Nehemiah Persoff
- Interpretación
- 2 de agosto de 1919 · Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate
- 5 de abril de 2022
Biografía
Nehemiah Persoff was an American film and television actor. Persoff emigrated with his family from Palestine 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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Filmografía
- Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story · En persona
- Tony Curtis - le gamin de Bronx · En persona
- Angeles en América · Rabbi (uncredited)
- 4 Faces
- Fievel, el misterio del monstruo nocturno · Papa Mousekewitz (Voz)
- Fievel en Manhattan · Papa Mousekewitz (Voz)
- Chicago Hope · Rabbi Ben Taubler
- Fievel va al Oeste · Papa Mousekewitz (Voz)
- Ley y orden · David Steinmetz
- Un médico precoz · Max Wernick
- Los gemelos golpean dos veces · Mitchell Traven
- La última tentación de Cristo · Rabbi
- Star Trek: La nueva generación · Toff
- J.J. Starbuck
- Fievel y el nuevo mundo · Papa Mousekewitz (Voz)
- La ley de Los Ángeles · Rabbi Isadore Glickman
- MacGyver · Sam Bolinski
- Se ha escrito un crimen · Constantin Stavros
- Autopista hacia el cielo
- Hunter · Harold Goodman
- Yentl · Rebbe Mendel
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
- Hotel
- American Playhouse · Marcus Hoff
- El cielo puede esperar, pero la mujer de O'Hara no · Dr. Fischer
- El volcán asesino · Mr. Ellison
- Magnum · Rabbi Asher Solomon
- Turnover Smith · Ashmed Amad
- Henderson, el monstruo · Prof. Leo Tedeschi
- F.D.R.: The Last Year · Josef Stalin
- Condominium · Conlaw
- B.A.D. Cats
- The French Atlantic Affair · Col. Schreiner
- The Facts of Life
- In Search of Historic Jesus · Herod Antipas
- A Cry for Justice · Dr. Burke
- The Rebels · Baron Von Steuben
- Supertrén · Max
- Daniel in the Lions' Den · Malimar
- The Word · Abbot Petropolous
- Vega$
- Galáctica: Estrella de combate · Eastern Alliance Leader
- A Double Life
- Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women · Charles Frohman
- Killing Stone · Earl Stone
- La isla de la Fantasía · Horst Von Stern
- The Making of a President
- La fuga de Logan · ASA
- Cosecha mortal · Mort Logan
- Hunter · Sheik Farakbi
- The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries · Vladimir
- El viaje de los malditos · Herr Hauser
- Quincy, M.E.
- Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident · Rudenko
- Los ángeles de Charlie · Anton
- Hombre rico, hombre pobre II · Charles Dietrich
- McNaughton's Daughter · Vinnie Laine
- La mujer biónica
- Psychic Killer · Doctor Gubner
- Eric · Dr. Duchesnes
- La mujer maravilla · Professor Moreno
- Ellery Queen
- The Invisible Man · Dr. Leon Barnard
- Barney Miller · Carl Simms, Yacov Berger
- Baretta
- The Stranger Within · Dr. Edward Klein
- The Sex Symbol · Nick Fortis
- La casa de la pradera · Mr. Olaf Lundstrom
- El hombre de los seis millones de dólares · Major Popov
- Police Story
- Purple Playhouse · Dr. Van Helsing
- Dracula · Dr. Van Helsing
- Cool Million · Karinakis
- Lieutenant Schuster's Wife · Champagne Joe Carroll
- Lapin 360
- Las calles de San Francisco
- Search
- Michael O'Hara the Fourth · Artie Moreno
- McMillan y esposa · Clementa Habib
- The Chicago Teddy Bears