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TV, Film Actor Eli Wallach Dies At 98

Deadline | by TVNewsCheck

He appeared in scores of films and TV shows during a 60-year career and received an Honorary Oscar in 2011. Wallach earned an Emmy in 1967 for his supporting turn in the drama Poppies Are Also Flowers and scored four other nominations during the next four-plus decades, most recently for guest stints on Nurse Jackie (2010) and Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip (2007). He played Mr. Freeze in the 1960s Batman series and appeared in near-countless other TV shows including Playhouse 90, Kojak, Highway To Heaven, Murder, She Wrote, L.A. Law, Law & Order and ER — working steadily well into the 2000s.