Nehemiah Persoff
Birthday: 1919-08-02 | Place of Birth: Jerusalem, Palestine MandateFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
Role
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
as Mr. Ellison
as Mort Logan
as Herr Hauser
as Doctor Gubner
as Dr. Edward Klein
as Amadeo Montoya
as August Best
as Lt. Dow Reeves
as Ben Sawyer
as Capt. Van Ryn
as Graile
as Dan, Starret's Foreman
as Don Panta
as Johnny Torrio
as Little Bonaparte
as Vincente (The Powder Monkey)
as Sgt. Lewis
as Kicks Johnson
as Leo
