Lee Wallace (born July , ) is an American actor of film, stage, and
television.Wallace was born as Leo Melis in Brooklyn, New York, the
son of Celia (née Gross) and Eddie Melis.His movie roles include more
than a dozen productions big and small, including Klute (), The Hot
Rock (), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three () as the Mayor of New
York City, The Happy Hooker (), Diary of the Dead (), Thieves (),
Private Benjamin () as Mr. Waxman, World War III (), Daniel (), Batman
() as Gotham City's Mayor Borg, and Used People (). John Simon in his
review of Batman called Wallace "a perfect Ed Koch lookalike".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.
television.Wallace was born as Leo Melis in Brooklyn, New York, the
son of Celia (née Gross) and Eddie Melis.His movie roles include more
than a dozen productions big and small, including Klute (), The Hot
Rock (), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three () as the Mayor of New
York City, The Happy Hooker (), Diary of the Dead (), Thieves (),
Private Benjamin () as Mr. Waxman, World War III (), Daniel (), Batman
() as Gotham City's Mayor Borg, and Used People (). John Simon in his
review of Batman called Wallace "a perfect Ed Koch lookalike".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.
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