Zero Mostel: movies and TV shows
Zero Mostel has 50 credits in the archive: 38 films and 12 TV series, from 1943 to 2024. Highest rated: The Muppet Show (8.0/10).
Career timeline
1943 – 2024 · busiest year: 1968 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Remembering Gene Wilder | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 109 |
| 2018 | Mel Brooks: Unwrapped | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.4 | 103 |
| 2013 | Mel Brooks: Make a Noise | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.2 | 98 |
| 2007 | Hitler: The Comedy Years | Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 5.0 | 92 |
| 2005 | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards | Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.) | Film | 7.2 | 90 |
| 2003 | Broadway's Lost Treasures | Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof") | Film | 6.4 | 88 |
| 1986 | The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.2 | 71 |
| 1985 | Muppet Treasures | Self | Film | 6.3 | 70 |
| 1979 | Best Boy | Self | Film | 6.6 | 64 |
| 1978 | Watership Down | Kehaar (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 63 |
| 1977 | Ride of the Valkyrie | Film | 6.3 | 62 | |
| 1976 | The Muppet Show | Self - Special Guest Star | TV | 8.0 | 61 |
| 1976 | The Front | Hecky Brown | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1976 | Mastermind | Inspector Hoku Ichihara | Film | 4.8 | 61 |
| 1976 | The Little Drummer Boy: Book II | Brutus (voice) | Film | 6.1 | 61 |
| 1975 | Fore Play | President / Don Pasquale | Film | 3.8 | 60 |
| 1975 | Journey into Fear | Kopelkin | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 1974 | Rhinoceros | John | Film | 5.6 | 59 |
| 1974 | Once Upon a Scoundrel | Carlos del Refugio | Film | 5.4 | 59 |
| 1973 | Saga of Sonora | Heavy Harry | Film | 9.0 | 58 |
| 1973 | Old Faithful | Ranger Zeppel | Film | — | 58 |
| 1973 | Marco | Kublai Khan | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1972 | The Hot Rock | Abe Greenberg | Film | 6.6 | 57 |
| 1971 | The Electric Company | Spell Binder (voice) | TV | 7.3 | 56 |
| 1970 | The Flip Wilson Show | Self | TV | 4.9 | 55 |
| 1970 | The Angel Levine | Morris Mishkin | Film | 5.4 | 55 |
| 1969 | The Great Bank Robbery | Rev. Pious Blue | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self | TV | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self (uncredited) | TV | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1968 | The Producers | Max Bialystock | Film | 7.1 | 53 |
| 1968 | Red, White, and Zero | Film | 5.0 | 53 | |
| 1968 | Great Catherine | Potemkin | Film | 5.9 | 53 |
| 1966 | Carol + 2 | Self | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 1966 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Pseudolus | Film | 6.1 | 51 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 47 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1961 | Waiting for Godot | Estragon / Gogo | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1959 | The World of Sholom Aleichem | Melamed / Maxel | Film | 9.0 | 44 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 41 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 41 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Performer | TV | — | 41 |
| 1951 | Sirocco | Balukjiaan | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1951 | The Enforcer | 'Big Babe' Lazich | Film | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1951 | The Model and the Marriage Broker | George Wixted | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1951 | The Guy Who Came Back | Boots Mullins | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1951 | Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell | Emmett | Film | 7.2 | 36 |
| 1950 | Panic in the Streets | Raymond Fitch | Film | 6.9 | 35 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 33 |
| 1943 | Du Barry Was a Lady | Rami / Taliostra | Film | 6.5 | 28 |