Lee Wallace (actor)
Lee Wallace | |
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Born | Leo Melis July 15, 1930 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Residence | New York City, New York |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1973-present |
Spouse(s) | Marilyn Chris (1974-present) |
Children | step-son Paul Christopoulos |
Lee Wallace (born July 15, 1930) is an American actor of film, stage, and television.
Biography
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Wallace was born as Leo Melis in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Celia (née Gross) and Eddie Melis.[1]
Career
His movie roles include more than a dozen productions big and small, including Klute (1971), The Hot Rock (1972), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) as the Mayor of New York City, The Happy Hooker (1975), Diary of the Dead (1976), Thieves (1977), Private Benjamin (1980) as Mr. Waxman, World War III (1982), Daniel (1983), Batman (1989) as Gotham City's Mayor Borg, and Used People (1992).
On Broadway, he appeared in A Teaspoon Every Four Hours, Unlikely Heroes, The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild, Molly, Zalmen or The Madness of God, Some of My Best Friends, Grind and The Cemetery Club.
Personal life
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Wallace currently lives in New York City with his wife Marilyn Chris.
References
External links
- Lee Wallace at the Internet Movie Database
- Lee Wallace at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Lee Wallace at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
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- 1930 births
- American male film actors
- American male musical theatre actors
- American male stage actors
- American male television actors
- Living people
- Musicians from Brooklyn
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors
- Male actors from New York City