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Zero Mostel
Actor · 32 credits
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 Award winner.
Known For
The Producers
1968
Max Bialystock
Watership Down
1978
Kehaar (voice)
The Hot Rock
1972
Abe Greenberg
The Electric Company
1971
Spell Binder (voice)
Panic in the Streets
1950
Raymond Fitch
The Front
1976
Hecky Brown
All Work
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)
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)
