Cast
Zero Mostel
Acting
Cast
Zero Mostel
Known for
Acting
Born
1915-02-28
From
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died
1977-08-08
Also known as Зеро Мостел, Samuel Joel Mostel
Biography
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.
Watership Down
as Kehaar (voice)
The Front
as Hecky Brown
The Producers
as Max Bialystock
The Hot Rock
as Abe Greenberg
Sirocco
as Balukjiaan
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as Pseudolus
Marco
as Kublai Khan
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
as Self (archive footage)
Mastermind
as Inspector Hoku Ichihara
Fore Play
as President / Don Pasquale
Panic in the Streets
as Raymond Fitch
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)
The Enforcer
as 'Big Babe' Lazich
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Rami / Taliostra
Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self (archive footage)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)
Journey into Fear
as Kopelkin
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
as Emmett
The Model and the Marriage Broker
as George Wixted
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")
The Great Bank Robbery
as Rev. Pious Blue
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
Great Catherine
as Potemkin
The Angel Levine
as Morris Mishkin
Saga of Sonora
as Heavy Harry
Red, White, and Zero
Rhinoceros
as John
Best Boy
as Self
Old Faithful
as Ranger Zeppel
The Guy Who Came Back
as Boots Mullins
Muppet Treasures
as Self
Once Upon a Scoundrel
as Carlos del Refugio
Ride of the Valkyrie
Carol + 2
as Self
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
as Brutus (voice)
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
as Self (archive footage)
Waiting for Godot
as Estragon / Gogo
The World of Sholom Aleichem
as Melamed / Maxel