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Actor
Zero Mostel
- Born February 28, 1915 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Died August 8, 1977
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 Producers1968
Watership Down1978
The Front1976
Panic in the Streets1950
The Hot Rock1972
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum1966
The Enforcer1951
Sirocco1951
Filmography
- 2024Remembering Gene WilderFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2018Mel Brooks: UnwrappedFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2013Mel Brooks: Make a NoiseFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2007Hitler: The Comedy YearsFilmMax Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony AwardsFilmPseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)
- 2003Broadway's Lost TreasuresFilmTevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")
- 1986The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 YearsFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1985Muppet TreasuresFilmSelf
- 1979Best BoyFilmSelf
- 1978Watership DownFilmKehaar (voice)
- 1977Ride of the ValkyrieFilm
- 1976The Muppet ShowSeriesSelf - Special Guest Star
- 1976The FrontFilmHecky Brown
- 1976The Little Drummer Boy: Book IIFilmBrutus (voice)
- 1976MastermindFilmInspector Hoku Ichihara
- 1975Journey into FearFilmKopelkin
- 1975Fore PlayFilmPresident / Don Pasquale
- 1974RhinocerosFilmJohn
- 1974Once Upon a ScoundrelFilmCarlos del Refugio
- 1973Saga of SonoraFilmHeavy Harry
- 1973MarcoFilmKublai Khan
- 1973Old FaithfulFilmRanger Zeppel
- 1972The Hot RockFilmAbe Greenberg
- 1971The Electric CompanySeriesSpell Binder (voice)
- 1970The Flip Wilson ShowSeriesSelf
- 1970The Angel LevineFilmMorris Mishkin
- 1969The Great Bank RobberyFilmRev. Pious Blue
- 1968The ProducersFilmMax Bialystock
- 1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSeriesSelf, Self (uncredited)
- 1968The Dick Cavett ShowSeriesSelf - Guest
- 1968Great CatherineFilmPotemkin
- 1968Red, White, and ZeroFilm
- 1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumFilmPseudolus
- 1966Carol + 2FilmSelf
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeriesSelf
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSeriesSelf
- 1961Waiting for GodotFilmEstragon / Gogo
- 1959The World of Sholom AleichemFilmMelamed / Maxel
- 1956Tony AwardsSeriesSelf - Nominee, Self - Presenter, Self - Performer
- 1951The EnforcerFilm'Big Babe' Lazich
- 1951SiroccoFilmBalukjiaan
- 1951The Model and the Marriage BrokerFilmGeorge Wixted
- 1951Mr. Belvedere Rings the BellFilmEmmett
- 1951The Guy Who Came BackFilmBoots Mullins
- 1950Panic in the StreetsFilmRaymond Fitch
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeriesSelf
- 1943Du Barry Was a LadyFilmRami / Taliostra