Zero Mostel
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...
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...
Known For
Cast Credits
Watership Down
as Kehaar (voice)
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
as Brutus (voice)
The Front
as Hecky Brown
Mastermind
as Inspector Hoku Ichihara
Journey into Fear
as Kopelkin
Fore Play
as President / Don Pasquale
Once Upon a Scoundrel
as Carlos del Refugio
Rhinoceros
as John
Marco
as Kublai Khan
Saga of Sonora
as Heavy Harry
Old Faithful
as Ranger Zeppel
The Hot Rock
as Abe Greenberg
The Angel Levine
as Morris Mishkin
The Great Bank Robbery
as Rev. Pious Blue
Great Catherine
as Potemkin
The Producers
as Max Bialystock
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as Pseudolus
Waiting for Godot
as Estragon / Gogo
The World of Sholom Aleichem
as Melamed / Maxel
The Model and the Marriage Broker
as George Wixted
The Guy Who Came Back
as Boots Mullins
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
as Emmett
Sirocco
as Balukjiaan
The Enforcer
as 'Big Babe' Lazich
Panic in the Streets
as Raymond Fitch
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Rami, the Swami / Taliostra