Eli Wallach Eli Herschel Wallach (December 7, 1915 – June 24, 2014) “I never dreamed I would do Westerns.” ~ Eli Wallach In his acting career Wallach appeared in approximately 90 films and 85 Television shows. Incredibly, though Eli Wallach appeared in only 6 Westerns, at least 3 are considered Classics: John Ford’s How the West was …