Actor
· Acting
Zero Mostel
Born 1915-02-28
Died 1977-08-08
📍 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.
Filmography 50
Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)
2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")
2003
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
as Self (archive footage)
1986
Muppet Treasures
as Self
1985
Best Boy
as Self
1979
Watership Down
as Kehaar (voice)
1978
Ride of the Valkyrie
1977
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
as Brutus (voice)
1976
The Front
as Hecky Brown
1976
Mastermind
as Inspector Hoku Ichihara
1976
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
1976
Journey into Fear
as Kopelkin
1975
Fore Play
as President / Don Pasquale
1975
Once Upon a Scoundrel
as Carlos del Refugio
1974
Rhinoceros
as John
1974
Marco
as Kublai Khan
1973
Saga of Sonora
as Heavy Harry
1973
Old Faithful
as Ranger Zeppel
1973
The Hot Rock
as Abe Greenberg
1972
The Electric Company
as Spell Binder (voice)
1971
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
1970
The Angel Levine
as Morris Mishkin
1970
The Great Bank Robbery
as Rev. Pious Blue
1969
Great Catherine
as Potemkin
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
The Producers
as Max Bialystock
1968
Red, White, and Zero
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as Pseudolus
1966
Carol + 2
as Self
1966
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
Waiting for Godot
as Estragon / Gogo
1961
The World of Sholom Aleichem
as Melamed / Maxel
1959
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
1956
The Model and the Marriage Broker
as George Wixted
1951
The Guy Who Came Back
as Boots Mullins
1951
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
as Emmett
1951
Sirocco
as Balukjiaan
1951
The Enforcer
as 'Big Babe' Lazich
1951
Panic in the Streets
as Raymond Fitch
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Rami, the Swami / Taliostra
1943