About
Zero Mostel
Overview
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Samuel Joel “Zero” Mostel (February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977) was an American actor of stage and screen, 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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Known for
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| 2024 | Remembering Gene Wilder | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Mel Brooks: Unwrapped | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Mel Brooks: Make a Noise | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Hitler: The Comedy Years | Actor | Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 2005 | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards | Actor | Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.) | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Broadway's Lost Treasures | Actor | Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof") | 59 Average |
| 1986 | The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 1985 | Muppet Treasures | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1979 | Red, White, and Zero | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1979 | Best Boy | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 1978 | Watership Down | Actor | Kehaar (voice) | 66 Fair |
| 1977 | Ride of the Valkyrie | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1976 | The Little Drummer Boy Book II | Actor | Brutus (voice) | 58 Average |
| 1976 | The Front | Actor | Hecky Brown | 61 Fair |
| 1975 | Journey into Fear | Actor | Kopelkin | 58 Average |
| 1975 | Fore Play | Actor | President / Don Pasquale | 58 Average |
| 1974 | Rhinoceros | Actor | John | 59 Average |
| 1973 | Marco | Actor | Kublai Khan | N/A N/A |
| 1973 | Saga of Sonora | Actor | Heavy Harry | N/A N/A |
| 1973 | Once Upon a Scoundrel | Actor | Carlos del Refugio | 58 Average |
| 1973 | Old Faithful | Actor | Ranger Zeppel | N/A N/A |
| 1972 | The Hot Rock | Actor | Abe Greenberg | 59 Average |
| 1971 | The Electric Company | Actor | 69 Fair |
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| 1970 | The Angel Levine | Actor | Morris Mishkin | 59 Average |
| 1969 | The Great Bank Robbery | Actor | Rev. Pious Blue | 58 Average |
| 1969 | Mastermind | Actor | Inspector Hoku Ichihara | 58 Average |
| 1968 | Great Catherine | Actor | Potemkin | 59 Average |
| 1968 | The Producers | Actor | Max Bialystock | 66 Fair |
| 1966 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Actor | Pseudolus | 58 Average |
| 1966 | Carol + 2 | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1961 | Waiting for Godot | Actor | Estragon / Gogo | 58 Average |
| 1959 | The World of Sholom Aleichem | Actor | Melamed / Maxel | N/A N/A |
| 1951 | The Model and the Marriage Broker | Actor | George Wixted | 59 Average |
| 1951 | The Guy Who Came Back | Actor | Boots Mullins | 58 Average |
| 1951 | Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell | Actor | Emmett | 59 Average |
| 1951 | Sirocco | Actor | Balukjiaan | 58 Average |
| 1951 | The Enforcer | Actor | 'Big Babe' Lazich | 60 Fair |
| 1950 | Panic in the Streets | Actor | Raymond Fitch | 61 Fair |
| 1943 | Du Barry was a Lady | Actor | Rami - the Swami / Taliostra | 58 Average |
| Carol + 2 | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
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