Birthday
1919/08/02
Day of death
2022/04/05 (102 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate
Also know as
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Nehemiah Persoff (born August 2, 1919) was a former American film and television character 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. ...Read more
(1959) Some Like It Hot
as Little Bonaparte
(1959) For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Pablo
(1968) The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
as Captain Malcione
(1983) Yentl
as Rebbe Mendel
(1965) The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Shemiah
(1991) An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
(1986) An American Tail
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
(1961) The Comancheros
as Graile
(1998) An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
(1956) The Wrong Man
as Gene Conforti
(1988) Twins
as Mitchell Traven
(1999) An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
(1956) The Harder They Fall
as Leo
(1959) Al Capone
as Johnny Torrio
(1959) Day of the Outlaw
as Dan, Starret's Foreman
(1957) Men in War
as Sgt. Lewis
(1988) The Last Temptation of Christ
as Rabbi
(1968) The Power
as Prof. Carl Melnicker
(1968) Escape to Mindanao
as Capt. Kramer
(1959) Green Mansions
as Don Panta
(1975) Psychic Killer
as Doctor Gubner
(1977) Deadly Harvest
as Mort Logan
(1964) Fate Is the Hunter
as Ben Sawyer
(1970) The People Next Door
as Dr. Salazar
(1969) The Girl Who Knew Too Much
as Lieutenant Crawford
(1964) A Global Affair
as Under Secretary Segura
(1957) Street of Sinners
as Leon
(1956) The Wild Party
as Kicks Johnson
(1966) The Dangerous Days Of Kiowa Jones
as Skoda
(1974) The Sex Symbol
as Nick Fortis
(1980) The Henderson Monster
as Prof. Leo Tedeschi
(1971) Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
as Berisha
(1961) The Big Show
as Bruno Everard
(1963) The Hook
as Capt. Van Ryn
(1959) Never Steal Anything Small
as Pinelli
(1954) On the Waterfront
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
(1968) Panic in the City
as August Best
(1957) The Death of Manolete
as Camera
(1957) This Angry Age
as Albert Legros
(1979) In Search of Historic Jesus
as Herod Antipas
(1978) The Making of a President
as ---
(1958) The Badlanders
as Vincente (The Powder Monkey)
(1978) Killing Stone
as Earl Stone
(2001) 4 Faces
as ---
(2022) Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
as Self - Interviewee
(1966) Too Many Thieves
as Georgi
(1967) The Money Jungle
as Lt. Dow Reeves
(1980) F.D.R.: The Last Year
as Josef Stalin
(1979) The Rebels
as Baron Von Steuben
(1971) Red Sky at Morning
as Amadeo Montoya
(1972) Lapin 360
as ---
(1976) Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
as Rudenko
(1956) The Rag Jungle
as Leonard Brill
(1976) Voyage of the Damned
as Herr Hauser
(1974) The Stranger Within
as Dr. Edward Klein
(1979) A Cry For Justice
as Dr. Burke
(1978) Daniel in the Lions' Den
as Malimar
(1973) Dracula
as Dr. Van Helsing
(1968) The Day of the Owl
as Pizzuco
(1982) O'Hara's Wife
as Dr. Fischer
(1978) Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
as Charles Frohman
(1978) A Double Life
as ---
(2012) Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
as Self
(1957) Mayerling
as Police Officer
(1975) Eric
as Dr. Duchesnes
(1970) Cutter's Trail
as Santillo
(1980) Turnover Smith
as Ashmed Amad
(1959) The Killers of Mussolini
as Benito Mussolini
(1972) Michael O'Hara the Fourth
as Artie Moreno
(1982) St. Helens
as Mr. Ellison
(1972) Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
as Champagne Joe Carroll
(1955) The Thief
as D'Arnault-Olivier
(1953) Marty
as The Critic
(1980) Magnum, P.I.
as ---
(1971) Columbo
as Jesse Jerome
(1963) Burke's Law
as Jason Flonder
(1987) Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Toff
(1986) L.A. Law
as Rabbi Isadore Glickman
(1974) Little House on the Prairie
as ---
(1979) The Facts of Life
as ---
(1959) Mr. Lucky
as ---
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Harry Cardonus
(1964) Gilligan's Island
as ---
(1976) Quincy, M.E.
as ---
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1984) Highway to Heaven
as ---
(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as ---
(1969) Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Max Behrman
(1975) Baretta
as ---
(1958) Naked City
as Barney Peters
(1968) Land of the Giants
as Titus
(1976) Charlie's Angels
as Anton
(1983) Scarecrow and Mrs. King
as ---
(1982) Hotel
as ---
(1985) MacGyver
as Sam Bolinski
(1968) The Mod Squad
as ---
(1969) The Bill Cosby Show
as Mr. Byron
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Jack Pinto
(1975) Wonder Woman
as Professor Moreno
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as Igor Stravos
(1968) Adam-12
as Angelo Covelli
(1984) Hunter
as Harold Goodman
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Dr. Duchesnes
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Carl Lanser
(1994) Chicago Hope
as ---
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Ralph Collins
(1962) Sam Benedict
as ---
(1961) Bus Stop
as ---
(1959) Rawhide
as Domingo
(1978) Vega$
as ---
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1967) The High Chaparral
as Homero José
(1971) The Chicago Teddy Bears
as ---
(1972) Search
as ---
(1970) McCloud
as ---
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Jules Dreise
(1954) Climax!
as Lieutenant Cal Nourse
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as ---
(1965) The Big Valley
as General Vicente Ruiz
(1950) Armstrong Circle Theatre
as ---
(1978) The Word
as Abbot Petropolous
(1966) Tarzan
as Chembe Kunji
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as Ed Kagan
(1961) Ben Casey
as ---
(1975) Ellery Queen
as ---
(1963) Mr. Novak
as Henry Selkirk
(1961) The New Breed
as Louis Morley
(1966) CBS Playhouse
as ---
(1955) Playwrights '56
as ---
(1965) Honey West
as Faustini
(1961) The Wonderful World of Disney
as ---
(1965) The Legend of Jesse James
as El Carnicero
(1966) Jericho
as ---
(1987) J.J. Starbuck
as ---
(1977) Logan's Run
as ---
(1976) The Bionic Woman
as ---
(1953) The United States Steel Hour
as Dr. Arnault / Oliver
(1958) Naked City
as Max Evar
(1958) Naked City
as Carlos Ruldan
(1958) Naked City
as Dominic Venussi
(1958) Naked City
as Berco Romanu
(1958) Naked City
as Merritt Griffin
(1980) B.A.D. Cats
as ---
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Alverian
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as Artie Moreno
(1959) The Untouchables
as Jake 'Greasy Thumb' Guzik
(1959) Rawhide
as Michob
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as Phillipe Pereda
(1973) Purple Playhouse
as Dr. Van Helsing
(1959) The Untouchables
as Johnny Fortunato
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Mr. Dano
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Ambassador
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Alex Skouras
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Driscoll
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Ben Rando
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Alejo Etchahoun
(1978) Battlestar Galactica
as Eastern Alliance Leader
(1980) Condominium
as Conlaw
(1963) Burke's Law
as Wilhelm Kasimer
(1963) Burke's Law
as Albert Indigo, 'Mr. I'
(1976) Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
as Charles Dietrich
(1979) The French Atlantic Affair
as Col. Schreiner
(1974) The Six Million Dollar Man
as Major Popov
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Winkler
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Leo Paoli
(1990) Law & Order
as David Steinmetz
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Cordell
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Victor Palua
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Allie Francis
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Jeff Jensen
(1965) The Wild Wild West
as Major Hazard
(1956) Playhouse 90
as Pablo
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as Prince Iben Kostas
(1977) Hunter
as Sheik Farakbi
(1971) McMillan & Wife
as Clementa Habib
(1968) The Mod Squad
as Nick Master
(1968) The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
as Captain Malcione
(1967) Mannix
as Anton Wojeska
(1975) Barney Miller
as Carl Simms
(1976) McNaughton's Daughter
as Vinnie Laine
(1975) Barney Miller
as Yacov Berger
(1966) The Time Tunnel
as Prof. Anton Biraki
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Constantin Stavros
(1968) It Takes a Thief
as Harry Lavender
(1975) The Invisible Man
as Dr. Leon Barnard
(1970) Dan August
as Leo Cussoni
(1972) Cool Million
as Karinakis
(1969) Love, American Style
as Mr. Stone
(1977) The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as Vladimir
(1958) Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Ali Baba
(1965) The Wild Wild West
as Gen. Andreas Cassinello
(1964) The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Valandros