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Born Walter Matthow on October 1, 1920, to Russian–Jewish immigrants in New York City, Matthau was an amazingly versatile actor who could ‘play anything from Scarlett O’Hara to Rhett Butler’. While best known for his comedic performances in such hits as The Odd Couple, The Bad News Bears and Grumpy Old Men, Matthau also played notable dramatic roles in a wide variety of films, including Fail-Safe, Charley Varrick and JFK. He received Best Actor Oscar nominations for his work in The Sunshine Boys and Kotch, and won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in The Fortune Cookie. Matthau died of a heart attack on July 1, 2000, just a few months after the release of his final film, Hanging Up. He contributed this list to The Book of Lists in 1983.

1 The Odd Couple

2 The Producers

3 A New Leaf

4 Macbeth

5 City Lights

6 Wuthering Heights

7 Death of Salesman

8 A Streetcar Named Desire

9 Horse Feathers

10 Hamlet