Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1915-02-28
- Day of Death1977-08-08 (62 years)
- Place of BirthBrooklyn, New York, USA
- Also Known AsЗеро 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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
As: Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)
- 2003
Broadway's Lost Treasures
As: Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")
- 1978
Watership Down
As: Kehaar (voice)
- 1976
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
As: Brutus (voice)
- 1976
The Front
As: Hecky Brown
- 1976
Mastermind
As: Inspector Hoku Ichihara
- 1975
Journey into Fear
As: Kopelkin
- 1975
Fore Play
As: President / Don Pasquale
1974Rhinoceros
As: John
1973Marco
As: Kublai Khan
1973Saga of Sonora
As: Heavy Harry
1973Old Faithful
As: Ranger Zeppel
1973Once Upon a Scoundrel
As: Carlos del Refugio
- 1972
The Hot Rock
As: Abe Greenberg
1970The Angel Levine
As: Morris Mishkin
1969The Great Bank Robbery
As: Rev. Pious Blue
1968Great Catherine
As: Potemkin
- 1968
The Producers
As: Max Bialystock
1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
As: Pseudolus
1961Waiting for Godot
As: Estragon / Gogo
1959The World of Sholom Aleichem
As: Melamed / Maxel
1951The Model and the Marriage Broker
As: George Wixted
1951The Guy Who Came Back
As: Boots Mullins
1951Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
As: Emmett
1951Sirocco
As: Balukjiaan
1951The Enforcer
As: 'Big Babe' Lazich
- 1950
Panic in the Streets
As: Raymond Fitch
1943Du Barry Was a Lady
As: Rami, the Swami / Taliostra