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Nehemiah Persoff

Nehemiah Persoff

Acting

Biography

Nehemiah Persoff (August 2, 1919 – April 5, 2022) was an American film and television 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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Poster for Some Like It Hot
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Some Like It Hot

8.1(3.9K)
Some Like It Hot
Little Bonaparte
Poster for For Whom the Bell Tolls
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For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls
Pablo
Poster for The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
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The Treasure of San Bosco Reef

The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
Captain Malcione
Poster for Yentl
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Yentl

6.7(0.3K)
Yentl
Rebbe Mendel
Poster for The Greatest Story Ever Told
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The Greatest Story Ever Told

6.4(0.2K)
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Shemiah
Poster for An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
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An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

6.3(0.8K)
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
Poster for An American Tail
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An American Tail

6.8(1.4K)
An American Tail
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
Poster for The Comancheros
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The Comancheros

6.7(0.2K)
The Comancheros
Graile
Poster for An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
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An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island

6.3(0.2K)
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
Poster for The Wrong Man
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The Wrong Man

7.1(0.6K)
The Wrong Man
Gene Conforti

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Nehemiah Persoff portrait
Nehemiah Persoff portrait