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Walter Matthau Acting Filmography (97)

Elvis: A Life in Music
2026·Self (archive footage)
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2020·Self (archive footage)
Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'
2015·Self (archive footage)
Hanging Up
2000·Lou Mozell
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000·Self (archive footage)
The Odd Couple II
1998·Oscar Madison
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
1998·Self
The Marriage Fool
1998·Frank Walsh
Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau
1998·Self
Out to Sea
1997·Charlie Gordon
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
1997·Self
I'm Not Rappaport
1996·Nat Moyer
The Grass Harp
1996·Judge Charlie Cool
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996·Self
Grumpier Old Men
1995·Max Goldman
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995·Self
I.Q.
1994·Albert Einstein
Incident in a Small Town
1994·Harmon Cobb
Grumpy Old Men
1993·Max Goldman
Dennis the Menace
1993·George Wilson
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993·Self
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
1992·Narrator (voice)
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
1992·Harmon Cobb
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992·Self
Chaplin
1992·Self (archive footage)
JFK
1991·Senator Long
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
1991·Clifford Pepperman
The Incident
1990·Harmon Cobb
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989·Self (voice)
The Couch Trip
1988·Donald Becker
The Little Devil
1988·Padre Maurizio
A Beverly Hills Christmas
1987·Self
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987·Self
Pirates
1986·Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1986·Self
Movers & Shakers
1985·Joe Mulholland
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
1984·Self - Performer
The Survivors
1983·Sonny Paluso
I Love Liberty
1982·Self
I Ought to Be in Pictures
1982·Herbert Tucker
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
1982·Self
Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
1982·Self
Buddy Buddy
1981·Trabucco
First Monday in October
1981·Dan Snow
Hopscotch
1980·Miles Kendig
Little Miss Marker
1980·Sorrowful Jones
California Suite
1978·Marvin Michaels
House Calls
1978·Dr. Charley Nichols
Casey's Shadow
1978·Lloyd Bourdelle
The Stingiest Man in Town
1978·Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
Funny Business
1978·Self - Host
Actor
1978·Boris Thomashevsky
The Bad News Bears
1976·Coach Morris Buttermaker
The Gentleman Tramp
1976·Self / Narrator
The Sunshine Boys
1975·Willy Clark
The Lion Roars Again
1975·Self
The Front Page
1974·Walter Burns
Earthquake
1974·Drunk
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974·Lt. Garber
Charley Varrick
1973·Charley Varrick
The Laughing Policeman
1973·Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD
Pete 'n' Tillie
1972·Pete Seltzer
Awake and Sing!
1972·Moe Axelrod
Plaza Suite
1971·Sam Nash / Jesse Kiplinger / Roy Hubley
A New Leaf
1971·Henry Graham
Kotch
1971·Joseph P. Kotcher
Cactus Flower
1969·Dr. Julian Winston
Hello, Dolly!
1969·Horace Vandergelder
The Odd Couple
1968·Oscar Madison
Candy
1968·Gen. R.A. Smight
The Secret Life of an American Wife
1968·The Movie Star
Carol Channing and 101 Men
1968·Self
Jack Benny's Bag
1968·Self
A Guide for the Married Man
1967·Paul Manning
The Fortune Cookie
1966·Willie Gingrich
Mirage
1965·Ted Caselle
Fail Safe
1964·Prof. Groeteschele
Ensign Pulver
1964·Doc
Goodbye Charlie
1964·Leo Sartori
Charade
1963·Hamilton Bartholemew
Island of Love
1963·Tony Dallas
Lonely are the Brave
1962·Sheriff Morey Johnson
Who's Got the Action?
1962·Tony Gagouts
Big Deal in Laredo
1962·Meredith
Strangers When We Meet
1960·Felix Anders
Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands'
1960·Ben Alexander / Philip Judah
Gangster Story
1959·Jack Martin
Ride a Crooked Trail
1958·Judge Kyle
King Creole
1958·Maxie Fields
Voice in the Mirror
1958·Dr. Karnes
Onionhead
1958·'Red' Wildoe
A Face in the Crowd
1957·Mel Miller
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957·Al Dahlke
Bigger Than Life
1956·Wally Gibbs
The Kentuckian
1955·Stan Bodine
The Indian Fighter
1955·Wes Todd
Atomic Attack
1954·Dr. Spinelli