Close, but I'll keep the cigar...

Who is... Mandy Patinkin? Sorry, but good guess. By the numbers:

1. Alive today-Very!
2. A retired WWII veteran-Ooh, this was the killer. Not unless he was sent back by Skynet: Patinkin was born in 1952.
3. A Jewish-Italian-American-I can't find anything indicating Italianicity.
4. A Tony Award winner-Yes!
5. A Broadway star-Yes!
6. My favorite on-screen Mexican bandit of all time-This is the closest I could find: Patinkin co-starred in The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland as Huxley: the evil man who tries to steal Elmo's blanket.
7. Also referred to by Liam Neeson as "the great elder statesman of acting"-Nope. Without further ado, the actor I AM referring to is...