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Walter Matthau Biography and Filmography
Walter Matthau
Birthday: October 1, 1920
Birth Place: New York City, New York, USA
Height: 6' 3"
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Biography
Born Walter Matthow on October 1, 1920, to a pair of Russian-Jewish immigrants in New York City, Matthau grew up poor on the Lower East Side and started out selling soft drinks and playing bit parts at a Yiddish theater at age 11. He was paid 50 cents for each of his occasional onstage appearances. His father, a peddler from Kiev, left home when he was 3 years old. He lived with his older brother, Henry, and their mother, a garment worker, on the Lower East Side of New York. After graduating from Seward Park High School during the Depression, he took government jobs as a forester in Montana, a gym instructor for the Works Progress Administration and a boxing coach for policemen. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps as a radio cryptographer in a heavy bomber unit in Europe and returned home a sergeant with six battle stars. In 1948, his first Broadway role was when he was hired as an understudy for the role of an 83 year old English bishop in 'Anne of the Thousand Days' starring Rex Harrison. His fame came with The Fortune Cookie (1966) and The Odd Couple (1968). While making the former, he suffered a serious heart attack. This was due to heavy smoking and chronic gambling. In 1976, he had heart bypass surgery. In 1993, he was hospitalized for double pneumonia. In 1995, he had a benign colon tumor removed. In 1999, he was hospitalized again for pneumonia. His ill health was due to his eating habits. He had two children with Grace Johnson, David and Jenny.
Filmography
Hanging Up (2000)
[ Jesse James ][ Adam Arkin ][ Nora Ephron ]
The Marriage Fool (1998)
[ John Stamos ]
The Odd Couple II (1998)
[ Elvis Presley ][ Jack Lemmon ][ Jonathan Silverman ][ Richard Riehle ][ Tim McGraw ]
Out to Sea (1997)
[ Jack Lemmon ][ Brent Spiner ][ Joe Viterelli ][ Martha Coolidge ][ Irving Berlin ]
I'm Not Rappaport (1996)
[ Craig T Nelson ][ Michael Angarano ][ Adam Lamberg ][ Bobby Cannavale ][ Ossie Davis ]
Grumpier Old Men (1995)
[ Jack Lemmon ][ Kevin Pollak ][ Burgess Meredith ][ Johnny Cash ]
The Grass Harp (1995)
[ Edward Furlong ][ Sean Patrick Flanery ][ Jack Lemmon ][ Roddy McDowall ][ Charles Durning ]
I.Q. (1994)
[ Tim Robbins ][ Tony Shalhoub ][ Stephen Fry ][ Frank Whaley ][ Charles Durning ]
Incident in a Small Town (1994)
[ Nick Stahl ][ Harry Morgan ]
Grumpy Old Men (1993)
[ Jack Lemmon ][ Kevin Pollak ][ Christopher McDonald ][ Burgess Meredith ][ Bing Crosby ]
Dennis the Menace (1993)
[ Christopher Lloyd ][ John Hughes ][ Ben Stein ][ Paul Winfield ][ Mason Gamble ]
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (1992)
[ Harry Morgan ][ Brian Kerwin ]
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1992)
JFK (1991)
[ Gary Oldman ][ Kevin Costner ][ Kevin Bacon ][ Vincent D'Onofrio ][ Tommy Lee Jones ]
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love (1991)
The Incident (1990)
[ Robert Carradine ][ Harry Morgan ][ Peter Firth ]
The Couch Trip (1988)
[ Dan Aykroyd ][ Chevy Chase ][ Charles Grodin ][ Don Stark ]
Piccolo diavolo, Il (1988)
[ Roberto Benigni ]
Episode #1.1 (1987)
[ Jack Lemmon ]
Pirates (1986)
[ Roy Kinnear ][ David Kelly ]
Movers & Shakers (1985)
[ Steve Martin ][ Tyne Daly ][ Charles Grodin ][ Michael Lerner ][ Bill Macy ]
The Survivors (1983)
[ Robin Williams ][ John Goodman ]
I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)
[ David Faustino ][ Michael Dudikoff ][ Allen Payne ]
Buddy Buddy (1981)
[ Jack Lemmon ][ Billy Wilder ][ Klaus Kinski ][ Ed Begley Jr. ][ Dana Elcar ]
First Monday in October (1981)
[ Noble Willingham ]
Hopscotch (1980)
[ Sam Waterston ][ Ned Beatty ][ Herbert Lom ]
Little Miss Marker (1980)
[ Tony Curtis ][ Bob Newhart ]
Actor (1978)
[ Harold Gould ]
The Stingiest Man in Town (1978)
[ Tom Bosley ]
California Suite (1978)
[ Michael Caine ][ Bill Cosby ][ Alan Alda ][ Richard Pryor ][ Herb Edelman ]
Casey's Shadow (1978)
House Calls (1978)
The Bad News Bears (1976)
[ Vic Morrow ][ Jackie Earle Haley ]
The Sunshine Boys (1975)
[ F. Murray Abraham ][ Ron Rifkin ][ Howard Hesseman ][ George Burns ]
The Front Page (1974)
[ Jack Lemmon ][ Billy Wilder ][ Charles Durning ][ Austin Pendleton ][ Harold Gould ]
Earthquake (1974)
[ Charlton Heston ][ John Williams ][ George Kennedy ][ Lorne Greene ][ Richard Roundtree ]
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
[ Robert Shaw ][ Hector Elizondo ][ Martin Balsam ][ Bill Cobbs ][ Ed Quinn ]
The Laughing Policeman (1973)
[ Bruce Dern ][ Louis Gossett Jr. ]
Charley Varrick (1973)
[ Joe Don Baker ][ Andrew Robinson ][ John Vernon ][ Norman Fell ]
Pete 'n' Tillie (1972)
[ John Williams ][ Rene Auberjonois ]
Awake and Sing! (1972)
[ Ron Rifkin ]
Kotch (1971)
[ Jack Lemmon ][ Larry Linville ]
Plaza Suite (1971)
A New Leaf (1971)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
[ Scatman Crothers ]
Cactus Flower (1969)
The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968)
The Odd Couple (1968)
[ Jack Lemmon ][ John Fiedler ][ Herb Edelman ]
Candy (1968)
[ Marlon Brando ][ Richard Burton ][ John Huston ][ John Astin ][ Ringo Starr ]
A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
[ John Williams ][ Carl Reiner ][ Jeffrey Hunter ][ Sid Caesar ]
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
[ Jack Lemmon ][ Billy Wilder ]
Mirage (1965)
[ Gregory Peck ][ George Kennedy ][ Franklin Cover ]
Governor John M. Slaton (1964)
Goodbye Charlie (1964)
[ Tony Curtis ][ James Brolin ]
Fail-Safe (1964)
[ Henry Fonda ][ Sidney Lumet ][ Dom DeLuise ][ Larry Hagman ][ Dana Elcar ]
Ensign Pulver (1964)
[ Jack Nicholson ][ Jerry Orbach ][ Larry Hagman ]
The Takers (1963)
[ Larry Hagman ]
A Dozen Deadly Roses (1963)
San Francisco Detective (1963)
Prisoner at Large (1963)
Charade (1963)
[ Cary Grant ][ George Kennedy ]
Island of Love (1963)
[ Stacy Keach ][ Tony Randall ]
Who's Got the Action? (1962)
[ Dean Martin ][ Edward Albert ][ Jack Albertson ]
Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
[ Kirk Douglas ][ George Kennedy ][ Bill Bixby ][ Carroll O'Connor ][ Robert Urich ]
The Million Dollar Dump (1961)
A Very Moral Theft (1960)
The Rope Dancers (1960)
Strangers When We Meet (1960)
[ Kirk Douglas ]
Juno and the Paycock (1960)
[ Hume Cronyn ]
Gangster Story (1960)
The Man Who Bit a Diamond in Half (1960)
Dry Run (1959)
The Crooked Road (1958)
Onionhead (1958)
[ Andy Griffith ][ Claude Akins ]
Ride a Crooked Trail (1958)
Voice in the Mirror (1958)
[ Harry Dean Stanton ][ Troy Donahue ][ Richard Egan ]
King Creole (1958)
[ Elvis Presley ][ Vic Morrow ]
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957)
[ Richard Egan ]
A Will to Live (1957)
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
[ Rip Torn ][ Andy Griffith ][ Charles Nelson Reilly ]
A Man with a Vengeance (1956)
The Big Vote (1956)
Reflected Glory (1956)
Bigger Than Life (1956)
[ James Mason ][ Jerry Mathers ]
The Indian Fighter (1955)
[ Kirk Douglas ][ Lon Chaney Jr. ]
The Kentuckian (1955)
[ Burt Lancaster ]
The Lost Weekend (1955)
Flight Report (1954)
Dr. Ed (1954)
Adapt or Die (1954)
[ Adam West ]
The Straight and Narrow (1953)
A. Fadeout (1953)
The Cipher (1953)
The Glorification of Al Toolum (1953)
Othello (1953)
[ Lorne Greene ]
The Death of Kid Slawson (1952)
Three Sundays (1952)
The Darkroom (1952)
A Buck Is a Buck (1952)
Cafe Ami (1951)
The Speech (1951)
Manhattan Pastorale (1951)
Shadow on the Heart (1950)
Trivia
  • Big break came when understudying the actor who played the Archbishop in "Anne Of The Thousand Days", starring Rex Harrison.
  • Brought to the St. John's Health Center after suffering a heart attack by ambulance and was pronounced dead shortly afterward at 1:42 a.m.
  • Buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park. Marilyn Monroe, Truman Capote, Natalie Wood, Donna Reed, among other stars are buried at this cemetery.
  • People were never sure if he was joking or saying things seriously, either on-screen or out-screen.
  • He hated to be identified as a comedic actor.
  • He once claimed that his father was an Orthodox priest in the Czarist Russia, who was removed after he claimed that the Pope was infalible.
  • Once claimed that his wife's name was Carol Wellington-Smythe Marcus, just to give it a more "aristocratic" sound.
  • When he inscribed himself formally to the U.S. Social Security in 1937, he included "Foghorn" as his middle name. He never changed it.
  • Studied in the dramatic workshop at New York's New School with Gene Saks, Rod Steiger, Harry Guardino and Tony Curtis.
  • Served in the Army Air Corps with James Stewart
  • He once estimated his lifetime gambling losses at million.
  • While making a TV series in Florida before his movie stardom, he lost 3,000 betting on spring-training baseball games.
  • After filming "Grumpy Old Men" in 1993 in freezing weather in Minnesota, he was hospitalized for double pneumonia.
  • Uncle of Juliette Gruber.
  • Reports are that he made up "Matuschanskayasky" as a joke and that his real "real" name is Matthow. The existence of Michelle Matthow would seem to confirm this...
  • According to his son, Charlie Matthau, on Larry King Live, July 14, 2000, his real name was Walter Matthow, and he changed it to be more exotic. The name Walter Matuschanskayasky was one he made up to retaliate for being "tricked" into appearing in the movie Earthquake (1974) with a much larger part than he expected.
  • Was passionate about classical music and often sang pieces by Mozart on the set.
  • Two children, Jenny (b. 2 August 1956) and David (b. 2 November 1953), by his first wife, Grace Geraldine Johnson, and a son, Charles Matthau (b. 10 December 1962), by his second wife, Carol Marcus.
  • Step-father of Lucy Saroyan
  • Very tall as young man, Matthau had a very slouchy posture by the time he was an actor. This was in part due to injuries attained in combat in WWII, but he probably exaggerated it because the slouch fitted his miserly characters.
  • 'Dan Castelleneta' has said that his original voice for Homer Simpson was simply an impression of Matthau.
  • Won two Tony Awards: in 1962, as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for "A Shot in the Dark," and in 1965 as Best Actor (Dramatic) for "The Odd Couple," recreating his part as Oscar Madison in the film version of the same name, The Odd Couple (1968). Previously, he also had a Tony nomination in 1959 as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for "Once More, with Feeling."
  • Dealt with a gambling addiction his entire adult life.
  • He and Jack Lemmon acted together in 10 movies: Buddy Buddy (1981), The Fortune Cookie (1966), The Front Page (1974), The Grass Harp (1995), Grumpier Old Men (1995), Grumpy Old Men (1993), JFK (1991), The Odd Couple II (1998), The Odd Couple (1968) and Out to Sea (1997). Lemmon also directed Matthau in Kotch (1971).
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