Nehemiah Persoff (August 2, 1919 – April 5, 2022) was an American actor and painter. He appeared in more than 200 television series, films, and theatre productions, and also performed as a voice artist in a career spanning 55 years.[1]
His first acting role was as an extra in The Naked City (1948). Persoff is best known for roles as Leo in The Harder They Fall (1956), as Little Bonaparte in Some Like It Hot (1959), as Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik in The Untouchables (1959–1963), as Rebbe Mendel in Yentl (1983), and as the voice of Papa Mousekewitz in the animated film An American Tail (1986) and its sequels. He also made appearances on episodes of The Twilight Zone, Gilligan's Island, Hawaii Five-O, Adam-12, and Law & Order.
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NehemiahPersoff (August 2, 1919 – April 5, 2022) was an American actor and painter. He appeared in more than 200 television series, films, and theatre...
Persoff is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ethan Persoff (born 1974), American cartoonist, archivist, and sound artist Nehemiah Persoff...
film stars the voices of Phillip Glasser, John Finnegan, Amy Green, NehemiahPersoff, Dom DeLuise, and Christopher Plummer. It is the story of Fievel Mousekewitz...
90. It was the 35th episode of the third season. The cast includes NehemiahPersoff as Benito Mussolini and Harry Guardino as an Italian partisan leader...
and Ray Danton. The film stars Paul Burke, Jim Hutton, Julie Adams, NehemiahPersoff, Neville Brand and Aldo Ray. The film was released in December 1975...
Lemmon, with George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Joan Shawlee and NehemiahPersoff in supporting roles. The screenplay by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond...
Fienchild Wendy Hiller as Rebecca Weiler Paul Koslo as Aaron Pozner NehemiahPersoff as Mr. Hauser Fernando Rey as President Bru Leonard Rossiter as Commander...
Bible based on George W. Bush and John McCain. His late granduncle was NehemiahPersoff. The Larry Craig Halloween Mask, a downloadable paper mask designed...
Betsy Drake, Lou Gilbert, Julie Harris, Steven Hill, Cloris Leachman, NehemiahPersoff, and James Whitmore. Bernstein, Adam (November 11, 2015). "Betsy Drake...
1967. The film stars Howard Duff, Linda Cristal, Stephen McNally, NehemiahPersoff, Anne Jeffreys, Oscar Beregi Jr. and Gregory Morton. The film was released...
Wallace. The film stars John Ericson, Lola Albright, Leslie Parrish, NehemiahPersoff, Charles Drake, Kent Smith and Don Rickles. The film was released in...
by Osgood Perkins in the 1932 film, Scarface (as Johnny Lovo). by NehemiahPersoff in the 1959 film, Al Capone. by Charles McGraw in the 1959 television...
Jack Lord, Tyler McVey, Ricardo Montalbán, Joanna Moore, Robert Pine, NehemiahPersoff, Denver Pyle, Stuart Randall, Gilbert Roland, Ned Romero, Kurt Russell...
Parfrey Michael Pate Hank Patterson John Payne Leo Penn Vic Perrin NehemiahPersoff Brock Peters George O. Petrie Robert Phillips Slim Pickens Robert Pine...
Warren Oates Susan Oliver Nancy Olson Gregg Palmer Leslie Parrish NehemiahPersoff Paul Petersen Regis Philbin John M. Pickard Eve Plumb Chips Rafferty...
John McPartland, and starring George Montgomery, Geraldine Brooks, NehemiahPersoff, Marilee Earle, William Harrigan and Stephen Joyce. It was released...
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