Nehemiah Persoff
Actor
Born Aug 2, 1919 · Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate
Active 1948–2022
Nehemiah Persoff was an American film and television actor. Persoff emigrated with his family from Palestine to the United States in 1929.
Filmography
Some Like It Hot (1959) — Little BonaparteStar Trek: The Next Generation (1987) — ToffOn the Waterfront (1954) — Cab Driver (uncredited)The Twilight Zone (1959) — Carl LanserLittle House on the Prairie (1974) — Mr. Olaf LundstromColumbo (1971) — Jesse JeromeMacGyver (1985) — Sam BolinskiThe Last Temptation of Christ (1988) — RabbiAn American Tail (1986) — Papa Mousekewitz (voice)Law & Order (1990) — David SteinmetzTwins (1988) — Mitchell TravenMurder, She Wrote (1984) — Constantin StavrosThe Wrong Man (1956) — Gene ConfortiMagnum, P.I. (1980) — Rabbi Asher SolomonThe Six Million Dollar Man (1974) — Major PopovMission: Impossible (1966) — Prince Iben Kostas · Phillipe Pereda · Igor StravosWonder Woman (1975) — Professor MorenoAlfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Jeff Jensen · Ralph CollinsAn American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) — Papa Mousekewitz (voice)Angels in America (2003) — Rabbi (uncredited)Gilligan's Island (1964)Battlestar Galactica (1978) — Eastern Alliance LeaderThe Time Tunnel (1966) — Prof. Anton BirakiHighway to Heaven (1984)