Zero Mostel
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Producers (1968)
as Max Bialystock
Watership Down (1978)
as Kehaar (voice)
The Hot Rock (1972)
as Abe Greenberg
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
as Pseudolus
Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)
as Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sirocco (1951)
as Balukjiaan
Panic in the Streets (1950)
as Raymond Fitch
Remembering Gene Wilder (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
The Front (1976)
as Hecky Brown
The Enforcer (1951)
as 'Big Babe' Lazich
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
as Rami / Taliostra
Muppet Treasures (1985)
as Self
The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
as Rev. Pious Blue
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005)
as Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)
Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003)
as Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
The World of Sholom Aleichem (1959)
as Melamed / Maxel
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
as Self (archive footage)
The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951)
as George Wixted
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951)
as Emmett
Carol + 2 (1966)
as Self
Journey into Fear (1975)
as Kopelkin
Red, White, and Zero (1968)
Actor
Rhinoceros (1974)
as John
Once Upon a Scoundrel (1974)
as Carlos del Refugio
Fore Play (1975)
as President / Don Pasquale
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II (1976)
as Brutus (voice)
The Guy Who Came Back (1951)
as Boots Mullins
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Ride of the Valkyrie (1977)
Actor
The Angel Levine (1970)
as Morris Mishkin
Waiting for Godot (1961)
as Estragon / Gogo
Marco (1973)
as Kublai Khan
Mastermind (1976)
as Inspector Hoku Ichihara
Great Catherine (1968)
as Potemkin
Saga of Sonora (1973)
as Heavy Harry
Old Faithful (1973)
as Ranger Zeppel
Best Boy (1979)
as Self