Zero Mostel

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Acting

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

• Remembering Gene Wilder (2024)
• Mel Brooks: Unwrapped (2018)
• Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (2013)
• Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)
• Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005)
• Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003)
• The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
• Muppet Treasures (1985)
• Best Boy (1979)
• Watership Down (1978)
• Ride of the Valkyrie (1977)
• The Little Drummer Boy: Book II (1976)
• The Front (1976)
• Mastermind (1976)
• Journey into Fear (1975)
• Fore Play (1975)
• Once Upon a Scoundrel (1974)
• Rhinoceros (1974)
• Marco (1973)
• Saga of Sonora (1973)
• Old Faithful (1973)
• The Hot Rock (1972)
• The Angel Levine (1970)
• The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
• Great Catherine (1968)
• The Producers (1968)
• Red, White, and Zero (1968)
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
• Carol + 2 (1966)
• Waiting for Godot (1961)
• The World of Sholom Aleichem (1959)
• The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951)
• The Guy Who Came Back (1951)
• Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951)
• Sirocco (1951)
• The Enforcer (1951)
• Panic in the Streets (1950)
• Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)