Acting credits
46
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Zero Mostel
Acting
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Movies: 38Series: 8
TMDB ID: 18861
IMDb ID: nm0609216
Known for: Acting
Born: February 28, 1915
Died: August 8, 1977
Age: 62
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1943 - 2024
Years active: 82
Average TMDB rating: 6.9
Wikidata: Q191952
Also known as
Зеро Мостел • Samuel Joel Mostel
Biography
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Zero Mostel.
7.2
Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
6.4
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
as Self (archive footage)
2018 Movie
8.2
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
2013 Movie
5.0
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007 Movie
7.2
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)
2005 Movie
6.1
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")
2003 Movie
7.0
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
as Self (archive footage)
1986 Movie
Muppet Treasures
as Self
1985 Movie
6.4
Best Boy
as Self
1979 Movie
7.2
Watership Down
as Kehaar (voice)
1978 Movie
4.0
Ride of the Valkyrie
1977 Movie
5.9
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
as Brutus (voice)
1976 Movie
7.0
The Front
as Hecky Brown
1976 Movie
3.5
Mastermind
as Inspector Hoku Ichihara
1976 Movie
5.6
Journey into Fear
as Kopelkin
1975 Movie
3.0
Fore Play
as President / Don Pasquale
1975 Movie
5.3
Rhinoceros
as John
1974 Movie
Marco
as Kublai Khan
1973 Movie
Saga of Sonora
as Heavy Harry
1973 Movie
Old Faithful
as Ranger Zeppel
1973 Movie
5.0
Once Upon a Scoundrel
as Carlos del Refugio
1973 Movie
6.5
The Hot Rock
as Abe Greenberg
1972 Movie
5.1
The Angel Levine
as Morris Mishkin
1970 Movie
6.3
The Great Bank Robbery
as Rev. Pious Blue
1969 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Zero Mostel.
8.0
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star • 1 eps
1976 Series
7.1
The Electric Company
as Spell Binder (voice) • 650 eps
1971 Series
4.6
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self • 1 eps
1970 Series
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
1968 Series
6.6
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self • 1 eps
1968 Series
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 2 eps
1962 Series
6.2
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self • 1 eps
1962 Series
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self • 1 eps
1948 Series