Posted on 06/27/2018 3:55:30 PM PDT by eastforker
Additional Information Last Known Activity Service in the Army in World War II; spent five years in the Medical Corps of the Army, reaching the rank of captain. As a medical administrative officer, a duty that sent him to various locations like Hawaii, Casablanca and France. It was in France that he began showing his acting talent by performing in a show to entertain the recovering troops.
Wallach served as a staff sergeant in Hawaii in a military hospital in the United States Army in World War II. He was soon sent to Officer Candidate School (OCS) in Abilene, Texas to train as a medical administrative officer. He graduated as a Second Lieutenant and was sent to Madison Barracks in upstate New York. He was promptly shipped to Casablanca and, later in the war, to France. It was there that a superior discovered his acting history and asked him to form a show for the patients. He and other members from his unit wrote a play called Is This the Army?, which was inspired by Irving Berlin's This is the Army. In the comedic play, Wallach and the other men clowned around as various dictators, with Wallach portraying Adolf Hitler, the leader of Nazi Germany.
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Tuco
An hilarious memory: Eli seated outside Zabar’s on Broadway, selling his book!
One of the great acting performances in all of cinema.
Yes, great actor, great performance, great movie.
Compare to what passes as entertainment today.
Another great western: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
Classic movie quote, he was a great actor.
Had no idea Wallach was a WWII veteran, RIP Sir.
“Blondie! You know what you are? You’re a ayayaaaahh”
Whachu looking at Blondie?
As much as I like the classic John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, and other great westerns, ‘The Outlaw Josey Wales’ is my all time favorite.
Mine too! There are quite a few Josey Wales fans on FR.
Some time ago we had a discussion about how many times Josey spit on the dog. That is hard core!! :)
Orson Welles called it the greatest Western ever made.
He played such a bad guy in ‘How the West Was Won” that it took a train to kill him.
And it took seven top gunhands to get him in “The Magnificent Seven”.
Coming from Orson Wells, that is saying something.
I bet Johnny Depp could do that /S
Baby Doll
This. This is one of my favorite Eli Wallach movies.
One of these these things is not like the other...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=cd0nFg3AD6A
“Music? Yes, very good! Very good for the digestion!”
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