AKA Walter John Matthow

Born: 1-Oct-1920
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 1-Jul-2000
Location of death: Santa Monica, CA
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, CA

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Messy half of the Odd Couple

Military service: US Army Air Corps (1942-45, WWII, discharged as Staff Sgt.)

Father: Melas Matthow (priest, last name not Matuschanskayasky)
Mother: Rose Berolsky
Brother: Henry Matthow (b. 1918)
Wife: Grace Geraldine Johnson (m. 1948, div. 1958, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Jennifer Matthau
Son: David Matthau
Wife: Carol Wellington-Smythe Marcus (m. 21-Aug-1959, until his death, one son)
Son: Charles Matthau

    High School: Seward Park High School, Manhattan, NY

    Oscar for Best Supporting Actor 1967 for The Fortune Cookie
    Golden Globe 1976 for The Sunshine Boys
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6357 Hollywood Blvd.
    Tony 1962
    Coma
    Heart Attack 1965
    Heart Bypass Operation
    Russian Ancestry
    Jewish Ancestry

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Hanging Up (16-Feb-2000)
    The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (Oct-1998) Himself
    The Odd Couple II (10-Apr-1998)
    Out to Sea (2-Jul-1997)
    I'm Not Rappaport (24-Dec-1996)
    Grumpier Old Men (22-Dec-1995)
    The Grass Harp (10-Sep-1995)
    I.Q. (25-Dec-1994)
    Incident in a Small Town (23-Jan-1994)
    Grumpy Old Men (25-Dec-1993)
    Dennis the Menace (24-Jun-1993)
    JFK (20-Dec-1991)
    The Incident (4-Mar-1990)
    The Couch Trip (15-Jan-1988)
    Il Piccolo diavolo (1988)
    Pirates (8-May-1986)
    Movers and Shakers (3-May-1985)
    The Survivors (22-Jun-1983)
    I Ought to Be in Pictures (26-Mar-1982)
    Buddy Buddy (11-Dec-1981)
    First Monday in October (21-Aug-1981)
    Hopscotch (10-Oct-1980)
    Little Miss Marker (21-Mar-1980)
    California Suite (15-Dec-1978)
    House Calls (18-Apr-1978)
    Casey's Shadow (17-Mar-1978)
    The Bad News Bears (16-Apr-1976)
    The Sunshine Boys (6-Nov-1975)
    The Front Page (17-Dec-1974)
    Earthquake (15-Nov-1974)
    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (2-Oct-1974)
    The Laughing Policeman (20-Dec-1973)
    Charley Varrick (19-Sep-1973)
    Pete 'n' Tilly (17-Dec-1972)
    Kotch (17-Sep-1971)
    Plaza Suite (12-May-1971)
    A New Leaf (11-Mar-1971)
    Hello, Dolly! (16-Dec-1969)
    Cactus Flower (16-Dec-1969)
    Candy (17-Dec-1968)
    The Odd Couple (2-May-1968)
    A Guide for the Married Man (25-May-1967)
    The Fortune Cookie (19-Oct-1966)
    Mirage (26-May-1965)
    Goodbye Charlie (18-Nov-1964)
    Fail Safe (7-Oct-1964)
    Ensign Pulver (31-Jul-1964)
    Charade (5-Dec-1963)
    Lonely Are the Brave (24-May-1962)
    Strangers When We Meet (29-Jun-1960)
    Onionhead (1-Oct-1958)
    King Creole (2-Jul-1958)
    Ride a Crooked Trail (1958)
    A Face in the Crowd (28-May-1957)
    Bigger Than Life (2-Aug-1956)
    The Indian Fighter (21-Dec-1955)
    The Kentuckian (1-Aug-1955)

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