Nehemiah Persoff: movies and TV shows
Nehemiah Persoff has 203 credits in the archive: 71 films and 132 TV series, from 1948 to 2022. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1948 – 2022 · busiest year: 1968 (18 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story | Self - Interviewee | Film | 10.0 | 102 |
| 2012 | Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom | Self | Film | 7.4 | 92 |
| 2003 | Angels in America | Rabbi (uncredited) | TV | 7.6 | 83 |
| 2001 | 4 Faces | Film | 7.0 | 81 | |
| 1999 | An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster | Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 79 |
| 1998 | An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island | Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 78 |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope | Rabbi Ben Taubler | TV | 7.2 | 74 |
| 1991 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 71 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | David Steinmetz | TV | 7.3 | 70 |
| 1989 | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Max Wernick | TV | 6.6 | 69 |
| 1988 | Twins | Mitchell Traven | Film | 6.0 | 68 |
| 1988 | The Last Temptation of Christ | Rabbi | Film | 7.2 | 68 |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Toff | TV | 8.4 | 67 |
| 1987 | J.J. Starbuck | TV | 6.0 | 67 | |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Rabbi Isadore Glickman | TV | 7.1 | 66 |
| 1986 | An American Tail | Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 66 |
| 1985 | MacGyver | Sam Bolinski | TV | 7.7 | 65 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Constantin Stavros | TV | 7.5 | 64 |
| 1984 | Hunter | Harold Goodman | TV | 7.1 | 64 |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven | TV | 7.4 | 64 | |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | TV | 6.6 | 63 | |
| 1983 | Yentl | Rebbe Mendel | Film | 6.7 | 63 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Marcus Hoff | TV | 6.6 | 62 |
| 1982 | Hotel | TV | 6.8 | 62 | |
| 1982 | O'Hara's Wife | Dr. Fischer | Film | 5.7 | 62 |
| 1982 | St. Helens | Mr. Ellison | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Rabbi Asher Solomon | TV | 7.3 | 60 |
| 1980 | Condominium | Conlaw | TV | 4.2 | 60 |
| 1980 | The Henderson Monster | Prof. Leo Tedeschi | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 1980 | B.A.D. Cats | TV | 6.3 | 60 | |
| 1980 | F.D.R.: The Last Year | Josef Stalin | Film | 6.9 | 60 |
| 1980 | Turnover Smith | Ashmed Amad | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1979 | The Facts of Life | TV | 7.1 | 59 | |
| 1979 | Supertrain | Max | TV | 5.6 | 59 |
| 1979 | The French Atlantic Affair | Col. Schreiner | TV | 7.2 | 59 |
| 1979 | The Rebels | Baron Von Steuben | TV | 10.0 | 59 |
| 1979 | In Search of Historic Jesus | Herod Antipas | Film | 5.5 | 59 |
| 1979 | A Cry for Justice | Dr. Burke | Film | 9.0 | 59 |
| 1978 | Fantasy Island | Horst Von Stern | TV | 6.5 | 58 |
| 1978 | Battlestar Galactica | Eastern Alliance Leader | TV | 7.1 | 58 |
| 1978 | Vega$ | TV | 6.9 | 58 | |
| 1978 | The Word | Abbot Petropolous | TV | 4.8 | 58 |
| 1978 | Daniel in the Lions' Den | Malimar | Film | — | 58 |
| 1978 | A Double Life | Film | 9.0 | 58 | |
| 1978 | Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women | Charles Frohman | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1978 | Killing Stone | Earl Stone | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1978 | The Making of a President | Film | — | 58 | |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries | Vladimir | TV | 7.1 | 57 |
| 1977 | Logan's Run | ASA | TV | 6.9 | 57 |
| 1977 | Hunter | Sheik Farakbi | TV | 8.2 | 57 |
| 1977 | Deadly Harvest | Mort Logan | Film | 4.7 | 57 |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Anton | TV | 6.7 | 56 |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | TV | 7.5 | 56 | |
| 1976 | The Bionic Woman | TV | 7.0 | 56 | |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II | Charles Dietrich | TV | 8.3 | 56 |
| 1976 | Voyage of the Damned | Herr Hauser | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1976 | McNaughton's Daughter | Vinnie Laine | TV | 4.5 | 56 |
| 1976 | Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident | Rudenko | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1975 | Baretta | TV | 6.5 | 55 | |
| 1975 | Barney Miller | Carl Simms | TV | 7.3 | 55 |
| 1975 | Barney Miller | Yacov Berger | TV | 7.3 | 55 |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen | TV | 7.5 | 55 | |
| 1975 | Wonder Woman | Professor Moreno | TV | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1975 | The Invisible Man | Dr. Leon Barnard | TV | 6.2 | 55 |
| 1975 | Eric | Dr. Duchesnes | Film | 9.0 | 55 |
| 1975 | Psychic Killer | Doctor Gubner | Film | 5.3 | 55 |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie | Mr. Olaf Lundstrom | TV | 7.9 | 54 |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Major Popov | TV | 7.3 | 54 |
| 1974 | The Sex Symbol | Nick Fortis | Film | 4.0 | 54 |
| 1974 | The Stranger Within | Dr. Edward Klein | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1973 | Police Story | TV | 7.0 | 53 | |
| 1973 | Dracula | Dr. Van Helsing | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1973 | Purple Playhouse | Dr. Van Helsing | TV | 9.0 | 53 |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | TV | 7.0 | 52 | |
| 1972 | Search | TV | 7.1 | 52 | |
| 1972 | Cool Million | Karinakis | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1972 | Lieutenant Schuster's Wife | Champagne Joe Carroll | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1972 | Michael O'Hara the Fourth | Artie Moreno | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1972 | Lapin 360 | Film | 6.5 | 52 | |
| 1971 | Columbo | Jesse Jerome | TV | 8.1 | 51 |
| 1971 | McMillan & Wife | Clementa Habib | TV | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1971 | The Chicago Teddy Bears | TV | 6.7 | 51 | |
| 1971 | Red Sky at Morning | Amadeo Montoya | Film | 7.1 | 51 |
| 1971 | Mrs. Pollifax — Spy | Berisha | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1970 | McCloud | TV | 7.2 | 50 | |
| 1970 | McCloud | Perry Cicero | TV | 7.2 | 50 |
| 1970 | Dan August | Leo Cussoni | TV | 7.2 | 50 |
| 1970 | The People Next Door | Dr. Salazar | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 1970 | Cutter's Trail | Santillo | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Mr. Stone | TV | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Max Behrman | TV | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Nick Kolinski | TV | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1969 | The Bill Cosby Show | Mr. Byron | TV | 5.5 | 49 |
| 1969 | The Girl Who Knew Too Much | Lieutenant Crawford | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Harry Cardonus | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Winkler | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Leo Paoli | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Cordell | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Victor Palua | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Allie Francis | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Angelo Covelli | TV | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Ambassador | TV | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1968 | Land of the Giants | Titus | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief | Harry Lavender | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | TV | 6.1 | 48 | |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | Nick Master | TV | 6.1 | 48 |
| 1968 | The Power | Prof. Carl Melnicker | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1968 | The Day of the Owl | Pizzuco | Film | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1968 | Panic in the City | August Best | Film | 5.6 | 48 |
| 1968 | Escape to Mindanao | Capt. Kramer | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1968 | The Treasure of San Bosco Reef | Captain Malcione | TV | — | 48 |
| 1968 | The Treasure of San Bosco Reef | Captain Malcione | Film | — | 48 |
| 1967 | Mannix | Anton Wojeska | TV | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral | Homero José | TV | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1967 | The Money Jungle | Lt. Dow Reeves | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 1966 | The Time Tunnel | Prof. Anton Biraki | TV | 7.6 | 46 |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Igor Stravos | TV | 7.6 | 46 |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Phillipe Pereda | TV | 7.6 | 46 |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Prince Iben Kostas | TV | 7.6 | 46 |
| 1966 | Tarzan | Chembe Kunji | TV | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1966 | CBS Playhouse | Dr. Salazar | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1966 | Jericho | TV | 7.3 | 46 | |
| 1966 | Too Many Thieves | Georgi | Film | 5.7 | 46 |
| 1966 | The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones | Skoda | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West | Major Hazard | TV | 7.6 | 45 |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West | Gen. Andreas Cassinello | TV | 7.6 | 45 |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | General Vicente Ruiz | TV | 6.2 | 45 |
| 1965 | Honey West | Faustini | TV | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1965 | The Legend of Jesse James | El Carnicero | TV | 5.8 | 45 |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Shemiah | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 1964 | Gilligan's Island | TV | 7.4 | 44 | |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Valandros | TV | 7.1 | 44 |
| 1964 | Fate Is the Hunter | Ben Sawyer | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1964 | A Global Affair | Under Secretary Segura | Film | 5.3 | 44 |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | TV | 5.9 | 43 | |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Alverian | TV | 5.9 | 43 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Jason Flonder | TV | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Albert Indigo, 'Mr. I' | TV | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Wilhelm Kasimer | TV | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak | Henry Selkirk | TV | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1963 | The Hook | Capt. Van Ryn | Film | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict | TV | 6.7 | 42 | |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | TV | 5.9 | 41 | |
| 1961 | The New Breed | Louis Morley | TV | 7.7 | 41 |
| 1961 | Bus Stop | TV | 10.0 | 41 | |
| 1961 | The Wonderful World of Disney | TV | 8.0 | 41 | |
| 1961 | The Comancheros | Graile | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1961 | The Big Show | Bruno Everard | Film | 5.8 | 41 |
| 1960 | Route 66 | TV | 6.7 | 40 | |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Carl Lanser | TV | 8.5 | 39 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Domingo | TV | 7.2 | 39 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Michob | TV | 7.2 | 39 |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Jake 'Greasy Thumb' Guzik | TV | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Johnny Fortunato | TV | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Waxey Gordon | TV | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1959 | Some Like It Hot | Little Bonaparte | Film | 8.1 | 39 |
| 1959 | Startime | Prior Andry | TV | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1959 | Mr. Lucky | TV | 6.7 | 39 | |
| 1959 | Green Mansions | Don Panta | Film | 5.7 | 39 |
| 1959 | Al Capone | Johnny Torrio | Film | 6.6 | 39 |
| 1959 | Day of the Outlaw | Dan, Starret's Foreman | Film | 6.9 | 39 |
| 1959 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Pablo | Film | — | 39 |
| 1959 | The Killers of Mussolini | Benito Mussolini | Film | — | 39 |
| 1959 | Never Steal Anything Small | Pinelli | Film | 8.2 | 39 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Barney Peters | TV | 5.7 | 38 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Carlos Ruldan | TV | 5.7 | 38 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Max Evar | TV | 5.7 | 38 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Dominic Venussi | TV | 5.7 | 38 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Berco Romanu | TV | 5.7 | 38 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Merritt Griffin | TV | 5.7 | 38 |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook | Ali Baba | TV | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1958 | The Badlanders | Vincente (The Powder Monkey) | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Tiburcio Mendez | TV | 6.6 | 37 |
| 1957 | Men in War | Sgt. Lewis | Film | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1957 | The Death of Manolete | Camera | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1957 | This Angry Age | Albert Legros | Film | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1957 | Mayerling | Police Officer | Film | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1957 | Street of Sinners | Leon | Film | 7.7 | 37 |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 | Pablo | TV | 7.6 | 36 |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 | Prisoners Father | TV | 7.6 | 36 |
| 1956 | The Wrong Man | Gene Conforti | Film | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1956 | The Harder They Fall | Leo | Film | 7.2 | 36 |
| 1956 | The Wild Party | Kicks Johnson | Film | 6.6 | 36 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Jack Pinto | TV | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Mr. Dano | TV | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Alex Skouras | TV | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Driscoll | TV | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Ben Rando | TV | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Alejo Etchahoun | TV | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Ralph Collins | TV | 7.8 | 35 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Jeff Jensen | TV | 7.8 | 35 |
| 1955 | Playwrights '56 | TV | 6.3 | 35 | |
| 1955 | The Thief | D'Arnault-Olivier | Film | 4.0 | 35 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Lieutenant Cal Nourse | TV | 3.8 | 34 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Artie Moreno | TV | 7.9 | 34 |
| 1954 | On the Waterfront | Cab Driver (uncredited) | Film | 7.9 | 34 |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour | Dr. Arnault / Oliver | TV | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1953 | The Motorola Television Hour | TV | 10.0 | 33 | |
| 1953 | Marty | The Critic | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Dr. Duchesnes | TV | 8.8 | 31 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Jules Dreise | TV | 7.2 | 31 |
| 1950 | Armstrong Circle Theatre | TV | 4.5 | 30 | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Ed Kagan | TV | 6.6 | 28 |