Zero Mostel
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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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Acted in
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
as Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
as Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003
as Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986
as Self (archive footage)
Muppet Treasures
1985
as Self
Red, White, and Zero
1979
Watership Down
1978
as Kehaar (voice)
Ride of the Valkyrie
1977
The Little Drummer Boy Book II
1976
as Brutus (voice)
The Front
1976
as Hecky Brown
The Muppet Show
1976
as Self - Special Guest Star
Journey into Fear
1975
as Kopelkin
Fore Play
1975
as President / Don Pasquale
Rhinoceros
1974
as John
Marco
1973
as Kublai Khan
Saga of Sonora
1973
as Heavy Harry
Once Upon a Scoundrel
1973
as Carlos del Refugio
Old Faithful
1973
as Ranger Zeppel
The Hot Rock
1972
as Abe Greenberg
The Electric Company
1971
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
as Self
The Angel Levine
1970
as Morris Mishkin
The Great Bank Robbery
1969
as Rev. Pious Blue
Mastermind
1969
as Inspector Hoku Ichihara
Great Catherine
1968
as Potemkin
The Producers
1968
as Max Bialystock
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1967
as Self
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
as Pseudolus
Carol + 2
1966
as Self
Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show
1966
Waiting for Godot
1961
as Estragon
The World of Sholom Aleichem
1959
as Melamed / Maxel
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
The Model and the Marriage Broker
1951
as George Wixted
The Guy Who Came Back
1951
as Boots Mullins
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
1951
as Emmett
Sirocco
1951
as Balukjiaan
The Enforcer
1951
as 'Big Babe' Lazich
Panic in the Streets
1950
as Raymond Fitch
Du Barry was a Lady
1943
as Rami - the Swami / Taliostra