Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau was a multi-award winning American actor, comedian and film director best known for his film roles in A Face in the Crowd (1957), King Creole (1958) and The Bad News Bears (1976), The Odd Couple (1968), The Front Page (1974), Grumpy Old Men (1993) and The Fortune Cookie (1966) for which Matthau won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Matthau is also known for his performances Charade (1963), Hello, Dolly! (1969), A New Leaf (1971) California Suite (1978), Plaza Suite, Kotch (both 1971), Charley Varrick (1973), The Sunshine Boys (1975), and Hopscotch (1980).

On Broadway, Matthau received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for The Odd Couple and A Shot in the Dark. Matthau also received two British Academy Film Awards and a Golden Globe Award. In 1963 he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his performance in The DuPont Show of the Week. In 1982, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.