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{{Infobox person |name = Lee Wallace |image = Lee Wallace Actor.jpg |caption = |birth_name = Leo Melis |birth_date = {{birth date|mf=y|1930|7|15|}} |birth_place = [[New York City]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|mf=y|2020|12|20|1930|7|15}} |death_place = New York City, U.S. |nationality = American |occupation = Actor |years_active = 1973-2020 |spouse = Marilyn Chris (1974-2020) |children = Paul Christopoulos Wallace }} '''Lee Wallace''' (born '''Leo Melis''', July 15, 1930 &ndash; December 20, 2020) was an [[Americans|American]] movie, stage, radio and television actor. Wallace only had movie roles in; ''Used People'' (1992), ''[[Batman (1989 movie)|Batman]]'' (1989) as [[Gotham City]]'s mayor William Borg, ''Private Benjamin'' (1980) as Mr. Waxman, and as the Mayor of New York City in ''The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'' (1974), ''The Muppets Take Manhattan'' as the Mayor of New York City. On [[Broadway theatre|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''. Wallace was born in [[Brooklyn, New York]] on July 15, 1930 to Celia ([[married and maiden names|née]] Gross) and Eddie Melis.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/47/Lee-Wallace.html Lee Wallace Biography]</ref> Wallace died on December 20, 2020 at his New York City home after a long-illness, aged 90.<ref>[https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/new-york-ny/lee-wallace-9957038 Lee Wallace]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|id=0908751|name=Wallace, Lee}} *{{IBDB name|id=72100|name=Lee Wallace}} {{US-actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wallace, Lee}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:American radio actors]] [[Category:Actors from New York City]] [[Category:2020 deaths]]