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Nehemiah Persoff
Actor

Nehemiah Persoff

2 Movies
2 Credits
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Known For Acting
Known Credits 2
Birthday August 2, 1919 (106 years old)
Place of Birth Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate
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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.

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Filmography (169)

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story 2022
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom 2012
Angels in America 2003
4 Faces 2001
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster 1999
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island 1998
Chicago Hope 1994
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West 1991
Law & Order 1990
Doogie Howser, M.D. 1989
Twins 1988
The Last Temptation of Christ 1988
Star Trek: The Next Generation 1987
J.J. Starbuck 1987
An American Tail 1986
L.A. Law 1986
MacGyver 1985
Highway to Heaven 1984
Hunter 1984
Murder, She Wrote 1984
Yentl 1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King 1983
O'Hara's Wife 1982
St. Helens 1982
Hotel 1982
The Henderson Monster 1980
F.D.R.: The Last Year 1980
Turnover Smith 1980
Magnum, P.I. 1980
B.A.D. Cats 1980
Condominium 1980
In Search of Historic Jesus 1979
A Cry for Justice 1979
The Facts of Life 1979
The French Atlantic Affair 1979
The Rebels 1979
Supertrain 1979
The Making of a President 1978
Killing Stone 1978
Daniel in the Lions' Den 1978
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women 1978
A Double Life 1978
Vega$ 1978
The Word 1978
Battlestar Galactica 1978
Deadly Harvest 1977
Logan's Run 1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries 1977
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident 1976
Voyage of the Damned 1976
Quincy, M.E. 1976
Charlie's Angels 1976
The Bionic Woman 1976
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II 1976
McNaughton's Daughter 1976
Psychic Killer 1975
Eric 1975
Baretta 1975
Wonder Woman 1975
Ellery Queen 1975
Barney Miller 1975
The Invisible Man 1975
The Sex Symbol 1974
The Stranger Within 1974
Little House on the Prairie 1974
The Six Million Dollar Man 1974
Dracula 1973
Police Story 1973
Purple Playhouse 1973
Lapin 360 1972
Michael O'Hara the Fourth 1972
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife 1972
The Streets of San Francisco 1972
Search 1972
Cool Million 1972
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy 1971
Red Sky at Morning 1971
Columbo 1971
The Chicago Teddy Bears 1971
McMillan & Wife 1971
The People Next Door 1970
Cutter's Trail 1970
McCloud 1970
Dan August 1970
The Girl Who Knew Too Much 1969
Marcus Welby, M.D. 1969
The Bill Cosby Show 1969
Love, American Style 1969
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef 1968
The Power 1968
Escape to Mindanao 1968
Panic in the City 1968
The Day of the Owl 1968
Hawaii Five-O 1968
Land of the Giants 1968
The Mod Squad 1968
Adam-12 1968
The Name of the Game 1968
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef 1968
It Takes a Thief 1968
The Money Jungle 1967
The High Chaparral 1967
Mannix 1967
The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones 1966
Too Many Thieves 1966
Mission: Impossible 1966
Tarzan 1966
Jericho 1966
The Time Tunnel 1966
CBS Playhouse 1966
The Greatest Story Ever Told 1965
The Big Valley 1965
Honey West 1965
The Legend of Jesse James 1965
The Wild Wild West 1965
Fate Is the Hunter 1964
A Global Affair 1964
Gilligan's Island 1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 1964
The Hook 1963
Burke's Law 1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre 1963
Mr. Novak 1963
Sam Benedict 1962
The Comancheros 1961
The Big Show 1961
Bus Stop 1961
Ben Casey 1961
The New Breed 1961
The Wonderful World of Disney 1961
Route 66 1960
Some Like It Hot 1959
For Whom the Bell Tolls 1959
Al Capone 1959
Day of the Outlaw 1959
Green Mansions 1959
Never Steal Anything Small 1959
The Killers of Mussolini 1959
Mr. Lucky 1959
The Twilight Zone 1959
Rawhide 1959
The Untouchables 1959
Startime 1959
The Badlanders 1958
Naked City 1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook 1958
Men in War 1957
Street of Sinners 1957
The Death of Manolete 1957
This Angry Age 1957
Mayerling 1957
Wagon Train 1957
The Wrong Man 1956
The Harder They Fall 1956
The Wild Party 1956
Playhouse 90 1956
The Thief 1955
Gunsmoke 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955
Playwrights '56 1955
On the Waterfront 1954
Climax! 1954
Marty 1953
The United States Steel Hour 1953
The Motorola Television Hour 1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951
Armstrong Circle Theatre 1950
The Philco Television Playhouse 1948
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