Acting · geboren 1915-02-28 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

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 before the House Committee on Un-American Activities was well-publicized. He was a Tony Award and Obie Award winner.

Bekannt aus

• Frühling für Hitler (1968) – Max Bialystock
• Unten am Fluss (1978) – Kehaar (voice)
• Die Muppet Show (1976) – Self - Special Guest Star
• Der Strohmann (1976) – Hecky Brown
• Unter Geheimbefehl (1950) – Raymond Fitch
• Vier schräge Vögel (1972) – Abe Greenberg
• Toll Trieben es die alten Römer (1966) – Pseudolus
• Der Tiger (1951) – 'Big Babe' Lazich
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) – Self
• Sirocco – Zwischen Kairo und Damaskus (1951) – Balukjiaan
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) – Self
• The Electric Company (1971) – Spell Binder (voice)
• The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) – Self
• The Flip Wilson Show (1970) – Self
• Remembering Gene Wilder (2024) – Self (archive footage)
• The Dick Cavett Show (1968) – Self - Guest
• Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) – Rami / Taliostra
• The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951) – George Wixted
• Die Nashörner (1974) – John
• The Little Drummer Boy: Book II (1976) – Brutus (voice)
• Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (2013) – Self (archive footage)
• Hochwürden dreht sein größtes Ding (1969) – Rev. Pious Blue
• Flucht in die Angst (1975) – Kopelkin
• The Merv Griffin Show (1962) – Self
• Best Boy (1979) – Self
• The Mike Douglas Show (1961) – Self - Guest
• Die große Katharina (1968) – Potemkin
• Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951) – Emmett
• Fore Play (1975) – President / Don Pasquale
• Ein Engel namens Levin (1970) – Morris Mishkin
• The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986) – Self (archive footage)
• Mel Brooks: Unwrapped (2018) – Self (archive footage)
• Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003) – Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")
• Once Upon a Scoundrel (1974) – Carlos del Refugio
• Mastermind (1976) – Inspector Hoku Ichihara
• Muppet Treasures (1985) – Self
• Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005) – Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)
• The Guy Who Came Back (1951) – Boots Mullins
• Ride of the Valkyrie (1977)
• Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007) – Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)