Born on this day – Walter Matthau:

Walter Matthau

Actor

Director

Producer

October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000

Credits:

101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments (2004); 1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond (2018); 5th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1955); 60/90 (2008); 7th Annual American Cinema Awards (1990); A Beverly Hills Christmas with James Stewart (1987); A Face in the Crowd (1957); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); À l'abordage - L'aventure de pirates (2009); A Menace Named Dennis (1993); A New Leaf (1971); A Show Business Salute to Milton Berle (1973); A Tribute to Neil Simon (1978); AFI Life Achievement Award (1974–1992); Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (1992); Alan Pakula: Going for Truth (2019); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958–1961); All-Star Party for Jack Lemmon (1980); American Masters (1989–1998); American Masters (2007); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1952–1954); Awake and Sing (1972); Backstory (2000); Barbra: The Concert (1994); Battleground (2005); Becoming Mike Nichols (2016); Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy (1992); Bigger Than Life (1956); Billy Wilder Speaks (2006); Billy Wilder, artiste (ou: Ne réveillez pas le cinéaste qui dort) (1993); Biography (1998); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Buddy Buddy (1981); Cactus Flower (1969); California Suite (1978); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1953); Candy (1968); Captain Jokes Parrot's Disaster of the Caribbean (2017); Carol Channing and 101 Men (1968); Casey's Shadow (1978); Center Stage (1954); Change of Heart (1987); Chaplin (1992); Charade (1963); Charley Varrick (1973); Cinema (1967); Clapper Board (1980); Climax! (1957); Compression (2024); Dai nostri inviati: La Rai racconta la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1980-1989 (2013); Danger (1952–1954); De qué te ríes (2006); Dennis the Menace (1993); Dinah! (1975–1976); Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988); Dolemite Is My Name (2019); Dr. Kildare (1964); Earthquake (1974); Elvis at the Movies (2002); Elvis: His Life and Times (1993); Ensign Pulver (1964); Entertainment Tonight (1991–1997); Everything Is Copy (2015); Fact Hunt (2016); Fail Safe (1964); Fail Safe and the Cold War (2020); Famous Nathan (2014); Film '79 (1979); First Monday in October (1981); Funny Business (1978); Gangster Story (1959); General Bradley (1963); General Eisenhower (1963); General Electric Theater (1956–1962); General MacArthur (1963); George Burns' 90th Birthday Party: A Very Special Special (1986); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968); Goodbye Charlie (1964); Goodyear Television Playhouse (1952–1957); Great Ghost Tales (1961); Great Performances (1987); Grumpier Old Men (1995); Grumpy Old Men (1993); Hanging Up (2000); Harry Belafonte - Zwischen Calypso und Gerechtigkeit (2022); Hello, Dolly! (1969); Here's Hal: Hal Riddle (2001); Hitchcock Confidential (2019); Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade of the Stars (1969); Hollywood Remembers Walter Matthau (2001); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Hollywoods Spaßfabrik - Als die Bilder Lachen lernten (2014); Hopscotch (1980); House Calls (1978); How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1992); I Love Liberty (1982); I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982); I.Q. (1994); I'm Not Rappaport (1996); Incident in a Small Town (1994); Inside Edition (2023); Insight (1977); Intimate Portrait (1998); Island of Love (1963); Jack Benny's Bag (1968); Jack Lemmon (1996); Jack Lemmon: A Twist of Lemmon (1976); Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman (1996); JFK (1991); Juno and the Paycock (1960); Justice (1955); King Creole (1958); King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1969); Kotch (1971); Kraft Theatre (1952–1958); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1952–1955); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1957); Larry King Live (2000); Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick' (2015); Laurel & Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys (1992); Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière (2017); Les Fonda, une dynastie de cinéma (2023); Little Miss Marker (1980); Live from Lincoln Center (1982); Lonely Are the Brave (1962); Lux Video Theatre (1950–1952); Making Life Beautiful (1999); Midnight's Edge (2025); Mirage (1965); Mister Peepers (1952–1955); Movers & Shakers (1985); Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love (1991); Naked City (1960–1962); Omnibus (1953–1956); One Voice (1986); Onionhead (1958); Oops I Changed the World (2022); Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist (1974); Our American Heritage (1960); Out to Sea (1997); Parkinson (1976); Parkinson One to One (1987); Parkinson: The Interviews (1997); Pete 'n' Tillie (1972); Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask (2006); Pirates (1986); Play of the Week (1960); Plaza Suite (1971); Ponds Theater (1954); Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder (1980); Presley (1987); Private Screenings (1998); Profiles in Courage (1964–1965); Reflections on the Silver Screen (1992); Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' (2000); Ride a Crooked Trail (1958); obert Montgomery Presents (1954–1955); Route 66 (1961); Saturday Night Live (1978); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Shadow of the Cloak (1951); Slaughter on 10th Avenue (1957); Spoofsters (2019); Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost (2025); Strangers When We Meet (1960); Studio One (1950–1953); Suspense (1953); Talking Film (1978); Tallahassee 7000 (1961); Target: The Corruptors (1961–1962); TCM Remembers 2000 (2000); Television (1988); The 11th Annual American Comedy Awards (1997); The 13th Annual Tony Awards (1959); The 15th Annual Publicists Guild Awards (1978); The 16th Annual People's Choice Awards (1990); The 16th Annual Tony Awards (1962); The 17th Annual Tony Awards (1963); The 19th Annual Tony Awards (1965); The 1st Annual American Comedy Awards (1987); The 20th Annual People's Choice Awards (1994); The 21st Annual People's Choice Awards (1995); The 22nd Annual People's Choice Awards (1996); The 24th Annual Tony Awards (1970); The 29th Annual Tony Awards (1975); The 2nd Annual American Comedy Awards (1988); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 30th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1973); The 32nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1975); The 33rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1976); The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1981); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The 3rd Annual American Comedy Awards (1989); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969); The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 48th Annual Academy Awards (1976); The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1991 (1991); The 4th Annual American Cinema Awards (1987); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 52th Annual Golden Apple Awards (1992); The 54th Annual Academy Awards (1982); The 55th Annual Academy Awards (1983); The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989); The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (1990); The 6th Annual Genesis Awards (1992); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001); The 9th Annual People's Choice Awards (1983); The Alcoa Hour (1956–1957); The Annual 1995 ShoWest Awards (1995); The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Milton Berle (1980); The Annual Tel Aviv Gala Presents a Salute to Goldie Hawn (1987); The Annual Variety Club's Big Heart Awards (1986); The ANTA Awards Honoring James Stewart (1981); The Bad News Bears (1976); The Barbara Walters Summer Special (1978); The Best of Hollywood (2017); The Best of the Don Lane Show (1994); The Big Story (1950); The Couch Trip (1988); The David Frost Show (1970–1971); The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part I: 1956-1961 (2002); The Dick Cavett Show (1981 / 1985); The Don Lane Show (1980); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962–1964); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Factor (2014); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Billy Wilder (1982); The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995); The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1993); The Fortune Cookie (1966); The Front Page (1974); The Gentleman Tramp (1975); The George Burns Special (1976); The Grass Harp (1995); The Great Man: W.C. Fields (2005); The History of Comedy (2018); The Hollywood Squares (Primetime/Nighttime) (1968); The Incident (1990); The Indian Fighter (1955); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1990 / 1998); The Kentuckian (1955); The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002); The Last Mogul (2005); The Laughing Policeman (1973); The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998); The Lion Roars Again (1975); The Little Devil (1988); The Making of 'Casey's Shadow' (1978); The Making of the Last Best Hope of Earth: Abraham Lincoln and the Promise of America (1993); The Marriage Fool (1998); The Merv Griffin Show (1965–1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1975–1980); The Motorola Television Hour (1954); The Movie Awards (1991); The Odd Couple (1968); The Odd Couple II (1998); The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2001); The Orson Bean Show (2026); The Project (2024); The Rogues (1964); The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968); The Secrets of Dick Smith (1991); The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team (1984); The Stingiest Man in Town (1978); The Sunshine Boys (1975); The Survivors (1983); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1986); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1996–1998); The Vin Scully Show (1973); The World of Walther Matthau (1976); Today (1967–1980); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Voice in the Mirror (1958); Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough (1997); We the People 200: The Constitutional Gala (1987); Who's Got the Action? (1962); Wogan (1989); Your All-American College Show (1968).