Nehemiah Persoff

Nehemiah Persoff

Nehemiah Persoff (born August 2, 1919) was a former American film and television character 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nehemiah Persoff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1919-08-02
Place of Birth: Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate
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Movies List of Nehemiah Persoff

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Some Like It Hot

1959 Movie
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Yentl

1983 Movie
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An American Tail

1986 Movie
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The Comancheros

1961 Movie
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The Wrong Man

1956 Movie
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Twins

1988 Movie
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The Harder They Fall

1956 Movie
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Al Capone

1959 Movie
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Day of the Outlaw

1959 Movie
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Men in War

1957 Movie
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The Power

1968 Movie
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Escape to Mindanao

1968 Movie
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Green Mansions

1959 Movie
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Psychic Killer

1975 Movie
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Deadly Harvest

1977 Movie
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Fate Is the Hunter

1964 Movie
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The People Next Door

1970 Movie
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A Global Affair

1964 Movie
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Street of Sinners

1957 Movie
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The Wild Party

1956 Movie
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The Sex Symbol

1974 Movie
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The Henderson Monster

1980 Movie
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Mrs. Pollifax — Spy

1971 Movie
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The Big Show

1961 Movie
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The Hook

1963 Movie
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On the Waterfront

1954 Movie
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Panic in the City

1968 Movie
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The Death of Manolete

1957 Movie
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This Angry Age

1957 Movie
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The Badlanders

1958 Movie
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Killing Stone

1978 Movie
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4 Faces

2001 Movie
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Too Many Thieves

1966 Movie
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The Money Jungle

1967 Movie
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F.D.R.: The Last Year

1980 Movie
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The Rebels

1979 Movie
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Red Sky at Morning

1971 Movie
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Lapin 360

1972 Movie
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The Rag Jungle

1956 Movie
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Voyage of the Damned

1976 Movie
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The Stranger Within

1974 Movie
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A Cry For Justice

1979 Movie
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Dracula

1973 Movie
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The Day of the Owl

1968 Movie
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O'Hara's Wife

1982 Movie
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A Double Life

1978 Movie
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Mayerling

1957 Movie
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Eric

1975 Movie
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Cutter's Trail

1970 Movie
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Turnover Smith

1980 Movie
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St. Helens

1982 Movie
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The Thief

1955 Movie
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Marty

1953 Movie