Portrait of Zero Mostel

Zero Mostel

Acting

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Samuel Joel “Zero” Mostel (February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977) was an American actor of stage and screen, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Zero Mostel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: February 28, 1915

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Filmography

2024
Remembering Gene Wilder

as Self (archive footage)

2018
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

as Self (archive footage)

2013
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

as Self (archive footage)

2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years

as Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)

2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

as Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)

2003
Broadway's Lost Treasures

as Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")

1986
1985
1979
Best Boy

as Self

1978
Watership Down

as Kehaar (voice)

1976
1976
The Front

as Hecky Brown

1976
Mastermind

as Inspector Hoku Ichihara

1976
The Muppet Show

as Self - Special Guest Star

1975
1975
Fore Play

as President / Don Pasquale

1974
Rhinoceros

as John

1973
Marco

as Kublai Khan

1973
Saga of Sonora

as Heavy Harry

1973
Old Faithful

as Ranger Zeppel

1973
Once Upon a Scoundrel

as Carlos del Refugio

1972
The Hot Rock

as Abe Greenberg

1970
The Angel Levine

as Morris Mishkin

1969
The Great Bank Robbery

as Rev. Pious Blue

1968
Great Catherine

as Potemkin

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1968
The Producers

as Max Bialystock

1966
Carol + 2

as Self

1961
Waiting for Godot

as Estragon / Gogo

1959
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Performer

1951
The Guy Who Came Back

as Boots Mullins

1951
Sirocco

as Balukjiaan

1951
The Enforcer

as 'Big Babe' Lazich

1950
Panic in the Streets

as Raymond Fitch

1943
Du Barry Was a Lady

as Rami, the Swami / Taliostra

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