Acting · Brooklyn, New York, USA · Born February 28, 1915
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.
MovieRemembering Gene Wilder
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHitler: The Comedy Years
2007
as Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieBroadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
as Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)
MovieBroadway's Lost Treasures
2003
as Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")
MovieThe Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMuppet Treasures
1985
as Self
MovieBest Boy
1979
as Self
MovieWatership Down
1978
as Kehaar (voice)
MovieRide of the Valkyrie
1977
MovieThe Little Drummer Boy: Book II
1976
as Brutus (voice)
MovieThe Front
1976
as Hecky Brown
MovieMastermind
1976
as Inspector Hoku Ichihara
TVThe Muppet Show
1976
as Self - Special Guest Star
MovieJourney into Fear
1975
as Kopelkin
MovieFore Play
1975
as President / Don Pasquale
MovieOnce Upon a Scoundrel
1974
as Carlos del Refugio
MovieRhinoceros
1974
as John
MovieMarco
1973
as Kublai Khan
MovieSaga of Sonora
1973
as Heavy Harry
MovieOld Faithful
1973
as Ranger Zeppel
MovieThe Hot Rock
1972
as Abe Greenberg
TVThe Electric Company
1971
as Spell Binder (voice)
TVThe Flip Wilson Show
1970
as Self
MovieThe Angel Levine
1970
as Morris Mishkin
MovieThe Great Bank Robbery
1969
as Rev. Pious Blue
MovieGreat Catherine
1968
as Potemkin
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Producers
1968
as Max Bialystock
MovieRed, White, and Zero
1968
TVRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
MovieA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
as Pseudolus
MovieCarol + 2
1966
as Self
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
MovieWaiting for Godot
1961
as Estragon / Gogo
MovieThe World of Sholom Aleichem
1959
as Melamed / Maxel
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
MovieThe Model and the Marriage Broker
1951
as George Wixted
MovieThe Guy Who Came Back
1951
as Boots Mullins
MovieMr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
1951
as Emmett
MovieSirocco
1951
as Balukjiaan
MovieThe Enforcer
1951
as 'Big Babe' Lazich
MoviePanic in the Streets
1950
as Raymond Fitch
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MovieDu Barry Was a Lady
1943
as Rami / Taliostra
