Actor
Zero Mostel
111 years · Brooklyn, New York, USA · 38 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 38
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013 · Self (archive footage)
On Tubi TV
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")
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986 · Self (archive footage)
Muppet Treasures
1985 · Self
Best Boy
1979 · Self
Watership Down
1978 · Kehaar (voice)
Ride of the Valkyrie
1977 · Actor
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
1976 · Brutus (voice)
The Front
1976 · Hecky Brown
Mastermind
1976 · Inspector Hoku Ichihara
Journey into Fear
1975 · Kopelkin
On Kanopy
Fore Play
1975 · President / Don Pasquale
On Tubi TV
Once Upon a Scoundrel
1974 · Carlos del Refugio
Rhinoceros
1974 · John
Marco
1973 · Kublai Khan
Saga of Sonora
1973 · Heavy Harry
Old Faithful
1973 · Ranger Zeppel
The Hot Rock
1972 · Abe Greenberg
The Angel Levine
1970 · Morris Mishkin
On Tubi TV
The Great Bank Robbery
1969 · Rev. Pious Blue
On Plex