Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau (born Walter John Matthow; October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American actor, comedian and film director. He is best known for his film roles in A Face in the Crowd (1957), King Creole (1958) and as a coach of a hapless little league team in the baseball comedy The Bad News Bears (1976). He also starred in 10 films alongside Jack Lemmon, including The Odd Couple (1968), The Front Page (1974) and Grumpy Old Men (1993). Matthau won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the Billy Wilder film The Fortune Cookie (1966). Matthau is also known for his performances in Stanley Donen's romance Charade (1963), Gene Kelly's musical Hello, Dolly! (1969), Elaine May's screwball comedy A New Leaf (1971) and Herbert Ross' ensemble comedy California Suite (1978). He also starred in Plaza Suite, Kotch (both 1971), Charley Varrick (1973), The Sunshine Boys (1975), and Hopscotch (1980). On Broadway, Matthau originated the role of Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple by playwright Neil Simon, for which he received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1965, his second after A Shot in the Dark in 1962. Matthau also received two British Academy Film Awards and a Golden Globe Award. In 1963, he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his performance in The DuPont Show of the Week. In 1982, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Matthau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acted Movies
Director: Diane Keaton
Writers: Nora Ephron,
Cast: Adam Arkin, Ann Bortolotti, Cloris Leachman, Diane Keaton, Jesse James, Lisa Kudrow, Maree Cheatham, Meg Ryan, Shaun Duke, Walter Matthau,
Director: Fred Schepisi
Writers: Andy Breckman,
Cast: Charles Durning, Frank Whaley, Gene Saks, Joseph Maher, Lou Jacobi, Meg Ryan, Stephen Fry, Tim Robbins, Tony Shalhoub, Walter Matthau,
Director: Donald Petrie
Writers: Mark Steven Johnson,
Cast: Ann-Margret, Buck Henry, Burgess Meredith, Christopher McDonald, Daryl Hannah, Jack Lemmon, John Carroll Lynch, Kevin Pollak, Ossie Davis, Walter Matthau,
Director: Nick Castle
Writers: John Hughes,
Cast: Amy Sakasitz, Christopher Lloyd, Joan Plowright, Kellen Hathaway, Lea Thompson, Mason Gamble, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Winfield, Robert Stanton, Walter Matthau,
Director: Michael Ritchie
Writers: Michael J. Leeson,
Cast: Anne Pitoniak, Bernard Barrow, James Wainwright, Jerry Reed, John Goodman, Joseph Carberry, Kristen Vigard, Marian Hailey, Robin Williams, Walter Matthau,
Director: Billy Wilder
Writers: I. A. L. Diamond,
Cast: C.J. Hunt, Dana Elcar, Fil Formicola, Jack Lemmon, Joan Shawlee, Klaus Kinski, Michael Ensign, Miles Chapin, Paula Prentiss, Walter Matthau,
Director: Ronald Neame
Writers: Brian Garfield,
Cast: David Matthau, George Baker, Glenda Jackson, Herbert Lom, Ivor Roberts, Lucy Saroyan, Ned Beatty, Sam Waterston, Severn Darden, Walter Matthau,
Director: Michael Ritchie
Writers: Bill Lancaster,
Cast: Alfred Lutter, Ben Piazza, Chris Barnes, Erin Blunt, Gary Lee Cavagnaro, Jackie Earle Haley, Joyce Van Patten, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow, Walter Matthau,
Director: Herbert Ross
Writers: Neil Simon,
Cast: Carol Arthur, F. Murray Abraham, George Burns, Howard Hesseman, James Cranna, Lee Meredith, Richard Benjamin, Ron Rifkin, Rosetta LeNoire, Walter Matthau,
Director: Billy Wilder
Writers: Billy Wilder,
Cast: Allen Garfield, Austin Pendleton, Charles Durning, David Wayne, Herb Edelman, Jack Lemmon, Martin Gabel, Susan Sarandon, Vincent Gardenia, Walter Matthau,
Director: Joseph Sargent
Writers: Peter Stone,
Cast: Beatrice Winde, Dick O'Neill, Earl Hindman, Héctor Elizondo, James Broderick, Lee Wallace, Martin Balsam, Robert Shaw, Tom Pedi, Walter Matthau,
Director: Don Siegel
Writers: Howard Rodman,
Cast: Andrew Robinson, Benson Fong, Felicia Farr, Jacqueline Scott, Joe Don Baker, Norman Fell, Sheree North, Walter Matthau, William Schallert, Woodrow Parfrey,
Director: Elaine May
Writers: Elaine May,
Cast: Doris Roberts, Elaine May, George Rose, Graham Jarvis, Jack Weston, James Coco, Jess Osuna, Renée Taylor, Walter Matthau, William Redfield,
Director: Gene Saks
Writers: I. A. L. Diamond,
Cast: Eve Bruce, Goldie Hawn, Ingrid Bergman, Irene Hervey, Irwin Charone, Jack Weston, Matthew Saks, Rick Lenz, Vito Scotti, Walter Matthau,
Director: Gene Kelly
Writers: Ernest Lehman,
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Danny Lockin, David Hurst, E.J. Peaker, Joyce Ames, Judy Knaiz, Marianne McAndrew, Michael Crawford, Tommy Tune, Walter Matthau,
Director: Gene Saks
Writers: Neil Simon,
Cast: Angelique Pettyjohn, Billie Bird, Carole Shelley, David Sheiner, Herb Edelman, Iris Adrian, Jack Lemmon, John Fiedler, Monica Evans, Walter Matthau,
Director: Billy Wilder
Writers: I. A. L. Diamond,
Cast: Ann Shoemaker, Cliff Osmond, Harry Holcombe, Jack Lemmon, Judi West, Les Tremayne, Lurene Tuttle, Marge Redmond, Ron Rich, Walter Matthau,
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Writers: Peter Stone,
Cast: Anne Seymour, Diane Baker, George Kennedy, Gregory Peck, Jack Weston, Kevin McCarthy, Leif Erickson, Robert H. Harris, Walter Abel, Walter Matthau,
Director: Sidney Lumet
Writers: Walter Bernstein,
Cast: Dan O'Herlihy, Edward Binns, Frank Overton, Fritz Weaver, Henry Fonda, Janet Ward, Larry Hagman, Russell Hardie, Walter Matthau, William Hansen,
Director: Stanley Donen
Writers: Peter Stone,
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Dominique Minot, George Kennedy, Jacques Marin, James Coburn, Ned Glass, Paul Bonifas, Thomas Chelimsky, Walter Matthau,
Director: David Miller
Writers: Dalton Trumbo,
Cast: Carroll O'Connor, Gena Rowlands, George Kennedy, Karl Swenson, Kirk Douglas, Martín Garralaga, Michael Kane, Walter Matthau, William Mims, William Schallert,
Director: Elia Kazan
Writers: Budd Schulberg,
Cast: Alexander Kirkland, Andy Griffith, Anthony Franciosa, Lee Remick, Marshall Neilan, Patricia Neal, Paul McGrath, Percy Waram, Rod Brasfield, Walter Matthau,
Director: Nicholas Ray
Writers: Cyril Hume,
Cast: Barbara Rush, Betty Caulfield, Christopher Olsen, James Mason, Kipp Hamilton, Rachel Stephens, Robert F. Simon, Roland Winters, Rusty Lane, Walter Matthau,