People
Nehemiah Persoff
- Name: Nehemiah Persoff
- Birthday: 1919-08-02
- Place of birth: Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate
- Popularity: 4.264
Biography:
Nehemiah Persoff (born August 2, 1919) was a former American film and television character 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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story as Self - Interviewee | 2022-10-18 |
| Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom as Self | 2012-03-20 |
| 4 Faces | 2001-03-10 |
| An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster as Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | 1999-10-06 |
| An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island as Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | 1998-02-15 |
| An American Tail: Fievel Goes West as Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | 1991-11-21 |
| Twins as Mitchell Traven | 1988-12-09 |
| The Last Temptation of Christ as Rabbi | 1988-05-28 |
| An American Tail as Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | 1986-11-21 |
| Yentl as Rebbe Mendel | 1983-11-18 |
| St. Helens as Mr. Ellison | 1982-01-01 |
| O'Hara's Wife as Dr. Fischer | 1982-01-01 |
| Turnover Smith as Ashmed Amad | 1980-06-08 |
| The Henderson Monster as Prof. Leo Tedeschi | 1980-05-27 |
| F.D.R.: The Last Year as Josef Stalin | 1980-05-15 |
| In Search of Historic Jesus as Herod Antipas | 1979-08-01 |
| A Cry For Justice as Dr. Burke | 1979-05-23 |
| The Rebels as Baron Von Steuben | 1979-05-14 |
| Daniel in the Lions' Den as Malimar | 1978-11-22 |
| Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women as Charles Frohman | 1978-05-21 |
| Killing Stone as Earl Stone | 1978-05-02 |
| A Double Life | 1978-01-17 |
| The Making of a President | 1978-01-01 |
| Deadly Harvest as Mort Logan | 1977-08-21 |
| Voyage of the Damned as Herr Hauser | 1976-12-22 |
| Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident as Rudenko | 1976-09-29 |
| Psychic Killer as Doctor Gubner | 1975-12-01 |
| Eric as Dr. Duchesnes | 1975-11-10 |
| The Stranger Within as Dr. Edward Klein | 1974-10-01 |
| The Sex Symbol as Nick Fortis | 1974-09-17 |
| Dracula as Dr. Van Helsing | 1973-01-01 |
| Lieutenant Schuster's Wife as Champagne Joe Carroll | 1972-10-11 |
| Lapin 360 | 1972-10-08 |
| Michael O'Hara the Fourth as Artie Moreno | 1972-03-26 |
| Red Sky at Morning as Amadeo Montoya | 1971-05-12 |
| Mrs. Pollifax — Spy as Berisha | 1971-02-17 |
| The People Next Door as Dr. Salazar | 1970-08-26 |
| Cutter's Trail as Santillo | 1970-02-10 |
| The Girl Who Knew Too Much as Lieutenant Crawford | 1969-11-07 |
| Escape to Mindanao as Capt. Kramer | 1968-12-07 |
| The Treasure of San Bosco Reef as Captain Malcione | 1968-12-01 |
| Panic in the City as August Best | 1968-10-01 |
| The Power as Prof. Carl Melnicker | 1968-02-21 |
| The Day of the Owl as Pizzuco | 1968-02-17 |
| The Money Jungle as Lt. Dow Reeves | 1967-12-15 |
| The Dangerous Days Of Kiowa Jones as Skoda | 1966-12-25 |
| Too Many Thieves as Georgi | 1966-10-13 |
| The Greatest Story Ever Told as Shemiah | 1965-04-09 |
| Fate Is the Hunter as Ben Sawyer | 1964-11-08 |
| A Global Affair as Under Secretary Segura | 1964-01-30 |
| The Hook as Capt. Van Ryn | 1963-02-15 |
| The Comancheros as Graile | 1961-12-16 |
| The Big Show as Bruno Everard | 1961-05-10 |
| Day of the Outlaw as Dan, Starret's Foreman | 1959-07-01 |
| The Killers of Mussolini as Benito Mussolini | 1959-06-04 |
| Al Capone as Johnny Torrio | 1959-03-25 |
| Some Like It Hot as Little Bonaparte | 1959-03-19 |
| Green Mansions as Don Panta | 1959-03-19 |
| For Whom the Bell Tolls as Pablo | 1959-03-12 |
| Never Steal Anything Small as Pinelli | 1959-02-11 |
| The Badlanders as Vincente (The Powder Monkey) | 1958-09-03 |
| This Angry Age as Albert Legros | 1957-10-31 |
| The Death of Manolete as Camera | 1957-09-12 |
| Street of Sinners as Leon | 1957-08-30 |
| Men in War as Sgt. Lewis | 1957-05-03 |
| Mayerling as Police Officer | 1957-02-04 |
| The Wrong Man as Gene Conforti | 1956-12-22 |
| The Wild Party as Kicks Johnson | 1956-12-21 |
| The Rag Jungle as Leonard Brill | 1956-11-20 |
| The Harder They Fall as Leo | 1956-05-08 |
| The Thief as D'Arnault-Olivier | 1955-01-04 |
| On the Waterfront as Cab Driver (uncredited) | 1954-06-22 |
| Marty as The Critic | 1953-05-24 |
