Walter Matthau
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Walter Matthau (October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American actor best known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and his frequent collaborations with Odd Couple star Jack Lemmon, as well as his role as Coach Buttermaker in the 1976 comedy The Bad News Bears. He won an Academy Award for his performance in the 1966 Billy Wilder film The Fortune Cookie. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Matthau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- Born:
- Oct 1, 1920 In New York City, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 82
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Philco Television Playhouse 1948-10-03
- Latest Project:
- Movie And the Oscar Goes To... 2014-02-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
| Movie | Billy Wilder Speaks | 2006-06-22 | |
| Movie | The Kid Stays in the Picture | Self (archive footage) | 2002-08-16 |
| Movie | Hanging Up | Lou Mozell | 2000-02-16 |
| Movie | Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy | Self | 1998-02-04 |
| Movie | The Marriage Fool | Frank Walsh | 1998-09-20 |
| Movie | The Odd Couple II | Oscar Madison | 1998-04-09 |
| Movie | Out to Sea | Charlie Gordon | 1997-07-02 |
| Movie | I'm Not Rappaport | Nat Moyer | 1996-12-24 |
| Movie | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995-06-05 |
| Movie | Grumpier Old Men | Max Goldman | 1995-12-22 |
| Movie | I.Q. | Albert Einstein | 1994-12-24 |
| Movie | Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy | Self | 1993-01-20 |
| Movie | Dennis the Menace | George Wilson | 1993-06-24 |
| Movie | Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys | Himself | 1992-04-05 |
| Movie | How The Grinch Stole Christmas! | Narrator (voice) | 1992-12-12 |
| Movie | Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love | Clifford Pepperman | 1991-05-12 |
| Movie | JFK | Senator Long | 1991-12-20 |
| Movie | The Incident | Harmon Cobb | 1990-03-04 |
| Movie | The Little Devil | Padre Maurizio | 1988-07-01 |
| Movie | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self | 1988-11-22 |
| Movie | Pirates | Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red | 1986-05-08 |
| Movie | Movers & Shakers | Joe Mulholland | 1985-05-03 |
| Movie | The Survivors | Sonny Paluso | 1983-06-24 |
| Movie | I Ought to Be in Pictures | Herbert Tucker | 1982-03-26 |
| Movie | Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder | Self | 1982-05-21 |
| Movie | Buddy Buddy | Trabucco | 1981-04-02 |
| Movie | First Monday in October | Dan Snow | 1981-08-21 |
| Movie | Little Miss Marker | Sorrowful Jones | 1980-03-21 |
| Movie | Hopscotch | Miles Kendig | 1980-09-26 |
| Movie | Actor | Boris Thomashevsky | 1978-02-21 |
| Movie | Casey's Shadow | Lloyd Bourdelle | 1978-01-01 |
| Movie | The Stingiest Man in Town | Ebenezer Scrooge (voice) | 1978-12-23 |
| Movie | California Suite | Marvin Michaels | 1978-12-15 |
| Movie | The Bad News Bears | Coach Morris Buttermaker | 1976-04-06 |
| Movie | The Gentleman Tramp | Self / Narrator | 1976-10-10 |
| Movie | The Lion Roars Again | Self | 1975-01-01 |
| Movie | The Sunshine Boys | Willy Clark | 1975-11-06 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Lt. Garber | 1974-10-02 |
| Movie | Earthquake | Drunk | 1974-11-15 |
| Movie | Charley Varrick | Charley Varrick | 1973-09-19 |
| Movie | The Laughing Policeman | Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD | 1973-12-20 |
| Movie | Awake and Sing! | Moe Axelrod | 1972-06-03 |
| Movie | Pete 'n' Tillie | Pete Seltzer | 1972-12-17 |
| Movie | A New Leaf | Henry Graham | 1971-03-11 |
| Movie | Plaza Suite | Roy Hubley / Jesse Kiplinger / Sam Nash | 1971-05-12 |
| Movie | Kotch | Joseph P. Kotcher | 1971-09-17 |
| Movie | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | 1970-03-24 | |
| Movie | Hello, Dolly! | Horace Vandergelder | 1969-12-12 |
| Movie | Cactus Flower | Dr. Julian Winston | 1969-12-16 |
| Movie | Candy | Gen. R.A. Smight | 1968-12-17 |
| Movie | The Secret Life of an American Wife | The Movie Star | 1968-06-25 |
| Movie | A Guide for the Married Man | Paul Manning | 1967-05-25 |
| Movie | The Fortune Cookie | Willie Gingrich | 1966-10-19 |
| Movie | Mirage | Ted Caselle | 1965-10-29 |
| Movie | Ensign Pulver | Doc | 1964-07-31 |
| Movie | Goodbye Charlie | Leo Sartori | 1964-11-18 |
| Series | Profiles in Courage | Unknown | 1964-11-08 |
| Movie | Island of Love | Tony Dallas | 1963-06-12 |
| Movie | Charade | Hamilton Bartholemew | 1963-12-01 |
| Movie | Lonely are the Brave | Sheriff Morey Johnson | 1962-05-24 |
| Movie | Who's Got the Action? | Tony Gagouts | 1962-12-25 |
| Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
| Series | Target: The Corruptors! | Unknown | 1961-09-29 |
| Movie | Strangers When We Meet | Felix Anders | 1960-06-29 |
| Movie | Gangster Story | Jack Martin | 1959-12-01 |
| Movie | Voice in the Mirror | Dr. Karnes | 1958-08-13 |
| Movie | King Creole | Maxie Fields | 1958-07-02 |
| Movie | Ride a Crooked Trail | Judge Kyle | 1958-11-23 |
| Movie | Onionhead | 'Red' Wildoe | 1958-10-25 |
| Movie | A Face in the Crowd | Mel Miller | 1957-05-29 |
| Movie | Bigger Than Life | Wally Gibbs | 1956-11-20 |
| Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
| Movie | The Kentuckian | Stan Bodine | 1955-07-22 |
| Movie | The Indian Fighter | Wes Todd | 1955-12-21 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Series | Robert Montgomery Presents | Unknown | 1950-01-30 |
| Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
| Series | Suspense | Unknown | 1949-01-06 |
| Series | The Philco Television Playhouse | Unknown | 1948-10-03 |
| Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |