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Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau AKA Walter John Matthow

Born: 1-Oct-1920
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 1-Jul-2000
Location of death: Santa Monica, CA
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, CA

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Messy half of the Odd Couple

Military service: US Army Air Corps (1942-45, WWII, discharged as Staff Sgt.)

Father: Melas Matthow (priest, last name not Matuschanskayasky)
Mother: Rose Berolsky
Brother: Henry Matthow (b. 1918)
Wife: Grace Geraldine Johnson (m. 1948, div. 1958, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Jennifer Matthau
Son: David Matthau
Wife: Carol Wellington-Smythe Marcus (m. 21-Aug-1959, until his death, one son)
Son: Charles Matthau

High School: Seward Park High School, Manhattan, NY

Oscar for Best Supporting Actor 1967 for The Fortune Cookie
Golden Globe 1976 for The Sunshine Boys
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6357 Hollywood Blvd.
Tony 1962
Camp: Surprise Lake
Coma
Heart Attack 1965
Heart Bypass Operation
Russian Ancestry
Jewish Ancestry

FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Gangster Story (Dec-1959)

FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Hanging Up (16-Feb-2000) · Lou
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (Oct-1998) · Himself
The Odd Couple II (10-Apr-1998) · Oscar
Out to Sea (2-Jul-1997)
I'm Not Rappaport (24-Dec-1996) · Nat
Grumpier Old Men (22-Dec-1995) · Max
The Grass Harp (10-Sep-1995)
I.Q. (25-Dec-1994) · Albert Einstein
Incident in a Small Town (23-Jan-1994)
Grumpy Old Men (25-Dec-1993) · Max
Dennis the Menace (24-Jun-1993) · Mr. Wilson
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (19-Jan-1992)
JFK (20-Dec-1991) · Sen. Long
The Incident (4-Mar-1990)
The Couch Trip (15-Jan-1988)
Il Piccolo diavolo (1988)
Pirates (8-May-1986)
Movers and Shakers (3-May-1985) · Joe Mulholland
The Survivors (22-Jun-1983)
I Ought to Be in Pictures (26-Mar-1982)
Buddy Buddy (11-Dec-1981)
First Monday in October (21-Aug-1981)
Hopscotch (10-Oct-1980) · Kendig
Little Miss Marker (21-Mar-1980) · Sorrowful Jones
California Suite (15-Dec-1978) · Marvin Michaels
House Calls (18-Apr-1978)
Casey's Shadow (17-Mar-1978) · Lloyd Bourdelle
The Bad News Bears (16-Apr-1976) · Coach Morris Buttermaker
The Sunshine Boys (6-Nov-1975) · Willy Clark
The Front Page (17-Dec-1974) · Walter Burns
Earthquake (15-Nov-1974) · Drunk
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (2-Oct-1974) · Lt. Garber
The Laughing Policeman (20-Dec-1973)
Charley Varrick (19-Sep-1973) · Charley Varrick
Pete 'n' Tilly (17-Dec-1972)
Kotch (17-Sep-1971)
Plaza Suite (12-May-1971)
A New Leaf (11-Mar-1971) · Henry Graham
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (24-Mar-1970) · Himself
Cactus Flower (16-Dec-1969) · Julian Winston
Hello, Dolly! (16-Dec-1969) · Horace Vandergelder
Candy (17-Dec-1968)
The Secret Life of an American Wife (25-Jun-1968)
The Odd Couple (2-May-1968) · Oscar Madison
A Guide for the Married Man (25-May-1967)
The Fortune Cookie (19-Oct-1966) · Willie Gingrich
Mirage (26-May-1965) · Ted Caselle
Goodbye Charlie (18-Nov-1964)
Fail Safe (7-Oct-1964) · Groeteschele
Ensign Pulver (31-Jul-1964) · Doc
Charade (5-Dec-1963) · Hamilton Bartholomew
Island of Love (12-Jun-1963) · Tony Dallas
Who's Got the Action? (25-Dec-1962)
Lonely Are the Brave (24-May-1962) · Sheriff Johnson
Strangers When We Meet (29-Jun-1960)
Gangster Story (Dec-1959) · Jack Martin
Onionhead (1-Oct-1958) · Red Wildoe
Voice in the Mirror (13-Aug-1958)
King Creole (2-Jul-1958)
Ride a Crooked Trail (1958) · Judge Kyle
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1-Sep-1957) · Al Dahlke
A Face in the Crowd (28-May-1957) · Mel Miller
Bigger Than Life (2-Aug-1956) · Wally Gibbs
The Indian Fighter (21-Dec-1955)
The Kentuckian (1-Aug-1955)

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