Eli Wallach, who was one of his generation’s most prominent and prolific character actors in film, onstage and on television for more than 60 years, died on Tuesday. He was 98.

His death was confirmed by his daughter Katherine.

A self-styled journeyman actor, the versatile Mr. Wallach appeared in scores of roles, often with his wife, Anne Jackson. No matter the part, he always seemed at ease and in control, whether playing a Mexican bandit in the 1960 western “The Magnificent Seven,” a bumbling clerk in Ionesco’s allegorical play “Rhinoceros,” a henpecked French general in Jean Anouilh’s “Waltz of the Toreadors,” Clark Gable’s sidekick in “The Misfits” or a Mafia don in “The Godfather: Part III.”

Despite his many years of film work, some of it critically acclaimed, Mr. Wallach was never nominated for an Academy Award. But in November 2010, less than a month before his 95th birthday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded him an honorary Oscar, saluting him as “the quintessential chameleon, effortlessly inhabiting a wide range of characters, while putting his inimitable stamp on every role.”

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Hey Jimmy.....Jimmm....you know what you are???... Just a dirty sonofa... <cue theme song>

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

As a small boy,I remember how shocked I was that Lee Van Cleef turned bad from the 1st movie.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

I was like 4-5 years old and my parents let me watch that stuff on TV. No wonder I'm so fucked up. I had nightmares about the scene when Blondie's face is falling off in the desert.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

As much people always talk about Leone's trilogy launching Eastwood, it was always my opinion Wallach was the star of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Eastwood can't act his way out of paper bag (which was why he was best suited for the Blondie role). Wallach elevated the movie and made it a classic.

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Back off, Warchild. Seriously.

Wait what about Van Cleef?

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Tuco!

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I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out. - Bill Hicks

Let's do it for Johnny!

"No joke, Tuco. It's a rope..."

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"I'm not smiling because I thought what you said was humorous. I'm smiling because one day I know you'll be dead..."