Acting
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.
Titles
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
The Muppet Show
1976
The Electric Company
1971
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
The Producers
1968
Watership Down
1978
Sirocco
1951
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986
The Front
1976
The Hot Rock
1972
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
The Enforcer
1951
The Great Bank Robbery
1969
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
Panic in the Streets
1950
Journey into Fear
1975
Muppet Treasures
1985
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
The Angel Levine
1970
Rhinoceros
1974
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
The Model and the Marriage Broker
1951
Fore Play
1975
Red, White, and Zero
1968
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018
Once Upon a Scoundrel
1974
Great Catherine
1968
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
1951
Mastermind
1976