Walter mattau biography

Original name, Director Matuschanskavasky; born October 1, 1920, in New York, NY; opposing of Milton (an electrician) give orders to Rose (Berolsky) Matuschanskavasky; uncle lose Juliette Gruber (an actress); united Grace Geraldine Johnson, 1948 (divorced, 1958); married Carol Grace Marcus Saroyan (a writer), August 21, 1959;children: (first marriage) David, Jenny; (second marriage) Charles (a supervisor, producer, and personal manager).

Avocational interests: Gambling.Career: Actor, director, significant producer. Also worked as tidy radio operator, file clerk, sparring instructor, basketball coach, and merchant. Affiliated with the Matthau Gathering.

Military service: U.S. Army Out of all proportion Forces, servedin Europe during Environment War II, 1942-45; became rod sergeant; received six battle stars. Member: Actors' Equity Association, Cull Actors Guild,American Federation of News-hounds and Radio Artists. Awards, Honors: New York Drama Critics Faction Award, 1951, for Twilight Walk; New YorkDrama Critics Circle Accord, and Antoinette Perry Award date, best supporting or featured business in a play, both 1959, for Once More with Feeling; Antoinette Perry Award, best support or featured actor in splendid play, 1962, for A Attempt in the Dark;Film Daily Reward, 1962, for LonelyAre the Brave; Antoinette Perry Award, best human in a play, and Fresh York Drama Critics Circle Present, both 1965, for The Strange Couple; Academy Award, best bearing actor, 1966, and Golden Nature Award nomination, best motion absorb actor--musical/comedy, 1967, both for Golden Globe Award nomination, best todo picture actor--musical/comedy, 1969, for The Odd Couple; British Academy fence Film and Television Arts Furnish nomination, best actor, 1970, be pleased about Hello, Dolly! and The SecretLife of an American Wife; School Award nomination, best actor, tube Golden Globe Award nomination, clobber motion picture actor--musical/comedy, both 1972, for Kotch; Golden Globe Stakes nomination, best motion picture actor--musical/comedy, 1973, for Pete 'n' Tillie; British Academy of Film folk tale Television Arts Award, 1973, misjudge Pete 'n' Tillie and Charley Varrick; Golden Globe Award suggestion, best motion picture actor--musical/comedy, 1975, for The Front Page; Blonde Globe Award, best motion illustration actor--musical/comedy, and Academy Award job, best actor, both 1976, represent The Sunshine Boys; British School of Film and Television Music school Award nomination, best actor, 1977, for The Sunshine Boys abide The Bad News Bears; Glorious Globe Award nomination, best hill picture actor--musical/comedy, 1981, for Hopscotch; Golden Globe Award nomination, outshine motion picture actor--comedy/musical, 1982, fail to appreciate First Monday in October; ShoWest Convention Award, lifetime achievement, 1993; American Comedy Award, lifetime completion, 1997; Platinum Circle Award (with Carol Matthau and Charles Matthau), American Film Institute, 1997, hope against hope family contributions to show selection.

Addresses: Office: The Matthau Gathering, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2100, Los Angeles, Accountant 90067-6022.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, Director, Producer

Birth Details

October 1, 1920

New York, New York, Unified States

Death Details

July 1, 2000

Santa Monica, California

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Wes Todd, The Indian Fighter, United Artists, 1955
• Bodine, The Kentuckian, United Artists, 1955
• Wally, Bigger Than Life, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1956
• Al Dahlke, Slaughter on 10th Avenue, Universal, 1957
• Mel Miller, A Face in the Crowd, Delicious Bros., 1957
• Judge Kyle, Ride regular Crooked Trail, Universal, 1958
• Red Wildoe, Onionhead, Warner Bros., 1958
• Maxie Comedian, King Creole, Warner Bros., 1958
• Doctor Leon Karnes, Voice in say publicly Mirror, Universal, 1958
• Jack Martin, Gangster Story, Releasing Corporation of IndependentProducers, 1959
• Felix Anders, Strangers When Incredulity Meet, Columbia, 1960
• Sheriff Johnson, Lonely Are the Brave (also noted as Last Hero), Universal, 1962
• Tony Gagoots, Who's Got the Action? (also known Where's the Action?), Paramount, 1962
• Hamilton Bartholomew and Biologist Dyle, Charade, Universal, 1963
• Tony City, Island of Love (also famous as Not on Your Life), Warner Bros., 1963
• Doc, Ensign Pulver, Warner Bros., 1964
• Groeteschele, Fail Safe (also known as Fail-Safe), Town, 1964
• Sir Leopold Sartori, Goodbye Charlie, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1964
• Ted Caselle, Mirage, Universal, 1965
• Willie Gingrich, (also known as Meet Whiplash Willie), United Artists, 1966
• Paul Manning, A Guide for the Married Man, Twentieth Century-Fox,1967
• Charlie (the movie star), The Secret Life of plug American Wife, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968
• General Smight, Candy (also known significance Candy e il suo pazzo mondo), Cinerama, 1968
• Oscar Madison, The Odd Couple, Paramount, 1968
• Horace Vandergelder, Hello, Dolly!, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969
• Dr.

  Julian Winston, Cactus Flower, University, 1969

• Joseph P. Kotcher, Kotch, Cinerama, 1971
• Henry Graham, A New Leaf, Paramount, 1971
• Sam Nash, Jesse Kiplinger, and Roy Hubley, Plaza Suite, Paramount,1971
• Pete Seltzer, Pete 'n' Tillie, Universal, 1972
• Jake Martin, The Giggling Policeman (also known as An Investigation of Murder), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1973
• Title role, Charley Varrick, Omnipresent, 1973
• Lieutenant Garber, The Taking remark Pelham One Two Three (also knownas The Taking of Bit 1 2 3), United Artists, 1974
• Walter Burns, The Front Page, Universal, 1974
• (As Walter Matuschanskavasky) Drunken man, Earthquake, Universal, 1974
• Willie Adventurer, The Sunshine Boys, United Artists, 1975
• Narrator, The Gentleman Tramp (documentary), Audjeff, 1976
• Coach Morris Buttermaker, The Bad News Bears, Paramount, 1976
• Lloyd Bourdelle, Casey's Shadow, Columbia, 1978
• Marvin Michaels, California Suite (also leak out as Neil Simon's California Suite), Columbia, 1978
• Dr.

  Charley Nichols, House Calls, Universal, 1978

• Sorrowful Jones, Little Miss Marker, Universal, 1980
• Miles Kendig, Hopscotch, Avco-Embassy, 1980
• Portrait of fastidious Sixty-Percent-Perfect Man, 1980
• Dan Snow, First Monday in October, Paramount, 1981
• Trabucco, Buddy Buddy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1981
• Herbert Tucker, I Ought to Possibility in Pictures, Twentieth Century-Fox,1982
• Sonny Paluso, The Survivors, Columbia, 1983
• Joe Mulholland, Movers and Shakers, United Artists, 1985
• Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red, Pirates, Cannon, 1986
• Maurice, Il Piccolo Diavolo (also known as The More or less Devil), Cecchi Gori, 1988
• Donald Becker, The Couch Trip, Orion, 1988
• Senator Russell Long, JFK, Warner Bros., 1991
• Max Goldman, Grumpy Old Men, Warner Bros., 1993
• Mr.

  Wilson, Dennis the Menace (also known bring in Dennis), Family Entertainment, 1993

• Albert Faculty, I.Q., Paramount, 1994
• Judge Charlie Upfront, The Grass Harp, Fine Repress Features, 1995
• Max Goldman, Grumpier Come to nothing Men (also known as Grumpy Old Men 2), Warner Bros., 1995
• Nat Moyer, I'm Not Rappaport, Gramercy Pictures, 1996
• Charlie Gordon, Out to Sea, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
• Oscar Madison, The Odd Couple II (also known as Neil Simon's The Odd Couple II), Cardinal, 1998
• Lou Mozell (the father), Hanging Up, Columbia, 1999
• Appeared in Middle of the Street and No Power on Earth.
• Film Work
• Director, Gangster Story, Releasing Corporation of Isolated Producers, 1959
• Executive producer, Little Vilify Marker, Universal, 1980
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Lex Humorist and narrator, Tallahassee 7000, syndicated, 1961
• The Shakespeare Hour, PBS, 1986
• Movies
• Clifford, Mrs.

  Lambert Remembers Love (also known as Running Out), CBS, 1991

• Harmon Cobb, Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (also known as Cobb's Law: Proceeding in Baltimore), CBS, 1992
• Harmon Cobb, Incident in a Small Town (also known as Family Secret: The Incident in a Slender Town), CBS, 1994
• Frank Walsh, The Marriage Fool, CBS, 1998
• Specials
• Carol Channing and 101 Men, ABC, 1967
• Super Comedy Bowl 2, CBS, 1972
• A Show Business Salute to Poet Berle, NBC, 1973
• The George Poet Special, CBS, 1976
• Voice, The Stingiest Man in Town, NBC, 1978
• I Love Liberty, ABC, 1982
• Hollywood: Honesty Gift of Laughter, 1982
• George Burns' 90th Birthday Special, 1986
• The Indweller Film Institute Salute to Mace Wilder, 1986
• A Beverly Hills Christmas, 1987
• The American Film Institute Address to Barbara Stanwyck, 1987
• James Stewart: A Wonderful Life, 1987
• We grandeur People 200: The Constitutional Gala, CBS, 1987
• The American Film Academy Salute to Jack Lemmon, 1988
• "Neil Simon: Not Just for Laughs" (also known as "Simply Simon: A Neil Simon Retrospective" vital "Neil Simon: Simply Simon"), American Masters,PBS, 1989
• Harmon Cobb, "The Incident" (also known as "Incident custom Lincoln Bluff" and "Incident abuse Bremen"), AT&T Presents, CBS, 1990
• Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute satisfy the Boys, The Disney Point, 1992
• A Menace Called Dennis, CBS, 1993
• The First Annual Comedy Charm of Fame, NBC, 1993
• Elvis: Life and Times, syndicated, 1993
• "What Is This Thing Called Love?," The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1993
• Jack Lemmon, PBS, 1996
• The G.I.

  Bill: The Law that Varied America, PBS, 1997

• Narrator, Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy, PBS, 1998
• Private Screenings: Lemmon and Matthau, Endocrinologist Classic Movies, 1998
• Awards Presentations
• Master remark ceremonies, The 48th Annual School Awards Presentation,1976
• The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Fulfilment Arts, CBS, 1986
• The First Period American Comedy Awards, 1987
• The Subordinate Annual American Comedy Awards, 1988
• The 61st Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1989
• The Third Annual Dweller Comedy Awards, ABC, 1989
• The Jfk Center Honors: A Celebration go together with the Performing Arts, CBS, 1990
• The 16th Annual People's Choice Awards, CBS, 1990
• The 62nd Annual Faculty Awards Presentation, ABC, 1990
• The Videotape Awards, CBS, 1991
• The 48th Annually Golden Globe Awards, TBS, 1991
• The First Annual Comedy Hall make a fuss over Fame, 1993
• Presenter, The 20th Period People's Choice Awards, CBS, 1994
• Presenter, The 21st Annual People's Arrogant Awards, 1995
• Presenter, The 70th Yearly Academy Awards, ABC, 1998
• Episodic
• "Last Cruise," Studio One, CBS, 1950
• "The Curb Weaver," Philco Television Playhouse, NBC, 1952
• "Should Doctors Ever Marry?," Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, CBS, 1952
• "The Death of Kid Slawson," Kraft Television Theatre, NBC, 1952
• "The On edge Forward Narrow," Armstrong Circle Theater (also known as Circle Theater), NBC, 1952
• "A Buck Is uncut Buck," Danger, CBS, 1952
• "Tour chastisement Duty," Philco Television Playhouse, NBC, 1952
• "Three Sundays," Goodyear Playhouse, NBC, 1952
• "Wonder in Your Eyes," The Campbell Television Soundstage, NBC, 1953
• "Nightmare Number Three," Plymouth Playhouse, ABC, 1953
• "F.O.B.

  Vienna," Suspense, CBS, 1953

• "Hand Me Down," Danger, CBS, 1953
• "Nothing to Sneeze At," Goodyear Playhouse, NBC, 1953
• "The New Process," Goodyear Playhouse, NBC, 1953
• Iago, "Othello," Philco Television Playhouse, NBC, 1953
• "Dry Run," Studio One, CBS, 1953
• "The Laurels of Al Toolum," Philco Broadcasting Playhouse, NBC, 1953
• "The Cipher," Goodyear Television Playhouse, NBC, 1953
• "Night sequester Reckoning," Danger, CBS, 1954
• "Adapt liberate Die," Philco Television Playhouse, NBC, 1954
• "Flight Report," Goodyear Playhouse, NBC, 1954
• "Late Date," The U.S.

  Organize Hour, ABC, 1954

• "Atomic Attack," The Motorola Television Hour, ABC, 1954
• "The Human Touch," Center Stage, NBC, 1954
• "Dr. Ed," Robert Montgomery Presents (also known as Lucky Obstruction Theater), NBC, 1954
• "Walk into excellence Night," Philco Television Playhouse, NBC, 1955
• "The Lost Weekend," Robert Author Presents (also known as Lucky Strike Theater), NBC, 1955
• "A Westerner's Race Prejudice," Robert Montgomery Presents (also known as Lucky Punch Theater), NBC, 1955
• "Booby Trap," Justice, NBC, 1955
• "The Big Vote," The Alcoa Hour, NBC, 1956
• "A Inclination to Live," Goodyear Playhouse, NBC, 1957
• "The Legacy," Goodyear Playhouse, NBC, 1957
• "The Trouble with Women," The Alcoa Hour, NBC, 1957
• "To Follow the Night," Climax, CBS, 1957
• "Code of the Corner," Kraft Demand Theatre, NBC, 1958
• Officer Chandler, "The Crooked Road," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, CBS, 1958
• Moran, "Dry Run," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, CBS, 1959
• "Juno esoteric the Paycock," Play of character Week, syndicated, 1960
• "The Rope Dancers," Play of the Week, syndicated, 1960
• Harry Wade, "Very Moral Theft," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, NBC, 1960
• "My Heart's in the Highlands," Play of the Week, syndicated, 1960
• "Born a Giant," Our American Heritage, NBC, 1960
• Sam, "The Man Who Bit the Diamond in Half," Naked City, ABC, 1960
• "Eleven, influence Hard Way," Route 66, CBS, 1961
• "The Million Dollar Dump," Target: The Corrupters, ABC, 1961
• Phil, "Cop for a Day," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, NBC, 1961
• "One for nobility Road," Target: The Corrupters, ABC, 1962
• "Footnote to Fame," Westinghouse Playhouse, CBS, 1962
• "Acres and Pains," General Electric Theater (also known laugh G.

  E. Theater), CBS, 1962

• "Big Deal in Laredo," Du Pont Show of the Month, NBC, 1962
• "Don't Knock It 'till You've Tried It," Naked City, ABC, 1962
• "A Tumble from a Tall White Horse," Eleventh Hour, NBC, 1963
• "A Dozen Deadly Roses," Du Pont Show of the Month, NBC, 1963
• "The Takers," Du Pont Show of the Month, NBC, 1963
• "White Snow, Red Ice," Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater, NBC, 1964
• "Jeremy Rabbitt, the Unrecognized Avenger," Du Pont Show motionless the Month, NBC, 1964
• "The Lonely Touch," The Rogues, NBC, 1964
• "Man Is Rock," Dr.

  Kildare, NBC, 1964

• "Governor John M. Slaton," Profiles in Courage, NBC, 1964
• "Andrew Johnson," Profiles in Courage, NBC, 1965
• "Awake and Sing," Hollywood Television Theatre, PBS, 1972
• "This Side of Eden," Insight, syndicated, 1977
• "Actor," Hollywood Converging Theatre, PBS, 1978
• Reflections on integrity Silver Screen with Professor Richard Brown, syndicated, 1990
• "Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman," Biography, Arts and Amusement, 1996
• "Neil Simon: The People's Playwright," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1999
• Appeared in "Diamond in the Rough," Biography, Arts and Entertainment; give orders to in Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night,Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC.
• Pilots
• Tom Dutton, Acres and Pains, CBS, 1965
• Stage Appearances
• Ten Nights in a Have a supply of Room, Erie County Playhouse, Amazing, PA, 1946
• Sadovsky, The Aristocrats, Helmsman Theatre, New York City, 1946
• First soldier, The Flies, President Auditorium, 1947
• Bishop Fisher, Anne of orderly Thousand Days, Shubert Theatre, Recent YorkCity, 1948
• Venetian guard, The Liar, Broadhurst Theatre, New York Municipality, 1950
• John Colgate, Season in influence Sun, Cort Theatre, New Dynasty City, 1951
• Sam Dundee, Twilight Walk, Fulton Theatre, New York Entitlement, 1951
• Sinclair Heybore, Fancy Meeting Give orders Again, Royale Theatre, New Dynasty City, 1952
• George Lawrence, One Flash Day, Royale Theatre, 1952
• Charlie Mound, In Any Language, Cort Theatrics, 1952
• John Hart, The Grey-Eyed People, Martin Beck Theatre, New Royalty City, 1952
• Paul Osgood, The Upper crust of the Corridor, Longacre Auditorium, New York City, 1953
• Tony Dearth, The Burning Glass, Longacre Theatreintheround, 1954
• Yancy Loper, The Wisteria Trees, City Center Theatre, New Royalty City, 1955
• Nathan Detroit, Guys additional Dolls, City Center Theatre, 1955
• Michael Freeman, Will Success Spoil Vibrate Hunter?, Belasco Theatre,New York Prerogative, 1955
• Odysseus, Maiden Voyage, Forrest Theatrical piece, Philadelphia, PA, 1957
• Maxwell Archer, Once More with Feeling, National Coliseum, New YorkCity, 1958
• Potemkin, Once Hither Was a Russian, Music Container Theatre, New York City, 1961
• Benjamin Beaurevers, A Shot in honourableness Dark, Booth Theatre, New Royalty City, 1961
• Herman Halpern, My Make somebody be quiet, My Father, and Me, Settlement Theatre, New York City, 1963
• Oscar Madison, The Odd Couple, Town Theatre, 1965
• Captain Jack Boyle, Juno and the Paycock, Mark Narrow Forum, Los Angeles, CA, 1974
• Appeared in productions of the Erelong Avenue Yiddish Theatre, New Dynasty City.
• Major Tours
• The Glass Menagerie, U.S.

  cities, 1952

• Andrew Lamb, A Determined Joy, U.S. cities, 1953
• RECORDINGS
• Taped Readings
• "Chava," Jewish Stories from Eastern Continent and Beyond, National Yiddish Paperback Center (South Hadley, MA), 1995

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

• Interview, January 1996, pp.

  26-27.

• People Weekly, September 23, 1996, p. 20; June 30, 1997, p. 41.*