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:
- 109
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Philco Television Playhouse 1948-10-03
- Latest Project:
- Movie 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War 2020-01-28
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War | Self (archive footage) | 2020-01-28 |
| Movie | Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick' | Self (archive footage) | 2015-03-19 |
| 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 | Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' | Self (archive footage) | 2000-10-31 |
| Movie | The Odd Couple II | Oscar Madison | 1998-04-09 |
| Movie | Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy | Self | 1998-02-04 |
| Movie | The Marriage Fool | Frank Walsh | 1998-09-20 |
| Movie | Out to Sea | Charlie Gordon | 1997-07-02 |
| Movie | Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman | Self | 1996-11-25 |
| 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 | The Grass Harp | Judge Charlie Cool | 1995-09-10 |
| Movie | Incident in a Small Town | Harmon Cobb | 1994-01-23 |
| Movie | I.Q. | Albert Einstein | 1994-12-24 |
| Movie | Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy | Self | 1993-01-20 |
| Movie | Grumpy Old Men | Max Goldman | 1993-12-25 |
| Movie | Dennis the Menace | George Wilson | 1993-06-24 |
| Movie | Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore | Harmon Cobb | 1992-01-19 |
| Movie | How The Grinch Stole Christmas! | Narrator (voice) | 1992-12-12 |
| Movie | Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys | Himself | 1992-04-05 |
| 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 Couch Trip | Donald Becker | 1988-01-15 |
| Movie | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self | 1988-11-22 |
| Movie | The Little Devil | Padre Maurizio | 1988-07-01 |
| Movie | A Beverly Hills Christmas | Self | 1987-12-22 |
| 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 Love Liberty | Self | 1982-03-21 |
| 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 | Casey's Shadow | Lloyd Bourdelle | 1978-01-01 |
| Movie | Actor | Boris Thomashevsky | 1978-02-21 |
| Movie | The Stingiest Man in Town | Ebenezer Scrooge (voice) | 1978-12-23 |
| Movie | House Calls | Dr. Charley Nichols | 1978-03-15 |
| 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 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | The Sunshine Boys | Willy Clark | 1975-11-06 |
| Movie | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Lt. Garber | 1974-10-02 |
| Movie | The Front Page | Walter Burns | 1974-11-01 |
| 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 | Pete 'n' Tillie | Pete Seltzer | 1972-12-17 |
| Movie | Awake and Sing! | Moe Axelrod | 1972-06-03 |
| Movie | A New Leaf | Henry Graham | 1971-03-11 |
| Movie | Kotch | Joseph P. Kotcher | 1971-09-17 |
| Movie | Plaza Suite | Roy Hubley / Jesse Kiplinger / Sam Nash | 1971-05-12 |
| Movie | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | 1970-03-24 | |
| Movie | Cactus Flower | Dr. Julian Winston | 1969-12-16 |
| Movie | Hello, Dolly! | Horace Vandergelder | 1969-12-12 |
| Movie | The Odd Couple | Oscar Madison | 1968-05-16 |
| 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 | Fail Safe | Prof. Groeteschele | 1964-10-07 |
| Series | Profiles in Courage | Unknown | 1964-11-08 |
| Movie | Goodbye Charlie | Leo Sartori | 1964-11-18 |
| Movie | Island of Love | Tony Dallas | 1963-06-12 |
| Movie | Charade | Hamilton Bartholemew | 1963-12-01 |
| Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
| Movie | Lonely are the Brave | Sheriff Morey Johnson | 1962-05-24 |
| Movie | Big Deal in Laredo | Meredith | 1962-10-07 |
| Movie | Who's Got the Action? | Tony Gagouts | 1962-12-25 |
| Series | Tallahassee 7000 | Lex Rogers | 1961-01-24 |
| Series | The DuPont Show of the Week | 1961-09-17 | |
| Series | Target: The Corruptors! | Unknown | 1961-09-29 |
| Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
| Movie | Strangers When We Meet | Felix Anders | 1960-06-29 |
| Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
| Movie | Gangster Story | Jack Martin | 1959-12-01 |
| Movie | King Creole | Maxie Fields | 1958-07-02 |
| Movie | Voice in the Mirror | Dr. Karnes | 1958-08-13 |
| Movie | Ride a Crooked Trail | Judge Kyle | 1958-11-23 |
| Series | Naked City | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
| Movie | Onionhead | 'Red' Wildoe | 1958-10-25 |
| Movie | A Face in the Crowd | Mel Miller | 1957-05-29 |
| Movie | Slaughter on 10th Avenue | Al Dahlke | 1957-09-01 |
| Series | Tony Awards | Unknown | 1956-04-01 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Atomic Attack | Dr. Spinelli | 1954-05-19 |
| Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
| Series | Goodyear Television Playhouse | Major Hunter | 1951-10-14 |
| 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 |