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Walter Matthau (/ ˈ m æ θ aʊ /; [1] born Walter John Matthow; October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American screen and stage actor, known for his "hangdog face" and for playing world-weary characters. [2]
Actor: The Odd Couple. Walter Matthau was best known for starring in many films which included Charade (1963), The Odd Couple (1968), Grumpy Old Men (1993), and Dennis the Menace (1993). He often worked with Jack Lemmon and the two were Hollywood's craziest stars.
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Actor: The Odd Couple. Walter Matthau was best known for starring in many films which included Charade (1963), The Odd Couple (1968), Grumpy Old Men (1993), and Dennis the Menace (1993). He often worked with Jack Lemmon and the two were Hollywood's craziest stars.
- October 1, 1920
- July 1, 2000
Walter Matthau, American actor known for his rumpled face, nasal bray, and razor-sharp comic timing. He was best known for his partnership with Jack Lemmon in such movies as The Fortune Cookie (1966), The Odd Couple (1968), and Grumpy Old Men (1993).
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Working his way up from poverty on the Lower East Side of Manhattan to varied roles in more than 20 Broadway plays and scores of live television shows, Walter Matthau became, successively, an adept movie villain and comedian and later, improbably, a romantic leading man and international superstar.
Dec 14, 2012 · Walter Matthau, who claimed that “Foghorn” was his middle name, is dead at 79. The beloved actor, whose face was mapped with laugh lines, died of a heart attack early Saturday morning. He was brought into a Santa Monica hospital in cardiac arrest, and pronounced dead at 1:41 a.m. PDT.
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Jul 1, 2000 · We remember veteran actor Walter Matthau, who died early Saturday morning of a heart attack in Santa Monica, California at age 79. He starred in dozens of films including The Odd Couple ,...