Zvee Scooler
Birthday
1899/12/01
Day of death
1985/03/25 (85 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Kamianets-Podilskyï, Ukraine
Also know as
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Biography
Zvee Scooler (December 1, 1899 – March 25, 1985) was a Russian-born American actor and radio commentator. He was born in Kamenets-Podolsky (now Ukraine). He performed in both Yiddish and English, on the stage, television, and film. He is probably best known for his roles in Fiddler on the Roof, playing Mordcha, the innkeeper in the Broadway play and the rabbi in the film version. He appeared as Duddy's grandfather in the 1974 film "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz". Another of his more notabl...Read more
Acting
(1983) Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
as Pa
(1975) Hester Street
as Rabbi
(1984) Over the Brooklyn Bridge
as Rebbe
(1971) Fiddler on the Roof
as Rabbi
(1975) Love and Death
as Father
(1932) Uncle Moses
as Charlie
(1978) King of the Gypsies
as Phuro
(1980) Playing for Time
as First Chessplayer
(1965) Andy
as Mr. Chadakis
(1974) The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
as Grandfather
(1973) Lady Ice
as Jeweler
(1973) The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
as New York Rabbi (uncredited)
(1968) No Way to Treat a Lady
as Old Man
(1969) A Dream of Kings
as Zenoitis
(1977) Thieves
as Old Man
(1958) Naked City
as Old Aaron