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