FrameThrower · Actors · Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau
3 films · 169 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1956–1973
Born 1 October 1920 · New York City, New York, USA · died 1 July 2000
Walter Matthau was an American actor, comedian and film director.
He is best known for his film roles in A Face in the Crowd (1957), King Creole (1958) and as a coach of a hapless little league team in the baseball comedy The Bad News Bears (1976). He also starred in 10 films alongside Jack Lemmon, including The Odd Couple (1968), The Front Page (1974) and Grumpy Old Men (1993). Matthau won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the Billy Wilder film The Fortune Cookie (1966). Matthau is also known for his performances in Stanley Donen's romance Charade (1963), Gene Kelly's musical Hello, Dolly!…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 169 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1956–1973
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor1967
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play1965
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play1962
- David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 169 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Walter takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 48% of their frames are day, 43% natural — the look of the work Walter takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
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