Nehemiah Persoff (August 2, 1919 – April 5, 2022) was an American film and television actor. He was born in Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate.
Nehemiah Persoff (August 2, 1919 – April 5, 2022) was an American film and television 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 (Movies)
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Character:Self - Interviewee
Release Date:18/10/2022
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Character:Self
Release Date:20/03/2012
4 Faces
Character:
Release Date:10/03/2001
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster
Character:Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
Release Date:06/10/1999
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
Character:Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
Release Date:15/02/1998
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Character:Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
Release Date:21/11/1991
Twins
Character:Mitchell Traven
Release Date:09/12/1988
The Last Temptation of Christ
Character:Rabbi
Release Date:28/05/1988
An American Tail
Character:Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
Release Date:21/11/1986
Yentl
Character:Rebbe Mendel
Release Date:18/11/1983
O'Hara's Wife
Character:Dr. Fischer
Release Date:01/01/1982
St. Helens
Character:Mr. Ellison
Release Date:01/01/1982
Turnover Smith
Character:Ashmed Amad
Release Date:08/06/1980
The Henderson Monster
Character:Prof. Leo Tedeschi
Release Date:27/05/1980
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Character:Josef Stalin
Release Date:15/05/1980
In Search of Historic Jesus
Character:Herod Antipas
Release Date:01/08/1979
A Cry For Justice
Character:Dr. Burke
Release Date:23/05/1979
The Rebels
Character:Baron Von Steuben
Release Date:14/05/1979
Daniel in the Lions' Den
Character:Malimar
Release Date:22/11/1978
A Double Life
Character:
Release Date:10/09/1978
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
Character:Charles Frohman
Release Date:21/05/1978
Killing Stone
Character:Earl Stone
Release Date:02/05/1978
The Making of a President
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1978
Deadly Harvest
Character:Mort Logan
Release Date:21/08/1977
Voyage of the Damned
Character:Herr Hauser
Release Date:22/12/1976
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
Character:Rudenko
Release Date:29/09/1976
Psychic Killer
Character:Doctor Gubner
Release Date:01/12/1975
Eric
Character:Dr. Duchesnes
Release Date:10/11/1975
The Stranger Within
Character:Dr. Edward Klein
Release Date:01/10/1974
The Sex Symbol
Character:Nick Fortis
Release Date:17/09/1974
Dracula
Character:Dr. Van Helsing
Release Date:01/01/1973
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
Character:Champagne Joe Carroll
Release Date:11/10/1972
Lapin 360
Character:
Release Date:08/10/1972
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
Character:Artie Moreno
Release Date:26/03/1972
Red Sky at Morning
Character:Amadeo Montoya
Release Date:12/05/1971
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Character:Berisha
Release Date:17/02/1971
The People Next Door
Character:Dr. Salazar
Release Date:26/08/1970
Cutter's Trail
Character:Santillo
Release Date:10/02/1970
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Character:Lieutenant Crawford
Release Date:07/11/1969
Escape to Mindanao
Character:Capt. Kramer
Release Date:07/12/1968
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
Character:Captain Malcione
Release Date:24/11/1968
Panic in the City
Character:August Best
Release Date:01/10/1968
The Power
Character:Prof. Carl Melnicker
Release Date:21/02/1968
The Day of the Owl
Character:Pizzuco
Release Date:17/02/1968
The Money Jungle
Character:Lt. Dow Reeves
Release Date:15/12/1967
The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones
Character:Skoda
Release Date:25/12/1966
Too Many Thieves
Character:Georgi
Release Date:13/10/1966
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Character:Shemiah
Release Date:09/04/1965
Fate Is the Hunter
Character:Ben Sawyer
Release Date:16/10/1964
A Global Affair
Character:Under Secretary Segura
Release Date:30/01/1964
The Hook
Character:Capt. Van Ryn
Release Date:15/02/1963
The Comancheros
Character:Graile
Release Date:16/12/1961
The Big Show
Character:Bruno Everard
Release Date:10/05/1961
The Killers of Mussolini
Character:Benito Mussolini
Release Date:04/06/1959
Day of the Outlaw
Character:Dan, Starret's Foreman
Release Date:14/05/1959
Al Capone
Character:Johnny Torrio
Release Date:25/03/1959
Some Like It Hot
Character:Little Bonaparte
Release Date:19/03/1959
Green Mansions
Character:Don Panta
Release Date:19/03/1959
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Character:Pablo
Release Date:12/03/1959
Never Steal Anything Small
Character:Pinelli
Release Date:11/02/1959
The Badlanders
Character:Vincente (The Powder Monkey)
Release Date:03/09/1958
This Angry Age
Character:Albert Legros
Release Date:31/10/1957
The Death of Manolete
Character:Camera
Release Date:12/09/1957
Street of Sinners
Character:Leon
Release Date:30/08/1957
Men in War
Character:Sgt. Lewis
Release Date:03/05/1957
Mayerling
Character:Police Officer
Release Date:04/02/1957
The Wrong Man
Character:Gene Conforti
Release Date:22/12/1956
The Wild Party
Character:Kicks Johnson
Release Date:21/12/1956
The Harder They Fall
Character:Leo
Release Date:08/05/1956
The Thief
Character:D'Arnault-Olivier
Release Date:04/01/1955
On the Waterfront
Character:Cab Driver (uncredited)
Release Date:22/06/1954
Marty
Character:The Critic
Release Date:24/05/1953
Television Appearances
Chicago Hope
Character:Rabbi Ben Taubler
Law & Order
Character:David Steinmetz
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Character:Toff
J.J. Starbuck
Character:
L.A. Law
Character:Rabbi Isadore Glickman
MacGyver
Character:Sam Bolinski
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Constantin Stavros
Highway to Heaven
Character:
Hunter
Character:Harold Goodman
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Character:
Hotel
Character:
Magnum, P.I.
Character:Rabbi Asher Solomon
Condominium
Character:Conlaw
B.A.D. Cats
Character:
The French Atlantic Affair
Character:Col. Schreiner
The Facts of Life
Character:
The Word
Character:Abbot Petropolous
Vega$
Character:
Battlestar Galactica
Character:Eastern Alliance Leader
Logan's Run
Character:ASA
Hunter
Character:Sheik Farakbi
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Character:Vladimir
Quincy, M.E.
Character:
Charlie's Angels
Character:Anton
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Character:Charles Dietrich
McNaughton's Daughter
Character:Vinnie Laine
The Bionic Woman
Character:
Wonder Woman
Character:Professor Moreno
Ellery Queen
Character:
The Invisible Man
Character:Dr. Leon Barnard
Barney Miller
Character:Carl Simms
Barney Miller
Character:Yacov Berger
Baretta
Character:
Little House on the Prairie
Character:
The Six Million Dollar Man
Character:Major Popov
Police Story
Character:
Purple Playhouse
Character:Dr. Van Helsing
Cool Million
Character:Karinakis
The Streets of San Francisco
Character:
Search
Character:
McMillan & Wife
Character:Clementa Habib
The Chicago Teddy Bears
Character:
Columbo
Character:Jesse Jerome
Dan August
Character:Leo Cussoni
McCloud
Character:
Love, American Style
Character:Mr. Stone
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Character:Max Behrman
The Bill Cosby Show
Character:Mr. Byron
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
Character:Captain Malcione
The Mod Squad
Character:
The Mod Squad
Character:Nick Master
Land of the Giants
Character:Titus
Adam-12
Character:Angelo Covelli
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Harry Cardonus
The Name of the Game
Character:Ambassador
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Winkler
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Leo Paoli
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Cordell
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Victor Palua
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Allie Francis
It Takes a Thief
Character:Harry Lavender
Mannix
Character:Anton Wojeska
The High Chaparral
Character:Homero José
CBS Playhouse
Character:
Mission: Impossible
Character:Igor Stravos
Mission: Impossible
Character:Phillipe Pereda
Mission: Impossible
Character:Prince Iben Kostas
Jericho
Character:
The Time Tunnel
Character:Prof. Anton Biraki
Tarzan
Character:Chembe Kunji
Honey West
Character:Faustini
The Wild Wild West
Character:Major Hazard
The Wild Wild West
Character:Gen. Andreas Cassinello
The Big Valley
Character:General Vicente Ruiz
The Legend of Jesse James
Character:El Carnicero
Gilligan's Island
Character:
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Character:Valandros
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character:
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character:Alverian
Mr. Novak
Character:Henry Selkirk
Burke's Law
Character:Jason Flonder
Burke's Law
Character:Albert Indigo, 'Mr. I'
Burke's Law
Character:Wilhelm Kasimer
Sam Benedict
Character:
The New Breed
Character:Louis Morley
Ben Casey
Character:
Bus Stop
Character:
The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:
Route 66
Character:
Mr. Lucky
Character:
The Untouchables
Character:Jake 'Greasy Thumb' Guzik
The Untouchables
Character:Johnny Fortunato
The Untouchables
Character:Waxey Gordon
The Twilight Zone
Character:Carl Lanser
Rawhide
Character:Domingo
Rawhide
Character:Michob
Naked City
Character:Barney Peters
Naked City
Character:Carlos Ruldan
Naked City
Character:Max Evar
Naked City
Character:Dominic Venussi
Naked City
Character:Berco Romanu
Naked City
Character:Merritt Griffin
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Character:Ali Baba
Wagon Train
Character:Tiburcio Mendez
Playhouse 90
Character:Pablo
Playhouse 90
Character:Prisoners Father
Playwrights '56
Character:
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Ralph Collins
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Jeff Jensen
Gunsmoke
Character:Jack Pinto
Gunsmoke
Character:Mr. Dano
Gunsmoke
Character:Alex Skouras
Gunsmoke
Character:Driscoll
Gunsmoke
Character:Ben Rando
Gunsmoke
Character:Alejo Etchahoun
The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Artie Moreno
Climax!
Character:Lieutenant Cal Nourse
The Motorola Television Hour
Character:
The United States Steel Hour
Character:Dr. Arnault / Oliver
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Dr. Duchesnes
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Jules Dreise
Armstrong Circle Theatre
Character:
The Philco Television Playhouse
Character:Ed Kagan
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