Zero Mostel
Acting Born Feb 28, 1915 Brooklyn, New York, USA 24 credits
Biography
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.
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- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Nominee
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Performer
- The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- The Muppet Show (1976) as Self - Special Guest Star
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) as Self
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) as Self (uncredited)
- The Electric Company (1971) as Spell Binder (voice)
- The Flip Wilson Show (1970) as Self
- The Producers (1968) as Max Bialystock
- Watership Down (1978) as Kehaar (voice)
- Sirocco (1951) as Balukjiaan
- The Hot Rock (1972) as Abe Greenberg
- The Enforcer (1951) as 'Big Babe' Lazich
- Panic in the Streets (1950) as Raymond Fitch
- The Front (1976) as Hecky Brown
- The Great Bank Robbery (1969) as Rev. Pious Blue
- 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)