Zero Mostel
Actor
Born Feb 28, 1915 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
Active 1943–1977 · Awards: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
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…
Filmography
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 (2003) - Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")Watership Down (1978) - Kehaar (voice)Ride of the Valkyrie (1977)The Front (1976) - Hecky BrownThe Little Drummer Boy: Book II (1976) - Brutus (voice)Journey into Fear (1975) - KopelkinRhinoceros (1974) - JohnSaga of Sonora (1973) - Heavy HarryMarco (1973) - Kublai KhanThe Hot Rock (1972) - Abe GreenbergThe Electric Company (1971) - Spell Binder (voice)The Great Bank Robbery (1969) - Rev. Pious BlueThe Producers (1968) - Max BialystockGreat Catherine (1968) - PotemkinA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) - PseudolusThe World of Sholom Aleichem (1959) - Melamed / MaxelThe Enforcer (1951) - 'Big Babe' LazichSirocco (1951) - BalukjiaanThe Model and the Marriage Broker (1951) - George WixtedMr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951) - EmmettThe Guy Who Came Back (1951) - Boots MullinsPanic in the Streets (1950) - Raymond FitchDu Barry Was a Lady (1943) - Rami / Taliostra