Zero Mostel
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Feb 28, 1915 (111 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
Known For
| 2024 | Remembering Gene WilderSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2018 | Mel Brooks: UnwrappedSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2013 | Mel Brooks: Make a NoiseSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2007 | Hitler: The Comedy YearsMax Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2005 | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony AwardsPseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.) | |
| 2003 | Broadway's Lost TreasuresTevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof") | |
| 1986 | The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 YearsSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1985 | Muppet TreasuresSelf | |
| 1979 | Best BoySelf | |
| 1978 | Watership DownKehaar (voice) | |
| 1977 | Ride of the Valkyrie | |
| 1976 | The FrontHecky Brown | |
| 1976 | MastermindInspector Hoku Ichihara | |
| 1976 | The Little Drummer Boy: Book IIBrutus (voice) | |
| 1976 | The Muppet ShowSelf - Special Guest Star | |
| 1975 | Fore PlayPresident / Don Pasquale | |
| 1975 | Journey into FearKopelkin | |
| 1974 | RhinocerosJohn | |
| 1974 | Once Upon a ScoundrelCarlos del Refugio | |
| 1973 | Old FaithfulRanger Zeppel | |
| 1973 | Saga of SonoraHeavy Harry | |
| 1973 | MarcoKublai Khan | |
| 1972 | The Hot RockAbe Greenberg | |
| 1971 | The Electric CompanySpell Binder (voice) | |
| 1970 | The Angel LevineMorris Mishkin | |
| 1970 | The Flip Wilson ShowSelf | |
| 1969 | The Great Bank RobberyRev. Pious Blue | |
| 1968 | The ProducersMax Bialystock | |
| 1968 | Great CatherinePotemkin | |
| 1968 | Red, White, and Zero | |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf | |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf (uncredited) | |
| 1966 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumPseudolus | |
| 1966 | Carol + 2Self | |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin ShowSelf | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf | |
| 1961 | Waiting for GodotEstragon / Gogo | |
| 1959 | The World of Sholom AleichemMelamed / Maxel | |
| 1956 | Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee | |
| 1956 | Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter | |
| 1956 | Tony AwardsSelf - Performer | |
| 1951 | SiroccoBalukjiaan | |
| 1951 | The Enforcer'Big Babe' Lazich | |
| 1951 | Mr. Belvedere Rings the BellEmmett | |
| 1951 | The Model and the Marriage BrokerGeorge Wixted | |
| 1951 | The Guy Who Came BackBoots Mullins | |
| 1950 | Panic in the StreetsRaymond Fitch | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf | |
| 1943 | Du Barry Was a LadyRami, the Swami / Taliostra |