Zero Mostel
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1915-02-28
Day of Death
1977-08-08 (62 years old)
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2024)
Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2005)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)
(2003)
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")
(1986)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
as Self (archive footage)
(1985)
Muppet Treasures
as Self
(1979)
(1979)
Best Boy
as Self
(1978)
Watership Down
as Kehaar (voice)
(1977)
(1976)
The Front
as Hecky Brown
(1976)
The Little Drummer Boy Book II
as Brutus (voice)
(1975)
Journey into Fear
as Kopelkin
(1975)
Fore Play
as President / Don Pasquale
(1974)
Rhinoceros
as John
(1973)
Marco
as Kublai Khan
(1973)
Old Faithful
as Ranger Zeppel
(1973)
Saga of Sonora
as Heavy Harry
(1973)
Once Upon a Scoundrel
as Carlos del Refugio
(1972)
The Hot Rock
as Abe Greenberg
(1970)
The Angel Levine
as Morris Mishkin
(1969)
The Great Bank Robbery
as Rev. Pious Blue
(1969)
Mastermind
as Inspector Hoku Ichihara
(1968)
The Producers
as Max Bialystock
(1968)
Great Catherine
as Potemkin
(1966)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as Pseudolus
(1966)
Carol + 2
as Self
(1961)
Waiting for Godot
as Estragon / Gogo
(1959)
The World of Sholom Aleichem
as Melamed / Maxel
(1951)
The Enforcer
as 'Big Babe' Lazich
(1951)
Sirocco
as Balukjiaan
(1951)
The Model and the Marriage Broker
as George Wixted
(1951)
The Guy Who Came Back
as Boots Mullins
(1951)
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
as Emmett
(1950)
Panic in the Streets
as Raymond Fitch
(1943)
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Rami - the Swami / Taliostra