List of Walter Matthau performances

Matthau in Charade

Walter Matthau was an American actor. He starred with Jack Lemmon in some films.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1955 The Kentuckian Stan Bodine Film debut
1955 The Indian Fighter Wes Todd
1956 Bigger Than Life Wally Gibbs
1957 A Face in the Crowd Mel Miller
1957 Slaughter on Tenth Avenue Al Dahlke
1958 King Creole Maxie Fields
1958 Voice in the Mirror Dr. Leon Karnes
1958 Onionhead Red Wildoe
1958 Ride a Crooked Trail Judge Kyle
1959 Gangster Story Jack Martin Also director
1960 Strangers When We Meet Felix Anders
1962 Lonely Are the Brave Sheriff Morey Johnson
1962 Who's Got the Action? Tony Gagouts
1963 Island of Love Tony Dallas
1963 Charade Carson Dyle aka Hamilton Bartholomew
1964 Ensign Pulver Doc
1964 Fail-Safe Professor Groeteschele
1964 Goodbye Charlie Sir Leopold Sartori
1965 Mirage Ted Caselle
1966 The Fortune Cookie William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich Co-stars with Jack Lemmon
1967 A Guide for the Married Man Paul Manning
1968 The Odd Couple Oscar Madison Co-stars with Jack Lemmon
1968 The Secret Life of an American Wife The Movie Star
1968 Candy General Smight
1969 Cactus Flower Dr. Julian Winston
1969 Hello, Dolly! Horace Vandergelder
1971 A New Leaf Henry Graham
1971 Plaza Suite Sam Nash /Jesse Kiplinger / Roy Hubley
1971 Kotch Joseph P. Kotcher Directed by Jack Lemmon
1972 Pete 'n' Tillie Pete Seltzer
1973 Charley Varrick Charley Varrick
1973 The Laughing Policeman Detective Sergeant Jake Martin
1974 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Lieutenant Zachary Garber
1974 Earthquake Drunk Credited as Walter Matuschanskayasky
1974 The Front Page Walter Burns Co-stars with Jack Lemmon
1975 The Lion Roars Again Himself Short subject
1975 The Gentleman Tramp Narrator Documentary
1975 The Sunshine Boys Willy Clark
1976 The Bad News Bears Coach Morris Buttermaker
1978 Casey's Shadow Lloyd Bourdelle
1978 House Calls Dr. Charles "Charley" Nichols
1978 California Suite Marvin Michaels
1980 La polizia ha le mani legate Documentary
1980 Little Miss Marker Sorrowful Jones Also producer
1980 Hopscotch Miles Kendig
1981 First Monday in October Associate Justice Daniel Snow
1981 Buddy Buddy Trabucco Co-stars with Jack Lemmon
1982 Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures Herbert Tucker
1983 The Survivors Sonny Paluso
1985 Movers & Shakers Joe Mulholland
1986 Pirates Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red
1988 The Couch Trip Donald Becker
1988 The Little Devil Father Maurice
1991 JFK Senator Russell B. Long Cameo appearance; also features Jack Lemmon
1992 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Narrator Short
1993 Dennis the Menace George Wilson
1993 Grumpy Old Men Max Goldman Co-stars with Jack Lemmon
1994 I.Q. Albert Einstein
1995 The Grass Harp Judge Charlie Cool Co-stars with Jack Lemmon
1995 Grumpier Old Men Max Goldman Co-stars with Jack Lemmon
1996 I'm Not Rappaport Nat Moyer
1997 Out to Sea Charlie Gordon Co-stars with Jack Lemmon
1998 The Odd Couple II Oscar Madison Co-stars with Jack Lemmon
1998 The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg Himself Documentary
2000 Hanging Up Lou Mozell Final film role

Source: Internet Movie Database[1] and Turner Classic Movies[2]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1950 The Big Story Performer Episode: "Roy J. Battersby, New York Reporter"
1950 Westinghouse Studio One Jacobs Episode: "The Last Cruise"
1950-52 Lux Video Theatre Various 7 episodes
1951 Shadow of the Cloak Performer Episode: "The Missing Years"
1952 Mister Peepers Coach Bill Episode: "Pilot" (unaired)
1952-55 Danger Performer 3 episodes
1952-55 The Philco Television Playhouse Stuart Benson / Iago 6 episodes
1953 Suspense Lawrence Stevens Episode: "F.O.B. Vienna"
1953 Campbell Summer Soundstage Performer Episode: "Wonder in Your Eyes"
1953 Studio One Olsen Episode: "Dry Run"
1954 The Motorola Television Hour Dr. Spinelli Episode: "Atomic Attack"
1954-55 Robert Montgomery Presents The Bartender / Various 3 episodes
1954 Justice Performer Episode: "Booby Trap"
1958 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Officer Pete Chandler Season 4 Episode 4: "The Crooked Road"
1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Moran Season 5 Episode 7: "Dry Run"
1960 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Harry Wade Season 6 Episode 3: "Very Moral Theft"
1960–62 Naked City Dr. Max Lewine / Peter 2 episodes
1960 Juno and the Paycock Television film
1960 Once Around the Block Philip Judah The Play of the Week
1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Phil Season 7 Episode 4: "Cop for a Day"
1961 Route 66 Sam Keep Episode: "Eleven, the Hard Way"
1961 Tallahassee 7000 Lex Rogers Cast member; 26 episodes
1961–62 Target: The Corruptors! Michael Callahan / Martin Kramer 2 episodes
1964–1965 Profiles in Courage John M. Slaton / Andrew Johnson 2 episodes
1972 Awake and Sing! Moe Axelrod Television film
1977 Insight Adam Episode 411: "This Side of Eden"
1978 Actor Boris Thomashevsky Television film
1978 Saturday Night Live Host Season 4, Episode 7
1978 The Stingiest Man in Town Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
1990 The Incident Harmon J. Cobb Television film
1991 Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love Clifford Pepperman Television film
1992 Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore Harmon J. Cobb Television film
1994 Incident in a Small Town Harmon J. Cobb Television film
1998 The Marriage Fool Frank Walsh Television film

Source: Internet Movie Database[3] and Turner Classic Movies[4]

Theatre

Year Stage Role Venue
1948 Anne of the Thousand Days Servant Shubert Theatre, Broadway
1950 The Liar Guard Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway
1951 Twilight Walk Sam Dundee Fulton Theatre, Broadway
1951 Season in the Sun John Colgate Cort Theatre, Broadway
1952 Fancy Meeting You Again Sinclair Heybore Royale Theatre, Broadway
1952 One Bright Day George Lawrence
1952 In Any Language Charlie Hill Cort Theatre, Broadway
1952 The Grey-Eyed People John Hart Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway
1953 The Ladies of the Corridor Paul Osgood Longacre Theatre, Broadway
1953 The Burning Glass Tony Lack
1955 Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Michael Freeman Belasco Theatre, Broadway
1955 Guys and Dolls Nathan Detroit City Center, Broadway
1958 Once More, with Feeling! Maxwell Archer Nederlander Theatre, Broadway
1961 Once There Was a Russian Potemkin Music Box Theatre, Broadway
1961 A Shot in the Dark Benjamin Beaurevers Booth Theatre, Broadway
1963 My Mother, My Father and Me Herman Halpern Plymouth Theatre, Broadway
1965 The Odd Couple Oscar Madison Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway

Source: Internet Broadway Database[5]

References

  1. ^ "Walter Matthau - IMDB". IMDB. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  2. ^ "Walter Matthau". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  3. ^ "Walter Matthau - IMDB". IMDB. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  4. ^ "Walter Matthau". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  5. ^ "Walter Matthau". IBDB. Retrieved March 8, 2021.