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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 28, 1915
Died
August 8, 1977
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Зеро Мостел
Zero Mostel
0.3 Popularity
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Zero Mostel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
7.2
Self (archive footage)
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
6.4
Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018
8.2
Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
5.0
Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
7.2
Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
6.1
Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003
7.0
Self (archive footage)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986
0.0
Self
Muppet Treasures
1985
6.4
Self
Best Boy
1979
7.2
Kehaar (voice)
Watership Down
1978
Credits
Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self (archive footage)
2024
7.2
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
as Self (archive footage)
2018
6.4
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
2013
8.2
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
5.0
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)
2005
7.2
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")
2003
6.1
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
as Self (archive footage)
1986
7.0
Muppet Treasures
as Self
1985
0.0
Best Boy
as Self
1979
6.4
Watership Down
as Kehaar (voice)
1978
7.2
Ride of the Valkyrie
1977
4.0
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
as Brutus (voice)
1976
5.9
The Front
as Hecky Brown
1976
7.0
Mastermind
as Inspector Hoku Ichihara
1976
3.5
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
1976
8.0
Journey into Fear
as Kopelkin
1975
5.6
Fore Play
as President / Don Pasquale
1975
3.0
Rhinoceros
as John
1974
5.3
Marco
as Kublai Khan
1973
0.0
Saga of Sonora
as Heavy Harry
1973
0.0
Old Faithful
as Ranger Zeppel
1973
0.0
Once Upon a Scoundrel
as Carlos del Refugio
1973
5.0
The Hot Rock
as Abe Greenberg
1972
6.5
The Electric Company
1971
7.1
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
1970
4.6
The Angel Levine
as Morris Mishkin
1970
5.1
The Great Bank Robbery
as Rev. Pious Blue
1969
6.3
Great Catherine
as Potemkin
1968
5.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
The Producers
as Max Bialystock
1968
7.1
Red, White, and Zero
1968
5.0
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
6.6
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as Pseudolus
1966
6.0
Carol + 2
as Self
1966
0.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
Waiting for Godot
as Estragon / Gogo
1961
6.0
The World of Sholom Aleichem
as Melamed / Maxel
1959
0.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
1956
5.9
The Model and the Marriage Broker
as George Wixted
1951
6.0
The Guy Who Came Back
as Boots Mullins
1951
3.0
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
as Emmett
1951
6.6
Sirocco
as Balukjiaan
1951
5.9
The Enforcer
as 'Big Babe' Lazich
1951
7.1
Panic in the Streets
as Raymond Fitch
1950
6.9
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Rami, the Swami / Taliostra
1943
6.2