Still of Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in The Odd Couple (1968)
				
				
						 Caption: Still of Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in The Odd Couple (1968)
																																				
						Actor, Soundtrack, Director
						Born: October 1, 1920
						Star sign: Libra
						Height: 6' 2½" (1.89 m)
						Known for: The Odd Couple (1968), Charade (1963), Grumpy Old Men (1993), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
						Source: IMDB
						Matthau was born Walter Matthow on October 1, 1920 in New York City, to a Lithuanian Jewish mother, Rose (Berolsky), who worked in a garment sweatshop, and a Russian Jewish father, Milton Matthow, a peddler and electrician from Kiev. Matthau grew up in poverty on the Lower East Side. He started out selling soft drinks and playing bit parts at a ...