

Zero Mostel
ActorSamuel 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.
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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 Front
1976
Hecky Brown

Mastermind
1976
Inspector Hoku Ichihara

The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
1976
Brutus (voice)

Fore Play
1975
President / Don Pasquale

Journey into Fear
1975
Kopelkin

Rhinoceros
1974
John

Once Upon a Scoundrel
1974
Carlos del Refugio

Old Faithful
1973
Ranger Zeppel

Saga of Sonora
1973
Heavy Harry

Marco
1973
Kublai Khan

The Hot Rock
1972
Abe Greenberg

The Angel Levine
1970
Morris Mishkin

The Great Bank Robbery
1969
Rev. Pious Blue

The Producers
1968
Max Bialystock

Great Catherine
1968
Potemkin

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

The World of Sholom Aleichem
1959
Melamed / Maxel

Sirocco
1951
Balukjiaan

The Enforcer
1951
'Big Babe' Lazich

Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
1951
Emmett

The Model and the Marriage Broker
1951
George Wixted

The Guy Who Came Back
1951
Boots Mullins

Panic in the Streets
1950
Raymond Fitch

Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
Rami / Taliostra





