Wallach played a very likeable crook, Don Altobello, in Godfather III, also. He was a first-generation American, Polish Jew; yet his command of Sicilian Italian dialect was amazing, just as he was quite believable in Westerns. Great actor and U.S. Army veteran. RIP
I have to agree. Eli Wallach is likely the best bad guy. However, Lee Van Cleef deserves an honorable mention. I’m watching most of his lesser known movies now - even the bad ones are great because he’s in them.
Totally loving the old Van Cleef movies.
I never thought of him as Jewish to be honest even though he obviously is
He mastered Tuco.
Boy was he dastardly in GFIII
I have friends like Tuco
Even when they act their helpless selfish nature you can’t help but like them