Eli Wallach: RIP

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25 Jun 2014, 8:47 pm

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/ ... FN20140625

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Eli Wallach, an early practitioner of "method acting" who made a lasting impression as the scuzzy bandit Tuco in the film "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," died on Tuesday at the age of 98.

Wallach appeared on the big screen well into his 90s in such films as Roman Polanski's "The Ghost Writer," and Oliver Stone's "Wall Street" sequel, as well as on the stage in more than two dozen Broadway shows.

"It's what I wanted to do all my life," Wallach said of his work in an interview in 2010.

Theater marquees on Broadway will be dimmed on Friday for one minute in memory of Wallach, whose first love was the stage.

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25 Jun 2014, 8:49 pm

How sad, another great actor gone. Today's "stars" just don't compare.

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26 Jun 2014, 12:05 am

I loved his role as Tuco from "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" with Clint Eastwood. RIP.

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26 Jun 2014, 2:53 am

^^^
Absolutely - Wallach made me laugh and feel sympathy for such a contemptible character as Tuco. He will most assuredly be missed.

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26 Jun 2014, 8:53 pm

He was from an era when skill and talent made a star....not necessarily magazine-model looks.

R.I.P., Mr Wallach, you certainly earned your fame.

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28 Jun 2014, 1:58 am

RIP, 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly' is one of my favorite movies.

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30 Jun 2014, 12:12 am

-final living 60s Mr Freeze

-final Misfits star

-only Vaughn left now of Magnificent Seven cast........

Another Batman '66 death , Freddy the Fence aka Jaques Bergerac , 87.

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03 Jul 2014, 7:03 am

Bat celebs do die in three it seems : Mr Freeze , Freddy the Fence & BTAS Gordon aka Bob Hastings........

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