
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