Zero Mostel
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 Awa...
Known For
Filmography
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
Best Boy
1979
as Self
Watership Down
1978
as Kehaar (voice)
Ride of the Valkyrie
1977
The Front
1976
as Hecky Brown
Mastermind
1976
as Inspector Hoku Ichihara
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
1976
as Brutus (voice)
The Muppet Show
1976
as Self - Special Guest Star
Fore Play
1975
as President / Don Pasquale
Journey into Fear
1975
as Kopelkin
Rhinoceros
1974
as John
Once Upon a Scoundrel
1974
as Carlos del Refugio
Old Faithful
1973
as Ranger Zeppel
Saga of Sonora
1973
as Heavy Harry
Marco
1973
as Kublai Khan
The Hot Rock
1972
as Abe Greenberg
The Electric Company
1971
as Spell Binder (voice)
The Angel Levine
1970
as Morris Mishkin
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
as Self
The Great Bank Robbery
1969
as Rev. Pious Blue
The Producers
1968
as Max Bialystock
Great Catherine
1968
as Potemkin
Red, White, and Zero
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
as Pseudolus
Carol + 2
1966
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Waiting for Godot
1961
as Estragon / Gogo
The World of Sholom Aleichem
1959
as Melamed / Maxel
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
Sirocco
1951
as Balukjiaan
The Enforcer
1951
as 'Big Babe' Lazich
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
1951
as Emmett
The Model and the Marriage Broker
1951
as George Wixted
The Guy Who Came Back
1951
as Boots Mullins
Panic in the Streets
1950
as Raymond Fitch
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
as Rami / Taliostra