Nehemiah Persoff
male
Born on August 02, 1919 (105 years old)
Passed Away on April 05, 2022
From Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate
Known for Acting
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.
Cast Credits
- 2022
- 2012
- 2001
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- 1968
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
as
Captain Malcione
1968
The Power
as
Prof. Carl Melnicker
1968
Escape to Mindanao
as
Capt. Kramer
1968
Panic in the City
as
August Best
1968
The Day of the Owl
as
Pizzuco
1968
Hawaii Five-O
as
Harry Cardonus
1968
Land of the Giants
as
Titus
1968
The Mod Squad
1968
Adam-12
as
Angelo Covelli
1968
The Name of the Game
as
Ambassador
1968
Hawaii Five-O
as
Winkler
1968
Hawaii Five-O
as
Leo Paoli
1968
Hawaii Five-O
as
Cordell
1968
Hawaii Five-O
as
Victor Palua
1968
Hawaii Five-O
as
Allie Francis
1968
The Mod Squad
as
Nick Master
1968
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
as
Captain Malcione
1968
It Takes a Thief
as
Harry Lavender
1968
- 1967
- 1966
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
- 1960
- 1959
Some Like It Hot
as
Little Bonaparte
1959
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as
Pablo
1959
Al Capone
as
Johnny Torrio
1959
Day of the Outlaw
as
Dan, Starret's Foreman
1959
Green Mansions
as
Don Panta
1959
Never Steal Anything Small
as
Pinelli
1959
The Killers of Mussolini
as
Benito Mussolini
1959
Mr. Lucky
1959
The Twilight Zone
as
Carl Lanser
1959
Rawhide
as
Domingo
1959
The Untouchables
as
Jake 'Greasy Thumb' Guzik
1959
Rawhide
as
Michob
1959
The Untouchables
as
Johnny Fortunato
1959
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- 1948
