RECENT CREDITS
Hanging Up (FILM)  Feb. 18, 2000
The Odd Couple II (FILM)  Apr. 10, 1998
Love After Death (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1998
Out To Sea (FILM)  Jul. 2, 1997
I'm Not Rappaport (FILM)  Dec. 27, 1996


HIGHLIGHTS
Began reading Shakespeare at age 7 and made his professional stage debut at 11 in the 1931 musical comedy The Dishwasher.
Made his film debut in Burt Lancaster's 1955 western The Kentuckian.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps (under Lt. Jimmy Stewart) from 1942-1945, receiving six battle stars and reaching the rank of staff sergeant.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Hanging Up  2000 -Lou Mozell
Actor
Film


JFK  1991 -Sen. Russell Long
Actor
Film


The Couch Trip  1988 -Donald Becker
Actor
Film


Il Piccolo Diavolo  1988 -Father Maurice
Actor
Film


Pirates  1986 -Capt. Thomas Bartholomew Red
Actor
Film


Incident in a Small Town   -Harmon Cobb
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Host
TV
Expand


The Incident   -Harmon Cobb
Actor
TV


The Marriage Fool   -Frank Walsh
Actor
TV


The Odd Couple II  1998 -Oscar Madison
Actor
Film


Love After Death  1998 -Frank Walsh
Actor
Film


Out To Sea  1997 -Charlie
Actor
Film


I'm Not Rappaport  1996 -Nat Moyer
Actor
Film


The Grass Harp  1996 -Judge Charlie Cool
Actor
Film


Grumpier Old Men  1995 -Max Goldman
Actor
Film


I.Q.  1994 -Albert Einstein
Actor
Film


Grumpy Old Men  1993 -Max Goldman
Actor
Film


Dennis the Menace  1993 -Mr. Wilson
Actor
Film


Buddy Buddy  1981 -Trabucco
Actor
Film


First Monday in October  1981 -Dan Snow
Actor
Film


California Suite  1978 -Marvin Michaels
Actor
Film


The Bad News Bears  1976 -Coach Morris Buttermaker
Actor
Film


The Sunshine Boys  1975 -Willy Clark
Actor
Film


The Front Page  1974 -Walter Burns
Actor
Film


The Taking of Pelham One Two Three  1974 -Lieutenant Garber
Actor
Film


Charley Varrick  1973 -Charley Varrick
Actor
Film


Plaza Suite  1971 -Jesse, Roy, Sam
Actor, Actor, Actor
Film


Hello, Dolly!  1969 -Horace Vandergelder
Actor
Film


Cactus Flower  1969 -Julian Winston
Actor
Film


The Odd Couple  1968 -Oscar Madison
Actor
Film


Candy  1968 -Gen. Smight
Actor
Film


A Guide for the Married Man  1967 -Paul Manning
Actor
Film


The Fortune Cookie  1966 -Willie Gingrich
Actor
Film


Mirage  1965 -Ted Caselle
Actor
Film


Ensign Pulver  1964 -Doc
Actor
Film


Fail-Safe  1964 -Groeteschele
Actor
Film


Goodbye Charlie  1964 -Sir Leopold Sartori
Actor
Film


Charade  1963 -Hamilton Bartholomew
Actor
Film


Lonely Are the Brave  1962 -Sheriff Johnson
Actor
Film


Who's Got the Action?  1962 -Tony Gagoots
Actor
Film


Strangers When We Meet  1960 -Felix Anders
Actor
Film


Gangster Story  1960 -Jack Martin
Director, Actor
Film


Onionhead  1958 -"Red" Wildoe
Actor
Film


The Voice in the Mirror  1958 -Dr. Leon Karnes
Actor
Film


King Creole  1958 -Maxie Fields
Actor
Film


Ride a Crooked Trail  1958 -Judge Kyle
Actor
Film


Slaughter on Tenth Avenue  1957 -Al Dahlke
Actor
Film


A Face in the Crowd  1957 -Mel Miller
Actor
Film


Bigger Than Life  1956 -Wally Gibbs
Actor
Film


The Indian Fighter  1955 -Wes Todd
Actor
Film


The Kentuckian  1955 -Bodine
Actor
Film


The Laughing Policeman   -Jake Martin
Actor
Film


The Survivors   -Sonny Paluso
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The End  
Actor
Film


The Gentleman Tramp   -Narrator
Voice
Film


The Incident   -Harmon Cobb
Actor
Film


Pete 'n' Tillie   -Pete
Actor
Film


Kotch   -Joseph P. Kotcher
Actor
Film


Little Miss Marker   -Sorrowful Jones
Producer, Actor, Executive Producer
Film


Movers and Shakers   -Joe Mulholland
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Earthquake   -Drunk
Actor
Film


Casey's Shadow   -Lloyd Bourdelle
Actor
Film


A New Leaf   -Henry Graham
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Awake and Sing!   -Moe Axelrod
Actor
Film


Hopscotch   -Miles Kendig
Actor
Film


House Calls   -Dr. Charley Nichols
Actor
Film


I Ought to Be in Pictures   -Herbert Tucker
Actor
Film


Incident in a Small Town   -Harmon Cobb
Actor
Film


Island of Love   -Tony Dallas
Actor
Film




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Highlights

Began reading Shakespeare at age 7 and made his professional stage debut at 11 in the 1931 musical comedy The Dishwasher.
Made his film debut in Burt Lancaster's 1955 western The Kentuckian.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps (under Lt. Jimmy Stewart) from 1942-1945, receiving six battle stars and reaching the rank of staff sergeant.
Liked to provide false information to interviewers, a prank that resulted in many believing his birth name was Walter Matuschanskayasky (he even asked to be credited that way in the 1974 film Earth
Final film was Diane Keaton's 2000 comedy-drama Hanging Up, in which he played the ailing father of three feuding sisters. When he became ill during filming, he was admitted to the same ho


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