Matthau, Walter

Overview

Works:	706 works in 2,303 publications in 9 languages and 39,661 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Comedy films Film adaptations Juvenile works Musical films Detective and mystery films Children's films Fiction Thrillers (Motion pictures) Action and adventure films
Roles:	Actor, Performer, Narrator, Director, Author, Interviewee, Other, Costume designer, Contributor, fmd, Author of introduction, Collector, Host, Editor, Speaker
Classifications:	PN1997, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Walter Matthau

Matthau : a life by Rob Edelman( Book )
Walter Matthau / Allan Hunter by Allan Hunter( Book )
Jack and Walter : the films of Lemmon and Matthau by Ben Costello( Book )
Walter Matthau : 181 success facts : everything you need to know by Avery Ernest( )
Hello, Dolly! : journal by Jack Hirshberg( Book )

Team work : the films of Jack Lemmon & Walter Matthau by Lachlan F Hazelton( Book )
The lives and loves of 25 Hollywood stars( Visual )
Legends of the silver screen. the biographies collection( Visual )
Burton L. Appleton reminiscence by Burton L Appleton( )
Dennis the Menace by Jerry Goldsmith( )
Hello to Montanans [videorecording] by Walter Matthau( Visual )
by Alexander King( )
Private screenings( Visual )
Hirschfeld's comedians : [1988 calendar] by Al Hirschfeld( Book )
Walter Matthau and Carol Grace at Academy Awards( Visual )
[The front page : memorabilia]( )
[KTLA news (Los Angeles, Calif.)( Visual )
Promotional photographs for Hello, Dolly by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation( Visual )
Lonely are the brave( Book )
Showman's Manual : Lonely are the brave( Book )

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Most widely held works by Walter Matthau

Charade by Stanley Donen( Visual )

152 editions published between 1963 and 2018 in 5 languages and held by 2,510 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A trio of crooks relentlessly pursues a young American through Paris for the fortune her dead husband stole from them. The only person she can trust is a sauve, mysterious stranger

Hello, Dolly! by Gene Kelly( Visual )

100 editions published between 1948 and 2016 in 8 languages and held by 2,280 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Musical set in the 1890's about a professional matchmaker who meets her match

Grumpy old men by Donald Petrie( Visual )

42 editions published between 1993 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,616 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Neighborhood curmudgeons' long-running feud becomes an all-out rivalry when an attractive widow moves into the house across the street

The odd couple by Gene Saks( Visual )

45 editions published between 1967 and 2013 in English and Chinese and held by 1,470 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Two divorced men (one fastidious to a fault, the other an incredible slob) share a New York apartment

Grumpier old men( Visual )

31 editions published between 1995 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,461 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Max and John team up against Maria who has turned their favorite bait shop into an Italian restaurant

Dennis the Menace by John Hughes( Visual )

31 editions published between 1993 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 1,436 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Hank Ketcham's popular comic-strip kid comes to the big screen in Dennis the Menace, a delightful family comedy

Hanging up by Diane Keaton( Visual )

13 editions published between 2000 and 2001 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,204 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Three sisters struggle to deal with each other and their aging father

Fail-safe by Sidney Lumet( Visual )

52 editions published between 1963 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 1,192 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A computer malfunction causes nuclear-equipped American bombers to destroy Moscow and the president of the United States has to take terrible measures to appease the Soviets and prevent all-out nuclear war

The Bad News Bears by Michael Ritchie( Visual )

23 editions published between 1976 and 2013 in English and held by 1,175 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league

A face in the crowd by Elia Kazan( Visual )

11 editions published between 1957 and 2010 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 1,065 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An Arkansas hobo becomes an overnight media sensation. But as he becomes drunk with fame and power, will he ever be exposed as the fraud he has become?

The fortune cookie by Billy Wilder( Visual )

40 editions published between 1966 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 835 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A TV cameraman, trampled by a half-back while shooting a football game, and his shyster brother-in-law team up to defraud an insurance company in a million dollar law suit

The taking of Pelham One Two Three by Joseph Sargent( Visual )

40 editions published between 1974 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 832 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A gang of armed men hijack a New York City subway train and threaten to kill one hostage per minute unless their demands are met

Out to sea( Visual )

21 editions published between 1997 and 2015 in English and French and held by 831 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Two men decide to become dance instructors on a cruise ship so they can meet women and con them out of money

Lonely are the brave by David Miller( Visual )

24 editions published between 1962 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 766 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

After landing himself in jail trying to break out his friend, Jack Burns finds himself alone and on the run from the law. Leading the manhunt is Sheriff Morey Johnson, who must bring Burns to justice despite his own sympathy for the fugitive

The cat in the hat and other Dr. Seuss favorites by Seuss( Recording )

6 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 761 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Through the performances of actors such as Kelsey Grammer, Dustin Hoffman, Walter Matthau and John Cleese, Dr. Seuss' timeless and clever poems continue to thrill and amaze young listeners

Hopscotch by Eric Lewis( Visual )

19 editions published between 1980 and 2017 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 754 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

One of the CIA's top international operatives is suddenly relegated to a desk job in an agency power play. Unwilling to go quietly, and with the aid of a chic Viennese widow, he puts himself back in the game by writing a memoir exposing the innermost secrets of every major intelligence agency in the world. The CIA now wants him dead, but he refuses to cooperate--because he's having to much fun!

Cactus flower by Gene Saks( Visual )

30 editions published between 1969 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 732 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Julian Winston, an easy-going bachelor dentist whose delicately balanced scheme crumbles under some unexpected circumstances. Winston strings along his dizzy blonde mistress, Toni by telling her that he has a wife and children. He learns that Toni has tried to commit suicide over him, so he promises to marry her. Toni, refusing to be a home-wrecker, insists on first meeting Winston's wife. He convinces Stephanie to pose as his wife

Awake and sing by Clifford Odets( Visual )

13 editions published between 1972 and 2002 in English and held by 626 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A portrait of a Jewish family in a Bronx tenement perfectly captures the spirit of the Depression years

King Creole by Michael Curtiz( Visual )

29 editions published between 1958 and 2017 in English and held by 622 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Set in New Orleans, in King Creole Elvis is a singing bus boy. Songs include "King Creole," "Hard-headed woman, " and more

I.Q.( Visual )

1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 573 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A mechanic romances the mathematician niece of physicist Albert Einstein, with help from Einstein and his friends

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