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Zero Mostel

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Zero Mostel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1915-02-28

Died: 1977-08-08

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1943	Du Barry Was a Lady	Rami - the Swami / Taliostra	61
2	1950	Panic in the Streets	Raymond Fitch	69
3	1951	The Enforcer	'Big Babe' Lazich	71
4	1951	Sirocco	Balukjiaan	58
5	1951	Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell	Emmett	66
6	1951	The Guy Who Came Back	Boots Mullins	30
7	1951	The Model and the Marriage Broker	George Wixted	64
8	1959	The World of Sholom Aleichem	Melamed / Maxel	0
9	1961	Waiting for Godot	Estragon / Gogo	60
10	1966	Carol + 2	Self	0
11	1966	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum	Pseudolus	60
12	1968	The Producers	Max Bialystock	71
13	1968	Great Catherine	Potemkin	58
14	1969	Mastermind	Inspector Hoku Ichihara	33
15	1969	The Great Bank Robbery	Rev. Pious Blue	63
16	1970	The Angel Levine	Morris Mishkin	57
17	1972	The Hot Rock	Abe Greenberg	66
18	1973	Once Upon a Scoundrel	Carlos del Refugio	50
19	1973	Old Faithful	Ranger Zeppel	0
20	1973	Saga of Sonora	Heavy Harry	0
21	1973	Marco	Kublai Khan	0
22	1974	Rhinoceros	John	53
23	1975	Fore Play	President / Don Pasquale	25
24	1975	Journey into Fear	Kopelkin	56
25	1976	The Front	Hecky Brown	70
26	1976	The Little Drummer Boy Book II	Brutus (voice)	58
27	1977	Ride of the Valkyrie		40
28	1978	Watership Down	Kehaar (voice)	72
29	1979	Best Boy	Self	64
30	1979	Red, White, and Zero		50
31	1985	Muppet Treasures	Self	0
32	1986	The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years	Self (archive footage)	50
33	2003	Broadway's Lost Treasures	Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")	61
34	2005	Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards	Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)	72
35	2007	Hitler: The Comedy Years	Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)	50
36	2013	Mel Brooks: Make a Noise	Self (archive footage)	82
37	2018	Mel Brooks: Unwrapped	Self (archive footage)	64
38	2024	Remembering Gene Wilder	Self (archive footage)	72

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter	51
3	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Nominee	51
4	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Performer	51
5	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	58
6	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
7	1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Self	65
8	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	67
9	1970	The Flip Wilson Show	Self	48
10	1971	The Electric Company		71
11	1976	The Muppet Show	Self - Special Guest Star	80