How old was Walter Matthau in the movie The Odd Couple?

Walter Matthau was 46 in The Odd Couple when he played the character 'Oscar Madison'.

That was over 56 years ago in 1968.

In 2000 he died aged 79, starring in 85 films in his career, 60 of those after The Odd Couple was first released. If he were alive today he would be 103.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In The Odd Couple, I think Walter Matthau looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Gene Saks has worked with Walter Matthau a total of 2 times in his career.
  • Walter Matthau's first movie was as 'Dr. Spinelli' in Atomic Attack, released in 1954 when he was 32
  • The Odd Couple scores 7.57 out of 10 on TMDB.

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