The actor Eli Wallach died 2 days ago at the age of 99.
Most of you probably know him from his roles in spagetti westerns such as Tuco in "The Good The Bad and The Ugly":
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RIP - Eli Wallach
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A'yup - Tuco; one of the greatest roles ever played by any actor..
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I actually only remember him as Tuco. I should look up some of his other work.
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Same here, 99 years is a good age though. Nearly a century.
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His other big role was bandit leader Calvera in 'The Magnificent Seven.'
One of those actors who maybe never reached the high's he should have (like Ernest Borgnine).. But Tuco was a hell of a role even if it was the one he's mostly known for.. -
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Oh yeah he was also some minor character in the 1965 Genghis Khan with Omar Shariff. The highest grossing film of that year.
Hmmm maybe I saw in Magnificent 7, I can't remember though.
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The Magnificent Seven was a forerunner of the spaghetti westerns. The plot was lifted directly from 'The Seven Samurai.' But to say it was a rip off would be a total disservice. Everything about TM7 is pure class..
Originally Posted by Lord Oda Nobunaga
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RIP Eli Wallach. The Good the Bad and the Ugly is perhaps my most favorite film. I might need to get it on BD
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RIP Originally Posted by Halie Satanus
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Great actor, and the Good the bad and the ugly is really high up in my list of favorite movies! Best western.
Then, as throngs of his enemies bore down upon him and one of his followers said, "They are making at thee, O King," "Who else, pray," said Antigonus, "should be their mark? But Demetrius will come to my aid." This was his hope to the last, and to the last he kept watching eagerly for his son; then a whole cloud of javelins were let fly at him and he fell.
-Plutarch, life of Demetrius.
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It's interesting how the first two have Yul Bynner, the third one has Lee van Cleef and the last one has a completely different actor.
But I honestly don't remember Eli Wallach being in either of the first two.Last edited by Lord Oda Nobunaga; June 28, 2014 at 01:10 PM.
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