Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
2/28/1915
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also Known As
Зеро Мостел
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
Watership Down
as Kehaar (voice)
The Front
as Hecky Brown
Great Catherine
as Potemkin
Mastermind
as Inspector Hoku Ichihara
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Rami, the Swami / Taliostra
Panic in the Streets
as Raymond Fitch
The Hot Rock
as Abe Greenberg
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as Pseudolus
Sirocco
as Balukjiaan
Best Boy
as Self
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)
Old Faithful
as Ranger Zeppel
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")
The Great Bank Robbery
as Rev. Pious Blue
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
as Emmett
Red, White, and Zero
Unknown Role
Fore Play
as President / Don Pasquale
The Guy Who Came Back
as Boots Mullins
The Model and the Marriage Broker
as George Wixted