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