Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau

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.

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2020
Self (archive footage)
Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'
2015
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
Self (archive footage)
The Kid Stays in the Picture
2002
Self (archive footage)
Hanging Up
2000
Lou Mozell
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000
Self (archive footage)
The Odd Couple II
1998
Oscar Madison
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
1998
Self
The Marriage Fool
1998
Frank Walsh
Out to Sea
1997
Charlie Gordon
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
1997
Self
I'm Not Rappaport
1996
Nat Moyer
The Grass Harp
1996
Judge Charlie Cool
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996
Self
Grumpier Old Men
1995
Max Goldman
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
Self
I.Q.
1994
Albert Einstein
Incident in a Small Town
1994
Harmon Cobb
Grumpy Old Men
1993
Max Goldman
Dennis the Menace
1993
George Wilson
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993
Self
How The Grinch Stole Christmas!
1992
Narrator (voice)
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
1992
Harmon Cobb
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992
Self
JFK
1991
Senator Long
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
1991
Clifford Pepperman
The Incident
1990
Harmon Cobb
The Couch Trip
1988
Donald Becker
The Little Devil
1988
Padre Maurizio
A Beverly Hills Christmas
1987
Self
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Self
Pirates
1986
Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1986
Self
Movers & Shakers
1985
Joe Mulholland
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
1984
The Survivors
1983
Sonny Paluso
I Love Liberty
1982
Self
I Ought to Be in Pictures
1982
Herbert Tucker
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
1982
Self
Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
1982
Self
Buddy Buddy
1981
Trabucco
First Monday in October
1981
Dan Snow
Little Miss Marker
1980
Executive Producer
Hopscotch
1980
Miles Kendig
California Suite
1978
Marvin Michaels
House Calls
1978
Dr. Charley Nichols
Casey's Shadow
1978
Lloyd Bourdelle
The Stingiest Man in Town
1978
Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Actor
1978
Boris Thomashevsky
The Bad News Bears
1976
Coach Morris Buttermaker
The Gentleman Tramp
1976
Self / Narrator
The Sunshine Boys
1975
Willy Clark
The Front Page
1974
Walter Burns
Earthquake
1974
Drunk
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974
Lt. Garber
Charley Varrick
1973
Charley Varrick
The Laughing Policeman
1973
Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD
Pete 'n' Tillie
1972
Pete Seltzer
Awake and Sing!
1972
Moe Axelrod
Plaza Suite
1971
Roy Hubley / Jesse Kiplinger / Sam Nash
A New Leaf
1971
Henry Graham
Kotch
1971
Joseph P. Kotcher
Cactus Flower
1969
Dr. Julian Winston
Hello, Dolly!
1969
Horace Vandergelder
The Odd Couple
1968
Oscar Madison
Candy
1968
Gen. R.A. Smight
The Secret Life of an American Wife
1968
The Movie Star
Carol Channing and 101 Men
1968
Self
A Guide for the Married Man
1967
Paul Manning
The Fortune Cookie
1966
Willie Gingrich
Mirage
1965
Ted Caselle
Fail Safe
1964
Prof. Groeteschele
Ensign Pulver
1964
Doc
Goodbye Charlie
1964
Leo Sartori
Charade
1963
Hamilton Bartholemew
Island of Love
1963
Tony Dallas
Lonely are the Brave
1962
Sheriff Morey Johnson
Who's Got the Action?
1962
Tony Gagouts
Strangers When We Meet
1960
Felix Anders
Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands'
1960
Ben Alexander / Philip Judah
Gangster Story
1959
Director
Ride a Crooked Trail
1958
Judge Kyle
King Creole
1958
Maxie Fields
Voice in the Mirror
1958
Dr. Karnes
Onionhead
1958
'Red' Wildoe
A Face in the Crowd
1957
Mel Miller
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957
Al Dahlke
Bigger Than Life
1956
Wally Gibbs
The Kentuckian
1955
Stan Bodine
The Indian Fighter
1955
Wes Todd
Atomic Attack
1954
Dr. Spinelli