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* OverlyLongName: Jokingly claimed that he changed his last name to Matthau from Matuschanskayasky. Countless reputable sources repeated this as fact and things didn't finally get cleared up until after his death.[[note]]Apparently his father's original surname before he came from Kyiv (now Ukraine) to America and changed it to Matthow was something along the lines of ''Matuschansky'', but Walter whimsically extended it. Later, it was found in his diary that he said it to gently tease Creator/PaddyChayefvsky.[[/note]]
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* OverlyLongName: Jokingly claimed that he changed his last name to Matthau from Matuschanskayasky. Countless reputable sources repeated this as fact and things didn't finally get cleared up until after his death.[[note]]Apparently his father's original surname before he came from Kyiv (now Ukraine) to America and changed it to Matthow was something along the lines of ''Matuschansky'', but Walter whimsically extended it. Later, it was found in his diary that he said it to gently tease Creator/PaddyChayefvsky.Creator/PaddyChayefsky.[[/note]]
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* OverlyLongName: Jokingly claimed that he changed his last name to Matthau from Matuschanskayasky. Countless reputable sources repeated this as fact and things didn't finally get cleared up until after his death.[[note]]Apparently his father's original surname before he came from Kyiv (now Ukraine) to America and changed it to Matthow was something along the lines of ''Matuschansky'', but Walter whimsically extended it. Later, it was found in his diary that he said it to gently tease Creator/PaddyChafevsky.[[/note]]
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* OverlyLongName: Jokingly claimed that he changed his last name to Matthau from Matuschanskayasky. Countless reputable sources repeated this as fact and things didn't finally get cleared up until after his death.[[note]]Apparently his father's original surname before he came from Kyiv (now Ukraine) to America and changed it to Matthow was something along the lines of ''Matuschansky'', but Walter whimsically extended it. Later, it was found in his diary that he said it to gently tease Creator/PaddyChafevsky.Creator/PaddyChayefvsky.[[/note]]
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Most often described with the words "rumpled" and "gruff", Walter Matthau (October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) would seem an unlikely movie star. And yet his value as a character actor made him a familiar and beloved screen presence spanning five decades.
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Most often described with the words "rumpled" and "gruff", Walter Matthau (October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) would seem an unlikely movie star. And yet his value as a character actor made him a familiar and beloved screen presence with a career spanning five decades.
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Matthau's first big screen appearance came in 1955 with ''The Kentuckian'', and his last was 2000's ''Hanging Up'', directed by and starring Creator/DianeKeaton. Matthau was well known for doing comedy, but could also play convincing and scary tough guys, as shown in an early appearance on ''Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents'' as a corrupt highway patrolman.
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Matthau's first big screen appearance came in 1955 with ''The Kentuckian'', and his last was 2000's ''Hanging Up'', directed by and starring Creator/DianeKeaton. Matthau was well best known for doing comedy, but could also play convincing and scary tough guys, as shown in an early appearance on ''Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents'' as a corrupt highway patrolman.
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Matthau's first big screen appearance came in 1955 with ''The Kentuckian'', and his last was 2000's ''Hanging Up'', directed by and starring Creator/DianeKeaton. Matthau was well known for comedy, but could also play convincing and scary tough guys, as shown in an early appearance on ''Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents'' as a corrupt highway patrolman.
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Matthau's first big screen appearance came in 1955 with ''The Kentuckian'', and his last was 2000's ''Hanging Up'', directed by and starring Creator/DianeKeaton. Matthau was well known for doing comedy, but could also play convincing and scary tough guys, as shown in an early appearance on ''Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents'' as a corrupt highway patrolman.
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* OverlyLongName: Jokingly claimed that he changed his last name to Matthau from Matuschanskayasky. Countless reputable sources repeated this as fact and things didn't finally get cleared up until after his death.[[note]]Apparently his father's original surname before he came from Kyiv (now Ukraine) to America and changed it to Matthow was something along the lines of ''Matuschansky'', but Walter whimsically extended it.[[/note]]
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* OverlyLongName: Jokingly claimed that he changed his last name to Matthau from Matuschanskayasky. Countless reputable sources repeated this as fact and things didn't finally get cleared up until after his death.[[note]]Apparently his father's original surname before he came from Kyiv (now Ukraine) to America and changed it to Matthow was something along the lines of ''Matuschansky'', but Walter whimsically extended it. Later, it was found in his diary that he said it to gently tease Creator/PaddyChafevsky.[[/note]]
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* ThoseTwoActors: With Creator/JackLemmon, also a friend of his in RealLife. They first costarred in ''Film/TheFortuneCookie'', for which Matthau won the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award. Oddly Matthau was in ''Ensign Pulver'', whose eponymous character had been played by Lemmon in ''Film/MisterRoberts'', but by the sequel Lemmon had been replaced by Robert Walker, Jr. Matthau also starred in Lemmon's sole directorial effort, ''Kotch''. Fittingly, they died within a year of each other, Matthau first. It’s worth noting that a lot of people who spoke about Matthau’s passing were almost the EXACT same people who spoke about Lennon’s passing one year later.
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* ThoseTwoActors: With Creator/JackLemmon, also a friend of his in RealLife. They first costarred in ''Film/TheFortuneCookie'', for which Matthau won the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award. Oddly Matthau was in ''Ensign Pulver'', whose eponymous character had been played by Lemmon in ''Film/MisterRoberts'', but by the sequel Lemmon had been replaced by Robert Walker, Jr. Matthau also starred in Lemmon's sole directorial effort, ''Kotch''. Fittingly, they died within a year of each other, Matthau first. It’s worth noting that a lot of people who spoke about Matthau’s passing were almost the EXACT same people who spoke about Lennon’s Lemmon’s passing one year later.
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* OverlyLongName: Jokingly claimed that he changed his last name to Matthau from Matuschanskayasky. Countless reputable sources repeated this as fact and things didn't finally get cleared up until after his death.[[note]]Apparently his father's original surname before he came from Kyiv (now Ukraine) to America and changed it to Matthow was something along the lines of ''Matuschansky'', but he Walter whimsically extended it.[[/note]]
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* OverlyLongName: Jokingly claimed that he changed his last name to Matthau from Matuschanskayasky. Countless reputable sources repeated this as fact and things didn't finally get cleared up until after his death.[[note]]Apparently his family's father's original Russian surname before they he came from Kyiv (now Ukraine) to America and changed it to Matthow was something along the lines of ''Matuschansky'', but he whimsically extended it.[[/note]]
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* ThoseTwoActors: With Creator/JackLemmon, also a friend of his in RealLife. They first costarred in ''Film/TheFortuneCookie'', for which Matthau won the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award. Oddly Matthau was in ''Ensign Pulver'', whose eponymous character had been played by Lemmon in ''Film/MisterRoberts'', but by the sequel Lemmon had been replaced by Robert Walker, Jr. Matthau also starred in Lemmon's sole directorial effort, ''Kotch''.
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* ThoseTwoActors: With Creator/JackLemmon, also a friend of his in RealLife. They first costarred in ''Film/TheFortuneCookie'', for which Matthau won the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award. Oddly Matthau was in ''Ensign Pulver'', whose eponymous character had been played by Lemmon in ''Film/MisterRoberts'', but by the sequel Lemmon had been replaced by Robert Walker, Jr. Matthau also starred in Lemmon's sole directorial effort, ''Kotch''. Fittingly, they died within a year of each other, Matthau first. It’s worth noting that a lot of people who spoke about Matthau’s passing were almost the EXACT same people who spoke about Lennon’s passing one year later.
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* ''Little Miss Marker'' (1980) as Sorrowful Jones
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* ''The Survivors'' (1983) as Sonny Paluso
* ''Movers & Shakers'' (1985) as Joe Mulholland
* ''Buddy Buddy'' (1981) as Trabucco
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* ''The Kentuckian'' (1955)
* ''Film/BiggerThanLife'' (1956)
* ''Film/AFaceInTheCrowd'' (1957)
* ''Slaughter on Fifth Avenue'' (1957)
* ''King Creole'' (1958)
* ''Film/RideACrookedTrail'' (1958)
* ''Strangers When We Meet'' (1960)
* ''Film/LonelyAreTheBrave'' (1962)
* ''Film/{{Charade}}'' (1963)
* ''Ensign Pulver'' (1964)
* ''Film/FailSafe'' (1964)
* ''Goodbye Charlie'' (1964)
* ''Film/{{Mirage| 1965}}'' (1965)
* ''Film/TheFortuneCookie'' (1966)
* ''A Guide for the Married Man'' (1967)
* ''Film/{{The Odd Couple|1968}}'' (1968) - Created the role of Oscar Madison [[Theatre/TheOddCouple on Broadway]] and played it again in TheMovie.
* ''The Secret Life of an American Wife'' (1968)
* ''Film/HelloDolly'' (1969)
* ''Theatre/CactusFlower'' (1969)
* ''Film/ANewLeaf'' (1971)
* ''Plaza Suite'' (1971)
* ''Kotch'' (1971)
* ''Pete 'n' Tillie'' (1972)
* ''The Laughing Policeman'' (1973)
* ''Film/CharleyVarrick'' (1973)
* ''Film/TheTakingOfPelhamOneTwoThree'' (1974)
* ''Film/TheFrontPage'' (1974)
* ''Film/TheSunshineBoys'' (1975)
* ''Film/TheBadNewsBears'' (1976)
* ''Casey's Shadow'' (1978)
* ''House Calls'' (1978)
* ''California Suite'' (1978)
* ''Film/{{Hopscotch}}'' (1980)
* ''First Monday in October'' (1981)
* ''Buddy Buddy'' (1981)
* ''The Survivors'' (1983)
* ''Film/{{Pirates}}'' (1986)
* ''The Couch Trip'' (1988)
* ''Film/{{JFK}}'' (1991) - as Senator Russell B. Long
* ''Film/DennisTheMenace'' (1993) - as George Wilson
* ''Film/GrumpyOldMen'' (1993)
* ''IQ'' (1994) - As UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein
* ''Film/GrumpierOldMen'' (1995)
* ''The Grass Harp'' (1996)
* ''Out to Sea'' (1997)
* ''Film/TheOddCoupleII'' (1998)
* ''Hanging Up'' (2000)
* ''Film/BiggerThanLife'' (1956)
* ''Film/AFaceInTheCrowd'' (1957)
* ''Slaughter on Fifth Avenue'' (1957)
* ''King Creole'' (1958)
* ''Film/RideACrookedTrail'' (1958)
* ''Strangers When We Meet'' (1960)
* ''Film/LonelyAreTheBrave'' (1962)
* ''Film/{{Charade}}'' (1963)
* ''Ensign Pulver'' (1964)
* ''Film/FailSafe'' (1964)
* ''Goodbye Charlie'' (1964)
* ''Film/{{Mirage| 1965}}'' (1965)
* ''Film/TheFortuneCookie'' (1966)
* ''A Guide for the Married Man'' (1967)
* ''Film/{{The Odd Couple|1968}}'' (1968) - Created the role of Oscar Madison [[Theatre/TheOddCouple on Broadway]] and played it again in TheMovie.
* ''The Secret Life of an American Wife'' (1968)
* ''Film/HelloDolly'' (1969)
* ''Theatre/CactusFlower'' (1969)
* ''Film/ANewLeaf'' (1971)
* ''Plaza Suite'' (1971)
* ''Kotch'' (1971)
* ''Pete 'n' Tillie'' (1972)
* ''The Laughing Policeman'' (1973)
* ''Film/CharleyVarrick'' (1973)
* ''Film/TheTakingOfPelhamOneTwoThree'' (1974)
* ''Film/TheFrontPage'' (1974)
* ''Film/TheSunshineBoys'' (1975)
* ''Film/TheBadNewsBears'' (1976)
* ''Casey's Shadow'' (1978)
* ''House Calls'' (1978)
* ''California Suite'' (1978)
* ''Film/{{Hopscotch}}'' (1980)
* ''First Monday in October'' (1981)
* ''Buddy Buddy'' (1981)
* ''The Survivors'' (1983)
* ''Film/{{Pirates}}'' (1986)
* ''The Couch Trip'' (1988)
* ''Film/{{JFK}}'' (1991) - as Senator Russell B. Long
* ''Film/DennisTheMenace'' (1993) - as George Wilson
* ''Film/GrumpyOldMen'' (1993)
* ''IQ'' (1994) - As UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein
* ''Film/GrumpierOldMen'' (1995)
* ''The Grass Harp'' (1996)
* ''Out to Sea'' (1997)
* ''Film/TheOddCoupleII'' (1998)
* ''Hanging Up'' (2000)
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* ''The Kentuckian'' (1955)
(1955) as Stan Bodine
* ''The Indian Fighter'' (1955) as Wes Todd
* ''Film/BiggerThanLife''(1956)
(1956) as Wally Gibbs
* ''Film/AFaceInTheCrowd''(1957)
(1957) as Mel Miller
* ''Slaughter onFifth Tenth Avenue'' (1957)
(1957) as Al Dahlke
* ''King Creole''(1958)
(1958) as Maxie Fields
* ''Voice in the Mirror'' (1958) as Dr. Leon Karnes
* ''Film/RideACrookedTrail''(1958)
(1958) as Judge Kyle
* ''Gangster Story'' (1960) as Jack Martin (also his sole film as director)
* ''Strangers When We Meet''(1960)
(1960) as Felix Anders
* ''Film/LonelyAreTheBrave''(1962)
(1962) as Sheriff Morey Johnson
* ''Film/{{Charade}}''(1963)
(1963) as Carson Dyle aka Hamilton Bartholomew
* ''Ensign Pulver''(1964)
(1964) as Doc
* ''Film/FailSafe''(1964)
(1964) as Prof. Groeteschele
* ''Goodbye Charlie''(1964)
(1964) as Sir Leopold Sartori
* ''Film/{{Mirage| 1965}}''(1965)
(1965) as Ted Caselle
* ''Film/TheFortuneCookie''(1966)
(1966) as "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich
* ''A Guide for the Married Man''(1967)
(1967) as Paul Manning
* ''Film/{{The Odd Couple|1968}}'' (1968)- Created the role of as Oscar Madison (a role he originated [[Theatre/TheOddCouple on Broadway]] and played it again in TheMovie.
Broadway]])
* ''The Secret Life of an American Wife''(1968)
(1968) as the Movie Star
* ''Candy'' (1968) as Gen. Smight
* ''Film/CactusFlower'' (1969) as Dr. Julian Winston
* ''Film/HelloDolly''(1969)
* ''Theatre/CactusFlower'' (1969)
(1969) as Horace Vandergelder
* ''Film/ANewLeaf''(1971)
(1971) as Henry Graham
* ''Plaza Suite''(1971)
(1971) as Sam Nash/Jesse Kiplinger/Roy Hubley
* ''Kotch''(1971)
(1971) as Joseph P. Kotcher
* ''Pete 'n' Tillie''(1972)
(1972) as Pete Seltzer
* ''Film/CharleyVarrick'' (1973) as Charley Varrick
* ''The Laughing Policeman''(1973)
* ''Film/CharleyVarrick'' (1973)
(1973) as Det. Sgt. Jake Martin
* ''Film/TheTakingOfPelhamOneTwoThree''(1974)
(1974) as Lt. Zachary Garber
* ''Film/{{Earthquake}}'' (1974) as Drunk ({{cameo}} appearance for which he was billed as "Walter Matuschanskayasky"; see OverlyLongName below)
* ''Film/TheFrontPage''(1974)
(1974) as Walter Burns
* ''Film/TheSunshineBoys''(1975)
(1975) as Willy Clark
* ''Film/TheBadNewsBears''(1976)
(1976) as Coach Morris Buttermaker
* ''Casey's Shadow''(1978)
(1978) as Lloyd Bourdelle
* ''House Calls''(1978)
(1978) as Dr. Charley Nichols
* ''California Suite''(1978)
(1978) as Marvin Michaels
* ''Little Miss Marker'' (1980) as Sorrowful Jones
* ''Film/{{Hopscotch}}''(1980)
(1980) as Miles Kendig
* ''First Monday in October''(1981)
(1981) as Associate Justice Daniel Snow
* ''Buddy Buddy''(1981)
(1981) as Trabucco
* ''I Ought to Be in Pictures'' (1982) as Herbert Tucker
* ''The Survivors''(1983)
(1983) as Sonny Paluso
* ''Movers & Shakers'' (1985) as Joe Mulholland
* ''Film/{{Pirates}}''(1986)
(1986) as Capt. Thomas Bartholomew Red
* ''The Couch Trip''(1988)
(1988) as Donald Becker
* ''The Little Devil'' (1988) as Father Maurice
* ''Film/{{JFK}}'' (1991)- as Senator Russell B. Long
* ''Film/DennisTheMenace'' (1993)- as George Wilson
* ''Film/GrumpyOldMen''(1993)
(1993) as Max Goldman
* ''IQ'' (1994)- As as UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein
* ''The Grass Harp'' (1995) as Judge Charlie Cool
* ''Film/GrumpierOldMen''(1995)
(1995) as Max Goldman
*''The Grass Harp'' (1996)
''I'm Not Rappaport'' (1996) as Nat Moyer
* ''Out to Sea''(1997)
(1997) as Charlie Gordon
* ''Film/TheOddCoupleII''(1998)
(1998) as Oscar Madison
* ''Hanging Up''(2000)
(2000) as Lou Mozell
* ''The Indian Fighter'' (1955) as Wes Todd
* ''Film/BiggerThanLife''
* ''Film/AFaceInTheCrowd''
* ''Slaughter on
* ''King Creole''
* ''Voice in the Mirror'' (1958) as Dr. Leon Karnes
* ''Film/RideACrookedTrail''
* ''Gangster Story'' (1960) as Jack Martin (also his sole film as director)
* ''Strangers When We Meet''
* ''Film/LonelyAreTheBrave''
* ''Film/{{Charade}}''
* ''Ensign Pulver''
* ''Film/FailSafe''
* ''Goodbye Charlie''
* ''Film/{{Mirage| 1965}}''
* ''Film/TheFortuneCookie''
* ''A Guide for the Married Man''
* ''Film/{{The Odd Couple|1968}}'' (1968)
* ''The Secret Life of an American Wife''
* ''Candy'' (1968) as Gen. Smight
* ''Film/CactusFlower'' (1969) as Dr. Julian Winston
* ''Film/HelloDolly''
* ''Theatre/CactusFlower'' (1969)
* ''Film/ANewLeaf''
* ''Plaza Suite''
* ''Kotch''
* ''Pete 'n' Tillie''
* ''Film/CharleyVarrick'' (1973) as Charley Varrick
* ''The Laughing Policeman''
* ''Film/CharleyVarrick'' (1973)
* ''Film/TheTakingOfPelhamOneTwoThree''
* ''Film/{{Earthquake}}'' (1974) as Drunk ({{cameo}} appearance for which he was billed as "Walter Matuschanskayasky"; see OverlyLongName below)
* ''Film/TheFrontPage''
* ''Film/TheSunshineBoys''
* ''Film/TheBadNewsBears''
* ''Casey's Shadow''
* ''House Calls''
* ''California Suite''
* ''Little Miss Marker'' (1980) as Sorrowful Jones
* ''Film/{{Hopscotch}}''
* ''First Monday in October''
* ''Buddy Buddy''
* ''I Ought to Be in Pictures'' (1982) as Herbert Tucker
* ''The Survivors''
* ''Movers & Shakers'' (1985) as Joe Mulholland
* ''Film/{{Pirates}}''
* ''The Couch Trip''
* ''The Little Devil'' (1988) as Father Maurice
* ''Film/{{JFK}}'' (1991)
* ''Film/DennisTheMenace'' (1993)
* ''Film/GrumpyOldMen''
* ''IQ'' (1994)
* ''The Grass Harp'' (1995) as Judge Charlie Cool
* ''Film/GrumpierOldMen''
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* ''Out to Sea''
* ''Film/TheOddCoupleII''
* ''Hanging Up''
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* ThoseTwoActors: With Creator/JackLemmon, also a friend of his in RealLife. They first costarred in ''Film/TheFortuneCookie'', for which Matthau won the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award. Oddly Matthau was in ''Ensign Pulver'', whose eponymous character had been played by Lemmon in ''Film/MisterRoberts'', but by the sequel Lemmon had been replaced by Robert Walker, Jr.
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* ThoseTwoActors: With Creator/JackLemmon, also a friend of his in RealLife. They first costarred in ''Film/TheFortuneCookie'', for which Matthau won the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award. Oddly Matthau was in ''Ensign Pulver'', whose eponymous character had been played by Lemmon in ''Film/MisterRoberts'', but by the sequel Lemmon had been replaced by Robert Walker, Jr. Matthau also starred in Lemmon's sole directorial effort, ''Kotch''.
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* ''Theatre/HelloDolly'' (1969)
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* ''Theatre/HelloDolly'' ''Film/HelloDolly'' (1969)
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* ''Film/TheOddCoupleII'' (1988)
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* ''Film/TheOddCoupleII'' (1988)(1998)
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* ''Lonely Are the Brave'' (1962)
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* ''Lonely Are the Brave'' ''Film/LonelyAreTheBrave'' (1962)
