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A VIDEO TRIBUTE TO WALTER MATTHAU
by Jeffrey M. Anderson
Born Walter Matuschanskayasky, Matthau preferred stage work to film work, but nevertheless appeared in many very good films. In the beginning, he played bit parts and bad guys in several excellent films; Burt Lancaster's "The Kentuckian" (1955, his debut), Andre De Toth's "The Indian Fighter" (1955), Nicholas Ray's "Bigger Than Life" (1956), Elia Kazan's "A Face in the Crowd" (1957), with Elvis in Michael Curtiz' "King Creole" (1958), and in Stanley Donen's "Charade" (1963). His breakthrough came in both the stage and film version of "The Odd Couple" (1966) in which he established his crotchety, grumpy, rumpled persona. But although he continued to use that throughout his career, he was an effortless actor who could dissolve into any role he took on, comedy or drama. The following is a video list of Matthau's most interesting films that we can remember him by, now and always. Charade (1963) Fail-Safe (1964) The Fortune Cookie (1966) A New Leaf (1971) Charley Varrick (1973) The Taking of Pelham, One Two Three (1974) The Front Page (1976) The Bad News Bears (1976) Grumpy Old Men (1993) I.Q. (1994)
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