Personal Info
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, …
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
as Self - Interviewee
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
as Self
4 Faces
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
Twins
as Mitchell Traven
The Last Temptation of Christ
as Rabbi
An American Tail
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
Yentl
as Rebbe Mendel
TV Shows
Angels in America
as Rabbi (uncredited) · 1 ep.
Chicago Hope
as Rabbi Ben Taubler · 1 ep.
Law & Order
as David Steinmetz · 1 ep.
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Toff · 1 ep.
J.J. Starbuck
1 ep.
L.A. Law
as Rabbi Isadore Glickman · 1 ep.
MacGyver
as Sam Bolinski · 1 ep.
Murder, She Wrote
as Constantin Stavros · 1 ep.
Hunter
as Harold Goodman · 1 ep.
Highway to Heaven
1 ep.
