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Zero Mostel
Actor· Brooklyn, New York, USA
Samuel Joel “Zero” Mostel (February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977) was an American actor. He was 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.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
27 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Remembering Gene Wilder | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2013 | Mel Brooks: Make a Noise | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2005 | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards | Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.) | Film |
| 1986 | The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1979 | Best Boy | Self | Film |
| 1978 | Watership Down | Kehaar (voice) | Film |
| 1976 | The Little Drummer Boy: Book II | Brutus (voice) | Film |
| 1976 | Mastermind | Inspector Hoku Ichihara | Film |
| 1976 | The Front | Hecky Brown | Film |
| 1975 | Fore Play | President / Don Pasquale | Film |
| 1975 | Journey into Fear | Kopelkin | Film |
| 1974 | Rhinoceros | John | Film |
| 1974 | Once Upon a Scoundrel | Carlos del Refugio | Film |
| 1972 | The Hot Rock | Abe Greenberg | Film |
| 1971 | The Electric Company | Spell Binder (voice) | TV |
| 1970 | The Angel Levine | Morris Mishkin | Film |
| 1969 | The Great Bank Robbery | Rev. Pious Blue | Film |
| 1968 | The Producers | Max Bialystock | Film |
| 1968 | Great Catherine | Potemkin | Film |
| 1966 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Pseudolus | Film |
| 1951 | Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell | Emmett | Film |
| 1951 | Sirocco | Balukjiaan | Film |
| 1951 | The Guy Who Came Back | Boots Mullins | Film |
| 1951 | The Enforcer | 'Big Babe' Lazich | Film |
| 1951 | The Model and the Marriage Broker | George Wixted | Film |
| 1950 | Panic in the Streets | Raymond Fitch | Film |
| 1943 | Du Barry Was a Lady | Rami / Taliostra | Film |
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