Nehemiah Persoff
Born in Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate — Aug 02 1919• Died Apr 05 2022
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Nehemiah Persoff (August 2, 1919 – April 5, 2022) was an American film and television 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, A…
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Law & Order
David Steinmetz
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Toff
MacGyver
Sam Bolinski
Murder, She Wrote
Constantin Stavros
Columbo
Jesse Jerome
Mission: Impossible
Igor Stravos
Chicago Hope
Rabbi Ben Taubler
Magnum, P.I.
Rabbi Asher Solomon
Wagon Train
Tiburcio Mendez
Mannix
Anton Wojeska
Charlie's Angels
Anton
Quincy, M.E.
L.A. Law
Rabbi Isadore Glickman
Adam-12
Angelo Covelli
The Twilight Zone
Carl Lanser
Hawaii Five-O
Harry Cardonus
Little House on the Prairie
Mr. Olaf Lundstrom
Love, American Style
Mr. Stone
Climax!
Lieutenant Cal Nourse
The Six Million Dollar Man
Major Popov
Naked City
Barney Peters
Barney Miller
Carl Simms
The Facts of Life
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Max Behrman
Hotel
The Philco Television Playhouse
Ed Kagan
Hunter
Harold Goodman
The Untouchables
Jake 'Greasy Thumb' Guzik
The High Chaparral
Homero José
Burke's Law
Jason Flonder
Ben Casey
The Wild Wild West
Major Hazard
Route 66
Rawhide
Domingo
The Name of the Game
Ambassador
Highway to Heaven
The Big Valley
General Vicente Ruiz
McCloud
Baretta
Vega$
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Ralph Collins
The Mod Squad
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Gilligan's Island
McMillan & Wife
Clementa Habib
Gunsmoke
Jack Pinto
The Streets of San Francisco
The Time Tunnel
Prof. Anton Biraki
The Bionic Woman
Tarzan
Chembe Kunji
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Valandros
Police Story
Battlestar Galactica
Eastern Alliance Leader
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Ali Baba
Ellery Queen
Mr. Novak
Henry Selkirk
Sam Benedict
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Vladimir
Search
Land of the Giants
Titus
Wonder Woman
Professor Moreno
Honey West
Faustini
The New Breed
Louis Morley
The United States Steel Hour
Dr. Arnault / Oliver
Playhouse 90
Pablo
It Takes a Thief
Harry Lavender
Mr. Lucky
The Bill Cosby Show
Mr. Byron
Bus Stop
Logan's Run
ASA
Armstrong Circle Theatre
Dan August
Leo Cussoni
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Charles Dietrich
The Wonderful World of Disney
Artie Moreno
Jericho
Some Like It Hot
Little Bonaparte
The Legend of Jesse James
El Carnicero
CBS Playhouse
Hunter
Sheik Farakbi
The Word
Abbot Petropolous
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dr. Duchesnes
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Shemiah
Angels in America
Rabbi (uncredited)
J.J. Starbuck
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
Charles Frohman
Twins
Mitchell Traven
The Invisible Man
Dr. Leon Barnard
Cool Million
Karinakis
The Last Temptation of Christ
Rabbi
The People Next Door
Dr. Salazar
Playwrights '56
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
On the Waterfront
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Jules Dreise
The French Atlantic Affair
Col. Schreiner
The Wonderful World of Disney
An American Tail
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
Condominium
Conlaw
The Comancheros
Graile
The Wrong Man
Gene Conforti
Yentl
Rebbe Mendel
McNaughton's Daughter
Vinnie Laine
The Harder They Fall
Leo
Al Capone
Johnny Torrio
The Chicago Teddy Bears
Men in War
Sgt. Lewis
The Day of the Owl
Pizzuco
Voyage of the Damned
Herr Hauser
The Power
Prof. Carl Melnicker
The Badlanders
Vincente (The Powder Monkey)
B.A.D. Cats
Green Mansions
Don Panta
Day of the Outlaw
Dan, Starret's Foreman
The Motorola Television Hour
A Cry For Justice
Dr. Burke
Mayerling
Police Officer
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Josef Stalin
St. Helens
Mr. Ellison
The Sex Symbol
Nick Fortis
Deadly Harvest
Mort Logan
Psychic Killer
Doctor Gubner
The Money Jungle
Lt. Dow Reeves
The Thief
D'Arnault-Olivier
Cutter's Trail
Santillo
A Double Life
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Berisha
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
Artie Moreno
The Henderson Monster
Prof. Leo Tedeschi
The Hook
Capt. Van Ryn
The Stranger Within
Dr. Edward Klein
The Rebels
Baron Von Steuben
Fate Is the Hunter
Ben Sawyer
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Self - Interviewee
The Wild Party
Kicks Johnson
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones
Skoda
Marty
The Critic
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
Rudenko
The Big Show
Bruno Everard
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Self
Red Sky at Morning
Amadeo Montoya
A Global Affair
Under Secretary Segura
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
Champagne Joe Carroll
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Pablo
Never Steal Anything Small
Pinelli
Panic in the City
August Best
Turnover Smith
Ashmed Amad
Too Many Thieves
Georgi
Street of Sinners
Leon
This Angry Age
Albert Legros
The Killers of Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Killing Stone
Earl Stone
Purple Playhouse
Dr. Van Helsing
Eric
Dr. Duchesnes
O'Hara's Wife
Dr. Fischer
Lapin 360
Dracula
Dr. Van Helsing
Daniel in the Lions' Den
Malimar
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Lieutenant Crawford
4 Faces
The Death of Manolete
Camera
In Search of Historic Jesus
Herod Antipas
The Making of a President
Escape to Mindanao
Capt. Kramer
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
Captain Malcione
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
Captain Malcione