Zero Mostel
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 28, 1915
- Died
- August 8, 1977 (aged 62)
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
Known For
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Filmography
Remembering Gene Wilder
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Movie · as Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Movie · as Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Movie · as Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Muppet Treasures
Movie · as Self
Best Boy
Movie · as Self
Watership Down
Movie · as Kehaar (voice)
Ride of the Valkyrie
Movie
The Front
Movie · as Hecky Brown
Mastermind
Movie · as Inspector Hoku Ichihara
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
Movie · as Brutus (voice)
The Muppet Show
TV · as Self - Special Guest Star · 1 ep
Fore Play
Movie · as President / Don Pasquale
Journey into Fear
Movie · as Kopelkin
Rhinoceros
Movie · as John
Once Upon a Scoundrel
Movie · as Carlos del Refugio
Old Faithful
Movie · as Ranger Zeppel
Saga of Sonora
Movie · as Heavy Harry
Marco
Movie · as Kublai Khan
The Hot Rock
Movie · as Abe Greenberg
The Electric Company
TV · as Spell Binder (voice) · 650 eps
The Angel Levine
Movie · as Morris Mishkin
The Flip Wilson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Great Bank Robbery
Movie · as Rev. Pious Blue
The Producers
Movie · as Max Bialystock
Great Catherine
Movie · as Potemkin
Red, White, and Zero
Movie
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self, Self (uncredited) · 1 ep
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Movie · as Pseudolus
Carol + 2
Movie · as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Waiting for Godot
Movie · as Estragon / Gogo
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The World of Sholom Aleichem
Movie · as Melamed / Maxel
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter, Self - Performer · 1 ep
Sirocco
Movie · as Balukjiaan
The Enforcer
Movie · as 'Big Babe' Lazich
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
Movie · as Emmett
The Model and the Marriage Broker
Movie · as George Wixted
The Guy Who Came Back
Movie · as Boots Mullins
Panic in the Streets
Movie · as Raymond Fitch
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Du Barry Was a Lady
Movie · as Rami / Taliostra