Zero Mostel
Acting
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.
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Tony Awards
1956
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
The Muppet Show
1976
The Electric Company
1971
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
Watership Down
1978
The Enforcer
1951
The Producers
1968
The Front
1976
Sirocco
1951
The Hot Rock
1972
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
Panic in the Streets
1950
Carol + 2
1966
Mastermind
1976
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
1951
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
Muppet Treasures
1985
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
Red, White, and Zero
1968
The Guy Who Came Back
1951
The Model and the Marriage Broker
1951
Great Catherine
1968
Marco
1973
Fore Play
1975
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003
Rhinoceros
1974
Journey into Fear
1975
The Great Bank Robbery
1969
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
Ride of the Valkyrie
1977
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018
Saga of Sonora
1973
The Angel Levine
1970
Waiting for Godot
1961
The World of Sholom Aleichem
1959
Old Faithful
1973
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
1976
Once Upon a Scoundrel
1974
Best Boy
1979