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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 2, 1919
Died
April 5, 2022
Place of Birth
Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate
Nehemiah Persoff
1.0 Popularity
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. 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.
Known For
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10.0
Self - Interviewee
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022
6.8
Self
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
2012
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0.0
4 Faces
2001
6.3
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster
1999
6.3
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
1998
7.2
Chicago Hope
1994
6.3
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1991
7.4
David Steinmetz
Law & Order
1990
6.0
Mitchell Traven
Twins
1988
7.2
Rabbi
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
Credits
🎬
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
as Self - Interviewee
2022
10.0
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
as Self
2012
6.8
🎬
4 Faces
2001
0.0
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
1999
6.3
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
1998
6.3
Chicago Hope
1994
7.2
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
1991
6.3
Law & Order
as David Steinmetz
1990
7.4
Twins
as Mitchell Traven
1988
6.0
The Last Temptation of Christ
as Rabbi
1988
7.2
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Toff
1987
8.4
J.J. Starbuck
1987
5.0
An American Tail
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
1986
6.7
L.A. Law
as Rabbi Isadore Glickman
1986
7.1
MacGyver
as Sam Bolinski
1985
7.7
Murder, She Wrote
as Constantin Stavros
1984
7.5
Highway to Heaven
1984
7.4
Hunter
as Harold Goodman
1984
7.2
Yentl
as Rebbe Mendel
1983
6.7
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
6.3
Hotel
1982
6.8
O'Hara's Wife
as Dr. Fischer
1982
1.0
St. Helens
as Mr. Ellison
1982
6.2
Magnum, P.I.
as Rabbi Asher Solomon
1980
7.3
Turnover Smith
as Ashmed Amad
1980
0.0
The Henderson Monster
as Prof. Leo Tedeschi
1980
4.0
F.D.R.: The Last Year
as Josef Stalin
1980
5.8
Condominium
as Conlaw
1980
3.7
B.A.D. Cats
1980
5.0
The French Atlantic Affair
as Col. Schreiner
1979
7.0
The Facts of Life
1979
7.0
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In Search of Historic Jesus
as Herod Antipas
1979
4.3
A Cry For Justice
as Dr. Burke
1979
8.0
The Rebels
as Baron Von Steuben
1979
0.0
Daniel in the Lions' Den
as Malimar
1978
0.0
The Word
as Abbot Petropolous
1978
5.0
Vega$
1978
7.0
Battlestar Galactica
as Eastern Alliance Leader
1978
7.1
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
as Charles Frohman
1978
5.0
Killing Stone
as Earl Stone
1978
0.0
A Double Life
1978
0.0
The Making of a President
1978
0.0
Logan's Run
1977
6.5
Deadly Harvest
as Mort Logan
1977
4.3
Hunter
as Sheik Farakbi
1977
8.0
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as Vladimir
1977
7.1
Voyage of the Damned
as Herr Hauser
1976
5.9
Quincy, M.E.
1976
7.5
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
as Rudenko
1976
0.0
Charlie's Angels
as Anton
1976
6.7
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
as Charles Dietrich
1976
8.6
McNaughton's Daughter
as Vinnie Laine
1976
1.0
The Bionic Woman
1976
7.0
Psychic Killer
as Doctor Gubner
1975
5.2
Eric
as Dr. Duchesnes
1975
0.0
Wonder Woman
as Professor Moreno
1975
7.0
Ellery Queen
1975
7.4
The Invisible Man
as Dr. Leon Barnard
1975
6.1
Barney Miller
as Carl Simms
1975
7.3
Barney Miller
as Yacov Berger
1975
7.3
Baretta
1975
6.3
The Stranger Within
as Dr. Edward Klein
1974
6.7
The Sex Symbol
as Nick Fortis
1974
3.0
Little House on the Prairie
1974
7.9
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Major Popov
1974
7.2
Police Story
1973
6.9
Purple Playhouse
as Dr. Van Helsing
1973
0.0
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Dracula
as Dr. Van Helsing
1973
5.0
Cool Million
as Karinakis
1972
5.0
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
as Champagne Joe Carroll
1972
0.0
Lapin 360
1972
6.5
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
6.9
Search
1972
6.9
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
as Artie Moreno
1972
6.0
McMillan & Wife
as Clementa Habib
1971
6.9
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The Chicago Teddy Bears
1971
5.5
Columbo
as Jesse Jerome
1971
8.1
Red Sky at Morning
as Amadeo Montoya
1971
6.7
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
as Berisha
1971
6.1
Dan August
as Leo Cussoni
1970
6.8
The People Next Door
as Dr. Salazar
1970
6.1
McCloud
1970
7.1
Cutter's Trail
as Santillo
1970
7.5
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
as Lieutenant Crawford
1969
4.0
Love, American Style
as Mr. Stone
1969
6.0
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Max Behrman
1969
6.5
The Bill Cosby Show
as Mr. Byron
1969
5.4
Escape to Mindanao
as Capt. Kramer
1968
0.0
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
as Captain Malcione
1968
0.0
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
as Captain Malcione
1968
0.0
Panic in the City
as August Best
1968
5.2
The Mod Squad
1968
6.3
The Mod Squad
as Nick Master
1968
6.3
Land of the Giants
as Titus
1968
6.7
Adam-12
as Angelo Covelli
1968
7.0
Hawaii Five-O
as Harry Cardonus
1968
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Winkler
1968
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Leo Paoli
1968
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Cordell
1968
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Victor Palua
1968
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Allie Francis
1968
7.1
The Name of the Game
as Ambassador
1968
6.8
The Power
as Prof. Carl Melnicker
1968
6.2
The Day of the Owl
as Pizzuco
1968
7.1
It Takes a Thief
as Harry Lavender
1968
7.0
The Money Jungle
as Lt. Dow Reeves
1967
5.0
Mannix
as Anton Wojeska
1967
6.7
The High Chaparral
as Homero José
1967
6.5
The Dangerous Days Of Kiowa Jones
as Skoda
1966
6.0
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CBS Playhouse
1966
7.0
Too Many Thieves
as Georgi
1966
4.5
Mission: Impossible
as Igor Stravos
1966
7.6
Mission: Impossible
as Phillipe Pereda
1966
7.6
Mission: Impossible
as Prince Iben Kostas
1966
7.6
Jericho
1966
6.5
The Time Tunnel
as Prof. Anton Biraki
1966
7.6
Tarzan
as Chembe Kunji
1966
6.7
The Wild Wild West
as Major Hazard
1965
7.5
The Wild Wild West
as Gen. Andreas Cassinello
1965
7.5
Honey West
as Faustini
1965
7.0
The Big Valley
as General Vicente Ruiz
1965
6.1
The Legend of Jesse James
as El Carnicero
1965
4.8
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Shemiah
1965
6.4
Fate Is the Hunter
as Ben Sawyer
1964
6.4
Gilligan's Island
1964
7.4
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Valandros
1964
7.2
A Global Affair
as Under Secretary Segura
1964
4.5
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.7
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Alverian
1963
5.7
Mr. Novak
as Henry Selkirk
1963
6.5
Burke's Law
as Jason Flonder
1963
6.0
Burke's Law
as Albert Indigo, 'Mr. I'
1963
6.0
Burke's Law
as Wilhelm Kasimer
1963
6.0
The Hook
as Capt. Van Ryn
1963
6.1
Sam Benedict
1962
6.0
The Comancheros
as Graile
1961
6.7
The New Breed
as Louis Morley
1961
7.0
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Bus Stop
1961
0.0
The Wonderful World of Disney
1961
8.0
The Big Show
as Bruno Everard
1961
5.0
Route 66
1960
6.3
Mr. Lucky
1959
6.4
The Untouchables
as Jake 'Greasy Thumb' Guzik
1959
7.9
The Untouchables
as Johnny Fortunato
1959
7.9
The Twilight Zone
as Carl Lanser
1959
8.4
Day of the Outlaw
as Dan, Starret's Foreman
1959
6.8
The Killers of Mussolini
as Benito Mussolini
1959
0.0
Al Capone
as Johnny Torrio
1959
6.6
Some Like It Hot
as Little Bonaparte
1959
8.1
Green Mansions
as Don Panta
1959
5.9
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Pablo
1959
0.0
Never Steal Anything Small
as Pinelli
1959
8.0
Rawhide
as Domingo
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Michob
1959
7.2
Naked City
as Barney Peters
1958
5.5
Naked City
as Dominic Venussi
1958
5.5
Naked City
as Max Evar
1958
5.5
Naked City
as Carlos Ruldan
1958
5.5
Naked City
as Berco Romanu
1958
5.5
Naked City
as Merritt Griffin
1958
5.5
The Badlanders
as Vincente (The Powder Monkey)
1958
6.2
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Ali Baba
1958
6.2
This Angry Age
as Albert Legros
1957
5.9
The Death of Manolete
as Camera
1957
0.0
Street of Sinners
as Leon
1957
7.0
Men in War
as Sgt. Lewis
1957
6.6
Mayerling
as Police Officer
1957
5.5
The Wrong Man
as Gene Conforti
1956
7.1
The Wild Party
as Kicks Johnson
1956
5.8
Playhouse 90
as Pablo
1956
7.6
Playhouse 90
as Prisoners Father
1956
7.6
The Harder They Fall
as Leo
1956
7.1
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Playwrights '56
1955
6.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Ralph Collins
1955
7.7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Jeff Jensen
1955
7.7
Gunsmoke
as Jack Pinto
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Mr. Dano
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Alex Skouras
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Driscoll
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Ben Rando
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Alejo Etchahoun
1955
6.6
The Thief
as D'Arnault-Olivier
1955
4.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Artie Moreno
1954
7.8
Climax!
as Lieutenant Cal Nourse
1954
3.3
On the Waterfront
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1954
7.9
The United States Steel Hour
as Dr. Arnault / Oliver
1953
6.2
Marty
as The Critic
1953
8.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Dr. Duchesnes
1951
8.6
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Jules Dreise
1951
7.3
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
3.0
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Ed Kagan
1948
6.3