Lee Wallace (born July 15, 1930) is an American actor of film, stage, and television.
Wallace was born as Leo Melis in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Celia (née Gross) and Eddie Melis.
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.
Wallace currently lives in New York City with his wife Marilyn Chris. They have one child together.
Actor
1992
Used People as
Uncle Harry
1992
Law & Order (TV Series) as
Judge Thomas Simon
- Intolerance (1992) - Judge Thomas Simon
1992
Last Wish (TV Movie) as
Alvin
1991
Intimate Stranger (TV Movie) as
Detective Bickner
1987
Kate & Allie (TV Series) as
Dress Store Manager
- Send Me No Flowers (1987) - Dress Store Manager
1987
Kojak: The Price of Justice (TV Movie) as
Chief of Operations
1986
Kay O'Brien (TV Series) as
Dr. Garth
- Reunion (1986) - Dr. Garth
1986
The Equalizer (TV Series) as
Whitney
- Unpunished Crimes (1986) - Whitney
1985
War and Love as
Oskar Kohn
1984
American Playhouse (TV Series) as
Ben Mandel
- Concealed Enemies, Part I: Suspicion (1984) - Ben Mandel
1984
A Doctor's Story (TV Movie) as
Anesthesiologist
1982
World War III (TV Mini Series) as
Dr. Jules Farber
- Part II (1982) - Dr. Jules Farber
- Part I (1982) - Dr. Jules Farber
1981
Ryan's Hope (TV Series) as
George Russell
- Episode #1.1606 (1981) - George Russell
- Episode #1.1622 (1981) - George Russell
- Episode #1.1619 (1981) - George Russell
- Episode #1.1608 (1981) - George Russell
- Episode #1.1607 (1981) - George Russell
1980
Baby Comes Home (TV Movie) as
Sam Blumenkrantz
1980
Private Benjamin as
Mr. Waxman
1980
This Year's Blonde (TV Movie) as
Samuel Goldwyn
1980
The Associates (TV Series) as
Gerald McMartin
- The Censors (1980) - Gerald McMartin
1980
Paris (TV Series) - The Ghost Maker (1980)
1979
Mrs. Columbo (TV Series) as
Lt. Rankin / Pediatrician
- The Valley Strangler (1979) - Lt. Rankin
- A Puzzle for Prophets (1979) - Pediatrician
1979
And Baby Makes Six (TV Movie) as
Sam Blumenkrantz
1979
The Child Stealer (TV Movie) as
Hoskins
1978
Long Journey Back (TV Movie) as
Dr. Chisholm
1978
The Eddie Capra Mysteries (TV Series) - And the Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead (1978)
1977
Lou Grant (TV Series) as
Mr. Kelso
- Nazi (1977) - Mr. Kelso
1977
Kojak (TV Series) as
Hobart
- Laid Off (1977) - Hobart
1976
Diary of the Dead as
Lt. Gart
1975
The Happy Hooker as
Henry Knowlton
1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three as
The Mayor
1972
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story (TV Movie)
1972
The Hot Rock as
Dr. Strauss
1971
Klute as
Nate Goldfarb (uncredited)
1970
To Confuse the Angel (TV Movie)
1966
The Journey of the Fifth Horse (TV Movie) as
Pandalevski / Bizminkov
Thanks
2005
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight - The Legend Reborn (Video documentary short) (special thanks)
2005
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight - The Road to Gotham City (Video documentary short) (special thanks)
