1919-08-02 Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nehemiah Persoff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story | Self - Interviewee | 2022-10-18 |
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Tony Curtis - le gamin de Bronx | Self | 2012-03-20 |
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4 Faces | 2001-03-10 | |
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An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster | Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | 1999-10-06 |
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An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island | Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | 1998-02-15 |
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An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | 1991-11-21 |
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The Last Temptation of Christ | Rabbi | 1988-05-28 |
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Twins | Mitchell Traven | 1988-12-09 |
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An American Tail | Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | 1986-11-21 |
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Yentl | Rebbe Mendel | 1983-11-18 |
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O'Hara's Wife | Dr. Fischer | 1982-01-01 |
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St. Helens | Mr. Ellison | 1982-01-01 |
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F.D.R.: The Last Year | Josef Stalin | 1980-05-15 |
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Turnover Smith | Ashmed Amad | 1980-06-08 |
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The Henderson Monster | Prof. Leo Tedeschi | 1980-05-27 |
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In Search of Historic Jesus | Herod Antipas | 1979-08-01 |
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A Cry For Justice | Dr. Burke | 1979-05-23 |
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The Rebels | Baron Von Steuben | 1979-05-14 |
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Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women | Charles Frohman | 1978-05-21 |
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Daniel in the Lions' Den | Malimar | 1978-11-22 |
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Killing Stone | Earl Stone | 1978-05-02 |
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The Making of a President | 1978-01-01 | |
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A Double Life | 1978-01-17 | |
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Deadly Harvest | Mort Logan | 1977-08-21 |
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Voyage of the Damned | Herr Hauser | 1976-12-22 |
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Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident | Rudenko | 1976-09-29 |
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Psychic Killer | Doctor Gubner | 1975-12-01 |
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Eric | Dr. Duchesnes | 1975-11-10 |
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The Sex Symbol | Nick Fortis | 1974-09-17 |
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The Stranger Within | Dr. Edward Klein | 1974-10-01 |
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Dracula | Dr. Van Helsing | 1973-01-01 |
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Lieutenant Schuster's Wife | Champagne Joe Carroll | 1972-10-11 |
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Lapin 360 | 1972-10-08 | |
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Michael O'Hara the Fourth | Artie Moreno | 1972-03-26 |
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Mrs. Pollifax — Spy | Berisha | 1971-02-17 |
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Red Sky at Morning | Amadeo Montoya | 1971-05-12 |
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The People Next Door | Dr. Salazar | 1970-08-26 |
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Cutter's Trail | Santillo | 1970-02-10 |
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The Girl Who Knew Too Much | Lieutenant Crawford | 1969-11-07 |
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The Treasure of San Bosco Reef | Captain Malcione | 1968-12-01 |
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Panic in the City | August Best | 1968-10-01 |
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Il giorno della civetta | Pizzuco | 1968-02-17 |
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Escape to Mindanao | Capt. Kramer | 1968-12-07 |
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The Power | Prof. Carl Melnicker | 1968-02-21 |
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The Money Jungle | Lt. Dow Reeves | 1967-12-15 |
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Too Many Thieves | Georgi | 1966-10-13 |
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The Dangerous Days Of Kiowa Jones | Skoda | 1966-12-25 |
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The Greatest Story Ever Told | Shemiah | 1965-04-09 |
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A Global Affair | Under Secretary Segura | 1964-01-30 |
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Fate Is the Hunter | Ben Sawyer | 1964-11-08 |
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The Hook | Capt. Van Ryn | 1963-02-15 |
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The Comancheros | Graile | 1961-12-16 |
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The Big Show | Bruno Everard | 1961-05-10 |
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The Killers of Mussolini | Benito Mussolini | 1959-06-04 |
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Never Steal Anything Small | Pinelli | 1959-02-11 |
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Green Mansions | Don Panta | 1959-03-19 |
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Day of the Outlaw | Dan, Starret's Foreman | 1959-07-01 |
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Some Like It Hot | Little Bonaparte | 1959-03-19 |
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For Whom the Bell Tolls | Pablo | 1959-03-12 |
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Al Capone | Johnny Torrio | 1959-03-25 |
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The Badlanders | Vincente (The Powder Monkey) | 1958-09-03 |
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Men in War | Sgt. Lewis | 1957-05-03 |
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Mayerling | Police Officer | 1957-02-04 |
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This Angry Age | Albert Legros | 1957-10-31 |
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Street of Sinners | Leon | 1957-08-30 |
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The Death of Manolete | Camera | 1957-09-12 |
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The Wild Party | Kicks Johnson | 1956-12-21 |
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The Wrong Man | Gene Conforti | 1956-12-22 |
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The Harder They Fall | Leo | 1956-05-08 |
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The Thief | D'Arnault-Olivier | 1955-01-04 |
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On the Waterfront | Cab Driver (uncredited) | 1954-06-22 |
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Marty | The Critic | 1953-05-24 |
