Nehemiah Persoff

Actor

Born: August 2, 1919
Died: April 5, 2022 (age 102)
From: Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate

Nehemiah Persoff was an American film and television actor. Persoff emigrated with his family from Palestine to the United States in 1929. He began to take an interest in acting in the 1940s, and after serving in the Army during World War II, he began to pursue his acting career in the New York Theater. In 1947, he was accepted into the Actor's Studio and eventually began appearing in films. His…

Filmography (71)

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story (2022)
Self - Interviewee
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom (2012)
Self
4 Faces
4 Faces (2001)
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster (1999)
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998)
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
Twins (1988)
Mitchell Traven
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Rabbi
An American Tail (1986)
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
Yentl (1983)
Rebbe Mendel
O'Hara's Wife (1982)
Dr. Fischer
St. Helens (1982)
Mr. Ellison
Turnover Smith (1980)
Ashmed Amad
The Henderson Monster (1980)
Prof. Leo Tedeschi
F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980)
Josef Stalin
In Search of Historic Jesus (1979)
Herod Antipas
A Cry for Justice (1979)
Dr. Burke
Daniel in the Lions' Den (1978)
Malimar
A Double Life (1978)
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women (1978)
Charles Frohman
Killing Stone (1978)
Earl Stone
The Making of a President (1978)
Deadly Harvest (1977)
Mort Logan
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
Herr Hauser
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (1976)
Rudenko
Psychic Killer (1975)
Doctor Gubner
Eric (1975)
Dr. Duchesnes
The Stranger Within (1974)
Dr. Edward Klein
The Sex Symbol (1974)
Nick Fortis
Dracula
Dracula (1973)
Dr. Van Helsing