Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1919-08-02
- Day of Death2022-04-05 (102 years)
- Place of BirthJerusalem, Palestine Mandate
- Also Known As-
Nehemiah Persoff
Biography
Nehemiah Persoff (born August 2, 1919) was a former American film and television character actor. He was born in Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate. Born in what is now part of Israel, Persoff emigrated with his family to the United States in 1929. He began to take an interest in acting in the 1940s, and after serving in the Army during World War II, he began to pursue his acting career in the New...Read More
Acting Career
- 1999
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster
As: Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
- 1998
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
As: Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
- 1991
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
As: Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
- 1990
Law & Order
As: David Steinmetz
- 1988
Twins
As: Mitchell Traven
- 1988
The Last Temptation of Christ
As: Rabbi
- 1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation
As: Toff
- 1986
An American Tail
As: Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
1986L.A. Law
As: Rabbi Isadore Glickman
1985MacGyver
As: Sam Bolinski
1984Murder, She Wrote
As: Constantin Stavros
1984Hunter
As: Harold Goodman
1983Yentl
As: Rebbe Mendel
1982O'Hara's Wife
As: Dr. Fischer
1982St. Helens
As: Mr. Ellison
1980Magnum, P.I.
As: Rabbi Asher Solomon
1980Turnover Smith
As: Ashmed Amad
1980The Henderson Monster
As: Prof. Leo Tedeschi
1980F.D.R.: The Last Year
As: Josef Stalin
1980Condominium
As: Conlaw
1979The French Atlantic Affair
As: Col. Schreiner
1979A Cry For Justice
As: Dr. Burke
1979The Rebels
As: Baron Von Steuben
1978Daniel in the Lions' Den
As: Malimar
1978The Word
As: Abbot Petropolous
1978Battlestar Galactica
As: Eastern Alliance Leader
1978Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
As: Charles Frohman
1978Killing Stone
As: Earl Stone
1977Deadly Harvest
As: Mort Logan
1977Hunter
As: Sheik Farakbi
1977The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
As: Vladimir
1976Voyage of the Damned
As: Herr Hauser
1976Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
As: Rudenko
1976Charlie's Angels
As: Anton
1976Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
As: Charles Dietrich
1976McNaughton's Daughter
As: Vinnie Laine
1975Psychic Killer
As: Doctor Gubner
1975Eric
As: Dr. Duchesnes
1975Wonder Woman
As: Professor Moreno
1975The Invisible Man
As: Dr. Leon Barnard
1975Barney Miller
As: Carl Simms
- 1975
Barney Miller
As: Yacov Berger
1974The Stranger Within
As: Dr. Edward Klein
1974The Sex Symbol
As: Nick Fortis
1974The Six Million Dollar Man
As: Major Popov
1973Purple Playhouse
As: Dr. Van Helsing
1972Cool Million
As: Karinakis
1972Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
As: Champagne Joe Carroll
1972Michael O'Hara the Fourth
As: Artie Moreno
1971McMillan & Wife
As: Clementa Habib
1971Columbo
As: Jesse Jerome
1971Red Sky at Morning
As: Amadeo Montoya
1971Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
As: Berisha
1970Dan August
As: Leo Cussoni
1970The People Next Door
As: Dr. Salazar
1970Cutter's Trail
As: Santillo
1969The Girl Who Knew Too Much
As: Lieutenant Crawford
1969Love, American Style
As: Mr. Stone
1969Marcus Welby, M.D.
As: Max Behrman
1969The Bill Cosby Show
As: Mr. Byron
1968Escape to Mindanao
As: Capt. Kramer
1968The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
As: Captain Malcione
1968The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
As: Captain Malcione
1968Panic in the City
As: August Best
1968The Mod Squad
As: Nick Master
1968Land of the Giants
As: Titus
1968Adam-12
As: Angelo Covelli
1968Hawaii Five-O
As: Harry Cardonus
1968The Name of the Game
As: Ambassador
- 1968
Hawaii Five-O
As: Winkler
- 1968
Hawaii Five-O
As: Leo Paoli
- 1968
Hawaii Five-O
As: Cordell
- 1968
Hawaii Five-O
As: Victor Palua
- 1968
Hawaii Five-O
As: Allie Francis
1968The Power
As: Prof. Carl Melnicker
1968The Day of the Owl
As: Pizzuco
1968It Takes a Thief
As: Harry Lavender
1967The Money Jungle
As: Lt. Dow Reeves
1967Mannix
As: Anton Wojeska
1967The High Chaparral
As: Homero José
1966The Dangerous Days Of Kiowa Jones
As: Skoda
1966Too Many Thieves
As: Georgi
1966Mission: Impossible
As: Igor Stravos
- 1966
Mission: Impossible
As: Phillipe Pereda
- 1966
Mission: Impossible
As: Prince Iben Kostas
1966The Time Tunnel
As: Prof. Anton Biraki
1966Tarzan
As: Chembe Kunji
1965Honey West
As: Faustini
1965The Wild Wild West
As: Major Hazard
- 1965
The Wild Wild West
As: Gen. Andreas Cassinello
1965The Big Valley
As: General Vicente Ruiz
1965The Legend of Jesse James
As: El Carnicero
1965The Greatest Story Ever Told
As: Shemiah
1964Fate Is the Hunter
As: Ben Sawyer
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
As: Valandros
1964A Global Affair
As: Under Secretary Segura
1963Mr. Novak
As: Henry Selkirk
1963Burke's Law
As: Jason Flonder
- 1963
Burke's Law
As: Albert Indigo, 'Mr. I'
- 1963
Burke's Law
As: Wilhelm Kasimer
1963The Hook
As: Capt. Van Ryn
1961The Comancheros
As: Graile
1961The New Breed
As: Louis Morley
1961The Big Show
As: Bruno Everard
1959The Untouchables
As: Jake 'Greasy Thumb' Guzik
- 1959
The Untouchables
As: Johnny Fortunato
1959The Twilight Zone
As: Carl Lanser
1959Day of the Outlaw
As: Dan, Starret's Foreman
1959The Killers of Mussolini
As: Benito Mussolini
1959Al Capone
As: Johnny Torrio
- 1959
Some Like It Hot
As: Little Bonaparte
1959Green Mansions
As: Don Panta
1959For Whom the Bell Tolls
As: Pablo
1959Never Steal Anything Small
As: Pinelli
1959Rawhide
As: Domingo
- 1959
Rawhide
As: Michob
1958Naked City
As: Barney Peters
- 1958
Naked City
As: Dominic Venussi
- 1958
Naked City
As: Max Evar
- 1958
Naked City
As: Carlos Ruldan
- 1958
Naked City
As: Berco Romanu
- 1958
Naked City
As: Merritt Griffin
1958The Badlanders
As: Vincente (The Powder Monkey)
1958Shirley Temple's Storybook
As: Ali Baba
1957This Angry Age
As: Albert Legros
1957The Death of Manolete
As: Camera
1957Street of Sinners
As: Leon
1957Men in War
As: Sgt. Lewis
1957Mayerling
As: Police Officer
1956The Wrong Man
As: Gene Conforti
1956The Wild Party
As: Kicks Johnson
1956Playhouse 90
As: Pablo
- 1956
Playhouse 90
As: Prisoners Father
1956The Harder They Fall
As: Leo
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Ralph Collins
- 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Jeff Jensen
1955Gunsmoke
As: Jack Pinto
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Mr. Dano
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Alex Skouras
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Driscoll
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Ben Rando
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Alejo Etchahoun
1955The Thief
As: D'Arnault-Olivier
1954The Wonderful World of Disney
As: Artie Moreno
1954Climax!
As: Lieutenant Cal Nourse
- 1954
On the Waterfront
As: Cab Driver (uncredited)
1953The United States Steel Hour
As: Dr. Arnault / Oliver
1953Marty
As: The Critic
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Dr. Duchesnes
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
As: Jules Dreise
1948The Philco Television Playhouse
As: Ed Kagan