Definitley,mate. Wallach starred in a 50s black and white on HEROIN ffs, and played Gilmour's pained uncle. Watch his performance in Tales of the Unexpected early 80s.

Absolutely. A star. genuine star.

+Kelly14UK He was terrific in a Kojak two parter aswell..

I saw that recently.Jonathan Wilkinson

What does 98 mean ?

"You dig", I love the phrase

Great quote. Love it. Love the whole movie.

...udek..!???

And you dig!

Are they digging for a certain cashbox?

Bruningable RIP ELI & LEE

Trinity of spaghetti!

❤❤❤❤❤

Casting a white man as a Mexican was racist.

Terence hill...

That was great quote from the movie.

So true...

Also how about Leone's direction and Morricone's music from all their westerns? The Academy wouldn't touch any of those with a 100 yards pole. How times have changed: now those are the only 50+ years old Westerns everyone knows about.

@@Professicchio For me "The Ecstasy of Gold" from the graveyard scene with Tuco

Tuco is Honestly my favorite character out of any westerns

@@legoreddead Agreed... would challenge anybody to name a better western movie character, second favorite is John Wayne's Rooster Cogburn

I agree

Maybe they didn’t get along in real life

He died in 1989

Van Cleef was actually faster on the draw than Eastwood.

he was an imbriagon

Yep. He was already in his 50s when he made "The Good The Bad and The Ugly". Amazing that he's still here.

MrSwanley Who would have thought it. Only a week ago. RIP Mr Wallach.

Oh damn. I was hoping on his behalf that he'd reach 100. RIP Eli, thanks for happiness you spread.

MrSwanley I was too i shed a manly tear and forcing all my friends to watch the good the bad and the ugly :D i suppose force isn't the right word. RIP Eli

Jacob Davies unfortunately he passed away at 98 but he definitely lived a long life and had a legendary career.

James talks bollocks.

@Lord Belial Well said, and there is far too much of this Political Correctness going on. STOP THE BULLSHIT and go back to enjoying life for a change.

@James Henderson "Hay Hendooo, you know what you areeee???? your just a dirty son of a ba........ " wa wa wa!!!

James Henderson shut up loser

James Henderson your repeating the same thing cause your an idiot who knows nothing😂

@James Henderson good

oh, man, I don't want to think about that. I'm already having a hard time accepting Sean was gone.....

I understand Clint as a great actor/director, but why would you say or even add "patriot"? I have no doubt that Clint is a patriot no more or no less than any actor/director who served in the military though when Clint Eastwood was drafted into the Korean War, and served as a lifeguard while training at Fort Ord, California. Still Clint had no say where he would be stationed and would have seen action if he was sent to fight. I have no doubt he would do his patriotic duty. How about John Ford who was 48 years old. When the United States Navy sent director John Ford to Midway Island in 1942, he believed that the military wanted him to make a documentary on life at a small, isolated military base, and filmed casual footage of the sailors and marines there working and having fun. Two days before the battle, he learned that the Japanese planned to attack the base and that it was preparing to defend itself. Ford's handheld, 16mm footage of the battle was captured totally impromptu. He had been in transit on the island, roused from his bunk by the sounds of the battle, and started filming. *Ford was wounded by enemy fire while filming the battle.* Acclaimed as a hero when he returned home because of the footage and the minor wound,* Ford was worried that military censors would prevent the footage from being shown in public. After returning to Los Angeles, he gave the footage to Robert Parrish, who had worked with him on How Green Was My Valley, to edit in secret. Ford spliced in footage of James Roosevelt, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's son and a Marine Corps officer; when the president saw the film in the White House, he told William Leahy: *"I want every mother in America to see this film", thus protecting Ford from censorship.* *Seeing men he had met and filmed die horrified Ford, who said,*"I am really a coward" compared to those who fought.* He had spent time with Torpedo Squadron 8, and 29 of 30 men of the unit died or were missing after the battle. Ford assembled the footage he had taken of the squadron into an eight-minute film, adding titles praising the squadron for having "written the most brilliant pages in the glowing history of our Naval Air Forces" and identifying each man as he appeared. He printed the result, Torpedo Squadron 8, to 8mm film suitable for home projectors and sent copies to the men's families. Actors and actor directors who saw combat Mel Brooks Oliver Stone Jimmy Stewart Paul Newman Lee Marvin Audie Murphy and so many more. I love Clint Eastwood but when you say the greatest patriot, one needs to have those enlisted or drafted and fought in Combat in the front of the line. I have no doubt Clint would say the same.

c;mon dont come with those negative waves

@@casyatbat Geez Mary, take it easy. I think he was adding the "greatest" part considering how profound of an actor and arguably even more profound of a director Eastwood is, and yes, he's definitely patriotic.

Nah. He was definitely a great character actor and this movie was his greatest work probably, but nothing could touch the electric, stoic on-screen presence of Clint Eastwood.

@@Doomzdayxx In the first 2, sure. In the third he's given so little to do he hardly makes an impression. 'Ugly' is absolutely Wallach's movie.

@@DenkyManner I disagree. Just because he had more of his background explained, and he's an awesome character actor doesn't mean he stole the movie. Clint Eastwood retained it, and without trying too hard to be frank. If Bronson got the role instead of Eastwood, we'd probably be having a different conversation but that didn't happen, instead we got, next to John Wayne, one of the most iconic Western actors. It's hard to top "The Man with No Name"

EEli Wallach returned to Spain, where he received a warm tribute. I do not know if he visited the city of Almeria. He was very old. A great person. Who never came back to visit, is Clint Eastwood. He really became famous thanks to all three movies. I think I should go to visit Spain and see the great change happened in 50 years. He would be very well received. The films were produced by Spanish, Italian and German producers. All the extras were Spanish. The soldiers of the north and the Confederates were soldiers of the Spanish army, when they did compulsory military service. But they participated with genuine enthusiasm. The supporting actors were from the three countries and each one in their language. Therefore the film was recorded without sound and has no original version. Spain, Germany and Italy post-synchronized the dialogue in a dubbing studio.

John, you must be extremely proud of your old fella. Great story, thanks for posting.

@@lindsayrogers6690 Quite so!! Thanks to you!!

He is alive bro

Volante too

Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez if my memory is correct :)

The so called Ugly was said to steal that film , my favourite film ever. Maybe, just maybe he did...

Juan Benedicto Maria Ramirez Tuco

john johnson Eli stole the show... but Lee Van Cleef was the one that made me fall in love with this movie

john johnson the rest? That TGTBATU WAS THE LAST OF THE SERIES

All three were my favorites but Eli was the best

Im also like tuco more than blondie

The interplay between those three was wonderful!

Myself also first year in military. 1968 at the base theater . It was strikingly different from any westerns before it and really impressed myself and the 2 friends that were stationed with me. Thankfully the base theater played first run movies. Probably cost around a quarter also. The other 2 in the trilogy were also seen there and were quite different than any western before. Thanks Sergio, Clint, Eli , and Lee for unforgettable and entertaining films.

I was in barracks J-50, directly across the street from the theater. We were blown away by the GBU. But I didn't know at the time that GBU was the third movie in the trilogy. I didn't see FFD and FAFDM until I went aboard ship in late '68. Of course, we saw them for free, but in 16 mm. LVC is one of my favorite actors, and I really liked him as Col. Mortimer in FAFDM, and in GBU. Eli, well what can I say, he was superb as Tuco. And Eastwood rocketed to stardom due to Leone's trilogy.

What no Pussy Thats Wrong.......................

The racist casting of Eli Wallach ruined the film.

​@MarkHarrison733 go away buddy.. lmfao

That's awesome. We love him too. Greetings from Australia.

@@matthewcullen1298 thank you what the name of the grave 😂

@@YabanEller do you mean in the good the bad and the ugly😁

What's the matter with you guys didn't you ever hear of The Magnificent Seven? Eli upstages 7 of the best and upcoming actors of the day. Calvera shows you how it's done. Generosity, that was his first mistake. Held off seeing the good bad ugly cuz I thought Eli would look foolish. My mistake. Nobody goes over the top like Eli. We're surrounded! All forty of us!

It was racist casting.

And he can still see, hear and walk that's incredible

Tommy Sasaki Cuz he is legend

Bora Nathan Sadly he passed away RIP

without doubt

@@johnpillow2748 I was in that movie