Walter Matthau
Actor
- Indian Fighter, The (1955)
- Dir. Andre De Toth
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Elsa Martinelli, Walter Matthau…
- Douglas plays a grizzled scout who must negotiate his way through hostile Indian territory on behalf of a wagon–train. Falling in love with a…
- Kentuckian, The (1955)
- Dir. Burt Lancaster
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Dianne Foster, Diana Lynn…
- Western directed by and starring Burt Lancaster, an adaptation of the novel The Gabriel Horn by Felix Holt.
Beautifully shot in Kentucky and…
- Bigger Than Life (1956)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau
- Enormously potent, landmark melodrama is also a career high for James Mason: he plays a suburban family man struck down with a rare heart disease,…
- Face in the Crowd, A (1957)
- Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau…
- Pungent social commentary on American mass culture outlays the rags–to–riches trajectory of a hick nobody (Griffith) whose rapid rise to…
- Ride a Crooked Trail (1958)
- Dir. Jesse Hibbs
Feat. Audie Murphy, Gia Scala, Walter Matthau…
- Routine western with Murphy as a bank robber mistaken for a famed U.S Marshall and going along with the ruse. Some nice comedic touches and location…
- Strangers When We Meet (1960)
- Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Kim Novak, Ernie Kovacs…
- Romantic drama adapted by Evan Hunter from his novel of the same name, about two married neighbours who have an affair.
Kirk Douglas plays the…
- Lonely Are The Brave (1962)
- Dir. David Miller
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau…
- Kirk Douglas is on top form in this Dalton Trumbo–penned 'psychological' Western, playing an anti–establishment cowboy who purposefully…
- Who's Got The Action? (1962)
- Dir. Daniel Mann
Feat. Dean Martin, Lana Turner, Eddie Albert…
- Comedy drama with Dean Martin playing a lawyer with a bad gambling habit whose behaviour concerns both his wife and his law partner.
- Fail Safe (1964)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Larry Hagman
- Henry Fonda plays the American president struggling to avert an imminent nuclear holocaust, due to a computer malfunction. A nailbiting Cold War…
- Mirage (1965)
- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, Walter Matthau…
- An excellent example of the Hitchcockian thriller with Peck an amnesiac caught up in the murder of a philanthropist.
- Fortune Cookie, The (1966)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau
- Comical cynicism by the experts: the magical trio of Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau (who won an Oscar), and dir. Wilder. When Lemmon suffers a football…
- A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
- Dir. Gene Kelly
Feat. Walter Matthau, Inger Stevens, Sue Ane Langdon…
- Daffy skit comedy with Morse giving Mathau lessons on how to cheat on his wife in order to preserve their marriage, and these 'lessons' are…
- Odd Couple, The (1968)
- Dir. Gene Saks
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau
- Neil Simon's genius was in full force when he wrote this smash Broadway play – a letter–perfect, belly–aching examination of men in…
- Candy (1968)
- Dir. Christian Marquand
Feat. Ewa Aulin, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton…
- Sixties sex farce that satirizes pornographic stories through the adventures of its naive eponymous heroine, played by Swedish model, Ewa Aulin.…
- Hello Dolly! (1969)
- Dir. Gene Kelly
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford…
- Barbra Streisand is the attraction of this Gene Kelly musical, as a meddling matchmaker.
- Cactus Flower (1969)
- Dir. Gene Saks
Feat. Goldie Hawn, Ingrid Bergman, Walter Matthau
- Broadway adaptation won a supporting actress Oscar for Goldie Hawn, playing second fiddle to Ingrid Bergman for the love of dentist Walter Matthau.…
- Kotch (1971)
- Dir. Jack Lemmon
Feat. Walter Matthau
- Heart–warming fare with irascible senior citizen Walter Matthau resisting all attempts to 'retire' him. Matthau's regular screen buddy directs.
- Plaza Suite (1971)
- Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. Walter Matthau, Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris…
- Walter Mathau takes on three roles in this winning trilogy of one act plys by Neil Simon all set in the same hotel suite.
- Pete 'n' Tillie (1972)
- Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, Geraldine Page…
- Bittersweet character story of a smarmy rogue and an aging virgin who get married despite fundamental differences which remain unaltered nine years…
- Charley Varrick (1973)
- Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Felicia Farr…
- Walter Matthau makes for a fascinating, unconventional armed robber in this punchy heist picture, trademarked by Don Siegel's famously pacey…
- Laughing Policeman, The (1973)
- Dir. Stuart Rosenberg
Feat. Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Anthony Zerbe
- Police procedural loosely based on the Swedish novel of the same name, set in the aftermath of a horrific shootout on a public bus.
A detective…
- Taking of Pelham 123, The (1974)
- Dir. Joseph Sargent
Feat. Robert Shaw, Walter Matthau, Martin Balsam…
- Superlative '70s heist movie – four gunmen hi–jack a train and threaten to kill one passenger for every minute the ransom is late. Taut,…
- Front Page, The (1974)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Susan Sarandon…
- Regular odd couple Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau jostle on screen in this snappy remake of HIS GIRL FRIDAY, playing reporters in the midst of a…
- Sunshine Boys, The (1975)
- Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Walter Matthau, George Burns
- Two ageing comedians, known as the "Sunshine Boys" for 43 years together, have parted ways on unfriendly terms and have not spoken to each other in…
- Bad News Bears (1976)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow
- Delightfully cynical baseball comedy starring Walter Matthau as an alcoholic ex–baseball pitcher who becomes a coach for a youth baseball team…
- California Suite (1978)
- Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Maggie Smith…
- Five couples converge on the Beverly Hills Hotel during ‘Oscar–week’ to play out various marital dramas. Likeable comedy assembles a…
- House Calls (1978)
- Dir. Howard Zieff
Feat. Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Art Carney…
- Matthau plays a recent widower who attempts to make up for all the fidelity by womanizing he much as he can, before Glenda Jackson comes along and…
- Hopscotch (1980)
- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston…
- Walter Matthau carries this cat–and–mouse comedy as a demoted CIA operative who enjoys being a target after publishing a spiteful memoir…
- Little Miss Marker (1980)
- Dir. Walter Bernstein
Feat. Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis…
- Comedy set in the 30's, following a gloomy, cantankerous bookie (Walter Matthau) running a gambling operation, who finds himself with a 6–year…
- I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)
- Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret
- A Hollywood writer whose career is in freefall has his life made even more complicated when his estranged daughter turns up at his door demanding a…
- Couch Trip, The (1988)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Dan Aykroyd, Charles Grodin, Donna Dixon…
- Aykroyd plays a mental patient on the loose in Los Angeles masquerading as a renowned psychiatrist. Agreeably sends up Hollywood's therapy obsessions…
- Incident, The / Incident In A Small Town (1990-1994)
- Dir. Delbert Mann, Joseph Sargent
Feat. Walter Matthau, Harry Morgan
- Enjoyable made for television murder mystery set during the Second World War sees a characteristically gruff Matthau play Harmon Cobb, a small town…
- Dennis the Menace (1993)
- Dir. Nick Castle
Feat. Mason Gamble, Walter Matthau, Christopher Lloyd…
- 5–year old mobile disaster–zone Dennis (Mason Gamble), spreads glorious chaos wherever he pops up. As it is, he keeps Walter Matthau on…
- Grumpy Old Men (1994)
- Dir. Donald Petrie
Feat. Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Ann-Margret
- Lightweight reunion of talented old men Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon as long–squabbling widowers whose basic instincts are revived by sexy…
- I.Q. (1995)
- Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Walter Matthau, Meg Ryan, Tim Robbins
- Walter Matthau, playing Einstein, (yes Albert!), matchmakes niece Meg Ryan and mechanic Tim Robbins together in 1950s Princeton University. Teases…
- Grass Harp, The (1996)
- Dir. Charles Matthau
Feat. Walter Matthau, Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie…
- Adapted from Truman Capote's novel about a young boy raised by his three eccentric aunts in the American Deep South, and capturing the period, but…
- I'm Not Rappaport (1996)
- Dir. Herb Gardner
Feat. Walter Matthau, Ossie Davis
- A park–bench friendship develops between old–timers Walter Matthau and Ossie Davis, amid the riff–raff of NY's Central Park.…
- Odd Couple 2, The (1997)
- Dir. Howard Deutch
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau
- Felix and Oscar reunite – grumpier and a good deal older in Neil Simon's follow–up to the original hit. The comic timing of Jack Lemmon…
- Hanging Up (2000)
- Dir. Diane Keaton
Feat. Diane Keaton, Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow…
- Written by SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE's Nora Ephron, this gently comic drama about sisters Diane Keaton, Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow and their dying father…