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Walter Matthau

Born Walter Matuschanskayasky, Walter Matthau was one of the funniest American film actors of his generation, starring in dozens of films including The Odd Couple, Grumpy Old Men, Hello Dolly, The Fortune Cooke and The Bad News Bears. He played dramatic roles but was best known for his ability to make audiences laugh.

Aliases
  • Mr. Walter Matthau
  • Walter Matuschanskayasky
English
Filmography

Dennis the Menace

1993
as Mr. George Wilson

JFK

1991
as Senator Long

The Secret Life of an American Wife

1968
as The Movie Star

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

1974
as Lt. Zachary Garber

Bigger Than Life

1956
as Wally Gibbs

The Lot of Fun: Hollywood’s Fun Factory

2014
as Walter Matthau

Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore

1992
as Harmon Cobb

The Indian Fighter

1955
as Wes Todd

Hopscotch

1980
as Miles Kendig

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995

Tallahassee 7000

1961
as Lex Rogers

The Marriage Fool

1998
as Frank Walsh

Lonely Are the Brave

1962
as Sheriff Morey Johnson

The Odd Couple

1968
as Oscar Madison

Ensign Pulver

1964
as Doc

The Bad News Bears

1976
as Coach Morris Buttermaker

Pete 'n' Tillie

1972
as Pete Seltzer

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

2000
as Walter Matthau

The Survivors

1983
as Sonny Paluso

The Lion Roars Again

1975
as Walter Matthau

Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder

1982
as Himself

A Face in the Crowd

1957
as Mel Miller

I'm Not Rappaport

1996
as Nat Moyer

A New Leaf

1971
as Henry Graham

The Laughing Policeman

1973
as Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD

Little Miss Marker

1980
as Sorrowful Jones

Mirage

1965
as Ted Caselle

The Gentleman Tramp

1976
as Narrator

The Little Devil

1988
as Maurice

King Creole

1958
as Maxie Fields

A Guide for the Married Man

1967
as Paul Manning

Earthquake

1974
as Drunk

Ride a Crooked Trail

1958
as Judge Kyle

Onionhead

1958
as 'Red' Wildoe

The Grass Harp

1995
as Judge Charlie Cool

The Incident

1990
as Harmon Cobb

Buddy Buddy

1981
as Trabucco

Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière

2017
as Self (archive footage)

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970

Who's Got the Action?

1962
as Tony Gagouts

The Motorola Television Hour

1953
as Dr. Spinelli

Hanging Up

2000
as Lou Mozell

First Monday in October

1981
as Dan Snow

Kotch

1971
as Joseph P Kotcher

Strangers When We Meet

1960
as Felix Anders

Hello, Dolly!

1969
as Horace Vandergelder

Incident in a Small Town

1994
as Harmon Cobb

Grumpier Old Men

1995
as Max Goldman

Voice in the Mirror

1958
as Dr. Leon Karnes

The Kentuckian

1955
as Stan Bodine

Out to Sea

1997
as Charlie Gordon

I.Q.

1994
as Albert Einstein

Fail-Safe

1964
as Prof. Groeteschele

Cactus Flower

1969
as Dr. Julian Winston

Funny Business

1978
as Walter Matthau

Charley Varrick

1973
as Charley Varrick

California Suite

1978
as Marvin Michaels

The Fortune Cookie

1966
as Willie Gingrich

Awake and Sing!

1972
as Moe Axelrod

The Odd Couple II

1998
as Oscar Madison

Grumpy Old Men

1993
as Max Goldman

Slaughter on 10th Avenue

1957
as Al Dahlke

Island of Love

1963
as Tony Dallas

Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love

1991
as Clifford Pepperman

Candy

1968
as Gen. R.A. Smight

Plaza Suite

1971
as Roy Hubley / Jesse Kiplinger / Sam Nash

The Sunshine Boys

1975
as Willy Clark

Goodbye Charlie

1964
as Leo Sartori

Movers & Shakers

1985
as Joe Mulholland

I Ought to Be in Pictures

1982
as Herbert Tucker

Pirates

1986
as Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red

The Stingiest Man in Town

1978
as Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)

Casey's Shadow

1978
as Lloyd Bourdelle

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

1996
as Himself

The Couch Trip

1988
as Donald Becker

Gangster Story

1959
as Jack Martin

Charade

1963
as Hamilton Bartholemew

House Calls

1978
as Dr. Charley Nichols

The Front Page

1974
as Walter Burns/Otto Fishbine

Director

Movie Gangster Story 1959

Host

Episode Robin Williams: Comic Genius
People's Choice Award for Favorite Comedy Motion Picture 		1994

Producer

Movie Little Miss Marker 1980

Guest Star

Episode Dr. Kildare
Man Is A Rock 		1964
Episode The Rogues
The Personal Touch 		1964
Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Cop for a Day 		1961
Episode The Academy Awards
The 48th Academy Awards 1976 		1976
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
George McGovern, Walter Matthau, Joseph Mankiewicz 		1972
Episode Naked City
The Man Who Bit the Diamond In Half 		1960
Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Crooked Road 		1958
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau 		1981
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Dick Clark, Walter Matthau 		1985
Episode General Electric Theater
Acres And Pains 		1962
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Walter Matthau, Norman Mailer, Jose Torres, James Gould 		1971
Episode Target: The Corruptors
The Million Dollar Dump 		1961
Episode Saturday Night Live
Walter Matthau/Garrett Morris 		1978
Episode Route 66
Eleven, the Hard Way 		1961
Episode Profiles in Courage
Governor John M. Slaton 		1964
Episode Profiles in Courage
Andrew Johnson 		1965
Episode Insight
This Side of Eden 		1970
Episode Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Episode 1 		1996
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Walter Matthau 		1980
Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Dry Run 		1959
Episode General Electric Theater
Reflected Glory 		1956
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Walter Mathau 		1995
Episode General Electric Theater
Man With A Vengeance 		1956
Episode The Academy Awards
The 55th Academy Awards 1983 		1983
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Walter Matthau, Katrina Leskanich, Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager 		1986
Episode Naked City
Don't Knock It Till You've Tried It 		1962
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Walter Matthau Part 1 		1992
Episode The Motorola Television Hour
Atomic Attack 		1954
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Walter Matthau Part 2 		1992
Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Very Moral Theft 		1960
Episode Tony Awards
The 24th Annual Tony Awards 		1970