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Zero Mostel

Zero Mostel

Born: 1915-02-28 • Brooklyn, New York, USA

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.

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