Nehemiah Persoff
Acting
Born August 2, 1919 — Died April 5, 2022
From Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate
Biography
Nehemiah Persoff was an American film and television actor. Persoff emigrated with his family from Palestine 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 Thea...
Filmography
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Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Self - Interviewee
202210.0
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Self
20127.4
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4 Faces
20017.0
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
19996.3
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
19986.3
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
19916.3
Twins
Mitchell Traven
19886.0
The Last Temptation of Christ
Rabbi
19887.2
An American Tail
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
19866.8
Yentl
Rebbe Mendel
19836.7
O'Hara's Wife
Dr. Fischer
19825.7
St. Helens
Mr. Ellison
19826.0
Turnover Smith
Ashmed Amad
19807.0
The Henderson Monster
Prof. Leo Tedeschi
19806.0
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Josef Stalin
19806.9
In Search of Historic Jesus
Herod Antipas
19795.5
A Cry for Justice
Dr. Burke
19799.0
Daniel in the Lions' Den
Malimar
1978
A Double Life
19789.0
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
Charles Frohman
19787.0
Killing Stone
Earl Stone
19787.0
The Making of a President
1978
Deadly Harvest
Mort Logan
19774.7
Voyage of the Damned
Herr Hauser
19766.0
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
Rudenko
19767.0
Psychic Killer
Doctor Gubner
19755.3
Eric
Dr. Duchesnes
19759.0
The Stranger Within
Dr. Edward Klein
19746.6
The Sex Symbol
Nick Fortis
19744.0
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Dracula
Dr. Van Helsing
19737.0
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
Champagne Joe Carroll
19727.0
Lapin 360
19726.5
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
Artie Moreno
19728.0
Red Sky at Morning
Amadeo Montoya
19717.1
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Berisha
19716.3
The People Next Door
Dr. Salazar
19705.9
Cutter's Trail
Santillo
19708.0
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Lieutenant Crawford
19696.0
Escape to Mindanao
Capt. Kramer
19689.0
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
Captain Malcione
1968
Panic in the City
August Best
19685.6
The Power
Prof. Carl Melnicker
19686.3
The Day of the Owl
Pizzuco
19687.1
The Money Jungle
Lt. Dow Reeves
19675.6
The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones
Skoda
19668.0
Too Many Thieves
Georgi
19665.7
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Shemiah
19656.4
Fate Is the Hunter
Ben Sawyer
19646.5
A Global Affair
Under Secretary Segura
19645.3
The Hook
Capt. Van Ryn
19636.2
The Comancheros
Graile
19616.7
The Big Show
Bruno Everard
19615.8
The Killers of Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
1959
Day of the Outlaw
Dan, Starret's Foreman
19596.8
Al Capone
Johnny Torrio
19596.6
Some Like It Hot
Little Bonaparte
19598.1
Green Mansions
Don Panta
19595.7
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Pablo
1959
Never Steal Anything Small
Pinelli
19598.2
The Badlanders
Vincente (The Powder Monkey)
19586.2
This Angry Age
Albert Legros
19576.1
The Death of Manolete
Camera
19576.0
Street of Sinners
Leon
19577.7
Men in War
Sgt. Lewis
19576.6
Mayerling
Police Officer
19576.1
The Wrong Man
Gene Conforti
19567.1
The Wild Party
Kicks Johnson
19566.6
The Harder They Fall
Leo
19567.2
The Thief
D'Arnault-Olivier
19554.0
On the Waterfront
Cab Driver (uncredited)
19547.9
Marty
The Critic
19538.0