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Zero Mostel
Known for: ActingSamuel 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 21
The Electric Company
as Spell Binder (voice) 
Watership Down
as Kehaar (voice) 
The Producers
as Max Bialystock 
The Hot Rock
as Abe Greenberg 
The Front
as Hecky Brown 
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as Pseudolus 
Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self (archive footage) 
Sirocco
as Balukjiaan 
The Great Bank Robbery
as Rev. Pious Blue 
The Enforcer
as 'Big Babe' Lazich 
Panic in the Streets
as Raymond Fitch 
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Rami / Taliostra 
Journey into Fear
as Kopelkin 
The Model and the Marriage Broker
as George Wixted 
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage) 
Fore Play
as President / Don Pasquale 
The Angel Levine
as Morris Mishkin 
Once Upon a Scoundrel
as Carlos del Refugio 
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
as Emmett 
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
as Brutus (voice) 
Rhinoceros
as John