Nehemiah Persoff
69 movies · 101 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 2, 1919
- Died
- Apr 5, 2022 (age 102)
- Place of birth
- Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate
Biography
Nehemiah Persoff was an American film and television actor. Persoff emigrated with his family from Palestine 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").
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 8.1 Some Like It Hot
1959 · Film
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★ 6.1 Twins
1988 · Film
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★ 8.4 Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · TV
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★ 7.8 On the Waterfront
1954 · Film
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★ 6.8 An American Tail
1986 · Film
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★ 7.2 The Last Temptation of Christ
1988 · Film
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★ 8.5 The Twilight Zone
1959 · TV
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★ 8.0 Little House on the Prairie
1974 · TV
Nehemiah Persoff: movies and TV shows
Acting (170)
- 2003
- 2001
- 1999 An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
- 1998 An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
- 1994
- 1991 An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
- 1990
- 1989
- 1988 Twins
as Mitchell Traven
- 1988 The Last Temptation of Christ
as Rabbi
- 1987
- 1987
- 1986 An American Tail
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1984
- 1984
- 1983 Yentl
as Rebbe Mendel
- 1983
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982 O'Hara's Wife
as Dr. Fischer
- 1982 St. Helens
as Mr. Ellison
- 1980
- 1980 Turnover Smith
as Ashmed Amad
- 1980 The Henderson Monster
as Prof. Leo Tedeschi
- 1980 F.D.R.: The Last Year
as Josef Stalin
- 1980
- 1980
- 1979
- 1979
- 1979 In Search of Historic Jesus
as Herod Antipas
- 1979 A Cry for Justice
as Dr. Burke
- 1979
- 1979
- 1978 Daniel in the Lions' Den
as Malimar
- 1978
- 1978
- 1978
- 1978
- 1978 Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
as Charles Frohman
- 1978 Killing Stone
as Earl Stone
- 1978
- 1978
- 1977
- 1977 Deadly Harvest
as Mort Logan
- 1977
- 1977
- 1976 Voyage of the Damned
as Herr Hauser
- 1976
- 1976
- 1976
- 1976
- 1976
- 1976
- 1975 Psychic Killer
as Doctor Gubner
- 1975 Eric
as Dr. Duchesnes
- 1975
- 1975
- 1975
- 1975
- 1975
- 1974 The Stranger Within
as Dr. Edward Klein
- 1974 The Sex Symbol
as Nick Fortis
- 1974
- 1974
- 1973
- 1973
- 1973 Dracula
as Dr. Van Helsing
- 1972
- 1972 Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
as Champagne Joe Carroll
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972 Michael O'Hara the Fourth
as Artie Moreno
- 1971
- 1971
- 1971
- 1971 Red Sky at Morning
as Amadeo Montoya
- 1971 Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
as Berisha
- 1970
- 1970 The People Next Door
as Dr. Salazar
- 1970
- 1970 Cutter's Trail
as Santillo
- 1969 The Girl Who Knew Too Much
as Lieutenant Crawford
- 1969
- 1969
- 1969
- 1969 Hawaii Five-O · TV
as Harry Cardonus / Winkler / Leo Paoli / Cordell / Victor Palua / Allie Francis · 7 episodes
- 1968 Escape to Mindanao
as Capt. Kramer
- 1968 The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
as Captain Malcione
- 1968
- 1968 Panic in the City
as August Best
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968 The Power
as Carl Melnicker
- 1968 The Day of the Owl
as Pizzuco
- 1968
- 1967 The Money Jungle
as Lt. Dow Reeves
- 1967
- 1967
- 1966 The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones
as Skoda
- 1966
- 1966 Too Many Thieves
as Georgi
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Shemiah
- 1964 Fate Is the Hunter
as Ben Sawyer
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964 A Global Affair
as Under Secretary Segura
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963 The Hook
as Capt. Van Ryn
- 1962
- 1961 The Comancheros
as Graile
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961 The Big Show
as Bruno Everard
- 1960
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 The Killers of Mussolini
as Benito Mussolini
- 1959 Day of the Outlaw
as Dan, Starret's Foreman
- 1959 Al Capone
as Johnny Torrio
- 1959 Some Like It Hot
as Little Bonaparte
- 1959 Green Mansions
as Don Panta
- 1959 For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Pablo
- 1959 Never Steal Anything Small
as Pinelli
- 1959
- 1958 Naked City · TV
as Barney Peters / Max Evar / Carlos Ruldan / Dominic Venussi / Berco Romanu / Merritt Griffin · 6 episodes
- 1958 The Badlanders
as Vincente (The Powder Monkey)
- 1958
- 1957 This Angry Age
as Albert Legros
- 1957
- 1957 The Death of Manolete
as Camera
- 1957 Street of Sinners
as Leon
- 1957 Men in War
as Sgt. Lewis
- 1957 Mayerling
as Police Officer
- 1956 The Wrong Man
as Gene Conforti
- 1956 The Wild Party
as Kicks Johnson
- 1956
- 1956 The Harder They Fall
as Leo
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 Gunsmoke · TV
as Jack Pinto / Mr. Dano / Alex Skouras / Driscoll / Ben Rando / Alejo Etchahoun · 6 episodes
- 1955 The Thief
as D'Arnault-Olivier
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954 On the Waterfront
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
- 1953
- 1953
- 1953 Marty
as The Critic
- 1951
- 1951
- 1950
- 1948
Talk shows and appearances (3)
- 2022
- 2012
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
2 episodes