Zero Mostel

Feb 28, 1915 - Aug 08, 1977 (62 years old) in Brooklyn, New York, USA

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

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The Muppet Show

Self - Special Guest Star

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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Self

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The Flip Wilson Show

Self

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The Electric Company

Spell Binder (voice)

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Sirocco

Balukjiaan

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Carol + 2

Self

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Fore Play

President / Don Pasquale

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The Producers

Max Bialystock

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Watership Down

Kehaar (voice)

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The Enforcer

'Big Babe' Lazich

Credits

Remembering Gene Wilder 2024

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.2
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped 2018

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.4
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise 2013

Self (archive footage)

★ 8.2
Hitler: The Comedy Years 2007

Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 5
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards 2005

Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)

★ 7.2
Broadway's Lost Treasures 2003

Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")

★ 6.1
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years 1986

Self (archive footage)

★ 7
Muppet Treasures 1985

Self

★ NR
Best Boy 1979

Self

★ 6.4
Watership Down 1978

Kehaar (voice)

★ 7.2
Ride of the Valkyrie 1977

★ 4
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II 1976

Brutus (voice)

★ 5.9
The Front 1976

Hecky Brown

★ 7
Mastermind 1976

Inspector Hoku Ichihara

★ 3.5
The Muppet Show 1976

Self - Special Guest Star

★ 8
Journey into Fear 1975

Kopelkin

★ 5.6
Fore Play 1975

President / Don Pasquale

★ 3
Rhinoceros 1974

John

★ 5.3
Marco 1973

Kublai Khan

★ NR
Saga of Sonora 1973

Heavy Harry

★ NR
Old Faithful 1973

Ranger Zeppel

★ NR
Once Upon a Scoundrel 1973

Carlos del Refugio

★ 5
The Hot Rock 1972

Abe Greenberg

★ 6.5
The Electric Company 1971

Spell Binder (voice)

★ 7.1
The Flip Wilson Show 1970

Self

★ 4.6
The Angel Levine 1970

Morris Mishkin

★ 5.1
The Great Bank Robbery 1969

Rev. Pious Blue

★ 6.3
Great Catherine 1968

Potemkin

★ 5.8
The Producers 1968

Max Bialystock

★ 7.1
Red, White, and Zero 1968

★ 5
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In 1968

Self

★ 6.6
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1966

Pseudolus

★ 6
Carol + 2 1966

Self

★ NR
Waiting for Godot 1961

Estragon / Gogo

★ 6
The World of Sholom Aleichem 1959

Melamed / Maxel

★ NR
The Model and the Marriage Broker 1951

George Wixted

★ 6.2
The Guy Who Came Back 1951

Boots Mullins

★ 5
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell 1951

Emmett

★ 6.9
Sirocco 1951

Balukjiaan

★ 5.9
The Enforcer 1951

'Big Babe' Lazich

★ 7.1
Panic in the Streets 1950

Raymond Fitch

★ 6.9
Du Barry Was a Lady 1943

Rami, the Swami / Taliostra

★ 6.4

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