Walter Matthau
- Biography
- Specializing in playing shambling, cantankerous cynics, Walter Matthau, with his jowly features, slightly stooped posture, and seedy, rumpled demeanor, looked as if he would be more at home as a laborer or small-time insurance salesman than as a ...
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- Born
- October 01, 1920
- Died
- July 01, 2000
Awards
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
| Year | Result | Award | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Nominated | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Best Actor The Sunshine Boys (1975) |
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
| Year | Result | Award | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Nominated | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy First Monday in October |
| 1980 | Nominated | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Hopscotch |
| 1975 | Won | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy The Sunshine Boys (1975) |
| 1974 | Nominated | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy The Front Page (1974) |
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Film: Random Roles:Austin Pendleton
07/29/09 A Yale graduate and accomplished playwright, stage actor, and theatrical director, Austin Pendleton has lent his daft, sweet, quirky presence and voice to star-studded extravaganzas (1968's Skidoo, 1970's Catch-22, 1974's The Front Page, 1979's The Muppet Movie, 1980's First Family ), television shows ( Oz and Homicide, both executive produced by Tom Fontana), a smash-hit Pixar cartoon ( Finding Nemo ), and a slew of plays, some wildly successful, some outright disastrous. | The A.V. Club -
Denzel steps out of character
06/06/09 Been there, rescued them, thwarted that. | JAM! Showbiz -
AMAD Special Tribute: Rian Johnson on A NEW LEAF (1971) Carbon on the valves!
01/12/09 Quint here with the next installment of the week-long series of A Movie A Day Tribute articles. | Ain't It Cool News -
A Movie A Day: CALIFORNIA SUITE (1978) Screw the Oscars, screw the Academy Awards. Screw me, Sidney. Please. Please.
01/07/09 Quint here with today's installment of A Movie A Day. [For those now joining us, A Movie A Day is my attempt at filling in gaps in my film knowledge. My DVD collection is thousands strong, many of them films I haven't seen yet, but picked up as I scoured used DVD stores. Each day I'll pull a previously unseen film from my collection or from my DVR and discuss it here. Each movie will have some sort of connection to the one before it, be it cast or crew member.] | Ain't It Cool News -
AMAD: The Sunshine Boys (1975) As an actor nobody could touch him. As a human being nobody WANTED to touch him.
01/06/09 Quint here with today's installment of A Movie A Day. [For those now joining us, A Movie A Day is my attempt at filling in gaps in my film knowledge. My DVD collection is thousands strong, many of them films I haven't seen yet, but picked up as I scoured used DVD stores. Each day I'll pull a previously unseen film from my collection or from my DVR and discuss it here. Each movie will have some sort of connection to the one before it, be it cast or crew member.] | Ain't It Cool News -
Interview: Patton Oswalt
10/07/08 Fans of comedian Patton Oswalt know that the man lives for movies. | The A.V. Club -
How About You Sit Back And Watch THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE!!!
08/08/08 Next Summer Tony Scott is going to present a movie entitled THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE starring Denzel Washington, John Travolta, Luis Guzman, John Turturro, James Gandolfini - an outstanding cast - a script by David Koepp - and it will undoubtedly have wonderful trailers and in all likelihood - it'll be a big film. 25 years prior to next year's release - in 1974 - a perfect combination of ingredients created one of the great film thrillers. | Ain't It Cool News