Personal Info
Zvee Scooler
Acting
Biography
Zvee Scooler (December 1, 1899 – March 25, 1985) was a Russian-born American actor and radio commentator. He was born in Kamenets-Podolsky (now Ukraine). He performed in both Yiddish and English, on the stage, television, and film. He is probably best known for his roles in Fiddler on the Roof, playing Mordcha, the innkeeper in the Broadway play and the rabbi in the film version. He appeared as Duddy's grandfather in the 1974 film "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz". Another of his more notable roles was that of Boris' father in Woody Allen's Love and Death.
He was known as the Grammeister …
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Over the Brooklyn Bridge
as Rebbe
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
as Pa
Playing for Time
as First Chessplayer
King of the Gypsies
as Phuro
Thieves
as Old Man
Love and Death
as Father
Hester Street
as Rabbi
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
as Grandfather
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
as New York Rabbi (uncredited)
Lady Ice
as Jeweler
