First Name
Walter
Last Name
Matthau
Date of Birth
01 October 1920
Height
75
Build
Average
Eye Color
Hazel
Hair Color
Salt and Pepper
Place of Birth
New York City, New York
Star Sign
Libra
Date of Death
01 July 2000
Place of Death
Santa Monica, California
Cause of Death
Heart Failure
Ethnicity
White
Religion
Jewish
Claim to Fame
The Odd Couple
Gender
Male
Middle Name
John
Nationality
American
Wikipedia Text
Walter Matthau (October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American actor best known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and his frequent collaborations with Odd Couple star Jack Lemmon, as well as his role as Coach Buttermaker in the 1976 comedy The Bad News Bears. He won an Academy Award for his performance in the 1966 Billy Wilder film The Fortune Cookie.
Role ID
Actor/Actress, Soundtrack, Producer
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Couple Profile
Born Walter Matthow on October 1, 1920, to a pair of Russian-Jewish immigrants in New York City, Matthau grew up poor on the Lower East Side and started out selling soft drinks and playing bit parts at a Yiddish theater at age 11. He was paid 50 cents for each of his occasional on-stage appearances. His father, a peddler from Kiev, left home when he was 3 years old. He lived with his older brother, Henry, and their mother, a garment worker, on the Lower East Side of New York. After graduating from Seward Park High School during the Depression, he took government jobs as a forester in Montana, a gym instructor for the Works Progress Administration and a boxing coach for policemen. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps as a radio cryptographer in a heavy bomber unit in Europe and returned home a sergeant with six battle stars.
In 1948, his first Broadway role was when he was hired as an understudy for the role of an 83 year old English bishop in `Anne of the Thousand Days` starring Rex Harrison. His fame came with The Fortune Cookie (1966) and The Odd Couple (1968). While making the former, he suffered a serious heart attack. This was due to heavy smoking and chronic gambling. Matthau immediately quit smoking and began a life-long regime of walking 2-5 miles per day. Unbeknownst to his fans, Matthau continued to battle heart disease and was later diagnosed with two forms of cancer. In 1976, he had heart bypass surgery. In 1993, he was hospitalized for double pneumonia. In 1995, he had a benign colon tumor removed. In 1999, he was hospitalized again for pneumonia. Matthau died on July 1, 2000. He was seventy-nine.
Couple Profile Source
www.imdb.com/name/nm0000527/bio
High School
Seward Park High School
Full Name at Birth
Walter John Matthow
Page Display = 2 (Legacy)
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Count - Awards
23
Friend
Jack Lemmon
Age
79
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Eve (Meg Ryan, left), Lou (Walter Matthau, center) and Maddy (Lisa Kudrow) are glued to the hospital TV screen to watch Maddy's soap opera character make mischief in the Columbia Pictures presentation, Hanging Up - 2/2000
Walter Matthau plays Lou Mozell, whose wild living, constant phoning and other assorted antics drive his daughters crazy in the Columbia Pictures presentation, Hanging Up - 2/2000
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