Zero Mostel (1915–1977)

Actor | Soundtrack

Zero Mostel was born Samuel Joel Mostel on February 28, 1915 in Brooklyn, New York, one of eight ...

Born: February 28, 1915
Died: September 8, 1977 (age 62)

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Filmography

Known For

The Producers Max Bialystock (1967)
The Front Hecky Brown (1976)
Watership Down Kehaar (1978)
Known For

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Pseudolus (1966)
Actor

Watership Down Kehaar (1978)
The Electric Company Spell Binder (1972-1977)
The Little Drummer Boy Book II Brutus (1976)
The Front Hecky Brown (1976)
Mastermind Inspector Hoku Ichihara (1976)
The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People Gianni Schicchi (1975)
Journey Into Fear Kopelkin (1975)
Foreplay President / Don Pasquale (1975)
Rhinoceros John (1974)
Marco Kublai Khan (1973)
Once Upon a Scoundrel Carlos del Refugio (1973)
Saga of Sonora Heavy Harry (1973)
Old Faithful Ranger Zeppel (1973)
The Hot Rock Abe Greenberg (1972)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Guest Performer (1970)
The Angel Levine Morris Mishkin (1970)
The Great Bank Robbery Rev. Pious Blue (1969)
Great Catherine Potemkin (1968)
Ride of the Valkyrie Hire car chauffeur (1967)
Children of the Exodus Narrator (1967)
The Producers Max Bialystock (1967)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Pseudolus (1966)
Play of the Week Estragon (1959-1961)
The World of Sholom Aleichem Melamud ('A Tale of Chelm') (1959)
Zero Mostel Various Characters (1959)
The Model and the Marriage Broker George Wixted (1951)
The Guy Who Came Back Boots Mullins (1951)
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell Emmett (1951)
Sirocco Balukjiaan (1951)
The Enforcer Big Babe Lazick (1951)
Panic in the Streets Raymond Fitch (1950)
The Ford Theatre Hour Banjo (1949)
Off the Record (1948)
Actor

Du Barry Was a Lady Rami - the Swami / Taliostra (1943)
Soundtrack

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)
Great Performances (2003)
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982)
Best Boy (1979)
The Muppet Show (1977)
The Little Drummer Boy Book II (1976)
The Front (1976)
Hollywood on Trial (1976)
The 25th Annual Tony Awards (1971)
The Dean Martin Show (1971)
The Producers (1967)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
Carol + 2 (1966)
Soundtrack

Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
Archive footage

King of Cool (2021)
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles (2019)
Imagine (2018)
The Last Laugh (2016)
The Factor (2014)
American Masters (2013)
Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy (2013)
Hollywood contra Franco (2008)
Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008)
Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)
Great Performances (2003-2005)
Broadway: The American Musical (2004)
The Making of 'the Producers' (2002)
The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (1998)
The 50th Annual Tony Awards (1996)
Carol Burnett: The Special Years (1994)
Sesame Street (1989-1992)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
Muppet Video: Muppet Treasures (1985)
Muppet Video: Muppet Moments (1985)
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982)
Of Muppets and Men: The Making of 'The Muppet Show' (1981)
Archive footage

The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978)
The Dick Cavett Show (1972)

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Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award.

Another 2 nominations.

Did You Know

Trivia

He drank so much coffee that he was once hospitalized for caffeine poisoning.

Jerome Robbins may be a talented choreographer, but he is no mensch. It's thanks to him and people like him that Jack Gilford and I and countless others were blacklisted during the McCarthy era. I never thought, during the 1950s, that someday I'd ...