Walter Matthau
Birthday: 1920-10-01
Deathday: 1999-09-12
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Drafted: 0
Drafted By: Unowned
Owned By: Unowned
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 3
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0
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 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.
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Career Statisics
| Season | Age | Movie | Role | Result | Points | |
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| 1967 | 47 | The Fortune Cookie (1966) | Supporting Actor | Win | 0 | |
| 1972 | 52 | Kotch (1971) | Leading Actor | Nom | 0 | |
| 1976 | 56 | The Sunshine Boys (1975) | Leading Actor | Nom | 0 | |
| Career | 0 |
Transaction History
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Credits
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2000-02-16 | Hanging Up | Lou Mozell |
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1998-09-20 | The Marriage Fool | Frank Walsh |
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1998-04-09 | The Odd Couple II | Oscar Madison |
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1997-07-02 | Out to Sea | Charlie Gordon |
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1996-12-24 | I'm Not Rappaport | Nat Moyer |
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1995-12-22 | Grumpier Old Men | Max Goldman |
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1995-09-10 | The Grass Harp | Judge Charlie Cool |
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1994-12-24 | I.Q. | Albert Einstein |
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1994-01-23 | Incident in a Small Town | Harmon Cobb |
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1993-12-25 | Grumpy Old Men | Max Goldman |
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1993-06-24 | Dennis the Menace | George Wilson |
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1992-01-19 | Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore | Harmon Cobb |
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1991-12-20 | JFK | Senator Long |
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1991-05-12 | Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love | Clifford Pepperman |
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1990-03-04 | The Incident | Harmon Cobb |
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1988-07-01 | The Little Devil | Padre Maurizio |
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1988-01-15 | The Couch Trip | Donald Becker |
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1986-05-08 | Pirates | Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red |
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1985-05-03 | Movers & Shakers | Joe Mulholland |
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1983-06-24 | The Survivors | Sonny Paluso |
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1982-03-26 | I Ought to Be in Pictures | Herbert Tucker |
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1981-08-21 | First Monday in October | Dan Snow |
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1981-04-02 | Buddy Buddy | Trabucco |
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1980-09-26 | Hopscotch | Miles Kendig |
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1980-03-21 | Little Miss Marker | Sorrowful Jones |
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1978-12-23 | The Stingiest Man in Town | Ebenezer Scrooge (voice) |
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1978-12-15 | California Suite | Marvin Michaels |
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1978-03-15 | House Calls | Dr. Charley Nichols |
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1978-02-21 | Actor | Boris Thomashevsky |
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1978-01-01 | Casey's Shadow | Lloyd Bourdelle |
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1976-04-06 | The Bad News Bears | Coach Morris Buttermaker |
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1975-11-06 | The Sunshine Boys | Willy Clark |
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1974-11-15 | Earthquake | Drunk |
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1974-11-01 | The Front Page | Walter Burns |
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1974-10-02 | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Lt. Garber |
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1973-12-20 | The Laughing Policeman | Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD |
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1973-09-19 | Charley Varrick | Charley Varrick |
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1972-12-17 | Pete 'n' Tillie | Pete Seltzer |
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1972-06-03 | Awake and Sing! | Moe Axelrod |
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1971-09-17 | Kotch | Joseph P. Kotcher |
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1971-05-12 | Plaza Suite | Roy Hubley / Jesse Kiplinger / Sam Nash |
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1971-03-11 | A New Leaf | Henry Graham |
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1969-12-16 | Cactus Flower | Dr. Julian Winston |
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1969-12-12 | Hello, Dolly! | Horace Vandergelder |
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1968-12-17 | Candy | Gen. R.A. Smight |
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1968-06-25 | The Secret Life of an American Wife | The Movie Star |
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1968-05-16 | The Odd Couple | Oscar Madison |
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1967-05-25 | A Guide for the Married Man | Paul Manning |
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1966-10-19 | The Fortune Cookie | Willie Gingrich |
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1965-10-29 | Mirage | Ted Caselle |
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1964-11-18 | Goodbye Charlie | Leo Sartori |
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1964-10-07 | Fail Safe | Prof. Groeteschele |
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1964-07-31 | Ensign Pulver | Doc |
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1963-12-01 | Charade | Hamilton Bartholemew |
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1963-06-12 | Island of Love | Tony Dallas |
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1962-12-25 | Who's Got the Action? | Tony Gagouts |
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1962-10-07 | Big Deal in Laredo | Meredith |
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1962-05-24 | Lonely are the Brave | Sheriff Morey Johnson |
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1960-11-07 | Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands' | Ben Alexander / Philip Judah |
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1960-06-29 | Strangers When We Meet | Felix Anders |
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1959-12-01 | Gangster Story | Jack Martin |
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1958-11-23 | Ride a Crooked Trail | Judge Kyle |
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1958-10-25 | Onionhead | 'Red' Wildoe |
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1958-08-13 | Voice in the Mirror | Dr. Karnes |
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1958-07-02 | King Creole | Maxie Fields |
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1957-09-01 | Slaughter on 10th Avenue | Al Dahlke |
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1957-05-29 | A Face in the Crowd | Mel Miller |
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1956-11-20 | Bigger Than Life | Wally Gibbs |
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1955-12-21 | The Indian Fighter | Wes Todd |
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1955-07-22 | The Kentuckian | Stan Bodine |
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1954-05-19 | Atomic Attack | Dr. Spinelli |