Walter Matthau
Acting
🎂 1920-10-01
Walter Matthau (born Walter John Matthow) 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.
Cast credits(133)
Self
1962
Self - Host
1975
Self
1961
Charlie Mapes
1954
Self - Host
1956
1950
The Bartender
1950
Self
1971
Jacobs
1948
Olsen
1948
Peter Kanopolis
1958
Dr. Max Lewine
1958
1948
Iago
1948
Stuart Benson
1948
1960
1963
Franklin Gaer
1961
Lawrence Stevens
1949
Self
1953
Self
1962
Off. Pete Chandler
1955
Moran
1955
Harry Wade
1955
Phil
1955
Self - Guest
1968
Coastguardsman
1950
Inspector
1950
Craig
1950
Senator Long
1991
1961
George Wilson
1993
Hamilton Bartholemew
1963
Gen. R.A. Smight
1968
Self
1973
Willie Gingrich
1966
Self (archive footage)
2014
Lt. Garber
1974
Max Goldman
1993
'Red' Wildoe
1958
Gov. John Slaton
1964
Andrew Johnson
1964
Drunk
1974
Max Goldman
1995
Prof. Groeteschele
1964
Albert Einstein
1994
Horace Vandergelder
1969
Marvin Michaels
1978
Walter Burns
1974
Padre Maurizio
1988
Lou Mozell
2000
Ted Caselle
1965
Miles Kendig
1980
Judge Charlie Cool
1996
Oscar Madison
1968
Sheriff Morey Johnson
1962
Trabucco
1981
Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red
1986
Paul Manning
1967
Coach Morris Buttermaker
1976
Harmon Cobb
1992
Charley Varrick
1973
Charlie Gordon
1997
Oscar Madison
1998
Self
1982
Self (archive footage)
2002
Self (archive footage)
2020
Joseph P. Kotcher
1971
Self
1995
Dr. Charley Nichols
1978
Dr. Julian Winston
1969
Dan Snow
1981
Donald Becker
1988
Self
1987
Wes Todd
1955
1984
Self
1986
Self / Narrator
1976
Leo Sartori
1964
1953
Tom Dutton
1953
Stan Bodine
1955
Herbert Tucker
1982
Nat Moyer
1996
Al Dahlke
1957
Willy Clark
1975
Dr. Spinelli
1954
Self
1982
Himself
1989
Felix Anders
1960
Sonny Paluso
1983
Judge Kyle
1958
Self
1998
Mel Miller
1957
Lex Rogers
1961
Self
1996
Maxie Fields
1958
Self
1993
Sorrowful Jones
1980
Harmon Cobb
1994
Self
1975
Henry Graham
1971
Self
1997
Frank Walsh
1998
Roy Hubley / Jesse Kiplinger / Sam Nash
1971
Clifford Pepperman
1991
Wally Gibbs
1956
Harmon Cobb
1990
Dr. Karnes
1958
Self
1998
Joe Mulholland
1985
Jack Martin
1959
Pete Seltzer
1972
Boris Thomashevsky
1978
Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
1978
Self
1982
Self
1968
Doc
1964
Tony Gagouts
1962
Lloyd Bourdelle
1978
Tony Dallas
1963
The Movie Star
1968
Self (archive footage)
2000
Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD
1973
Narrator (voice)
1992
Moe Axelrod
1972
Ben Alexander / Philip Judah
1960
Self (archive footage)
2015
Self
1992
Self
1968
Meredith
1962
Self
1987
Self - Host
1978