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Eli Wallach

1915 - 2014

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Eli Herschel Wallach ( EE-ly WOL-ək; December 7, 1915 – June 24, 2014) was an American film, television, and stage actor from New York City. Known for his character actor roles, his entertainment career spanned over six decades. He received a BAFTA Award, a Tony Award, and an Emmy Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eli Wallach has received more than 8,453,810 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia. Eli Wallach is the 153rd most popular actor (up from 163rd in 2019), the 288th most popular biography from United States (up from 296th in 2019) and the 75th most popular American Actor.

Eli Wallach is most famous for his role as "Tuco" in the movie The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

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  • 8.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Eli Wallach ranks 153 out of 13,578. Before him are Gloria Stuart, Tony Curtis, Orson Welles, Jean Renoir, Laurence Olivier, and Ava Gardner. After him are Tommy Lee Jones, Stan Laurel, Antonio Banderas, Sandra Bullock, Burt Lancaster, and Fernandel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Eli Wallach ranks 13. Before him are Roland Barthes, Vasily Zaitsev, Yitzhak Shamir, David Rockefeller, Arthur Miller, and Orson Welles. After him are Paul Samuelson, Billie Holiday, Paul Tibbets, Stanley Matthews, Joachim Peiper, and Hu Yaobang. Among people deceased in 2014, Eli Wallach ranks 11. Before him are Robin Williams, Eduard Shevardnadze, Claudio Abbado, Luis Aragonés, Joe Cocker, and Wojciech Jaruzelski. After him are Gough Whitlam, Hiroo Onoda, Alexander Grothendieck, Nadine Gordimer, Maximilian Schell, and Jacques Le Goff.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eli Wallach ranks 288 out of 20,380. Before him are Gertrude Stein (1874), William Howard Taft (1857), William Jennings Bryan (1860), George S. Patton (1885), Ava Gardner (1922), and Jeffrey Dahmer (1960). After him are Joe Dassin (1938), Lisa Marie Presley (1968), Tommy Lee Jones (1946), Jerry Brown (1938), Percy Williams Bridgman (1882), and B. F. Skinner (1904).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Eli Wallach ranks 75. Before him are Susan Sarandon (1946), Leonardo DiCaprio (1974), Gloria Stuart (1910), Tony Curtis (1925), Orson Welles (1915), and Ava Gardner (1922). After him are Tommy Lee Jones (1946), Sandra Bullock (1964), Burt Lancaster (1913), Oliver Hardy (1892), Rita Hayworth (1918), and Angelina Jolie (1975).

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