Zero Mostel
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.
47 acting credits
Acting · 47
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Tony Awards
1956
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
The Muppet Show
1976
The Electric Company
1971
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
The Producers
1968
Watership Down
1978
The Front
1976
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
Mastermind
1976
The Hot Rock
1972
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
Sirocco
1951
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Journey into Fear
1975
Panic in the Streets
1950
The Enforcer
1951
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
The Model and the Marriage Broker
1951
The Great Bank Robbery
1969
Saga of Sonora
1973
Marco
1973
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
1951
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
Red, White, and Zero
1968
Fore Play
1975
Great Catherine
1968
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
The Angel Levine
1970
Rhinoceros
1974
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
1976
Old Faithful
1973
Once Upon a Scoundrel
1974
The World of Sholom Aleichem
1959
Carol + 2
1966
The Guy Who Came Back
1951
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018
Best Boy
1979
Muppet Treasures
1985
Waiting for Godot
1961
Ride of the Valkyrie
1977