Walter Matthau

Known for ActingBorn 1920-10-01Died 2000-07-01New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Awake and Sing!

Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special

Tallahassee 7000

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Funny Business

The Lion Roars Again

JFK

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Fail Safe

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

Chaplin

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Charade

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

A Face in the Crowd

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Profiles in Courage

The Odd Couple

Charley Varrick

Incident in a Small Town

The Front Page

Atomic Attack

Lonely are the Brave

A New Leaf

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

Cactus Flower

The Marriage Fool

The Gentleman Tramp

The Fortune Cookie

Hopscotch

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Bigger Than Life

Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder

Mirage

Saturday Night Live

Hello, Dolly!

The Bad News Bears

I Ought to Be in Pictures

Golden Globe Awards

Grumpy Old Men

The Sunshine Boys

The Little Devil

The Oscars

The Dick Cavett Show

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

Grumpier Old Men

Little Miss Marker