Personal Info
Known Credits
72
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1919-08-02 (106 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate
Also Known For
Nehemiah Persoff
Biography
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. ...
Known For
Acting
2022 --
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
| Self - Interviewee
2012 --
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
| Self
2001 --
4 Faces
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1999 --
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster
| Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
1998 --
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
| Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
1991 --
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
| Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
1988 --
Twins
| Mitchell Traven
1988 --
The Last Temptation of Christ
| Rabbi
1986 --
An American Tail
| Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
1983 --
Yentl
| Rebbe Mendel
1982 --
St. Helens
| Mr. Ellison
1982 --
O'Hara's Wife
| Dr. Fischer
1980 --
Turnover Smith
| Ashmed Amad
1980 --
The Henderson Monster
| Prof. Leo Tedeschi
1980 --
F.D.R.: The Last Year
| Josef Stalin
1979 --
In Search of Historic Jesus
| Herod Antipas
1979 --
A Cry For Justice
| Dr. Burke
1979 --
The Rebels
| Baron Von Steuben
1978 --
Daniel in the Lions' Den
| Malimar
1978 --
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
| Charles Frohman
1978 --
Killing Stone
| Earl Stone
1978 --
A Double Life
|
1978 --
The Making of a President
|
1977 --
Deadly Harvest
| Mort Logan
1976 --
Voyage of the Damned
| Herr Hauser
1976 --
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
| Rudenko
1975 --
Psychic Killer
| Doctor Gubner
1975 --
Eric
| Dr. Duchesnes
1974 --
The Stranger Within
| Dr. Edward Klein
1974 --
The Sex Symbol
| Nick Fortis
1973 --
Dracula
| Dr. Van Helsing
1972 --
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
| Champagne Joe Carroll
1972 --
Lapin 360
|
1972 --
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
| Artie Moreno
1971 --
Red Sky at Morning
| Amadeo Montoya
1971 --
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
| Berisha
1970 --
The People Next Door
| Dr. Salazar
1970 --
Cutter's Trail
| Santillo
1969 --
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
| Lieutenant Crawford
1968 --
Escape to Mindanao
| Capt. Kramer
1968 --
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
| Captain Malcione
1968 --
Panic in the City
| August Best
1968 --
The Power
| Prof. Carl Melnicker
1968 --
The Day of the Owl
| Pizzuco
1967 --
The Money Jungle
| Lt. Dow Reeves
1966 --
The Dangerous Days Of Kiowa Jones
| Skoda
1966 --
Too Many Thieves
| Georgi
1965 --
The Greatest Story Ever Told
| Shemiah
1964 --
Fate Is the Hunter
| Ben Sawyer
1964 --
A Global Affair
| Under Secretary Segura
1963 --
The Hook
| Capt. Van Ryn
1961 --
The Comancheros
| Graile
1961 --
The Big Show
| Bruno Everard
1959 --
Day of the Outlaw
| Dan, Starret's Foreman
1959 --
The Killers of Mussolini
| Benito Mussolini
1959 --
Al Capone
| Johnny Torrio
1959 --
Green Mansions
| Don Panta
1959 --
Some Like It Hot
| Little Bonaparte
1959 --
For Whom the Bell Tolls
| Pablo
1959 --
Never Steal Anything Small
| Pinelli
1958 --
The Badlanders
| Vincente (The Powder Monkey)
1957 --
This Angry Age
| Albert Legros
1957 --
The Death of Manolete
| Camera
1957 --
Street of Sinners
| Leon
1957 --
Men in War
| Sgt. Lewis
1957 --
Mayerling
| Police Officer
1956 --
The Wrong Man
| Gene Conforti
1956 --
The Wild Party
| Kicks Johnson
1956 --
The Harder They Fall
| Leo
1955 --
The Thief
| D'Arnault-Olivier
1954 --
On the Waterfront
| Cab Driver (uncredited)
1953 --
Marty
| The Critic