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Zero Mostel

Zero Mostel

Actor · Born 1915-02-28 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

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Biography

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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Producers (1968) — Max Bialystock
  2. Watership Down (1978) — Kehaar (voice)
  3. The Muppet Show (1976) — Self - Special Guest Star
  4. The Front (1976) — Hecky Brown
  5. Panic in the Streets (1950) — Raymond Fitch
  6. The Hot Rock (1972) — Abe Greenberg
  7. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) — Pseudolus
  8. The Enforcer (1951) — 'Big Babe' Lazich
  9. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
  10. Sirocco (1951) — Balukjiaan
  11. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) — Self
  12. The Electric Company (1971) — Spell Binder (voice)
  13. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
  14. The Dick Cavett Show (1968) — Self - Guest
  15. The Flip Wilson Show (1970) — Self
  16. Remembering Gene Wilder (2024) — Self (archive footage)
  17. Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) — Rami / Taliostra
  18. The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951) — George Wixted
  19. Rhinoceros (1974) — John
  20. The Little Drummer Boy: Book II (1976) — Brutus (voice)
  21. Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (2013) — Self (archive footage)
  22. The Great Bank Robbery (1969) — Rev. Pious Blue
  23. Journey into Fear (1975) — Kopelkin
  24. Best Boy (1979) — Self
  25. Great Catherine (1968) — Potemkin
  26. The Merv Griffin Show (1962) — Self
  27. Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951) — Emmett
  28. Fore Play (1975) — President / Don Pasquale
  29. The Angel Levine (1970) — Morris Mishkin
  30. Once Upon a Scoundrel (1974) — Carlos del Refugio
  31. Mel Brooks: Unwrapped (2018) — Self (archive footage)
  32. Mastermind (1976) — Inspector Hoku Ichihara
  33. Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003) — Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")
  34. The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986) — Self (archive footage)
  35. Muppet Treasures (1985) — Self
  36. Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005) — Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)
  37. The Guy Who Came Back (1951) — Boots Mullins
  38. Ride of the Valkyrie (1977)
  39. Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007) — Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)
  40. Waiting for Godot (1961) — Estragon / Gogo