Zero Mostel
Date of birth: 1915-02-28
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Зеро Мостел, Samuel Joel Mostel
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Samuel Joel “Zero” Mostel (February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977) was an American actor of stage and screen, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Zero Mostel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
The Front
1976-09-17
A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice
The Producers
1968-03-18
A conniving Broadway producer and his meek accountant plan to profit from charming wealthy old biddi
Sirocco
1951-06-13
A mysterious American gets mixed up with gunrunners in Syria.
Panic in the Streets
1950-07-27
A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic plague. W
The Enforcer
1951-02-24
After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a sol
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013-05-20
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years in the creative beginnings of live tel
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943-08-13
Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with a p
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
1951-08-01
Posing as a man over 70, a lecturer (Clifton Webb) enters an old-folks home to prove age is a state
Rhinoceros
1974-01-21
A boozing young man in love with his co-worker finds that everyone around him, even his pompous and
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007-05-10
A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966-10-16
A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.
Muppet Treasures
1985-07-09
Fozzie and Kermit have come across a priceless collection of great moments in the career of the Mupp
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005-08-07
Broadway royalty and Tony-winners Tommy Tune, Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein ar
Mastermind
1976-09-10
Zero Mostel plays an inspector on the trail of criminals who have captured a robot called Chatze(sp?
The Great Bank Robbery
1969-06-24
A motley group of phony church leaders attempts to rob a bank controlled by brothers in 1880's Texas
Fore Play
1975-03-01
A three-part omnibus centered around sex and its discontents.
Great Catherine
1968-11-29
When British Capt. Charles Edstaston arrives at the court of Catherine the Great in St. Petersburg,
The Model and the Marriage Broker
1951-11-01
A marriage broker can't resist meddling in the life of a model, with disastrous results.
Journey into Fear
1975-08-08
U.S geologist discovers something about Oil that proves VERY threatening to the Turkish and Arab bus
The Angel Levine
1970-07-28
Morris Mishkin is a elderly religious Jew in New York. His wife Fanny is very ill. He's a tailor, bu
The Guy Who Came Back
1951-08-16
Former football star Harry Joplin is down on his luck, both in his career and in his married life. H
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003-08-10
The golden age of the annual Tony Awards ceremony lasted from 1967 to 1986 — the period during which
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024-03-15
This loving tribute to Gene Wilder celebrates his life and legacy as the comic genius behind an extr
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986-01-21
For the first time in their careers, all the Muppets (except the ones that couldn't make it, like th
The Hot Rock
1972-01-26
Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only th
Once Upon a Scoundrel
1973-01-01
After falling for Alicia, greedy and powerful Mexican landowner Carlos has her fiancé thrown in pris
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
1976-12-13
Aaron, the drummer boy, struggles to protect a bellmaker's great silver bells from seizure by Roman
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018-02-17
At the age of 91, Mel Brooks is unstoppable, with his musical "Young Frankenstein" opening to great
Watership Down
1978-10-14
When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwi
Waiting for Godot
1961-04-03
Two derelicts occupy themselves as they wait for 'Godot' to make an appearance on Pozzo's estate.
Carol + 2
1966-03-22
Carol + 2 was the title of the second of a multi-year series of television variety specials starring
Ride of the Valkyrie
1977-10-29
An opera singer, dressed in full costume and dress, must navigate through the busy city streets to g
Red, White, and Zero
1968-01-30
Composed of three shorts – Ride of the Valkyrie, The White Bus, and Red and Blue – from three of Bri
Old Faithful
1973-03-12
A forest ranger is asked by his boss to attract a record-breaking crowd to Yellowstone National Park
Saga of Sonora
1973-05-03
A musical TV special with Vince Edwards as a hero who must stop gold-greedy villains, Jill St. John
Marco
1973-12-01
A combination of live action and animation chronicinge the great journey of Marco Polo to the myster
The World of Sholom Aleichem
1959-12-14
This omnibus release consists of three playlets filmed and aired during television's Golden Age, and
Best Boy
1979-10-05
In this documentary, the director follows the day-to-day activities of his retarded, middle-aged cou