Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1915
- Died
- 1977
- Works
- 6
Top works
- The producers
- Fiddler on the roof
- Fiddler on the roof
- A funny thing happened on the way to the forum
- A funny thing happened on the way to the forum
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Film & TV
Acting · 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…
Known for
- Remembering Gene Wilder — Self (archive footage)2024
- Mel Brooks: Unwrapped — Self (archive footage)2018
- Mel Brooks: Make a Noise — Self (archive footage)2013
- Hitler: The Comedy Years — Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)2007
- Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards — Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)2005
- Broadway's Lost Treasures — Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")2003
- The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years — Self (archive footage)1986
- Muppet Treasures — Self1985
- Best Boy — Self1979
- Watership Down — Kehaar (voice)1978
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 12,402
- Total plays
- 64,215
Tags
musical theaterUSAmusicalBroadwayshow tunes
Early life Mostel was born as Samuel Joel Mostel to Israel Mostel, an Eastern European Jew, and Cina "Celia" Druchs, also from a Jewish family, who was born in Poland and raised in Vienna. The two immigrated to the United States (separately: Israel in 1898 and Cina in 1908), where they met and married. Israel already had four children from his first wife; he had four more children with Cina. Samuel, later known as Zero, was Israel's seventh child. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Zero+Mostel"
Key dates
- Born
- 28 February 1915
- Died
- 8 September 1977
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- Philadelphia
- Child
- Josh Mostel
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Don Richardson
- Field of work
- acting
Connections
Categories
1915 births1977 deaths20th-century American comedians20th-century American Jews20th-century American male actors20th-century American male singers20th-century American singersActors Studio alumniAmerican male comediansAmerican male film actorsAmerican male musical theatre actorsAmerican male voice actors