Zero Mostel

Born: 1915-02-28, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died: 1977-08-08

Biography

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 before the House Committee on Un-American Activities was well-publicized. He was a Tony Award and Obie Award winner.

Filmography

• The Electric Company (1971)
• Watership Down (1978)
• Sirocco (1951)
• The Hot Rock (1972)
• The Front (1976)
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
• Panic in the Streets (1950)
• Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)
• Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005)
• The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
• Fore Play (1975)
• Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
• Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951)
• The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951)
• The World of Sholom Aleichem (1959)
• The Angel Levine (1970)
• The Little Drummer Boy: Book II (1976)
• Great Catherine (1968)
• Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003)
• Old Faithful (1973)
• Red, White, and Zero (1968)
• Saga of Sonora (1973)
• Once Upon a Scoundrel (1974)
• Ride of the Valkyrie (1977)
• The Guy Who Came Back (1951)