Nehemiah Persoff
- Atuação
- 2 de agosto de 1919 · Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate
- 5 de abril de 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 · Em pessoa
- Tony Curtis - le gamin de Bronx · Em pessoa
- Anjos na América · Rabbi (uncredited)
- 4 Faces
- Um Conto Americano 4: O Mistério do Monstro da Noite · Papa Mousekewitz (Voz)
- Um Conto Americano 3: O Tesouro de Nova Iorque · Papa Mousekewitz (Voz)
- Chicago Hope · Rabbi Ben Taubler
- Um Conto Americano: Fievel Vai para o Oeste · Papa Mousekewitz (Voz)
- Lei & Ordem · David Steinmetz
- Tal Pai, Tal Filho · Max Wernick
- Irmãos Gêmeos · Mitchell Traven
- A Última Tentação de Cristo · Rabbi
- Jornada nas Estrelas: A Nova Geração · Toff
- J.J. Starbuck
- Um Conto Americano · Papa Mousekewitz (Voz)
- L.A. Law · Rabbi Isadore Glickman
- MacGyver - Profissão: Perigo · Sam Bolinski
- Assassinato Por Escrito · Constantin Stavros
- O Homem que Veio do Céu
- Tiro Certo · Harold Goodman
- Yentl · Rebbe Mendel
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
- Hotel
- American Playhouse · Marcus Hoff
- O'Hara's Wife · Dr. Fischer
- St. Helens · Mr. Ellison
- Magnum · 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
- Vivendo e Aprendendo
- 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: Astronave de Combate · Eastern Alliance Leader
- A Double Life
- Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women · Charles Frohman
- Killing Stone · Earl Stone
- A Ilha da Fantasia · Horst Von Stern
- The Making of a President
- Fuga das Estrelas · ASA
- Deadly Harvest · Mort Logan
- Hunter · Sheik Farakbi
- The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries · Vladimir
- A Viagem dos Condenados · Herr Hauser
- Quincy, M.E.
- A História de Francis Gary Powers · Rudenko
- As Panteras · Anton
- Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II · Charles Dietrich
- McNaughton's Daughter · Vinnie Laine
- A Mulher Biônica
- Psychic Killer · Doctor Gubner
- Eric · Dr. Duchesnes
- Mulher Maravilha · Professor Moreno
- Ellery Queen
- O Homem Invisível · Dr. Leon Barnard
- Barney Miller · Carl Simms, Yacov Berger
- Baretta
- The Stranger Within · Dr. Edward Klein
- The Sex Symbol · Nick Fortis
- Os Pioneiros · Mr. Olaf Lundstrom
- O Homem de Seis Milhões de Dólares · Major Popov
- Os Novos Centuriões
- Purple Playhouse · Dr. Van Helsing
- Dracula · Dr. Van Helsing
- Cool Million · Karinakis
- Lieutenant Schuster's Wife · Champagne Joe Carroll
- Lapin 360
- San Francisco Urgente
- Controle Remoto
- Michael O'Hara the Fourth · Artie Moreno
- McMillan & Wife · Clementa Habib
- The Chicago Teddy Bears