Zero Mostel
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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
Credits
Muppet Treasures (1985)
as Self
The Hot Rock (1972)
as Abe Greenberg
Sirocco (1951)
as Balukjiaan
The Producers (1968)
as Max Bialystock
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
as Pseudolus
Watership Down (1978)
as Kehaar (voice)
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
as Rami / Taliostra
Carol + 2 (1966)
as Self
The Enforcer (1951)
as 'Big Babe' Lazich
Fore Play (1975)
as President / Don Pasquale
Panic in the Streets (1950)
as Raymond Fitch
The Front (1976)
as Hecky Brown
The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951)
as George Wixted
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951)
as Emmett
The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
as Rev. Pious Blue
Ride of the Valkyrie (1977)
Actor
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
as Self (archive footage)
The Angel Levine (1970)
as Morris Mishkin
Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)
as Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rhinoceros (1974)
as John
Remembering Gene Wilder (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Great Catherine (1968)
as Potemkin
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005)
as Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II (1976)
as Brutus (voice)
Marco (1973)
as Kublai Khan
Red, White, and Zero (1968)
Actor
Journey into Fear (1975)
as Kopelkin
Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003)
as Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")
The Guy Who Came Back (1951)
as Boots Mullins
Mastermind (1976)
as Inspector Hoku Ichihara
The World of Sholom Aleichem (1959)
as Melamed / Maxel
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Scoundrel (1974)
as Carlos del Refugio
Old Faithful (1973)
as Ranger Zeppel
Waiting for Godot (1961)
as Estragon / Gogo
Saga of Sonora (1973)
as Heavy Harry
Best Boy (1979)
as Self