Nehemiah Persoff


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Actor

​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 an...

Place of Birth: Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate

Date of Birth: Aug 2, 1919


Filmography

Actor (55 Known Credits)


An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

Papa Mousekewitz (voice)

Twins

Mitchell Traven

An American Tail

Papa Mousekewitz

Yentl

Reb 'Papa' Mendel

O'Hara's Wife

Doctor Fisher

The Henderson Monster

Prof. Leo Tedeschi

The French Atlantic Affair

Colonel Schreiner

Battlestar Galactica

Eastern Alliance Leader

Deadly Harvest

Mort Logan

Psychic Killer

Doctor Gubner

The Stranger Within

Dr. Edward Klein

Dracula

Dr. Van Helsing

Columbo

Jesse Jerome

Red Sky at Morning

Amadeo Montoya

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

Lieutenant Crawford

The Power

Prof. Carl Melnicker

Panic in the City

August Best

The Money Jungle

Lt. Dow Reeves

Tarzan

Chembe Kunji

A Global Affair

Under Secretary Segura

The Hook

Capt. Van Ryn

The Big Show

Bruno Everard

The Twilight Zone

Carl Lanser

Some Like It Hot

Little Bonaparte

Day of the Outlaw

Dan, Starret's Foreman

Al Capone

Johnny Torrio

Green Mansions

Don Panta

The Badlanders

Vincente (The Powder Monkey)

Men in War

Sfc. Nate Lewis

This Angry Age

Albert Legros

The Wrong Man

Eugene 'Gene' Conforti

The Wild Party

Kicks Johnson

On the Waterfront

Cab Driver (uncredited)

The United States Steel Hour

Dr. Arnault / Oliver

Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
Twins (1988)
Mitchell Traven
Papa Mousekewitz
Yentl (1983)
Reb 'Papa' Mendel
O'Hara's Wife (1982)
Doctor Fisher
Prof. Leo Tedeschi
Herod Antipas
Colonel Schreiner
Battlestar Galactica (1978 - 1979)
Eastern Alliance Leader
Charles Frohman
Mort Logan
Herr Hauser
Doctor Gubner
Dr. Edward Klein
Dracula (1973)
Dr. Van Helsing
Columbo (1971 - 2003)
Jesse Jerome
Amadeo Montoya
Berisha
Dr. Salazar
Lieutenant Crawford
Land of the Giants (1968 - 1970)
Titus
The Power (1968)
Prof. Carl Melnicker
Pizzuco
August Best
Captain Malcione
Lt. Dow Reeves
Georgi
Tarzan (1966 - 1968)
Chembe Kunji
Ben Sawyer
Under Secretary Segura
The Hook (1963)
Capt. Van Ryn
Graile
The Big Show (1961)
Bruno Everard
The Twilight Zone (1959 - 1964)
Carl Lanser
Little Bonaparte
Dan, Starret's Foreman
Al Capone (1959)
Johnny Torrio
Don Panta
Vincente (The Powder Monkey)
Men in War (1957)
Sfc. Nate Lewis
Leon
Albert Legros
The Wrong Man (1956)
Eugene 'Gene' Conforti
Kicks Johnson
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Dr. Arnault / Oliver

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