Lee Wallace (actor)

Wallace was born as Leo Melis in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Celia ({{née}} Gross) and Eddie Melis.{{Citation needed |date=October 2021}}

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). John Simon in his review of Batman called Wallace "a perfect Ed Koch lookalike".{{cite book |title=John Simon on Film: Criticism 1982–2001|last1=Simon|first1=John |publisher=Applause Books |year=2005 |page=224}}

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.

As of 2016, Wallace lived in New York City with his wife Marilyn Chris{{cite news|url=http://qns.com/story/2016/02/10/fall-love-queens-power-couples/|title=Fall in love with these Queens power couples|date=February 10, 2016|publisher=QNS|accessdate=August 20, 2017}} until his death on December 20, 2020. The couple have one child, Paul Wallace.

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