From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nehemiah Persoff (born August 2, 1919) is a former American film and television character actor. He was born in Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate. Born in what is now part of Israel, Persoff emigrated with his family 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 film credits include: On the Waterfront, Some Like It Hot, Al Capone, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Voyage of the Damned, The Comancheros, Yentl (portraying Barbra Streisand's character's father), Twins and the American Tail (animated-film series) (voiced, "Papa Mousekewitz"). Persoff appeared in such television series as, Five Fingers ("The Moment of Truth"), The Big Valley ("Legend of a General", Parts I & II, episode), The Twilight Zone ("Judgment Night" episode), Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Heart of Gold" episode), The Untouchables, Naked City, The Legend of Jesse James, Gunsmoke, The Wild Wild West, Hawaii Five-O, Ellery Queen ("The Adventure of the Pharaoh's Curse" episode), Mission: Impossible (3 episodes), Adam-12 ("Vendetta" episode), Charlie's Angels, Hunter, Columbo, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Magnum, P.I., Law & Order and Chicago Hope. In the mid-1980s, Persoff began to pursue painting, specializing in watercolour. This was at a time when health problems forced him to decrease his acting workload. Now retired from acting, he is devoted full-time to his painting. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nehemiah Persoff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom | Self | 2012-03-20 |
Movie | An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster | Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | 1999-10-06 |
Movie | An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island | Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | 1998-02-15 |
Movie | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | 1991-11-21 |
Movie | The Last Temptation of Christ | Rabbi | 1988-05-28 |
Movie | Twins | Mitchell Traven | 1988-12-09 |
Movie | An American Tail | Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | 1986-11-21 |
Movie | O'Hara's Wife | Dr. Fischer | 1982-01-01 |
Movie | St. Helens | Mr. Ellison | 1982-01-01 |
Movie | F.D.R.: The Last Year | Josef Stalin | 1980-05-15 |
Movie | The Henderson Monster | Prof. Leo Tedeschi | 1980-05-27 |
Movie | The Rebels | Baron Von Steuben | 1979-05-14 |
Movie | In Search of Historic Jesus | Herod Antipas | 1979-08-01 |
Movie | Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women | Charles Frohman | 1978-05-21 |
Movie | Daniel in the Lions' Den | Malimar | 1978-11-22 |
Movie | Deadly Harvest | Mort Logan | 1977-08-21 |
Movie | Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident | Rudenko | 1976-09-29 |
Movie | Voyage of the Damned | Herr Hauser | 1976-12-22 |
Movie | Psychic Killer | Doctor Gubner | 1975-12-01 |
Movie | The Stranger Within | Dr. Edward Klein | 1974-10-01 |
Movie | The Sex Symbol | Nick Fortis | 1974-09-17 |
Movie | Dracula | Dr. Van Helsing | 1973-01-01 |
Movie | Lapin 360 | 1972-10-08 | |
Movie | Lieutenant Schuster's Wife | Champagne Joe Carroll | 1972-10-11 |
Movie | Mrs. Pollifax — Spy | Berisha | 1971-02-17 |
Movie | Red Sky at Morning | Amadeo Montoya | 1971-05-12 |
Movie | The People Next Door | Dr. Salazar | 1970-08-26 |
Movie | The Day of the Owl | Pizzuco | 1968-02-17 |
Movie | The Power | Prof. Carl Melnicker | 1968-02-21 |
Movie | Panic in the City | August Best | 1968-10-01 |
Movie | The Money Jungle | Lt. Dow Reeves | 1967-12-15 |
Movie | The Dangerous Days Of Kiowa Jones | Skoda | 1966-12-25 |
Movie | Too Many Thieves | Georgi | 1966-10-13 |
Movie | A Global Affair | Under Secretary Segura | 1964-01-30 |
Movie | Fate Is the Hunter | Ben Sawyer | 1964-11-08 |
Movie | The Hook | Capt. Van Ryn | 1963-02-15 |
Movie | The Big Show | Bruno Everard | 1961-05-10 |
Movie | The Comancheros | Graile | 1961-12-16 |
Movie | Some Like It Hot | Little Bonaparte | 1959-03-19 |
Movie | Never Steal Anything Small | Pinelli | 1959-02-11 |
Movie | Al Capone | Johnny Torrio | 1959-03-25 |
Movie | Day of the Outlaw | Dan, Starret's Foreman | 1959-07-01 |
Movie | The Badlanders | Vincente (The Powder Monkey) | 1958-09-03 |
Movie | Men in War | Sgt. Lewis | 1957-05-03 |
Movie | Mayerling | Police Officer | 1957-02-04 |
Movie | Street of Sinners | Leon | 1957-08-30 |
Movie | This Angry Age | Albert Legros | 1957-10-31 |
Movie | The Harder They Fall | Leo | 1956-05-08 |
Movie | The Wild Party | Kicks Johnson | 1956-12-21 |
Movie | The Wrong Man | Gene Conforti | 1956-12-22 |
Movie | The Thief | D'Arnault-Olivier | 1955-01-04 |
Movie | On the Waterfront | Cab Driver (uncredited) | 1954-06-22 |
Movie | Marty | The Critic | 1953-05-24 |
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