Nehemiah Persoff
- Recitazione
- 2 agosto 1919 · Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate
- 5 aprile 2022
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story · In persona
- Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom · In persona
- Angels in America · Rabbi (uncredited)
- 4 Faces
- Fievel - il mistero del mostro della notte · Papa Mousekewitz (Voce)
- Fievel - Il tesoro dell'isola di Manhattan · Papa Mousekewitz (Voce)
- Chicago Hope · Rabbi Ben Taubler
- Fievel conquista il West · Papa Mousekewitz (Voce)
- Law & Order - I due volti della giustizia · David Steinmetz
- Doogie Howser · Max Wernick
- I gemelli · Mitchell Traven
- L'ultima tentazione di Cristo · Rabbi
- Star Trek: The Next Generation · Toff
- J.J. Starbuck
- Fievel sbarca in America · Papa Mousekewitz (Voce)
- Avvocati a Los Angeles · Rabbi Isadore Glickman
- MacGyver · Sam Bolinski
- La signora in giallo · Constantin Stavros
- Autostop per il cielo
- Hunter · Harold Goodman
- Yentl · Rebbe Mendel
- Top Secret
- Hotel
- American Playhouse · Marcus Hoff
- Un amore senza tempo · Dr. Fischer
- Uragano di fuoco · Mr. Ellison
- Magnum, P.I. · Rabbi Asher Solomon
- Turnover Smith · Ashmed Amad
- The Henderson Monster · Prof. Leo Tedeschi
- F.D.R.: The Last Year · Josef Stalin
- Condominium · Conlaw
- B.A.D. Cats
- The French Atlantic Affair · Col. Schreiner
- L'albero delle mele
- In Search of Historic Jesus · Herod Antipas
- A Cry for Justice · Dr. Burke
- The Rebels · Baron Von Steuben
- Supertrain · Max
- Daniel in the Lions' Den · Malimar
- The Word · Abbot Petropolous
- Vega$
- Galactica · Eastern Alliance Leader
- A Double Life
- Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women · Charles Frohman
- Killing Stone · Earl Stone
- Fantasilandia · Horst Von Stern
- The Making of a President
- La fuga di Logan · ASA
- Deadly Harvest - Raccolto mortale · Mort Logan
- Hunter · Sheik Farakbi
- Nel tunnel dei misteri con Nancy Drew e gli Hardy Boys · Vladimir
- La nave dei dannati · Herr Hauser
- Quincy
- Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident · Rudenko
- Charlie's Angels · Anton
- Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II · Charles Dietrich
- McNaughton's Daughter · Vinnie Laine
- La donna bionica
- Psychic Killer · Doctor Gubner
- Eric · Dr. Duchesnes
- Wonder Woman · Professor Moreno
- Ellery Queen
- L'uomo invisibile · Dr. Leon Barnard
- Barney Miller · Carl Simms, Yacov Berger
- Baretta
- The Stranger Within · Dr. Edward Klein
- The Sex Symbol · Nick Fortis
- La casa nella prateria · Mr. Olaf Lundstrom
- L'uomo da sei milioni di dollari · Major Popov
- Sulle strade della California
- Purple Playhouse · Dr. Van Helsing
- Dracula · Dr. Van Helsing
- Cool Million · Karinakis
- Lieutenant Schuster's Wife · Champagne Joe Carroll
- Lapin 360
- Le strade di San Francisco
- Search
- Michael O'Hara the Fourth · Artie Moreno
- McMillan e signora · Clementa Habib
- The Chicago Teddy Bears