Nehemiah Persoff
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 2, 1919
- Died
- April 5, 2022 (aged 102)
- Birthplace
- Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate
Biography
Nehemiah Persoff was an American film and television actor. Persoff emigrated with his family from Palestine 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. His film credits include: On the Waterfront, Some Like It Hot, Al Capone, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Voyage of the Damned, The Comancheros, Yentl (portraying Barbra Streisand's character's father), Twins and the American Tail (animated-film series) (voiced, "Papa Mousekewitz"). Persoff appeared in such television series as, Five Fingers ("The Moment of Truth"), The Big Valley ("Legend of a General", Parts I & II, episode), The Twilight Zone ("Judgment Night" episode), Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Heart of Gold" episode), The Untouchables, Naked City, The Legend of Jesse James, Gunsmoke, The Wild Wild West, Hawaii Five-O, Ellery Queen ("The Adventure of the Pharaoh's Curse" episode), Mission: Impossible (3 episodes), Adam-12 ("Vendetta" episode), Charlie's Angels, Hunter, Columbo, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Magnum, P.I., Law & Order and Chicago Hope. In the mid-1980s, Persoff began to pursue painting, specializing in watercolour. This was at a time when health problems forced him to decrease his acting workload.
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Filmography
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Movie · as Self - Interviewee
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Movie · as Self
Angels in America
TV · as Rabbi (uncredited) · 1 ep
4 Faces
Movie
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster
Movie · as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
Movie · as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
Chicago Hope
TV · as Rabbi Ben Taubler · 1 ep
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Movie · as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
Law & Order
TV · as David Steinmetz · 1 ep
Doogie Howser, M.D.
TV · as Max Wernick · 1 ep
Twins
Movie · as Mitchell Traven
The Last Temptation of Christ
Movie · as Rabbi
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV · as Toff · 1 ep
J.J. Starbuck
TV · 1 ep
An American Tail
Movie · as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
L.A. Law
TV · as Rabbi Isadore Glickman · 1 ep
MacGyver
TV · as Sam Bolinski · 1 ep
Highway to Heaven
TV · 1 ep
Hunter
TV · as Harold Goodman · 1 ep
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Constantin Stavros · 1 ep
Yentl
Movie · as Rebbe Mendel
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV · 1 ep
O'Hara's Wife
Movie · as Dr. Fischer
St. Helens
Movie · as Mr. Ellison
Hotel
TV · 1 ep
American Playhouse
TV · as Marcus Hoff · 1 ep
The Henderson Monster
Movie · as Prof. Leo Tedeschi
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Movie · as Josef Stalin
Turnover Smith
Movie · as Ashmed Amad
Magnum, P.I.
TV · as Rabbi Asher Solomon · 1 ep
B.A.D. Cats
TV · 1 ep
Condominium
TV · as Conlaw · 2 eps
In Search of Historic Jesus
Movie · as Herod Antipas
A Cry for Justice
Movie · as Dr. Burke
The Facts of Life
TV · 1 ep
The French Atlantic Affair
TV · as Col. Schreiner · 3 eps
The Rebels
TV · as Baron Von Steuben · 2 eps
Supertrain
TV · as Max · 1 ep
The Making of a President
Movie
Killing Stone
Movie · as Earl Stone
Daniel in the Lions' Den
Movie · as Malimar
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
Movie · as Charles Frohman
A Double Life
Movie
Vega$
TV · 1 ep
The Word
TV · as Abbot Petropolous · 4 eps
Battlestar Galactica
TV · as Eastern Alliance Leader · 1 ep
Fantasy Island
TV · as Horst Von Stern · 1 ep
Deadly Harvest
Movie · as Mort Logan
Logan's Run
TV · as ASA · 1 ep
Hunter
TV · as Sheik Farakbi · 1 ep
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
TV · as Vladimir · 2 eps
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
Movie · as Rudenko
Voyage of the Damned
Movie · as Herr Hauser
Quincy, M.E.
TV · 1 ep
Charlie's Angels
TV · as Anton · 1 ep
The Bionic Woman
TV · 1 ep
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
TV · as Charles Dietrich · 1 ep
McNaughton's Daughter
TV · as Vinnie Laine · 3 eps
Psychic Killer
Movie · as Doctor Gubner
Eric
Movie · as Dr. Duchesnes
Baretta
TV · 1 ep
Wonder Woman
TV · as Professor Moreno · 1 ep
Ellery Queen
TV · 1 ep
Barney Miller
TV · as Carl Simms, Yacov Berger · 1 ep
The Invisible Man
TV · as Dr. Leon Barnard · 1 ep
The Sex Symbol
Movie · as Nick Fortis
The Stranger Within
Movie · as Dr. Edward Klein
Little House on the Prairie
TV · as Mr. Olaf Lundstrom · 1 ep
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV · as Major Popov · 2 eps
Dracula
Movie · as Dr. Van Helsing
Police Story
TV · 1 ep
Purple Playhouse
TV · as Dr. Van Helsing · 1 ep
Lapin 360
Movie
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
Movie · as Artie Moreno
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
Movie · as Champagne Joe Carroll
The Streets of San Francisco
TV · 1 ep
Search
TV · 1 ep
Cool Million
TV · as Karinakis · 1 ep
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Movie · as Berisha
Red Sky at Morning
Movie · as Amadeo Montoya
Columbo
TV · as Jesse Jerome · 1 ep
The Chicago Teddy Bears
TV · 1 ep
McMillan & Wife
TV · as Clementa Habib · 1 ep
The People Next Door
Movie · as Dr. Salazar
Cutter's Trail
Movie · as Santillo
McCloud
TV · as Perry Cicero · 1 ep
Dan August
TV · as Leo Cussoni · 1 ep
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Movie · as Lieutenant Crawford
Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Harry Cardonus, Winkler, Leo Paoli, Cordell, Victor Palua, Allie Francis · 1 ep
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV · as Max Behrman, Nick Kolinski · 1 ep
The Bill Cosby Show
TV · as Mr. Byron · 1 ep
Love, American Style
TV · as Mr. Stone · 1 ep
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
Movie · as Captain Malcione
The Power
Movie · as Carl Melnicker
Escape to Mindanao
Movie · as Capt. Kramer
Panic in the City
Movie · as August Best
The Day of the Owl
Movie · as Pizzuco
Land of the Giants
TV · as Titus · 1 ep
The Mod Squad
TV · as Nick Master · 2 eps
Adam-12
TV · as Angelo Covelli · 1 ep
The Name of the Game
TV · as Ambassador · 1 ep
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
TV · as Captain Malcione · 2 eps
It Takes a Thief
TV · as Harry Lavender · 1 ep
The Money Jungle
Movie · as Lt. Dow Reeves
The High Chaparral
TV · as Homero José · 1 ep
Mannix
TV · as Anton Wojeska · 1 ep
The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones
Movie · as Skoda
Too Many Thieves
Movie · as Georgi
Mission: Impossible
TV · as Igor Stravos, Phillipe Pereda, Prince Iben Kostas · 1 ep
Tarzan
TV · as Chembe Kunji · 1 ep
Jericho
TV · 1 ep
The Time Tunnel
TV · as Prof. Anton Biraki · 1 ep
CBS Playhouse
TV · as Dr. Salazar · 1 ep
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Movie · as Shemiah
The Big Valley
TV · as General Vicente Ruiz · 1 ep
Honey West
TV · as Faustini · 1 ep
The Legend of Jesse James
TV · as El Carnicero · 1 ep
The Wild Wild West
TV · as Major Hazard, Gen. Andreas Cassinello · 1 ep
Fate Is the Hunter
Movie · as Ben Sawyer
A Global Affair
Movie · as Under Secretary Segura
Gilligan's Island
TV · 1 ep
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Valandros · 1 ep
The Hook
Movie · as Capt. Van Ryn
Burke's Law
TV · as Jason Flonder, Albert Indigo, 'Mr. I', Wilhelm Kasimer · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · as Alverian · 1 ep
Mr. Novak
TV · as Henry Selkirk · 1 ep
Sam Benedict
TV · 1 ep
The Comancheros
Movie · as Graile
The Big Show
Movie · as Bruno Everard
Bus Stop
TV · 1 ep
Ben Casey
TV · 1 ep
The New Breed
TV · as Louis Morley · 1 ep
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · 3 eps
Route 66
TV · 2 eps
Some Like It Hot
Movie · as Little Bonaparte
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Movie · as Pablo
Al Capone
Movie · as Johnny Torrio
Day of the Outlaw
Movie · as Dan, Starret's Foreman
Green Mansions
Movie · as Don Panta
Never Steal Anything Small
Movie · as Pinelli
The Killers of Mussolini
Movie · as Benito Mussolini
Mr. Lucky
TV · 1 ep
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Carl Lanser · 1 ep
Rawhide
TV · as Domingo, Michob · 1 ep
The Untouchables
TV · as Jake 'Greasy Thumb' Guzik, Johnny Fortunato, Waxey Gordon · 2 eps
Startime
TV · as Prior Andry · 1 ep
The Badlanders
Movie · as Vincente (The Powder Monkey)
Naked City
TV · as Barney Peters, Carlos Ruldan, Max Evar, Dominic Venussi, Berco Romanu, Merritt Griffin · 1 ep
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV · as Ali Baba · 1 ep
Men in War
Movie · as Sgt. Lewis
Street of Sinners
Movie · as Leon
The Death of Manolete
Movie · as Camera
This Angry Age
Movie · as Albert Legros
Mayerling
Movie · as Police Officer
Wagon Train
TV · as Tiburcio Mendez · 1 ep
The Wrong Man
Movie · as Gene Conforti
The Harder They Fall
Movie · as Leo
The Wild Party
Movie · as Kicks Johnson
Playhouse 90
TV · as Pablo, Prisoners Father · 2 eps
The Thief
Movie · as D'Arnault-Olivier
Gunsmoke
TV · as Jack Pinto, Mr. Dano, Alex Skouras, Driscoll, Ben Rando, Alejo Etchahoun · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Ralph Collins, Jeff Jensen · 1 ep
Playwrights '56
TV · 1 ep
On the Waterfront
Movie · as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Climax!
TV · as Lieutenant Cal Nourse · 1 ep
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Artie Moreno · 2 eps
Marty
Movie · as The Critic
The United States Steel Hour
TV · as Dr. Arnault / Oliver · 1 ep
The Motorola Television Hour
TV · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Dr. Duchesnes · 1 ep
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Jules Dreise · 1 ep
Armstrong Circle Theatre
TV · 1 ep
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · as Ed Kagan · 2 eps