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person_profile-Nehemiah Persoff

Nehemiah Persoff Died at age: 102

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Nehemiah Persoff

Date of Birth:

Aug 02, 1919

Country of birth:

Palestine Mandate

Died:

Apr 05, 2022

Biography of

Nehemiah Persoff

    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 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.

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Filmography of

Nehemiah Persoff

Found 70 Movies in total

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

Self - Interviewee ( Actor )

... 2022

... 2012

An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster

Papa Mousekewitz (voice) ( Actor )

... 1999

An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island

Papa Mousekewitz (voice) ( Actor )

... 1998

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

Papa Mousekewitz (voice) ( Actor )

... 1991

Twins

Mitchell Traven ( Actor )

... 1988

... 1988

An American Tail

Papa Mousekewitz (voice) ( Actor )

... 1986

Yentl

Rebbe Mendel ( Actor )

... 1983

O'Hara's Wife

Dr. Fischer ( Actor )

... 1982

St. Helens

Mr. Ellison ( Actor )

... 1982

Turnover Smith

Ashmed Amad ( Actor )

... 1980

The Henderson Monster

Prof. Leo Tedeschi ( Actor )

... 1980

F.D.R.: The Last Year

Josef Stalin ( Actor )

... 1980

A Cry For Justice

Dr. Burke ( Actor )

... 1979

The Rebels

Baron Von Steuben ( Actor )

... 1979

Daniel in the Lions' Den

Malimar ( Actor )

... 1978

Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women

Charles Frohman ( Actor )

... 1978

Killing Stone

Earl Stone ( Actor )

... 1978

... 1978

... 1978

Deadly Harvest

Mort Logan ( Actor )

... 1977

Voyage of the Damned

Herr Hauser ( Actor )

... 1976

... 1976

Psychic Killer

Doctor Gubner ( Actor )

... 1975

Eric

Dr. Duchesnes ( Actor )

... 1975

The Stranger Within

Dr. Edward Klein ( Actor )

... 1974

The Sex Symbol

Nick Fortis ( Actor )

... 1974

Lieutenant Schuster's Wife

Champagne Joe Carroll ( Actor )

... 1972

... 1972

Michael O'Hara the Fourth

Artie Moreno ( Actor )

... 1972

Red Sky at Morning

Amadeo Montoya ( Actor )

... 1971

Mrs. Pollifax — Spy

Berisha ( Actor )

... 1971

The People Next Door

Dr. Salazar ( Actor )

... 1970

Cutter's Trail

Santillo ( Actor )

... 1970

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

Lieutenant Crawford ( Actor )

... 1969

Escape to Mindanao

Capt. Kramer ( Actor )

... 1968

The Treasure of San Bosco Reef

Captain Malcione ( Actor )

... 1968

Panic in the City

August Best ( Actor )

... 1968

The Power

Prof. Carl Melnicker ( Actor )

... 1968

The Day of the Owl

Pizzuco ( Actor )

... 1968

The Money Jungle

Lt. Dow Reeves ( Actor )

... 1967

... 1966

Too Many Thieves

Georgi ( Actor )

... 1966

... 1965

Fate Is the Hunter

Ben Sawyer ( Actor )

... 1964

A Global Affair

Under Secretary Segura ( Actor )

... 1964

The Hook

Capt. Van Ryn ( Actor )

... 1963

The Comancheros

Graile ( Actor )

... 1961

The Big Show

Bruno Everard ( Actor )

... 1961

Day of the Outlaw

Dan, Starret's Foreman ( Actor )

... 1959

The Killers of Mussolini

Benito Mussolini ( Actor )

... 1959

Al Capone

Johnny Torrio ( Actor )

... 1959

Green Mansions

Don Panta ( Actor )

... 1959

Some Like It Hot

Little Bonaparte ( Actor )

... 1959

... 1959

... 1959

The Badlanders

Vincente (The Powder Monkey) ( Actor )

... 1958

This Angry Age

Albert Legros ( Actor )

... 1957

The Death of Manolete

Camera ( Actor )

... 1957

Street of Sinners

Leon ( Actor )

... 1957

Men in War

Sfc. Lewis ( Actor )

... 1957

Mayerling

Police Officer ( Actor )

... 1957

The Wrong Man

Gene Conforti ( Actor )

... 1956

The Wild Party

Kicks Johnson ( Actor )

... 1956

The Rag Jungle

Leonard Brill ( Actor )

... 1956

... 1956

The Thief

D'Arnault-Olivier ( Actor )

... 1955

On the Waterfront

Cab Driver (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1954

Marty

The Critic ( Actor )

... 1953