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
Also known As
Зеро Мостел
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
as Hecky Brown
1968
as Max Bialystock
1951
as Balukjiaan
1950
as Raymond Fitch
1951
as 'Big Babe' Lazich
2013
as Self (archive footage)
1943
as Rami - the Swami / Taliostra
1951
as Emmett
1974
as John
2007
as Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)
1966
as Pseudolus
1985
as Self
2005
as Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)
1969
as Inspector Hoku Ichihara
1969
as Rev. Pious Blue
1975
as President / Don Pasquale
1968
as Potemkin
1951
as George Wixted
1975
as Kopelkin
1970
as Morris Mishkin
1951
as Boots Mullins
2003
as Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")
2024
as Self (archive footage)
1986
as Self (archive footage)
1972
as Abe Greenberg
1973
as Carlos del Refugio
1976
as Brutus (voice)
2018
as Self (archive footage)
1978
as Kehaar (voice)
1961
as Estragon / Gogo
1966
as Self
1973
as Ranger Zeppel
1973
as Heavy Harry
1973
as Kublai Khan
1959
as Melamed / Maxel
1979
as Self
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