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Nehemiah Persoff
Actor
Died April 5, 2022 (102 years)
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 York Theater. In 1947, he was accepted into the Actor's Studio and eventually began appearing in films.
His film credits include: On the Waterfront, Some Like It Hot, Al Capone, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Voyage of the Damned, The Comancheros, Yentl (portraying Barbra Streisand's character's father), Twins and the American Tail (animated-film series) (voiced, "Papa Mousekewitz").
Persoff appeared in such television series as, Five Fingers ("The Moment of Truth"), The Big Valley ("Legend of a General", Parts I & II, episode), The Twilight Zone ("Judgment Night" episode), Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Heart of Gold" episode), The Untouchables, Naked City, The Legend of Jesse James, Gunsmoke, The Wild Wild West, Hawaii Five-O, Ellery Queen ("The Adventure of the Pharaoh's Curse" episode), Mission: Impossible (3 episodes), Adam-12 ("Vendetta" episode), Charlie's Angels, Hunter, Columbo, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Magnum, P.I., Law & Order and Chicago Hope.
In the mid-1980s, Persoff began to pursue painting, specializing in watercolour. This was at a time when health problems forced him to decrease his acting workload.
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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 York Theater. In 1947, he was accepted into the Actor's Studio and eventually began appearing in films.
His film credits include: On the Waterfront, Some Like It Hot, Al Capone, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Voyage of the Damned, The Comancheros, Yentl (portraying Barbra Streisand's character's father), Twins and the American Tail (animated-film series) (voiced, "Papa Mousekewitz").
Persoff appeared in such television series as, Five Fingers ("The Moment of Truth"), The Big Valley ("Legend of a General", Parts I & II, episode), The Twilight Zone ("Judgment Night" episode), Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Heart of Gold" episode), The Untouchables, Naked City, The Legend of Jesse James, Gunsmoke, The Wild Wild West, Hawaii Five-O, Ellery Queen ("The Adventure of the Pharaoh's Curse" episode), Mission: Impossible (3 episodes), Adam-12 ("Vendetta" episode), Charlie's Angels, Hunter, Columbo, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Magnum, P.I., Law & Order and Chicago Hope.
In the mid-1980s, Persoff began to pursue painting, specializing in watercolour. This was at a time when health problems forced him to decrease his acting workload.
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Movies & Shows on Plex
Known For
Filmography
| 2003 | Angels in America (TV Series) · as Rabbi |
| 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) |
| 1996 | Tracey Takes On... (TV Series) · as Grandfather |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope (TV Series) |
| 1991 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West · as Papa Mousekewitz (voice) |
| 1991 | Reasonable Doubts (TV Series) · as Klaus Reichel |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as David Steinmetz |
| 1989 | Doogie Howser, M.D. (TV Series) · as Max Wernick |
| 1988 | Twins · as Mitchell Traven |
| 1988 | The Last Temptation of Christ · as Rabbi |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series) · as Toff |
| 1987 | J.J. Starbuck (TV Series) |
| 1986 | An American Tail · as Papa Mousekewitz (voice) |
| 1986 | Adderly (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1986 | L.A. Law (TV Series) · as Rabbi Isadore Glickman |
| 1985 | MacGyver (TV Series) · as Sam Bolinski |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Constantin Stavros |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven (TV Series) |
| 1984 | |
| 1983 | Yentl · as Rebbe Mendel |
| 1983 | Sadat (TV Series) · as Leonid Brezhnev |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV Series) |
| 1983 | Hotel (TV Series) |
| 1982 | O'Hara's Wife · as Dr. Fischer |
| 1981 | St. Helens · as Mr. Ellison |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Marcus Hoff |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. (TV Series) |
| 1980 | Condominium (TV Series) · as Conlaw |
| 1980 | The Henderson Monster · as Prof. Leo Tedeschi |
| 1980 | F.D.R.: The Last Year · as Josef Stalin |
| 1980 | B.A.D. Cats (TV Series) |
| 1979 | The French Atlantic Affair (TV Series) · as Col. Schreiner |
| 1979 | Matt and Jenny (TV Series) · as Barnabas Bletcher |
| 1979 | The Littlest Hobo (TV Series) · as Lukash |
| 1979 | The Facts of Life (TV Series) |
| 1979 | In Search of Historic Jesus · as Herod Antipas |
| 1979 | Supertrain (TV Series) · as Max |
| 1979 | Delta House (TV Series) · as Mayor Depasto |
| 1978 | Greatest Heroes of the Bible (TV Series) · as Malimar |
| 1978 | The Word (1978) (TV Series) · as Abbot Petropolous |
| 1978 | Battlestar Galactica (TV Series) · as Eastern Alliance Leader |
| 1978 | Sword of Justice (TV Series) · as Carlos |
| 1978 | Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women · as Charles Frohman |
| 1978 | Vega$ (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Richie Brockelman: Private Eye (TV Series) · as Saul Girardi |
| 1977 | Logan's Run (TV Series) |
| 1977 | Deadly Harvest · as Mort Logan |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV Series) |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Andreas |
| 1976 | Voyage of the Damned · as Herr Hauser |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. (TV Series) |
| 1976 | |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels (TV Series) · as Anton |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (TV Series) · as Charles Dietrich |
| 1976 | Hunter (1977) (TV Series) · as Sheik Farakbi |
| 1976 | The Bionic Woman (TV Series) |
| 1975 | Psychic Killer · as Doctor Gubner |
| 1975 | Eric · as Dr. Duchesnes |
| 1975 | Wonder Woman (TV Series) · as Professor Moreno |
| 1975 | The Invisible Man (1975) (TV Series) · as Dr. Leon Barnard |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen (TV Series) |
| 1975 | Baretta (TV Series) |
| 1975 | Barney Miller (TV Series) · as Yacov Berger |
| 1974 | The Missiles of October · as Andrei Gromyko - Soviet Foreign Minister |
| 1974 | The Stranger Within · as Dr. Edward Klein |
| 1974 | The Sex Symbol · as Nick Fortis |
| 1974 | Police Woman (TV Series) · as Como |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie (TV Series) |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man (TV Series) · as Major Popov |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Cool Million (TV Series) |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Search (TV Series) |
| 1971 | McMillan and Wife (TV Series) · as Clementa Habib |
| 1971 | Columbo (TV Series) · as Jesse Jerome |
| 1971 | Police Surgeon (1971) (TV Series) · as Mr. John Warren |
| 1971 | Red Sky at Morning · as Amadeo Montoya |
| 1971 | Mrs. Pollifax-Spy · as Berisha |
| 1970 | Dan August (TV Series) · as Leo Cussoni |
| 1970 | The People Next Door · as Dr. Salazar |
| 1970 | McCloud (TV Series) |
| 1969 | The Girl Who Knew Too Much · as Lieutenant Crawford |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Carl Colbert (segment "love And The Generation Gasp") |
| 1969 | The Bill Cosby Show (TV Series) · as Mr. Byron |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Max Behrman |
| 1968 | The Treasure of San Bosco Reef · as Captain Malcione |
| 1968 | Panic in the City · as August Best |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad (TV Series) · as Nick Master |
| 1968 | Land of the Giants (TV Series) · as Titus |
| 1968 | Adam-12 (TV Series) · as Angelo Covelli |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Ambassador |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Allie Francis |
| 1968 | The Power · as Prof. Carl Melnicker |
| 1968 | Day of the Owl · as Pizzuco |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief (TV Series) · as Harry Lavender |
| 1967 | The Money Jungle · as Lt. Dow Reeves |
| 1967 | Maya (TV Series) · as Lansing, The Pilot |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) · as Anton Wojeska |
| 1967 | The Danny Thomas Hour (TV Series) · as Lew Beckman |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral (TV Series) · as Homero José |
| 1967 | Off to See the Wizard (TV Series) · as El Primero |
| 1967 | The Flying Nun (TV Series) · as Alonzo Baldazon |
| 1967 | CBS Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1966 | The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones · as Skoda |
| 1966 | Too Many Thieves · as Georgi |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible (TV Series) · as Phillipe Pereda |
| 1966 | Jericho (TV Series) |
| 1966 | The Time Tunnel (TV Series) · as Prof. Anton Biraki |
| 1966 | Tarzan (1966) (TV Series) · as Chembe Kunji |
| 1965 | Trials of O'Brien (TV Series) · as Georgi |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West (TV Series) · as Major Hazard |
| 1965 | Honey West (TV Series) · as Faustini |
| 1965 | Convoy (TV Series) · as Dimitri Federenko |
| 1965 | The Big Valley (TV Series) · as General Vicente Ruiz |
| 1965 | Seaway (TV Series) · as Montagna |
| 1965 | I Spy (TV Series) · as Coly Collisi |
| 1965 | A Man Called Shenandoah (TV Series) · as Father Rodriguez |
| 1965 | The Legend of Jesse James (TV Series) · as El Carnicero |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told · as Shemiah |
| 1965 | For the People (TV Series) · as Stephen Wiseman |
| 1964 | Fate Is the Hunter · as Ben Sawyer |
| 1964 | Gilligan's Island (TV Series) |
| 1964 | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Valandros |
| 1964 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV Series) · as Dobbs |
| 1964 | A Global Affair · as Under Secretary Segura |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) · as Alverian |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak (TV Series) · as Henry Selkirk |
| 1963 | Burke's Law (TV Series) · as Albert Indigo, 'mr. I' |
| 1963 | The Hook · as Capt. Van Ryn |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict (TV Series) |
| 1961 | The Comancheros · as Graile |
| 1961 | Frontier Circus (TV Series) · as Paco Durando |
| 1961 | The New Breed (TV Series) · as Louis Morley |
| 1961 | Ben Casey (TV Series) |
| 1961 | Bus Stop (TV Series) |
| 1961 | The Dick Powell Show (TV Series) · as El Valiente |
| 1961 | The Wonderful World of Disney (TV Series) |
| 1961 | The Big Show · as Bruno Everard |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Insight (TV Series) · as Bishop Palmera |
| 1960 | The Witness (TV Series) · as Charles Becker |
| 1960 | Thriller (TV Series) · as Lt. Jim Wagner |
| 1959 | Mr. Lucky (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Ford Startime (TV Series) · as Prior Andry |
| 1959 | Five Fingers (TV Series) · as Hildalgo |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as Carl Lanser |
| 1959 | Day of the Outlaw · as Dan, Starret's Foreman |
| 1959 | Green Mansions · as Don Panta |
| 1959 | Never Steal Anything Small · as Pinelli |
| 1959 | Al Capone · as Johnny Torrio |
| 1959 | Some Like It Hot · as Little Bonaparte |
| 1959 | The Third Man (TV Series) · as Sandor Varnezki |
| 1959 | The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Jake 'greasy Thumb' Guzik |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Domingo |
| 1958 | The Badlanders · as Vincente (the Powder Monkey) |
| 1958 | Naked City (TV Series) · as Carlos Ruldan |
| 1958 | This Angry Age · as Albert Legros |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) · as Ali Baba |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Tiburcio Mendez |
| 1957 | Street of Sinners · as Leon |
| 1957 | Mayerling · as Police Officer |
| 1957 | Men in War · as Sgt. Lewis |
| 1956 | The Wrong Man · as Gene Conforti |
| 1956 | The Wild Party · as Kicks Johnson |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Pablo |
| 1956 | Kaiser Aluminum Hour (TV Series) · as Leonard Brill |
| 1956 | The Harder They Fall · as Leo |
| 1955 | Alcoa Hour (TV Series) · as Willie Hauptmann |
| 1955 | Playwrights '56 (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Ralph Collins |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Ben Rando |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Artie Moreno |
| 1954 | Producers' Showcase (TV Series) · as Officer |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Lieutenant Cal Nourse |
| 1954 | On the Waterfront · as Cab Driver (uncredited) |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Dr. Arnault / Oliver |
| 1953 | The Man Behind the Badge (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1953 | Marty · as The Critic |
| 1953 | You Are There (TV Series) · as Capt. De Sandoval |
| 1952 | This Is The Life (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Dr. Duchesnes |
| 1951 | Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Joe Marco |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Jules Dreise |
| 1950 | The Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1949 | Suspense (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Ed Kagan |
| 1948 | Actors Studio (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1948 | The Naked City · as Smiling Man Departing Subway |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Mr. Arnothy |