his actors during dangerous scenes. It was during filming that Wallach almost died when he accidentally drank from a bottle of acid that a film technician had carelessly placed next to his soda bottle. Wallach said that Eastwood sprang to his aid and washed his mouth out.