Zero Mostel

Actor

Born: February 28, 1915
Died: August 8, 1977 (age 62)
From: 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…

Filmography (38)

Remembering Gene Wilder (2024)
Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped (2018)
Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (2013)
Self (archive footage)
Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)
Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005)
Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)
Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003)
Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
Self (archive footage)
Muppet Treasures (1985)
Self
Best Boy (1979)
Self
Watership Down (1978)
Kehaar (voice)
Ride of the Valkyrie (1977)
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II (1976)
Brutus (voice)
The Front (1976)
Hecky Brown
Mastermind (1976)
Inspector Hoku Ichihara
Journey into Fear (1975)
Kopelkin
Fore Play (1975)
President / Don Pasquale
Once Upon a Scoundrel (1974)
Carlos del Refugio
Rhinoceros (1974)
John
Marco (1973)
Kublai Khan
Saga of Sonora (1973)
Heavy Harry
Old Faithful (1973)
Ranger Zeppel
The Hot Rock (1972)
Abe Greenberg
The Angel Levine (1970)
Morris Mishkin
The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
Rev. Pious Blue
Great Catherine (1968)
Potemkin
The Producers (1968)
Max Bialystock
Red, White, and Zero (1968)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
Pseudolus
Carol + 2 (1966)
Self
Waiting for Godot (1961)
Estragon / Gogo