From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nehemiah Persoff (born August 2, 1919) is 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. Now retired from acting, he is devoted full-time to his painting. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nehemiah Persoff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom | Self | 2012-03-20 |
Movie | An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster | Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | 1999-02-04 |
Movie | An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island | Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | 1998-11-16 |
Series | Chicago Hope | Unknown | 1994-09-18 |
Movie | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | 1991-11-21 |
Series | Law & Order | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |
Movie | The Last Temptation of Christ | Rabbi | 1988-05-28 |
Movie | Twins | Mitchell Traven | 1988-12-08 |
Series | J.J. Starbuck | Unknown | 1987-09-26 |
Series | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Toff | 1987-09-28 |
Series | L.A. Law | Unknown | 1986-09-15 |
Movie | An American Tail | Papa Mousekewitz (voice) | 1986-11-21 |
Series | MacGyver | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
Series | Hunter | Unknown | 1984-09-18 |
Series | Highway to Heaven | Unknown | 1984-09-19 |
Series | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Unknown | 1983-10-03 |
Movie | Yentl | Rebbe Mendel | 1983-11-18 |
Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
Movie | O'Hara's Wife | Dr. Fischer | 1982-01-01 |
Movie | St. Helens | Mr. Ellison | 1982-01-01 |
Movie | F.D.R.: The Last Year | Josef Stalin | 1980-05-15 |
Series | Condominium | Conlaw | 1980-04-06 |
Movie | The Henderson Monster | Prof. Leo Tedeschi | 1980-05-27 |
Series | Magnum, P.I. | Unknown | 1980-12-11 |
Movie | The Rebels | Baron Von Steuben | 1979-05-14 |
Movie | In Search of Historic Jesus | Herod Antipas | 1979-08-01 |
Series | The Facts of Life | Unknown | 1979-08-24 |
Series | The French Atlantic Affair | Col. Schreiner | 1979-11-15 |
Movie | Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women | Charles Frohman | 1978-05-21 |
Series | Battlestar Galactica | Eastern Alliance Leader | 1978-09-17 |
Movie | Killing Stone | Earl Stone | 1978-05-02 |
Movie | A Double Life | 1978-01-17 | |
Series | Vega$ | Unknown | 1978-09-20 |
Movie | Daniel in the Lions' Den | Malimar | 1978-11-22 |
Series | The Word | Abbot Petropolous | 1978-11-12 |
Series | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries | 1977-01-30 | |
Series | Hunter | Unknown | 1977-02-18 |
Movie | Deadly Harvest | Mort Logan | 1977-08-21 |
Series | Logan's Run | Unknown | 1977-09-16 |
Series | McNaughton's Daughter | Vinnie Laine | 1976-03-24 |
Series | The Bionic Woman | Unknown | 1976-01-14 |
Series | Charlie's Angels | Unknown | 1976-09-22 |
Movie | Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident | Rudenko | 1976-09-29 |
Movie | Voyage of the Damned | Herr Hauser | 1976-12-22 |
Series | Quincy, M.E. | Unknown | 1976-10-03 |
Series | Baretta | Unknown | 1975-01-17 |
Series | Barney Miller | Unknown | 1975-01-23 |
Series | Wonder Woman | Unknown | 1975-11-07 |
Series | Ellery Queen | Unknown | 1975-09-11 |
Movie | Psychic Killer | Doctor Gubner | 1975-12-01 |
Series | Little House on the Prairie | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Movie | The Stranger Within | Dr. Edward Klein | 1974-10-01 |
Movie | The Sex Symbol | Nick Fortis | 1974-09-17 |
Movie | Dracula | Dr. Van Helsing | 1973-01-01 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Series | Search | Unknown | 1972-09-13 |
Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
Movie | Michael O'Hara the Fourth | Artie Moreno | 1972-03-26 |
Series | Cool Million | Unknown | 1972-10-28 |
Movie | Lieutenant Schuster's Wife | Champagne Joe Carroll | 1972-10-11 |
Movie | Lapin 360 | 1972-10-08 | |
Movie | Mrs. Pollifax — Spy | Berisha | 1971-02-17 |
Movie | Red Sky at Morning | Amadeo Montoya | 1971-05-12 |
Series | Columbo | Unknown | 1971-09-15 |
Series | The Chicago Teddy Bears | Unknown | 1971-09-17 |
Movie | Cutter's Trail | Santillo | 1970-02-10 |
Movie | The People Next Door | Dr. Salazar | 1970-08-26 |
Series | McCloud | Unknown | 1970-02-17 |
Series | The Bill Cosby Show | Unknown | 1969-09-14 |
Movie | The Girl Who Knew Too Much | Lieutenant Crawford | 1969-11-07 |
Series | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Unknown | 1969-09-23 |
Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
Movie | The Day of the Owl | Pizzuco | 1968-02-17 |
Series | Adam-12 | Unknown | 1968-09-21 |
Movie | The Power | Prof. Carl Melnicker | 1968-02-21 |
Series | The Mod Squad | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Movie | Panic in the City | August Best | 1968-10-01 |
Series | Land of the Giants | 1968-09-22 | |
Series | The High Chaparral | Unknown | 1967-09-10 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Movie | The Money Jungle | Lt. Dow Reeves | 1967-12-15 |
Series | Jericho | Unknown | 1966-09-15 |
Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
Series | Tarzan | Unknown | 1966-09-08 |
Series | The Time Tunnel | Unknown | 1966-09-09 |
Movie | Too Many Thieves | Georgi | 1966-10-13 |
Series | CBS Playhouse | Unknown | 1966-12-08 |
Movie | The Dangerous Days Of Kiowa Jones | Skoda | 1966-12-25 |
Movie | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Shemiah | 1965-04-09 |
Series | The Legend of Jesse James | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
Series | Honey West | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Series | The Wild Wild West | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
Movie | A Global Affair | Under Secretary Segura | 1964-01-30 |
Series | Gilligan's Island | Unknown | 1964-09-26 |
Movie | Fate Is the Hunter | Ben Sawyer | 1964-11-08 |
Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
Movie | The Hook | Capt. Van Ryn | 1963-02-15 |
Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
Series | Mr. Novak | Unknown | 1963-09-24 |
Series | Sam Benedict | Unknown | 1962-09-15 |
Series | Bus Stop | Unknown | 1961-10-01 |
Series | The Wonderful World of Disney | Unknown | 1961-09-24 |
Movie | The Big Show | Bruno Everard | 1961-05-10 |
Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
Movie | The Comancheros | Graile | 1961-12-22 |
Series | The New Breed | Unknown | 1961-10-03 |
Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
Movie | Some Like It Hot | Little Bonaparte | 1959-03-19 |
Movie | Green Mansions | Don Panta | 1959-03-19 |
Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
Movie | Never Steal Anything Small | Pinelli | 1959-02-11 |
Movie | Al Capone | Johnny Torrio | 1959-03-25 |
Movie | The Killers of Mussolini | Benito Mussolini | 1959-06-04 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Carl Lanser | 1959-10-02 |
Series | Mr. Lucky | Unknown | 1959-10-24 |
Movie | Day of the Outlaw | Dan, Starret's Foreman | 1959-07-01 |
Movie | The Badlanders | Vincente (The Powder Monkey) | 1958-09-03 |
Series | Naked City | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
Movie | Mayerling | Police Officer | 1957-02-04 |
Movie | Men in War | Sfc. Lewis | 1957-06-07 |
Movie | Street of Sinners | Leon | 1957-08-30 |
Movie | This Angry Age | Albert Legros | 1957-10-31 |
Movie | The Harder They Fall | Leo | 1956-05-09 |
Movie | The Wrong Man | Gene Conforti | 1956-12-22 |
Movie | The Wild Party | Kicks Johnson | 1956-12-21 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Movie | The Thief | D'Arnault-Olivier | 1955-01-04 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
Series | Playwrights '56 | Unknown | 1955-10-04 |
Movie | On the Waterfront | Cab Driver (uncredited) | 1954-06-22 |
Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
Movie | Marty | The Critic | 1953-05-24 |
Series | The United States Steel Hour | Dr. Arnault / Oliver | 1953-10-27 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
Series | Armstrong Circle Theatre | Unknown | 1950-06-06 |
Series | The Philco Television Playhouse | Unknown | 1948-10-03 |