Nehemiah Persoff
Born August 02, 1919 (Age: 106)
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Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate
Biography
Nehemiah Persoff (August 2, 1919 – April 5, 2022) was an American film and television 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nehemiah Persoff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Nehemiah Persoff (August 2, 1919 – April 5, 2022) was an American film and television 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.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Nehemiah Persoff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
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4 Faces
2001
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as
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Age: 81
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
1998
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as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
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Age: 78
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1991
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as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
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Age: 72
Twins
1988
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as Mitchell Traven
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Age: 69
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
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as Rabbi
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Age: 68
An American Tail
1986
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as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
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Age: 67
Yentl
1983
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as Rebbe Mendel
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Age: 64
O'Hara's Wife
1982
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as Dr. Fischer
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Age: 62
Turnover Smith
1980
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as Ashmed Amad
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Age: 60
The Henderson Monster
1980
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as Prof. Leo Tedeschi
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Age: 60
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980
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as Josef Stalin
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Age: 60
Daniel in the Lions' Den
1978
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as Malimar
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Age: 59
A Double Life
1978
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as
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Age: 59
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
1978
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as Charles Frohman
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Age: 58
Killing Stone
1978
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as Earl Stone
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Age: 58
The Making of a President
1978
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as
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Age: 58
The Stranger Within
1974
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as Dr. Edward Klein
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Age: 55
The Sex Symbol
1974
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as Nick Fortis
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Age: 55
No Image
Dracula
1973
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as Dr. Van Helsing
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Age: 53
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
1972
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as Champagne Joe Carroll
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Age: 53
Lapin 360
1972
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as
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Age: 53
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
1972
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as Artie Moreno
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Age: 52
Cutter's Trail
1970
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as Santillo
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Age: 50
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1969
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as Lieutenant Crawford
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Age: 50
Escape to Mindanao
1968
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as Capt. Kramer
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Age: 49
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
1968
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as Captain Malcione
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Age: 49
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
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as Shemiah
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Age: 45
Fate Is the Hunter
1964
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as Ben Sawyer
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Age: 45
A Global Affair
1964
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as Under Secretary Segura
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Age: 44
The Hook
1963
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as Capt. Van Ryn
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Age: 43
The Comancheros
1961
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as Graile
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Age: 42
The Big Show
1961
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as Bruno Everard
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Age: 41
Day of the Outlaw
1959
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as Dan, Starret's Foreman
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Age: 39
Al Capone
1959
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as Johnny Torrio
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Age: 39
Green Mansions
1959
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as Don Panta
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Age: 39
Some Like It Hot
1959
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as Little Bonaparte
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Age: 39
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959
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as Pablo
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Age: 39
Never Steal Anything Small
1959
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as Pinelli
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Age: 39
The Badlanders
1958
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as Vincente (The Powder Monkey)
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Age: 39
The Wrong Man
1956
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as Gene Conforti
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Age: 37
The Wild Party
1956
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as Kicks Johnson
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Age: 37
The Harder They Fall
1956
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as Leo
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Age: 36
The Thief
1955
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as D'Arnault-Olivier
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Age: 35
On the Waterfront
1954
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as Cab Driver (uncredited)
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Age: 34
Marty
1953
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as The Critic
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Age: 33