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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