Zero Mostel
Born in Brooklyn, New York, USA — Feb 28 1915• Died Aug 08 1977
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Biography
Samuel Joel “Zero” Mostel (February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977) was an American actor. He was 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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The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
The Electric Company
Spell Binder (voice)
The Flip Wilson Show
Self
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Self (archive footage)
The Producers
Max Bialystock
Journey into Fear
Kopelkin
Watership Down
Kehaar (voice)
Sirocco
Balukjiaan
The Front
Hecky Brown
Panic in the Streets
Raymond Fitch
The Enforcer
'Big Babe' Lazich
The Hot Rock
Abe Greenberg
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Pseudolus
Du Barry Was a Lady
Rami, the Swami / Taliostra
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Self (archive footage)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)
Great Catherine
Potemkin
Mastermind
Inspector Hoku Ichihara
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")
Remembering Gene Wilder
Self (archive footage)
Saga of Sonora
Heavy Harry
The Great Bank Robbery
Rev. Pious Blue
Fore Play
President / Don Pasquale
Muppet Treasures
Self
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
Emmett
The Angel Levine
Morris Mishkin
Once Upon a Scoundrel
Carlos del Refugio
The Model and the Marriage Broker
George Wixted
Rhinoceros
John
Marco
Kublai Khan
Old Faithful
Ranger Zeppel
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
Self (archive footage)
The Guy Who Came Back
Boots Mullins
Red, White, and Zero
The World of Sholom Aleichem
Melamed / Maxel
Ride of the Valkyrie
Carol + 2
Self
Waiting for Godot
Estragon / Gogo
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
Brutus (voice)
Best Boy
Self