What was Eli Wallach's Height?

Eli Wallach, precisely 5ft 7 (170.2 cm) tall, brought a wiry intensity to his iconic roles, his stature enhancing his image as a cunning, agile antagonist in Westerns and character-driven dramas.

• In The Magnificent Seven (1960), his 5ft 7 frame embodied the sly bandit Calvera, commanding the screen against taller gunslingers.
• As Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Wallach's exact 170.2 cm height fueled the character's scrappy, resourceful survivalism opposite Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef.
• His versatile 5ft 7 presence shone in The Misfits (1961), Baby Doll (1956), The Godfather Part III (1990), and Nuts (1987), proving stature was no barrier to a 60-year career spanning over 150 films.

Wallach's height perfectly suited his everyman villains and anti-heroes, making him a Hollywood legend until age 98.