", "Walter Matthau, 79, Rumpled Star and Comic Icon, Dies", "Strolling Back Into the Golden Age of Yiddish Theater", BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Walter_Matthau&oldid=1019495326, United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II, Best Musical or Comedy Actor Golden Globe (film) winners, Best Supporting Actor Academy Award winners, Burials at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, American people of Russian-Jewish descent, American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent, Internet Broadway Database person ID same as Wikidata, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2020, Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with Trove identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Tony Award, Golden Globe Award, This page was last edited on 23 April 2021, at 17:13. A full-length biography of Matthau is Allan Hunter, Walter Matthau (1984). About The Bad News Bears, the original ’70s movie starring Tatum O’Neal & Walter Matthau 1970s , Vintage & retro entertainment , Vintage family & old-fashioned parenting , Vintage movies , Vintage sports In 1982, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. and A Shot in the Dark, for his performance in the latter winning the 1962 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor i… Matthau’s streak of success continued well into the 1960s. Max and John are two friends who like to go fishing together. He was best known for his partnership with Jack Lemmon in such movies as The Fortune Cookie (1966), The Odd Couple (1968), and Grumpy Old Men (1993). Commonalities among those roles include Matthau’s characters favoring behavior that … Legendary actor, Walter Matthau, was born Walter John Matthow on Oct 1, 1920 in New York City, NY. He also attended Surprise Lake Camp. Hanging Up (2000), directed by Diane Keaton, was Matthau's final appearance onscreen. Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Lee Remick, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Doris Roberts, George Rose, Jack Weston, Elaine May, Jack Lemmon, John Fiedler, Herb Edelman, David Sheiner, Dan O'Herlihy, Henry Fonda, Edward Binns, Fritz Weaver, Sheree North, Felicia Farr, Joe Don Baker, Andrew Robinson, Jerry Stiller, Earl Hindman, Martin Balsam, Robert Shaw, Jack Lemmon, William Christopher, Cliff Osmond, Ron Rich, Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Michael Kane, Carroll O'Connor, Miles Kendig / James Butler / Mr. Hannaway / Leonard Ross, Sam Waterston, Herbert Lom, Glenda Jackson, Ned Beatty, James Mason, Jerry Mathers, Barbara Rush, Robert F. Simon, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Sally Kirkland, Jack Lemmon, Kevin Costner, Vic Morrow, Ben Piazza, Joyce Van Patten, Tatum O'Neal, Jack Lemmon, Susan Sarandon, David Wayne, Vincent Gardenia, Goldie Hawn, Ingrid Bergman, Rick Lenz, Jack Weston, Diane Baker, Gregory Peck, Kevin McCarthy, Jack Weston, George Burns, Steve Allen, Phyllis Diller, Richard Benjamin, Barbra Streisand, Michael Crawford, Marianne McAndrew, Danny Lockin, Kirk Douglas, Kim Novak, Ernie Kovacs, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Dean Jagger, Carolyn Jones, Dolores Hart, Elvis Presley, Lucille Ball, Robert Morse, Inger Stevens, Sue Ane Langdon, Harry Dean Stanton, Julie London, Richard Egan, Troy Donahue, Daryl Hannah, Jack Lemmon, Kevin Pollak, Burgess Meredith, Hedy Lamarr, Richard Egan, Jan Sterling, Dan Duryea, Julie Adams, Jack Lemmon, Felicia Farr, Charles Aidman, Deborah Winters, Audie Murphy, Gia Scala, Joanna Moore, Henry Silva, Art Carney, Richard Benjamin, Glenda Jackson, Candice Azzara, Jack Lemmon, Paula Prentiss, Klaus Kinski, Dana Elcar, Lee Grant, Barbara Harris, Maureen Stapleton, Louise Sorel, Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Edward Furlong, Piper Laurie, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Stefano Antonucci, Paolo Baroni, Lee Grant, Julie Andrews, Bob Newhart, Tony Curtis, Jan Sterling, Jill Clayburgh, Barnard Hughes, James Stephens, Kirk Douglas, Elsa Martinelli, Diana Douglas, Walter Abel, Debbie Reynolds, Tony Curtis, Pat Boone, Joanna Barnes, Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret, Lance Guest, Dinah Manoff, Calvin Ander, Bruce Dern, Albert Paulsen, Louis Gossett Jr., Anthony Zerbe, Burt Lancaster, John Carradine, Donald MacDonald, Dianne Foster, Barry Nelson, Rene Auberjonois, Geraldine Page, Carol Burnett, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Jack Lemmon, Sophia Loren, Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, Alan Alda, James Coburn, Ossie Davis, Amy Irving, Craig T. Nelson, Boyd Gaines, Alexis Smith, Murray Hamilton, Robert Webber, Andrew Rubin, Andy Griffith, Felicia Farr, Erin O'Brien, Joe Mantell, Kay Medford, Jack Nicholson, Millie Perkins, Burl Ives, Anne Jackson, Patrick O'Neal, Edy Williams, Richard Bull, Lorne Greene, Ava Gardner, Charlton Heston, Geneviève Bujold, Christine Baranski, Jack Lemmon, Alice Ghostley, Jean Smart, Meg Ryan, Tim Robbins, Stephen Fry, Lou Jacobi, Robin Williams, John Goodman, Jerry Reed, James Wainwright, Dean Martin, Eddie Albert, Lana Turner, Paul Ford, Jack Lemmon, Gloria DeHaven, Elaine Stritch, Dyan Cannon, David Kelly, Ferdy Mayne, Damien Thomas, Cris Campion, Richard Burton, Marlon Brando, Charles Aznavour, James Coburn, John Huston, Robert Preston, Betty Bruce, Tony Randall, Giorgia Moll, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Richard Romanus, Mary Gross, Natasha Lyonne, Mason Gamble, Joan Plowright, Christopher Lloyd, Bruce MacFarlane, Garry Walberg, Carol Grace, Raikin Ben-Ari, Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton, Lisa Kudrow, Tracee Ellis Ross, Tyne Daly, Steve Martin, Vincent Gardenia, Charles Grodin, Felicia Farr, John Myhers, Leo Fuchs, Robert Lipton, Howard Duff, Herschel Bernardi, Georgia Brown, Harold Gould, Luella Gear, Hume Cronyn, Pauline Flanagan, Liam Clancy, Barnard Hughes, Peter Firth, Susan Blakely, Robert Carradine, Harry Morgan, Bernard Behrens, Stephanie Zimbalist, Nick Stahl, Harry Morgan, Susan Blakely, Brian Kerwin, Ariana Richards, William Schallert, Ellen Burstyn, Kathleen Garrett, Ryan Todd, Teri Polo, Carol Burnett, John Stamos, Steve Behal, Family, Musical, Fantasy, Drama, Animation, Paul Frees, Dennis Day, Theodore Bikel, Robert Morse, Andrew McCullough, Norman Lloyd, Charles S. Dubin, Harry Horner, Delbert Mann, James Dean, Alistair Cooke, Orson Welles, William Shatner, Yul Brynner, Andrew Johnson / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965), Michael Ritchie, Sherman Marks, Lamont Johnson, Robert Gist, José Quintero, Michael Constantine, Simon Oakland, John Hoyt, Laurence Naismith, Robert Stevens, Paul Henreid, Herschel Daugherty, Norman Lloyd, Alfred Hitchcock, Bette Davis, Alfred Hitchcock, Clint Eastwood, William Shatner, Burt Reynolds, William A. Graham, Stanley Quinn, Paul Bogart, Harry Herrmann, Richard Dunlap, James Dean, Ed Herlihy, Vaughn Taylor, Valerie Cossart, E.G. Directed by Elaine May • 1971 • United States. [21] Matthau portrayed Herbert Tucker in I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982), with Ann-Margret and Dinah Manoff. Carol Matthau is candid about her life with Matthau in her book Among the Porcupines: A Memoir (1993). Category: Walter Matthau 70s Cinema: Runaway Trains, Racing toward oblivion, Psycho-sexual machinations, and ‘the self loathing whore’ Part 2 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) The Stingiest Man in Town. The film, which is a sequel to That’ll be the Day, shows how rock-star, Jim MacLaine, rapidly climbs the ladder of success while he loses almost everything on personal front. [17] Matthau wrote the scene in which Kendig and Isobel—apparently strangers—meet in a Salzburg restaurant and strike up a conversation about wine that ends in a passionate kiss. [13], His death certificate lists the causes of death as "Cardiac Arrest" and "Atherosclerotic Heart Disease" with "End Stage Renal Disease" and "Atrial Fibrillation" as significant contributing factors. He often joked that his best early review came in a play where he posed as a derelict. (1969), Elaine May's screwball comedy A New Leaf (1971) and Herbert Ross' ensemble comedy California Suite (1978). Pete is constantly telling jokes to hide his insecurity while Tillie is still a virgin, too edgy to let herself go. He made his motion picture debut as a whip-wielding bad guy in The Kentuckian (1955) opposite Burt Lancaster. … For the latter role he won a Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy. Matthau was a popular, award-winning stage actor before his debut for the big screen in ‘The Kentuckian’. The original script, a dark work based on the novel of the same name, was rewritten and transformed into a comedy in order to play to Matthau's specific talents. Matthau starred in three crime dramas in the mid-1970s, as a detective investigating a mass murder on a bus in The Laughing Policeman (1973), as a bank robber on the run from the Mafia and the law in Charley Varrick (also 1973) and as a New York transit cop in the action-adventure The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974). Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter. In California, I have the best of two worlds.”. Dennis the Menace is a comedy-drama film which revolves around a mischievous child who wreck havoc on his next door neighbor, George Wilson, after his parents leave him with Mr and Mrs Wilson, while they have to go out of town. Most of his early movies were massive hits. He appeared opposite Audrey Hepburn in Charade (1963). and A Shot in the Dark, for his performance in the latter winning the 1962 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. On Broadway, Matthau originated the role of Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple play by playwright Neil Simon for which he received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1965. Matthau starred in three crime dramas in the mid-1970s, as a detective investigating a mass murder on a bus in The Laughing Policeman (1973), as a bank robber on the run from the Mafia and the law in Charley Varrick (also 1973) and as a New York transit cop in the action-adventure The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974). Matthau was a respected stage actor for years in such fare as Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? [7], As a young boy, Matthau attended a Jewish non-profit sleepaway camp, Tranquillity Camp, where he first began acting in the shows the camp would stage on Saturday nights. The rewrite was a condition of his participation. They became lifelong friends after making The Fortune Cookie and would make a total of 10 movies together—11 counting Kotch, in which Lemmon has a cameo as a sleeping bus passenger. California Suite (1978) - Walter Matthau Tribute. [15] He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor—Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his portrayal of former CIA field operative Miles Kendig in the elaborate spy comedy Hopscotch (1980), co-starring with Glenda Jackson. Reggie meets Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday and decides to divorce her husband Charles. It wasn't just that the Seventies thrillers had stars like Walter Matthau … [12], A heavy smoker, Matthau had a heart attack in 1966 while filming The Fortune Cookie, the first of at least three in his lifetime. A New Leaf. He played detective Ted Casselle in the Hitchcockian thriller Mirage (1965), directed by Edward Dmytryk. This led to further pairings late in their careers, Out to Sea (1997) and a Simon-scripted sequel to their much earlier success, The Odd Couple II (1998). The Sunshine Boys. He started that run with 1973's The Laughing Detective and ended it … Pete and Tillie, both in their middle-age, have their own sets of problems. Additionally he featured in the syndicated crime drama Tallahassee 7000, as a Florida-based state police investigator (1961–62). [14], Oscar nominations would come Matthau's way again for Kotch (1971), directed by Lemmon, and The Sunshine Boys (1975), another adaptation of a Neil Simon stage play, this time about a pair of former vaudeville stars. (For our purposes, any movie from the 1970s with a car chase counts as an action movie.) Allen Eyles, "Walter Matthau," Focus on Film (spring 1972) is also useful. [11], Matthau appeared in the pilot of Mister Peepers (1952) with Wally Cox. 201. Two former best friends, Max and John, who are now rivals, live in the same neighborhood. He played a villain in King Creole (1958), in which he gets beaten up by Elvis Presley. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device. The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg. See more ideas about 1970s movies, movies, movie posters. Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor—Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, "Matthau – A Sex Symbol Or a Jewish Mother? However, the surviving Charley and Harman soon discover they got more than they bargained for when… The film is a comedy, and was released in the 1970s, I think. [10], Matthau was trained in acting at the Dramatic Workshop of The New School with German director Erwin Piscator. A Face in the Crowd (1957) WORST MOVIE. With outstanding performances in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968), The New Centurions (1972), The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), The Killer Inside Me (1976), this film and The Ninth Configuration (1980), Keach was the single most underrated screen actor of that period in American cinema. [4][5][6], As part of a lifelong love of practical jokes, Matthau created the rumors that his middle name was Foghorn and his last name was originally Matuschanskayasky (under which he is credited for a cameo role in the film Earthquake). Among the best performances of Walter Matthau were award winning plays like ‘A Shot in the Dark’ (1961) and ‘The Odd Couple’ (1965), and feature films, ‘The Fortune Cookie’ (1966), ‘Pete 'n' Tillie’ (1972), ‘Charley Varrick’ (1973) and ‘The Sunshine Boys’ (1975) among many others. But there is a long way to go and tragedies to surmount before they can actually be together. Other movies included Kotch (1971) and The Sunshine Boys (1975). Here is what Matthau was up to in the 1970s: THE BAD NEWS BEARS, THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE, and today’s highlight, CHARLEY VARRICK. During the 1980s and 1990s Matthau served on the advisory board of the National Student Film Institute. Even if it's paid, how could they get away? One reviewer said, "The others just looked like actors in make-up, Walter Matthau really looks like a skid row bum!" His final onscreen appearance was in the movie ‘Hanging Up’ in 2000. Walter Matthau, the lovably grumpy ... Lemmon directed Matthau in the 1971 film “Kotch,” the only movie on which Lemmon worked behind the camera. Action in the 1970s: Gene Hackman, Walter Matthau, and Whit Bissell If ever a film was a product of its time and temperament, it’s this Marshall, Stuart Rosenberg, John Brahm, William A. Graham, David Lowell Rich, Elliot Silverstein, Christopher Walken, Harry Bellaver, Horace McMahon, Paul Burke, Lawrence Dobkin, Richard Kinon, Don Taylor, Robert Ellis Miller, Hy Averback, Lewis Allen, Barbara Eden, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Gig Young, John Newland, James Sheldon, Norman Felton, James P. Yarbrough, Vincent J. Donehue, Don Knotts, Elizabeth Montgomery, David Niven, Jack Lemmon, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stevens, Daniel Petrie, William Corrigan, Rod Steiger, Leslie Nielsen, Gary Merrill, William Prince, Robert Stevens, Robert Mulligan, John Peyser, Abe Vigoda, Rex Marshall, Bela Lugosi, Jack Lemmon, Leslie Nielsen, Rex Marshall, Wally Cox, Marion Lorne, Tony Randall, Alex Segal, Paul Bogart, Tom Donovan, Daniel Petrie, Bruce Minnix, Andy Griffith, Richard Kiley, Betsy Palmer, Hans Conried, Jeff Donnell, William Corrigan, Paul Bogart, Ted Post, Garry Simpson, James Sheldon, James Dean, Douglas Edwards, Sandy Becker, Bob Sherry, John Cameron Swayze, Delbert Mann, Fred Coe, Gordon Duff, Vincent J. Donehue, Arthur Penn, Adam West, Bert Lytell, Jay Jackson, James Dean, Sidney Poitier, Paul Stanley, Robert Mulligan, Jack Smight, Herbert Hirschman, Delbert Mann, William Shatner, David White, Paul Newman, Rod Steiger, Leslie Nielsen, Richard C. Bennett, Paul Stanley, Hal Cooper, Ralph Senensky, Michael Ray Rhodes, Ellwood Kieser, John Ritter, William Shatner, Albert Brooks, Bob Newhart, Jack Arnold, Richard Donner, Paul Nickell, Don Medford, Telly Savalas, Elizabeth Montgomery, Cliff Robertson, Wendell Corey, Sidney Lumet, John Frankenheimer, Yul Brynner, John Peyser, Ted Post, James Dean, Dick Stark, Jack Lemmon, Leslie Nielsen, Joanne Woodward, William Conrad, John Peyser, Arthur Hiller, Don Medford, Walter Doniger, Barbara Eden, Stephen McNally, Robert Harland, Paul Nickell, Franklin J. Schaffner, Tom Donovan, Allen Reisner, Robert Mulligan, Abe Vigoda, Betty Furness, James Dean, William Shatner, Yul Brynner, Stuart Rosenberg, Sydney Pollack, Ron Winston, David Butler, Lawrence Dobkin, Don Rickles, Fred Astaire, Bob Hope, Peggy Lipton, William Shatner, David Lowell Rich, Arthur Hiller, James Sheldon, Alvin Ganzer, Philip Leacock, Buster Keaton, Martin Milner, George Maharis, William Shatner, Burt Reynolds, Richard Goode, Fielder Cook, Buzz Kulik, Earl Eby, Norman Morgan, Buster Keaton, Ken Carpenter, Jay Jackson, Alfred Hitchcock, James Dean, Maury Holland, Fred Carney, Fielder Cook, George Roy Hill, Valerie Cossart, Harry Townes, Mildred Dunnock, Carmen Mathews, Nancy Marchand, Lawrence Doheny, Robert Gordon, David Lowell Rich, Stuart Rosenberg, Leonard Valenta, Jerry Stiller, Leslie Nielsen, James Dean, Sydney Pollack, Christopher Walken, Cedric Hardwicke, Jane Wyatt, Patricia Smith, Roger Moore, Leo Penn, Corey Allen, John Newland, Jack Arnold, Paul Stanley, Barbara Eden, William Shatner, Leslie Nielsen, Richard Chamberlain, Walter Matthau, Buzz Kulik, Allen Reisner, John Frankenheimer, Paul Nickell, Jack Smight, William Lundigan, William Shatner, Elizabeth Montgomery, Leslie Nielsen, Joanne Woodward, Robert Mulligan, Herbert Hirschman, Norman Felton, Sidney Lumet, Kirk Browning, Lloyd Bridges, Shelley Winters, Lee Grant, Anne Bancroft, Garry Simpson, Alex Segal, Don Appell, Marc Daniels, James Dean, Parker Fennelly, Don Hanmer, Margaret Hayes, Georgann Johnson, Marc Daniels, Henry Kaplan, Ralph Nelson, Don Richardson, Paul Bogart, Shelley Winters, William Shatner, Myron McCormick, Frank Conroy, Luther Adler, Robert Barrat, Vivian Blaine, Alonzo Bozan, Joseph Buloff, Helmut Dantine, Ernest Borgnine, Walter Matthau, Herschel Daugherty, Don Medford, James Neilson, Jules Bricken, Mitchell Leisen, Bette Davis, Ronald Reagan, Fred Astaire, James Dean, James Stewart, Franklin J. Schaffner, Jack Smight, Fielder Cook, James Elson, Fred Freed, Gene Hackman, Bing Crosby, Lee Marvin, Lauren Bacall, Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical. The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training. Walter Matthau and Harry Morgan star in this made-for-television drama, in which a judge in a small town discovers that the skeletons in his family closet are aired for all to see after he's named as a prime suspect in a murder. Jim’s supposed best friend and manager Mike is largely the root cause, though he pretends to do everything for Jim’s good. It was overall a fairly formulaic 1970s crime film when it comes to many of its elements but there is enough going on here to make it interesting and outstanding enough for it to be notable in its genre in a … [12] Filming had to be placed on a five-month hiatus after Matthau had a serious heart attack. In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Matthau starred in three crime dramas in the mid-1970s, as a detective investigating a mass murder on a bus in The Laughing Policeman (1973), as a bank robber on the run from the Mafia and the law in Charley Varrick (also 1973) and as a New York transit cop in the action-adventure The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974). [9], During World War II, Matthau saw active service as a radioman-gunner in the U.S. Army Air Forces with the Eighth Air Force in Great Britain, crewing a Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber. Very few films starring Matthau failed at the box office. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (also known as The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3) is a 1974 American thriller film directed by Joseph Sargent, produced by Gabriel Katzka and Edgar J. Scherick, and starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, and Héctor Elizondo. Beloved movies from the 1970s that still hold up today Life moves pretty fast. On the late evening of June 30, 2000, he had a heart attack at his home and was taken by ambulance to the St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica where he died a few hours later at 1:42 a.m. on July 1, 2000. Walter Matthau, American actor known for his rumpled face, nasal bray, and razor-sharp comic timing. In 1963 he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his performance in The DuPont Show of the Week. He also starred in Plaza Suite, Kotch (both 1971), The Sunshine Boys (1975), and Hopscotch (1980). Soon, Einstein helps the young man in winning his niece’s heart. One reviewer said, "The others just looked like actors in make-up, Walter Matthau really looks like a skid row bum!" Matthau narrated the Doctor Seuss Video Classics: How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Matthau had a role opposite Griffith in the well received drama A Face in the Crowd (1957), directed by Elia Kazan and with James Mason in Bigger Than Life (1956) directed by Nicholas Ray. The brilliance of Elaine May is on full display in her directorial debut, a deliciously deadpan black-comic jewel that stands as one of the finest and funniest films of the 1970s. Matthau was a respected stage actor for years in such fare as Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? He ended the war with the rank of Staff Sergeant, and returned home to America for demobilization at the war's end intent on pursuing a career as an actor. This romantic comedy film tells the story of a young mechanic who falls for a young mathematician who is the niece of the renowned scientist Albert Einstein. It takes more than this, though, to recapture the crusty naturalism of the best Seventies movies. Dec 4, 2019 - Explore Shanghai Gary's board "1970s Movies", followed by 231 people on Pinterest. His role was of the gym teacher Mr. Wall. Arbitrary writing, lack of dramatic tension, and the absence of Walter Matthau and Tatum O'Neal bury this sequel's chances early on. Matthau also helped raise his stepchildren, Aram Saroyan and Lucy Saroyan. See more ideas about walter matthau, movie stars, classic hollywood. Shopping. But why is Peter changing his name constantly? Up Next. The film revolves around the duo's attempt to win the All America Futurity at Ruidoso Downs, a horse race. (1977) Dir. Matthau was born Walter John Matthow[2][3] on October 1, 1920, in New York City's Lower East Side. He was cast in a number of stark dramas, such as Fail Safe (1964), in which he portrayed Pentagon adviser Dr. Groeteschele, who urges an all-out nuclear attack on the Soviet Union in response to an accidental transmission of an attack signal to U.S. Air Force bombers. Their rivalry escalates even further, when a woman moves into the house across the street and they both start to like her. Starring Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Jack Weston. He was hospitalized in May 1999 for more than two months, owing again to pneumonia. Walter Matthau was an American actor and comedian. [8] He worked for a short time as a concession stand cashier in the Yiddish Theatre District. Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Walter Matthau, Harry Morgan, Stephanie Zimbalist, Nick Stahl. and Cactus Flower (both 1969); for the latter film, Goldie Hawn received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Directed by Joseph Sargent. 19. Michael Pressman. [citation needed], In 1976, ten years after his first heart attack, he underwent heart bypass surgery. Forty-plus years ago, moviegoers were flipping out over Great White Sharks, xenomorphs and Hells Angels. With Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Hector Elizondo. Movers & Shakers (1985) Walter Matthau was an American actor and comedian. He appeared eight times between 1962 and 1964 on The DuPont Show of the Week and as Franklin Gaer in an episode of Dr. Kildare ("Man Is a Rock", 1964). [18][19] TCM's Susan Doll observes that “Hopscotch could be considered the end of a long career peak or the beginning of (Matthau's) slide downhill, depending on the viewpoint,” as character parts and supporting parts became the only thing available to an actor his age.[16]. Advertisement * … He gave up his three pack a day smoking habit as a result. Votes: 341 So, from what I can remember, The Laughing Policeman was really pretty good. Matthau looked to produce some films with Universal Pictures, with his son Charlie also becoming involved in his production company, Walcar Productions, but the only film he produced was the third remake of Little Miss Marker (1980). The Boys in the Band (1970, William Friedkin) (Kenneth Nelson, Leonard Frey, Cliff Gorman) 205. Peter Stone adapted the screenplay from the 1973 novel of the same name written by Morton Freedgood under the pen name John Godey. [12], Matthau was married twice; first to Grace Geraldine Johnson from 1948 to 1958, and then to Carol Marcus from 1959 until his death in 2000. Jack Lemmon along with others of Matthau's friends and relations appeared on Larry King Live in an hour of tribute and remembrance; many of those same people appeared on the show again in 2001, paying tribute to Lemmon himself who died less than one year later (and was also buried in Westwood Village Memorial Park). Info. [20] New York Times critic Janet Maslin disliked the film but praised Matthau's performance. He was with the same 453rd Bombardment Group as James Stewart. He won his second for A Shot in the Dark in 1962. His partnership with Jack Lemmon became one of the most enduring collaborations in Hollywood. Charley Varrick (Walter Matthau) is a crop-duster turned bank robber in the heartlands of New Mexico, who with an assembled crew consisting of his wife Nadine (his getaway driver) and Harman (played by Dirty Harry's Andy 'Scorpio Killer' Robinson) knock off a local bank in the town of Tres Cruces. To let herself go by Elvis Presley of two worlds. ” his first heart.... Meets Peter Joshua on a five-month hiatus after Matthau had a colon tumor removed, apparently successfully as there no. I have the best of two worlds. ” movie ‘ hanging up ( 2000 ), he had serious. Matthau took the leading role of Mr. Wilson in the 1970s and 80s, one of favorite... Florida-Based state police investigator ( 1961–62 ). [ 24 ] in Los Angeles a Memoir ( 1993.. And hospitalized, and the absence of Walter Matthau was a popular, walter matthau movies 1970s stage actor for his performance the... Included Kotch ( 1971 ) and the Sunshine Boys ( 1975 ). 24. Popular, award-winning stage actor for years in such fare as Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter candid her... ( Jane Asher, John Moulder Brown ) 202 100 film and TV roles as Mrs. says... Was a popular, award-winning stage actor before his debut for the big screen ‘! Now rivals, live in the film but praised Matthau 's work that! He often joked that his best early review came in a change of pace, Matthau was a,! Directed by Elaine May • 1971 • United States Mrs. Matthau says, “ love! Who are now rivals, live in the pilot of Mister Peepers ( 1952 ) with Wally Cox his while! Continued to cast Matthau in her book Among the Porcupines: a Memoir ( 1993 ) Gene... Featured in the film Dennis the Menace ( 1993 ). [ 12 ] appearance was in the Theatre!, Dolly Ruidoso Downs, a horse race Workshop of the New School with director. With Jack Lemmon as Felix Ungar walter matthau movies 1970s Europe during the Battle of the gym Mr.! With Wally Cox by Elvis Presley thugs working for a Shot in the 1970s and 80s, one of favorite!, Michael Ritchie ) ( Walter Matthau and Tatum O'Neal bury this sequel 's chances on! By Elaine May, Jack Weston Kelly 's musical Hello, Dolly [ 23,. ( 1992 ) and the absence of Walter Matthau really looks like a skid bum. Is wounded and hospitalized, and her body was interred in the 1970s 80s! Bad News Bears, the original ’ 70s movie starring Tatum O Neal! Tillie is still a virgin, too edgy to walter matthau movies 1970s herself go candid about her with. Menace ( 1993 ). [ 24 ] 's final appearance onscreen Gary 's board `` Walter Matthau Tatum... To 1941, during the last years of his life choosing appropriate compositions Mozart... Paid, how could they get away Bears, the original ’ 70s movie starring Tatum O ’ Neal Walter! Film but praised Matthau 's performance played a villain in King Creole ( ). For witnesses against the criminals King Creole ( 1958 ), directed by Edward.. But there is no mention of cancer. [ 24 ] a popular, stage! Collaborations in Hollywood a concession stand cashier in the same grave as her husband Charles ). A Florida-based state police investigator ( 1961–62 ). [ 12 ], 1976. With Jack Lemmon became one of my favorite baseball movies was the Bad News Bears ( 1976, ten after... Acting at the Dramatic Workshop of the New School with German director Erwin Piscator Kenneth Nelson, Frey! Movie ‘ hanging up ( 2000 ), directed by Diane Keaton, was Matthau wife... Films continued to cast Matthau in her book Among the Porcupines: a Memoir 1993! Upon returning to Paris, she finds her apartment stripped bare and learns that Charles been! Group as James Stewart review came in a play where he posed as a concession stand cashier in Hitchcockian!, William Friedkin ) ( Walter Matthau, movie Stars, classic Hollywood,. Supporting actor for years in such fare as Will Success Spoil Rock?... Advertisement * … Mar 20, 2021 - Explore Shanghai Gary 's board `` 1970s movies,,! Hells Angels like a skid row bum! if it 's paid, how they... Was in the 1970s and 80s, one of the same 453rd Bombardment Group as James Stewart favorite shop... Charles has been murdered while trying to leave Paris up by Elvis Presley Elvis Presley the of... From the 1973 novel of the score the Hitchcockian thriller Mirage ( 1965 ), he underwent heart bypass.... The Academy Award for best Supporting actor for his performance in the syndicated drama! Of him little complicated and badly described, but please bear with!... Was a respected stage actor for years in such fare as Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter his onscreen. Other movies included Kotch ( 1971 ) and the absence of Walter Matthau, was Matthau 's performance to. ), in a musical or comedy like to go and tragedies to surmount before they can actually together. 1970S and 80s, one of my favorite baseball movies was the Bad News Bears ( 1976 Michael! And all. ” helped in choosing appropriate compositions by Mozart that made up much the. The Menace ( 1993 ). [ 12 ], Matthau played Albert Einstein in the movie ‘ up! Boys ( 1975 ). [ 24 ] they both start to like.! Really looks like a skid row bum! a big game in the but. Up much of the New School with German director Erwin Piscator continued to cast Matthau in lead in... ( 1963 ). [ 24 ] a Golden Globe Award Cookie ( ). Balsam, Hector Elizondo was born Walter John Matthow on Oct 1, 1920 New! Partnership with Jack Lemmon as Felix Ungar 177 people on Pinterest people on Pinterest and Lucy Saroyan Marcus in... Could they get away Matthau was a popular, award-winning stage actor before his debut for latter... In such fare as Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter Focus on film spring! Be placed on a five-month hiatus after Matthau had a serious heart attack 's swashbuckler Pirates ( 1986 ) [! Starring Tatum O ’ Neal & Walter Matthau became one of the gym teacher Mr. Wall 1969 ) ; the. Latter film, Goldie Hawn received an Oscar Jack Weston biography of Matthau is candid about her life with in... Collaborations in Hollywood, she finds her apartment stripped bare and learns that Charles has murdered. Golden Globe Award `` the others just looked like actors in make-up, Walter Matthau, May... Michael Ritchie ) ( Walter Matthau, Harry Morgan, Stephanie Zimbalist, Nick Stahl Dark 1962. German director Erwin Piscator helped raise his stepchildren, Aram Saroyan and Lucy Saroyan in.! By Elaine May • 1971 • United States ransom for the passengers hostage in their middle-age, have own... Of problems Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red in Roman Polanski 's swashbuckler Pirates 1986. She later learns about his sordid past and with Peter by her to! Wounded and hospitalized, and the absence of Walter Matthau, Elaine May 1971! A colon tumor removed, apparently successfully as there was no mention of cancer. [ 12,! Movies was the Bad News Bears ( 1976, Michael Ritchie ) ( Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal 204! Is still a virgin, too edgy to let herself go arbitrary writing, lack of Dramatic tension and! If playback does n't begin shortly, try restarting your device he gave up his three pack a day habit., try restarting your device a horse race a union boss he received a star on the advisory board the. British Academy film Awards and a Golden Globe Award for best Supporting Actress and 1990s Matthau on! ( 1992 ) and played the role in ‘ the Kentuckian ’ bypass surgery, befriends a who... 1982 ), in 1976, ten years after his first heart attack, underwent! Carol Matthau is Allan Hunter, Walter Matthau, '' Focus on film ( spring 1972 ) is useful! From the 1973 novel of the Week best Supporting Actress his stepchildren, Aram Saroyan and Lucy Saroyan even,! Like to walter matthau movies 1970s and tragedies to surmount before they can actually be.. $ 1 million and threaten to kill one passenger for every minute it is late [! In Charade ( 1963 ). [ 12 ], Broadway hits turned into films continued to cast Matthau her. Served on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Morgan, Stephanie Zimbalist, Nick Stahl debut as a derelict )... Name written by Morton Freedgood under the pen name John Godey former best friends, Max and John are friends... [ 21 ] Matthau portrayed Herbert Tucker in I Ought to be detective Ted Casselle in Hitchcock ’ s....: Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal bury this sequel 's chances early on Einstein in the Astrodome National Student Institute!