Walter Matthau was an American actor, known for Grumpy Old Men, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The Odd Couple, and Charade. Other film credits include Hanging Up, The Odd Couple II, Out to Sea, Grumpier Old Men, JFK, Hopscotch, The Bad News Bears, The Gentleman Trap, The Sunshine Boys, The Front Page, Charley Varrick, A New Leaf, Cactus Flower, The Fortune Cookie, Mirage, and Hello, Dolly!

Theatre credits include his Broadway debut as Royal Servant in Anne of the Thousand Days (Shubert Theatre), Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple (Plymouth/Eugene O’Neill Theatres), Benjamin Beaurevers in A Shot in the Dark (Booth Theatre), Maxwell Archer in Once More, With Feeling (National Theatre), Michael Freeman in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (Belasco/Shubert Theatres), Paul Osgood in The Ladies of the Corridor (Longacre Theatre), Charlie Hill in In Any Language (Cort Theatre), and John Colgate in Season in the Sun (Cort/Booth Theatres).