Birthday
1920/10/01
Day of death
2000/07/01 (79 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Walter Matuschanskayasky, Уолтер Мэттау, Walter John Matthau, والتر ماتائو
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 fo...Read more
(1974) The Front Page
as Walter Burns
(1964) Fail Safe
as Prof. Groeteschele
(1991) JFK
as Senator Long
(1966) The Fortune Cookie
as Willie Gingrich
(2000) Hanging Up
as Lou Mozell
(1963) Charade
as Hamilton Bartholemew
(1974) Earthquake
as Drunk
(1967) A Guide for the Married Man
as Paul Manning
(1957) A Face in the Crowd
as Mel Miller
(1993) Grumpy Old Men
as Max Goldman
(1968) The Odd Couple
as Oscar Madison
(2015) Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'
as Self (archive footage)
(1994) I.Q.
as Albert Einstein
(1976) The Bad News Bears
as Coach Morris Buttermaker
(1986) Pirates
as Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red
(1974) The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Lt. Garber
(1988) The Couch Trip
as Donald Becker
(1980) Hopscotch
as Miles Kendig
(1993) Dennis the Menace
as George Wilson
(1998) The Odd Couple II
as Oscar Madison
(1956) Bigger Than Life
as Wally Gibbs
(1978) California Suite
as Marvin Michaels
(1973) Charley Varrick
as Charley Varrick
(1969) Cactus Flower
as Dr. Julian Winston
(1983) The Survivors
as Sonny Paluso
(1982) I Love Liberty
as Self
(1981) Buddy Buddy
as Trabucco
(1982) I Ought to Be in Pictures
as Herbert Tucker
(1969) Hello, Dolly!
as Horace Vandergelder
(1973) The Laughing Policeman
as Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD
(1978) House Calls
as Dr. Charley Nichols
(1971) Plaza Suite
as Roy Hubley / Jesse Kiplinger / Sam Nash
(1971) A New Leaf
as Henry Graham
(1964) Ensign Pulver
as Doc
(1962) Lonely are the Brave
as Sheriff Morey Johnson
(1996) I'm Not Rappaport
as Nat Moyer
(1988) The Little Devil
as Padre Maurizio
(1995) Grumpier Old Men
as Max Goldman
(1958) Ride a Crooked Trail
as Judge Kyle
(1975) The Sunshine Boys
as Willy Clark
(1968) Candy
as Gen. R.A. Smight
(1955) The Kentuckian
as Stan Bodine
(1980) Little Miss Marker
as Sorrowful Jones
(1995) The Grass Harp
as Judge Charlie Cool
(1997) Out to Sea
as Charlie Gordon
(1958) King Creole
as Maxie Fields
(1959) Gangster Story
as Jack Martin
(1965) Mirage
as Ted Caselle
(1958) Voice in the Mirror
as Dr. Karnes
(1957) Slaughter on 10th Avenue
as Al Dahlke
(1994) Incident in a Small Town
as Harmon Cobb
(1978) Casey's Shadow
as Lloyd Bourdelle
(1981) First Monday in October
as Dan Snow
(1971) Kotch
as Joseph P. Kotcher
(1955) The Indian Fighter
as Wes Todd
(1962) Who's Got the Action?
as Tony Gagouts
(1960) Strangers When We Meet
as Felix Anders
(1985) Movers & Shakers
as Joe Mulholland
(2002) The Kid Stays in the Picture
as Self (archive footage)
(1972) Pete 'n' Tillie
as Pete Seltzer
(1963) Island of Love
as Tony Dallas
(1982) Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
as Self
(2020) 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
as Self (archive footage)
(2000) Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
as Self (archive footage)
(1990) The Incident
as Harmon Cobb
(1982) Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
as Self
(1958) Onionhead
as 'Red' Wildoe
(1976) The Gentleman Tramp
as Self / Narrator
(1995) The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
(1978) The Stingiest Man in Town
as Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
(1987) A Beverly Hills Christmas
as Self
(1991) Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
as Clifford Pepperman
(1964) Goodbye Charlie
as Leo Sartori
Funny Business
as Self - Host
(1972) Awake and Sing!
as Moe Axelrod
(1968) The Secret Life of an American Wife
as The Movie Star
(1978) Actor
as Boris Thomashevsky
(1992) How The Grinch Stole Christmas!
as Narrator (voice)
(1986) Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
as Self
(1960) Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands'
as Ben Alexander / Philip Judah
(1998) Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
as Self
(1998) The Marriage Fool
as Frank Walsh
(1992) Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
as Harmon Cobb
(1954) Atomic Attack
as Dr. Spinelli
(1988) James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self
(1996) Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
as Self
(2014) And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(1997) Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
as Self
(1962) Big Deal in Laredo
as Meredith
(1975) The Lion Roars Again
as Self
(1993) Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
as Self
(1992) Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
as Self
(1998) Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau
as Self
(1968) Carol Channing and 101 Men
as Self
(1968) Jack Benny's Bag
as Self
(1989) Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Himself
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1958) Naked City
as Peter Kanopolis
(1948) Studio One
as Jacobs
(1953) General Electric Theater
as ---
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Off. Pete Chandler
(1961) Target: The Corruptors!
as ---
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Coastguardsman
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as ---
(1954) Climax!
as Charlie Mapes
(1964) Profiles in Courage
as Gov. John Slaton
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as ---
(1949) Suspense
as Lawrence Stevens
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as ---
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Franklin Gaer
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1961) Tallahassee 7000
as Lex Rogers
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
(1958) Naked City
as Dr. Max Lewine
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Tom Dutton
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Inspector
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Craig
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1973) The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as The Bartender
(1964) Profiles in Courage
as Andrew Johnson
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Moran
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Harry Wade
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Phil
(1948) Studio One
as Olsen
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Host
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as Iago
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as Stuart Benson
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
(1971) Great Performances
as Self