Walter Matthau
Hanging Up (2000)
Hanging Up is a 2000 American comedy-drama film about a trio of sisters bonding over their curmudgeonly father with whom none of them were close. It was directed by Diane Keaton, and stars Keaton, Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow, and Walter Matthau, in his final film role. The film is based on Delia Ephron's 1995 novel of the same name. It was released on Fe...
Starring: Christine Baranski•Dean Jagger•Jack Lemmon•Cary Grant
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998)
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg is a 1998 documentary film written, directed, and produced by Aviva Kempner about Hank Greenberg, first baseman of the Detroit Tigers, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. A Jewish player who chose not to play on Yom Kippur in 1934 during a heated pennant race, Greenberg had to face a great deal of a...
Starring: Christine Baranski•Louis Armstrong
The Odd Couple II (1998)
The Odd Couple II is a 1998 American buddy comedy film and the sequel to the 1968 film The Odd Couple. It was the final film written and produced by Neil Simon, and starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. Released nearly three decades later, it is unique among sequels for having one of the longest gaps between the release of both films in which al...
Starring: Jerry Stiller•Christine Baranski•Robert Preston•Donald O'Connor•Ingrid Bergman
Out to Sea (1997)
Out to Sea is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by Martha Coolidge and written by Robert Nelson Jacobs. It was the final film role of Donald O'Connor, Gloria DeHaven and Edward Mulhare, and the penultimate film of Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.
Starring: Alexis Smith•Gloria DeHaven•Jerry Stiller•Christine Baranski•Dan Duryea•Kirk Douglas•Dan O'Herlihy•Audie Murphy•Tony Curtis
I'm Not Rappaport (1996)
I'm Not Rappaport is a play by Herb Gardner, which originally ran on Broadway in 1985.
Starring: Christine Baranski•Elaine Stritch•Burl Ives•Julie Adams•Marlon Brando
Grumpier Old Men (1995)
Grumpier Old Men is a 1995 American romantic comedy film, and a sequel to the film Grumpy Old Men. It stars Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Sophia Loren, Burgess Meredith, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollak, Katie Sagona and Ann Morgan Guilbert. Grumpier Old Men was directed by Howard Deutch, with the screenplay written by Mark Steven Johnson and...
Starring: Tony Franciosa•Jerry Stiller•Christine Baranski•Barbara Rush•Robert Morse•Tony Randall•Jack Nicholson
I.Q. (1994)
I.Q. is a 1994 American romantic comedy film directed by Fred Schepisi and starring Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan, and Walter Matthau. The original music score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith. The film, set in the mid 1950s, centers on a mechanic and a Princeton doctoral candidate who fall in love, thanks to the candidate's uncle, Albert Einstein.
Starring: Christine Baranski•Audrey Hepburn•Jack Lemmon
Incident in a Small Town (1994)
Incident in a Small Town is a 1994 American made-for-television drama film directed by Delbert Mann, and starring Walter Matthau, Harry Morgan and Stephanie Zimbalist. This is the third and final film featuring the characters Harmon Cobb and Judge Bell, following The Incident (1990) and Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (1992). Cobb and Be...
Starring: Murray Hamilton•Christine Baranski•Walter Matthau
Dennis the Menace (1993)
Dennis the Menace is a 1993 American family comedy film based on the Hank Ketcham comic strip of the same name. It was directed by Nick Castle and written and coproduced by John Hughes, and distributed by Warner Bros. under their Family Entertainment label. It concerns the misadventures of a mischievous child who wreaks havoc on his next door neigh...
Starring: Christine Baranski•Elvis Presley•Gia Scala•Sophia Loren•Andy Griffith•Lee Remick
Grumpy Old Men (1993)
Grumpy Old Men is a 1993 American romantic comedy film directed by Donald Petrie, written by Mark Steven Johnson, and starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollak, Ossie Davis and Buck Henry. It is followed by the sequel film Grumpier Old Men.
Starring: Tony Franciosa•Jerry Stiller•Christine Baranski•Robert Morse•Elaine Stritch•Tony Randall•Jack Nicholson
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (1992)
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore is a 1992 American made-for-television drama film directed by Delbert Mann and starring Walter Matthau, Harry Morgan and Susan Blakely. A sequel to The Incident (1990), it is the second of three television films featuring the characters Harmon Cobb and Judge Bell.
Starring: Murray Hamilton•Christine Baranski•Ned Glass
JFK (1991)
JFK is a 1991 American epic political thriller film written and directed by Oliver Stone. The film examines the investigation into the assassination of John F. Kennedy by district attorney Jim Garrison, who came to believe there was a conspiracy to assassinate Kennedy and that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone.
Starring: Jerry Stiller•Christine Baranski•Carol Grace•Peter Marshall•Norman Fell•Martin Balsam•Jane Fonda•Dyan Cannon•Paula Prentiss•Ann-Margret
The Incident (1990)
The Incident is a 1990 American made-for-television drama film directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Walter Matthau and Harry Morgan which was originally broadcast on CBS on March 4, 1990. The film marked Matthau's return to television after over 20 years.
Starring: Murray Hamilton•Christine Baranski•Ned Glass
The Couch Trip (1988)
The Couch Trip is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie. It stars Dan Aykroyd, Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin and Donna Dixon. It is loosely based on the 1971 novel The Couch Trip, by Ken Kolb.
Starring: Christine Baranski•Larry Hagman•Maggie Smith•Carol Burnett
Pirates (1986)
Pirates is a 1986 adventure comedy film written by Gérard Brach, John Brownjohn, and Roman Polanski and directed by Polanski. It was inspired by Polanski's love of classic pirate films, as well as Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. Polanski began planning the film in 1976 as a follow up to the iconic Chinatown, but production was del...
Starring: Christine Baranski
Movers & Shakers (1985)
Movers & Shakers is a 1985 American comedy film distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, starring Walter Matthau and directed by William Asher.
Starring: Christine Baranski•Larry Hagman•Robert Walker Jr.
The Survivors (1983)
The Survivors is a 1983 American comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie. It stars Walter Matthau and Robin Williams, with supporting roles by Jerry Reed, Kristen Vigard, and James Wainwright.
Starring: Christine Baranski•Fritz Weaver•Ellen Burstyn
I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)
I Ought to Be in Pictures is a 1982 American comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross and based on Neil Simon's 1980 play of the same name. The film stars Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, and Dinah Manoff. Other actors who have supporting roles are Lance Guest, Eugene Butler, David Faustino, Martin Ferrero and Michael Dudikoff.
Starring: Christine Baranski•Robert Morse•Jack Weston
Buddy Buddy (1981)
Buddy Buddy is a 1981 American comedy film based on Francis Veber's play Le contrat and Édouard Molinaro's film L'emmerdeur. It was the final film directed and written by Billy Wilder.
Starring: Jerry Stiller•Christine Baranski•Michael Caine•Patrick O'Neal
First Monday in October (1981)
First Monday in October is a 1981 American comedy-drama film from Paramount Pictures, produced by Paul M. Heller and Martha Scott, directed by Ronald Neame, that is based on the 1978 play of the same name by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee. The film stars Walter Matthau and Jill Clayburgh. The cast also co-stars Jan Sterling in her final featu...
Starring: Christine Baranski•Judi West•Michael Crawford
Hopscotch (1980)
Hopscotch is a 1980 American comedy spy film, produced by Edie Landau and Ely A. Landau, directed by Ronald Neame, that stars Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston, Ned Beatty, and Herbert Lom. The screenplay was written by Bryan Forbes and Brian Garfield, based on Garfield's 1975 novel of the same name.
Starring: Christine Baranski•Richard Pryor•Donald Sutherland•Barnard Hughes
Little Miss Marker (1980)
Little Miss Marker is a 1980 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Walter Bernstein and based on a short story by Damon Runyon. It stars Walter Matthau, Tony Curtis, Julie Andrews, Bob Newhart and new arrival Sara Stimson. The film is a remake of the 1934 film of the same name starring Shirley Temple and Adolphe Menjou.
Starring: John Vernon•Martha Plimpton•Christine Baranski•Jacqueline Scott•Barbra Streisand•Bob Newhart•Joyce Van Patten•Monica Evans•Alan Alda
California Suite (1978)
California Suite is a 1978 American comedy film directed by Herbert Ross. The screenplay by Neil Simon is based on his 1976 play of the same name. Similar to his earlier Plaza Suite, the film focuses on the dilemmas of guests staying in a suite in a luxury hotel. Maggie Smith won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in ...
Starring: Christine Baranski•Richard Benjamin•Marianne McAndrew•Danny Lockin•Tommy Tune•Jill Clayburgh•Joe Don Baker•Tyne Daly
Casey's Shadow (1978)
Casey's Shadow is a 1978 sports drama Metrocolor film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Walter Matthau. The film was based on an article in The New Yorker by John McPhee. Much of the exterior shooting was done in the city of Carencro, Louisiana, 20 miles north of Lafayette.
Starring: Doris Roberts•Christine Baranski•Louis Gossett Jr.
House Calls (1978)
House Calls is a 1978 American comedy-drama film starring Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson, directed by Howard Zieff.
Starring: Christine Baranski•Hector Elizondo•Andrew Robinson•Barnard Hughes•Bill Cosby
The Bad News Bears (1976)
The Bad News Bears is a 1976 American sports comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie and written by Bill Lancaster. It stars Walter Matthau as an alcoholic ex-baseball pitcher who becomes a coach for a youth baseball team known as the Bears. Alongside Matthau, the film's cast includes Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow, Joyce Van Patten, Ben Piazza, Jackie E...
Starring: Sam Waterston•Christine Baranski•Sissy Spacek•Susan Blakely•Paul Winfield•Joanna Cassidy•Cathy Lee Crosby
The Sunshine Boys (1975)
The Sunshine Boys is a 1975 American comedy film directed by Herbert Ross and produced by Ray Stark, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and based on the 1972 play of the same name by Neil Simon, about two legendary comics brought together for a reunion and revival of their famous act. The cast included real-life experienced vaudevillian actor George B...
Starring: Tatum O'Neal•Christine Baranski•Hector Elizondo
The Front Page (1974)
The Front Page is a 1974 American black comedy-drama film directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. The screenplay by Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond is based on Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's 1928 play of the same name, which inspired several other films and televised movies and series episodes.
Starring: Jerry Stiller•Christine Baranski•Kevin Costner•Chris Barnes
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three is a 1974 American crime drama film directed by Joseph Sargent, produced by Gabriel Katzka and Edgar J. Scherick, and starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, and Héctor Elizondo. Peter Stone adapted the screenplay from the 1973 novel of the same name written by Morton Freedgood under the pen name John...
Starring: Christine Baranski•Amy Irving•Tommy Lee Jones•Joan Plowright•Brian Dennehy
Charley Varrick (1973)
Charley Varrick is a 1973 American neo-noir crime film directed by Don Siegel and starring Walter Matthau, Andrew Robinson, Joe Don Baker and John Vernon. Charley Varrick was based on the novel The Looters by John H. Reese and is the first of four consecutive films Matthau appeared in that were not comedies.
Starring: Dana Plato•Christine Baranski•Dinah Manoff•Candice Azzara•Kevin Bacon•Dan Aykroyd•John Candy•Stephanie Zimbalist
The Laughing Policeman (1973)
The Laughing Policeman is a 1973 American neo-noir thriller film loosely based on the 1968 novel of the same name by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. The setting of the story is transplanted from Stockholm to San Francisco. It was directed by Stuart Rosenberg and features Walter Matthau as Detective Jake Martin.
Starring: Christine Baranski•Nedra Volz•Sara Stimson•Robin Williams•Joe Pesci
Pete 'n' Tillie (1972)
Pete 'n' Tillie is a 1972 American comedy-drama film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Walter Matthau and Carol Burnett. Its advertising tagline was: "Honeymoon's over. It's time to get married."
Starring: Klaus Kinski•Christine Baranski•Kevin Costner
Kotch (1971)
Kotch is a 1971 American comedy-drama film directed by Jack Lemmon and starring Walter Matthau, Deborah Winters, Felicia Farr, Charles Aidman, and Ellen Geer.
Starring: Christine Baranski•Dinah Manoff•Edward Mulhare
A New Leaf (1971)
A New Leaf is a 1971 American black comedy film written and directed by Elaine May in her directorial debut based on the short story "The Green Heart" by Jack Ritchie. It stars May, Walter Matthau, Jack Weston, George Rose, James Coco, and Doris Roberts. Prior to the film, May was better known for her collaboration as a stage comedian with The Grad...
Starring: Christine Baranski•Donna Dixon•Hal Linden•Jean Smart•Tim Robbins
Plaza Suite (1971)
Plaza Suite is a 1971 American comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller. The screenplay by Neil Simon is based on his 1968 play of the same title. The film stars Walter Matthau, Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris and Lee Grant.
Starring: Martha Plimpton•Christine Baranski•Jonathan Silverman•Kevin Pollak
Cactus Flower (1969)
Cactus Flower is a 1969 American screwball comedy film directed by Gene Saks, and starring Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman and Goldie Hawn, who won an Academy Award for her performance.
Starring: Mason Gamble•Christine Baranski•Lisa Kudrow
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Hello, Dolly! is a 1969 American musical romantic comedy film based on the 1964 Broadway production of the same name, which was based on Thornton Wilder's play The Matchmaker. Directed by Gene Kelly and written and produced by Ernest Lehman, the film stars Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Danny Lockin, Tommy Tune, Fritz Feld, Mar...
Starring: Carl Levin•Christine Baranski•James Mason•Dean Jagger•Cary Grant•Henry Fonda•Lana Turner
Candy (1968)
Candy is a 1968 sex farce film directed by Christian Marquand from a screenplay by Buck Henry, based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg, itself based on Voltaire's 1759 novel Candide. The film satirizes pornographic stories through the adventures of its naive heroine, Candy, played by Ewa Aulin. It stars Charl...
Starring: Robert Preston•Gregory Peck•Christine Baranski•Henry Silva•Dan Duryea•Kirk Douglas
The Odd Couple (1968)
The Odd Couple is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Gene Saks, produced by Howard W. Koch and written by Neil Simon, based on his 1965 play. It stars Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau as two divorced men – neurotic neat-freak Felix Ungar and fun-loving slob Oscar Madison – who decide to live together.
Starring: Jerry Stiller•Christine Baranski•Dan O'Herlihy
The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968)
The Secret Life of an American Wife is a 1968 comedy film written and directed by George Axelrod. The film was released by 20th Century Fox in 1968, and was considered a box-office failure. It features a music score by Billy May. Edy Williams has a supporting role in the film as the Laytons' blonde bombshell neighbor.
Starring: Christine Baranski•Audie Murphy•Patricia Neal
A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
A Guide for the Married Man is a 1967 American bedroom-farce comedy film starring Walter Matthau, Robert Morse, and Inger Stevens. It was directed by Gene Kelly. It features many cameos, including Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Terry-Thomas, Jayne Mansfield, Sid Caesar, Carl Reiner, Joey Bishop, Art Carney, and Wally Cox. The title song, performed by Th...
Starring: Christine Baranski•Dean Martin•Burl Ives
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
The Fortune Cookie is a 1966 American black comedy film directed, produced and co-written by Billy Wilder. It was the first film in which Jack Lemmon collaborated with Walter Matthau. Matthau won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.
Starring: Jerry Stiller•Christine Baranski•Julie Adams
Mirage (1965)
Mirage is a 1965 American neo noir thriller film directed by Edward Dmytryk from a screenplay by Peter Stone, based on the 1952 novel Fallen Angel, written by Howard Fast under the pseudonym Walter Ericson; the novel is not credited by title onscreen. The film stars Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, Walter Matthau, George Kennedy, Leif Erickson, and Kevin...
Starring: Marlon Brando•Christine Baranski•Richard Egan
Ensign Pulver (1964)
Ensign Pulver is a 1964 American Technicolor film in Panavision and a sequel to the 1955 film Mister Roberts. The film stars Robert Walker Jr., Burl Ives, Walter Matthau and Tommy Sands and features Millie Perkins, Larry Hagman, Kay Medford, Peter Marshall, Jack Nicholson, Richard Gautier, George Lindsey, James Farentino and James Coco.
Starring: Jan Sterling•Christine Baranski•Barbara Rush•Richard Burton•Lee Remick•Audrey Hepburn•Donna Dixon
Fail-Safe (1964)
Fail Safe is a 1964 Cold War thriller film directed by Sidney Lumet, based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. The film follows a crisis caused by a critical error that sends a group of U.S. bombers to destroy Moscow, and the ensuing attempts to stop the bomber group before it can deploy a nuclear first strike. ...
Starring: Elvis Presley•Gia Scala•Christine Baranski•Andy Griffith•Lee Remick•Tony Franciosa
Charade (1963)
Charade is a 1963 American romantic comedy mystery film produced and directed by Stanley Donen, written by Peter Stone and Marc Behm, and starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. The cast also features Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Dominique Minot, Ned Glass, and Jacques Marin. It spans three genres: suspense thriller, romance and co...
Starring: Dolores Hart•Inger Stevens•Christine Baranski•Henry Silva•Tony Randall•Jack Nicholson
Island of Love (1963)
Island of Love is a 1963 American comedy film directed by Morton DaCosta and written by David R. Schwartz. The film stars Robert Preston, Tony Randall, Giorgia Moll, Walter Matthau, Betty Bruce and Vassili Lambrinos. The film was released by Warner Bros. on June 12, 1963.
Starring: Gena Rowlands•Christine Baranski•Joey Bishop
Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
Lonely Are the Brave is a 1962 American black and white Western film adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel The Brave Cowboy directed by David Miller from a screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and starring Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands and Walter Matthau.
Starring: Diane Baker•Christine Baranski•James Coburn•Carol Grace
Who's Got the Action? (1962)
Who's Got the Action? is a 1962 American comedy film directed by Daniel Mann from a screenplay by Jack Rose, based on the novel Four Horse Players Are Missing by Alexander Rose. It stars Dean Martin and Lana Turner, with Eddie Albert, Walter Matthau, Paul Ford, and Nita Talbot. The film concerns a man suffering from an addiction to gambling.
Starring: Peter Marshall•Carroll O'Connor•Christine Baranski
Gangster Story (1959)
Gangster Story is a 1959 American crime film directed by and starring Walter Matthau. The film was edited by Radley Metzger.
Starring: Christine Baranski•Frank Overton
King Creole (1958)
King Creole is a 1958 American musical drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and based on the 1952 novel A Stone for Danny Fisher by Harold Robbins. Produced by Hal B. Wallis, the film stars Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau, Dolores Hart, Dean Jagger, and Vic Morrow, and follows a nineteen-year-old (Presley) who gets mixed up with crook...
Starring: Ned Glass•George Kennedy•Sam Waterston•Christine Baranski•Larry Hagman•Robert Walker Jr.
Onionhead (1958)
Onionhead is a 1958 comedy-drama film set on a U.S. Coast Guard ship during World War II, starring Andy Griffith and featuring Felicia Farr, Walter Matthau, Erin O'Brien, James Gregory, Joey Bishop, and Claude Akins. It was directed by Norman Taurog and was written by Nelson Gidding and Weldon Hill from Hill's novel. Weldon Hill was the pseudonym o...
Starring: Christine Baranski•Barbra Streisand•Ringo Starr
Ride a Crooked Trail (1958)
Ride a Crooked Trail is a 1958 American Western film shot in CinemaScope and Eastman Color, with former World War II hero Audie Murphy and future Academy Award-winning actor Walter Matthau heading a strong if not well-known cast.
Starring: Robert Morse•Christine Baranski•Patrick O'Neal•Judi West
Voice in the Mirror (1958)
Voice in the Mirror, also known as How Lonely the Night and This Day Alone, is a 1958 American CinemaScope film noir drama film directed by Harry Keller and starring Richard Egan and Julie London.
Starring: Michael Crawford•Anne Jackson•Christine Baranski
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
A Face in the Crowd is a 1957 American satirical drama film directed by Elia Kazan and starring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal and Walter Matthau. The screenplay is by Budd Schulberg and is based on his short story "Your Arkansas Traveler", from the collection Some Faces in the Crowd (1953).
Starring: Charles Aznavour•Christine Baranski•Barbra Streisand•Monica Evans•Marianne McAndrew
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957)
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue is a 1957 American film noir crime film directed by Arnold Laven and starring Richard Egan, Jan Sterling, Dan Duryea, Julie Adams.
Starring: Danny Lockin•Tommy Tune•Anne Jackson•James Mason•Christine Baranski
Bigger Than Life (1956)
Bigger Than Life is a 1956 American drama film directed by Nicholas Ray and starring James Mason, Barbara Rush, and Walter Matthau. Its plot follows an ailing school teacher and family man whose life spins out of control when he misuses cortisone. It is based on a 1955 article by medical writer Berton Roueché in The New Yorker, titled "Ten Feet Tal...
Starring: Jan Sterling•Barbara Rush•Christine Baranski
The Indian Fighter (1956)
The Indian Fighter is a 1955 American CinemaScope and Technicolor Western film directed by Andre de Toth and based upon an original story by Robert L. Richards. The film was the first of star Kirk Douglas's Bryna Productions that was released through United Artists. The film co-stars Elsa Martinelli, Walter Matthau, Kirk Douglas's ex-wife Diana Dou...
Starring: Diane Baker•Christine Baranski