Nehemiah Persoff
Acting
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.
TV Shows(99)
Angels in America
Rabbi (uncredited)
2003
Chicago Hope
Rabbi Ben Taubler
1994
Law & Order
David Steinmetz
1990
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Toff
1987
J.J. Starbuck
1987
L.A. Law
Rabbi Isadore Glickman
1986
MacGyver
Sam Bolinski
1985
Murder, She Wrote
Constantin Stavros
1984
Highway to Heaven
1984
Hunter
Harold Goodman
1984
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Hotel
1982
Magnum, P.I.
Rabbi Asher Solomon
1980
Condominium
Conlaw
1980
B.A.D. Cats
1980
The French Atlantic Affair
Col. Schreiner
1979
The Facts of Life
1979
The Rebels
Baron Von Steuben
1979
Supertrain
Max
1979
The Word
Abbot Petropolous
1978
Vega$
1978
Battlestar Galactica
Eastern Alliance Leader
1978
Logan's Run
ASA
1977
Hunter
Sheik Farakbi
1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Vladimir
1977
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Charlie's Angels
Anton
1976
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Charles Dietrich
1976
McNaughton's Daughter
Vinnie Laine
1976
The Bionic Woman
1976
Wonder Woman
Professor Moreno
1975
Ellery Queen
1975
The Invisible Man
Dr. Leon Barnard
1975
Barney Miller
Carl Simms
1975
Baretta
1975
Little House on the Prairie
Mr. Olaf Lundstrom
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
Major Popov
1974
Police Story
1973
Purple Playhouse
Dr. Van Helsing
1973
Cool Million
Karinakis
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Search
1972
McMillan & Wife
Clementa Habib
1971
The Chicago Teddy Bears
1971
Columbo
Jesse Jerome
1971
Dan August
Leo Cussoni
1970
McCloud
1970
Love, American Style
Mr. Stone
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Max Behrman
1969
The Bill Cosby Show
Mr. Byron
1969
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
Captain Malcione
1968
The Mod Squad
1968
Land of the Giants
Titus
1968
Adam-12
Angelo Covelli
1968
Hawaii Five-O
Harry Cardonus
1968
The Name of the Game
Ambassador
1968
It Takes a Thief
Harry Lavender
1968
Mannix
Anton Wojeska
1967
The High Chaparral
Homero José
1967
CBS Playhouse
Dr. Salazar
1966
Mission: Impossible
Igor Stravos
1966
Jericho
1966
The Time Tunnel
Prof. Anton Biraki
1966
Tarzan
Chembe Kunji
1966
Honey West
Faustini
1965
The Wild Wild West
Major Hazard
1965
The Big Valley
General Vicente Ruiz
1965
The Legend of Jesse James
El Carnicero
1965
Gilligan's Island
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Valandros
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Mr. Novak
Henry Selkirk
1963
Burke's Law
Jason Flonder
1963
Sam Benedict
1962
The New Breed
Louis Morley
1961
Ben Casey
1961
Bus Stop
1961
The Wonderful World of Disney
1961
Route 66
1960
Mr. Lucky
1959
The Untouchables
Jake 'Greasy Thumb' Guzik
1959
Startime
Prior Andry
1959
The Twilight Zone
Carl Lanser
1959
Rawhide
Domingo
1959
Naked City
Barney Peters
1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Ali Baba
1958
Wagon Train
Tiburcio Mendez
1957
Playhouse 90
Pablo
1956
Playwrights '56
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Ralph Collins
1955
Gunsmoke
Jack Pinto
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
Artie Moreno
1954
Climax!
Lieutenant Cal Nourse
1954
The Motorola Television Hour
1953
The United States Steel Hour
Dr. Arnault / Oliver
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dr. Duchesnes
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Jules Dreise
1951
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
The Philco Television Playhouse
Ed Kagan
1948
Movies(71)
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Self - Interviewee
2022
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Self
2012
4 Faces
2001
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
1999
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
1998
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
1991
Twins
Mitchell Traven
1988
The Last Temptation of Christ
Rabbi
1988
An American Tail
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
1986
Yentl
Rebbe Mendel
1983
O'Hara's Wife
Dr. Fischer
1982
St. Helens
Mr. Ellison
1982
Turnover Smith
Ashmed Amad
1980
The Henderson Monster
Prof. Leo Tedeschi
1980
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Josef Stalin
1980
In Search of Historic Jesus
Herod Antipas
1979
A Cry For Justice
Dr. Burke
1979
Daniel in the Lions' Den
Malimar
1978
A Double Life
1978
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
Charles Frohman
1978
Killing Stone
Earl Stone
1978
The Making of a President
1978
Deadly Harvest
Mort Logan
1977
Voyage of the Damned
Herr Hauser
1976
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
Rudenko
1976
Psychic Killer
Doctor Gubner
1975
Eric
Dr. Duchesnes
1975
The Stranger Within
Dr. Edward Klein
1974
The Sex Symbol
Nick Fortis
1974
Dracula
Dr. Van Helsing
1973
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
Champagne Joe Carroll
1972
Lapin 360
1972
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
Artie Moreno
1972
Red Sky at Morning
Amadeo Montoya
1971
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Berisha
1971
The People Next Door
Dr. Salazar
1970
Cutter's Trail
Santillo
1970
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Lieutenant Crawford
1969
Escape to Mindanao
Capt. Kramer
1968
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
Captain Malcione
1968
Panic in the City
August Best
1968
The Power
Prof. Carl Melnicker
1968
The Day of the Owl
Pizzuco
1968
The Money Jungle
Lt. Dow Reeves
1967
The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones
Skoda
1966
Too Many Thieves
Georgi
1966
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Shemiah
1965
Fate Is the Hunter
Ben Sawyer
1964
A Global Affair
Under Secretary Segura
1964
The Hook
Capt. Van Ryn
1963
The Comancheros
Graile
1961
The Big Show
Bruno Everard
1961
The Killers of Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
1959
Day of the Outlaw
Dan, Starret's Foreman
1959
Al Capone
Johnny Torrio
1959
Some Like It Hot
Little Bonaparte
1959
Green Mansions
Don Panta
1959
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Pablo
1959
Never Steal Anything Small
Pinelli
1959
The Badlanders
Vincente (The Powder Monkey)
1958
This Angry Age
Albert Legros
1957
The Death of Manolete
Camera
1957
Street of Sinners
Leon
1957
Men in War
Sgt. Lewis
1957
Mayerling
Police Officer
1957
The Wrong Man
Gene Conforti
1956
The Wild Party
Kicks Johnson
1956
The Harder They Fall
Leo
1956
The Thief
D'Arnault-Olivier
1955
On the Waterfront
Cab Driver (uncredited)
1954
Marty
The Critic
1953