Zero Mostel

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-02-28 (62 years old)

Deathday

1977-08-08

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Zero Mostel

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Samuel Joel “Zero” Mostel (February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977) was an American actor of stage and screen, best known for his portrayal of comic characters such as Tevye onstage in Fiddler on the Roof, Pseudolus onstage and onscreen in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Max Bialystock in the original film version of The Producers. He was blacklisted during the 1950s, and his testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities was well-publicized. He was a Tony Award and Obie Award winner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Zero Mostel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, fu...

Acting

1976

The Front

as Hecky Brown

1968

The Producers

as Max Bialystock

1951

Sirocco

as Balukjiaan

1950

Panic in the Streets

as Raymond Fitch

1951

The Enforcer

as 'Big Babe' Lazich

2013

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

as Self (archive footage)

1943

Du Barry Was a Lady

as Rami - the Swami / Taliostra

1974

Rhinoceros

as John

2007

Hitler: The Comedy Years

as Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)

1985

2005

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

as Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)

1969

Mastermind

as Inspector Hoku Ichihara

1969

The Great Bank Robbery

as Rev. Pious Blue

1975

Fore Play

as President / Don Pasquale

1968

Great Catherine

as Potemkin

1975

1970

The Angel Levine

as Morris Mishkin

1951

The Guy Who Came Back

as Boots Mullins

2003

Broadway's Lost Treasures

as Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")

2024

Remembering Gene Wilder

as Self (archive footage)

1986

1972

The Hot Rock

as Abe Greenberg

1973

Once Upon a Scoundrel

as Carlos del Refugio

1976

2018

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

as Self (archive footage)

1978

Watership Down

as Kehaar (voice)

1961

Waiting for Godot

as Estragon / Gogo

1966

Carol + 2

as Self

1973

Old Faithful

as Ranger Zeppel

1973

Saga of Sonora

as Heavy Harry

1973

Marco

as Kublai Khan

1959

1979

Best Boy

as Self

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