Zero Mostel
Birthday
1915/02/28
Day of death
1977/08/08 (62 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also know as
Зеро Мостел
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 ...Read more
Acting
(1976) The Front
as Hecky Brown
(1968) The Producers
as Max Bialystock
(1951) Sirocco
as Balukjiaan
(1950) Panic in the Streets
as Raymond Fitch
(1951) The Enforcer
as 'Big Babe' Lazich
(2013) Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
(1943) Du Barry was a Lady
as Rami - the Swami / Taliostra
(1951) Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
as Emmett
(1974) Rhinoceros
as John
(2007) Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1966) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as Pseudolus
(1985) Muppet Treasures
as Self
(2005) Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)
(1969) Mastermind
as Inspector Hoku Ichihara
(1969) The Great Bank Robbery
as Rev. Pious Blue
(1975) Fore Play
as President / Don Pasquale
(1968) Great Catherine
as Potemkin
(1951) The Model and the Marriage Broker
as George Wixted
(1975) Journey into Fear
as Kopelkin
(1970) The Angel Levine
as Morris Mishkin
(1951) The Guy Who Came Back
as Boots Mullins
(2003) Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")
(2024) Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self (archive footage)
(1986) The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
as Self (archive footage)
(1972) The Hot Rock
as Abe Greenberg
(1973) Once Upon a Scoundrel
as Carlos del Refugio
(1976) The Little Drummer Boy Book II
as Brutus (voice)
(2018) Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
as Self (archive footage)
(1978) Watership Down
as Kehaar (voice)
(1961) Waiting for Godot
as Estragon
(1966) Carol + 2
as Self
(1977) Ride of the Valkyrie
as ---
(1979) Red, White, and Zero
as ---
(1973) Old Faithful
as Ranger Zeppel
(1973) Saga of Sonora
as Heavy Harry
(1973) Marco
as Kublai Khan
(1959) The World of Sholom Aleichem
as Melamed / Maxel
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1971) The Electric Company
as ---
(1976) The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
(1967) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
(1970) The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
(1966) Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show
as ---