Actor

Zero Mostel

1943–present1915–1977ComedyDramaMusicDocumentary

Comic Visionary

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Known For

38 acting credits

as Max Bialystock

The Producers

as Max Bialystock

1968

The Producers

as Kehaar (voice)

Watership Down

as Kehaar (voice)

1978

Watership Down

Filmography

2024Remembering Gene WilderSelf (archive footage)7.2 2018Mel Brooks: UnwrappedSelf (archive footage)6.4 2013Mel Brooks: Make a NoiseSelf (archive footage)8.2 2007Hitler: The Comedy YearsMax Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)5.0 2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony AwardsPseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)7.2

About

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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