Zero Mostel
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 28 February 1915 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Died
- 8 August 1977
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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- 2024Remembering Gene Wilder as Self (archive footage)
- 2018Mel Brooks: Unwrapped as Self (archive footage)
- 2013Mel Brooks: Make a Noise as Self (archive footage)
- 2007Hitler: The Comedy Years as Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards as Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)
- 2003Broadway's Lost Treasures as Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")
- 1986The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years as Self (archive footage)
- 1985Muppet Treasures as Self
- 1979Best Boy as Self
- 1978Watership Down as Kehaar (voice)
- 1977Ride of the Valkyrie
- 1976The Little Drummer Boy: Book II as Brutus (voice)
- 1976The Front as Hecky Brown
- 1976Mastermind as Inspector Hoku Ichihara
- 1975Journey into Fear as Kopelkin
- 1975Fore Play as President / Don Pasquale
- 1974Once Upon a Scoundrel as Carlos del Refugio
- 1974Rhinoceros as John
- 1973Marco as Kublai Khan
- 1973Saga of Sonora as Heavy Harry
- 1973Old Faithful as Ranger Zeppel
- 1972The Hot Rock as Abe Greenberg
- 1970The Angel Levine as Morris Mishkin
- 1969The Great Bank Robbery as Rev. Pious Blue
- 1968Great Catherine as Potemkin
- 1968The Producers as Max Bialystock
- 1968Red, White, and Zero
- 1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Pseudolus
- 1966Carol + 2 as Self
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self · 2 episodes
- 1961Waiting for Godot as Estragon / Gogo
- 1959The World of Sholom Aleichem as Melamed / Maxel
- 1951The Model and the Marriage Broker as George Wixted
- 1951The Guy Who Came Back as Boots Mullins
- 1951Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell as Emmett
- 1951Sirocco as Balukjiaan
- 1951The Enforcer as 'Big Babe' Lazich
- 1950Panic in the Streets as Raymond Fitch
- 1943Du Barry Was a Lady as Rami / Taliostra