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Zero Mostel
Actor
Born February 28, 1915Died August 8, 1977 (62 years)
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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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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
Filmography
| 2013 | Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy · as Tevye |
| 2008 | Hollywood contra Franco · as Hecky Brown |
| 2008 | Role Model: Gene Wilder · as Max Bialystock |
| 2002 | The Making of 'the Producers' · as Max Bialystock |
| 1982 | Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter · as Actor - 'a Funny Thing Happened To Me On The Way To The Forum' |
| 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 | Foreplay · as President / Don Pasquale |
| 1974 | Rhinoceros · as John |
| 1973 | Marco · as Kublai Khan |
| 1973 | Once Upon a Scoundrel · as Carlos Del Refugio |
| 1972 | The Hot Rock · as Abe Greenberg |
| 1971 | The Electric Company (TV Series) |
| 1970 | The Angel Levine · as Morris Mishkin |
| 1969 | The Great Bank Robbery · as Rev. Pious Blue |
| 1968 | Great Catherine · as Potemkin |
| 1967 | The Producers · as Max Bialystock |
| 1966 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum · as Pseudolus |
| 1959 | The Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Estragon |
| 1951 | The Model and the Marriage Broker · as George Wixted |
| 1951 | Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell · as Emmett |
| 1951 | The Guy Who Came Back · as Boots Mullins |
| 1951 | Sirocco · as Balukjiaan |
| 1951 | The Enforcer · as 'big Babe' Lazich |
| 1950 | Panic in the Streets · as Raymond Fitch |
| 1948 | Ford Theatre (TV Series) · as Banjo |
| 1943 | Du Barry Was a Lady · as Rami - The Swami / Taliostra |