Zero Mostel
Actor
Biography
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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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Filmography
Watership Down
as Kehaar (voice) 1978
The Front
as Hecky Brown 1976
Panic in the Streets
as Raymond Fitch 1950
The Hot Rock
as Abe Greenberg 1972
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as Pseudolus 1966
The Enforcer
as 'Big Babe' Lazich 1951
Sirocco
as Balukjiaan 1951
Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self (archive footage) 2024
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Rami, the Swami / Taliostra 1943
The Model and the Marriage Broker
as George Wixted 1951
Rhinoceros
as John 1974
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
as Brutus (voice) 1976
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage) 2013
Journey into Fear
as Kopelkin 1975
The Great Bank Robbery
as Rev. Pious Blue 1969
Best Boy
as Self 1979