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Walter Who?In 1974, Walter Matthau, slated to make a cameo appearance as a drunk in the film Earthquake, found himself "tricked" into assuming a much larger role than he had expected. By way of retaliation, he adopted a much larger screen name than the film's producers had expected: Walter Matuschanskayasky.
[When Matthau formally registered with American Social Security personel in 1937, he fabricated a curious middle name - "Foghorn" - and kept it for the rest of his life.]
Matthau [born Matthow], Walter (1920-2000) American actor [noted for his roles in such
films (often with Jack Lemmon) as A Face in the Crowd (1957), King Creole (1958), Gangster Story (1960, also directed), Lonely Are the Brave (1962), FailSafe (1964), Onionhead (1958), Charade (1963), Goodbye Charlie (1964), The Fortune Cookie (1966, Oscar), The Odd Couple (1968), Kotch (1971, Oscar-nominated), The Front Page (1974), The Sunshine Boys (1975, Oscar-nominated), The Bad News Bears (1976), The Laughing Policeman (1974), The Incident (1990, Emmy), Grumpy Old Men (1993), and I.Q. (1994)]
[Sources: Internet Movie database]More Walter Matthau [born Matthow] anecdotesRelated Anecdote Keywords:
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