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Nehemiah Persoff


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Nehemiah Persoff (August 2, 1919 – April 5, 2022) was an American film and television 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.

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Dikenal sebagai

Acting

Tanggal Lahir

02 August 1919 di Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate

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The Wrong Man

The Wrong Man

sebagai Gene Conforti

Street of Sinners

Street of Sinners

sebagai Leon

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

sebagai Little Bonaparte

Twins

Twins

sebagai Mitchell Traven

The Comancheros

The Comancheros

sebagai Graile

The Treasure of San Bosco Reef

The Treasure of San Bosco Reef

sebagai Captain Malcione

The Rebels

The Rebels

sebagai Baron Von Steuben

On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront

sebagai Cab Driver (uncredited)

Yentl

Yentl

sebagai Rebbe Mendel

An American Tail

An American Tail

sebagai Papa Mousekewitz (voice)

Al Capone

Al Capone

sebagai Johnny Torrio

The Power

The Power

sebagai Prof. Carl Melnicker

The Thief

The Thief

sebagai D'Arnault-Olivier

Psychic Killer

Psychic Killer

sebagai Doctor Gubner

The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones

The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones

sebagai Skoda

The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Greatest Story Ever Told

sebagai Shemiah

The Last Temptation of Christ

The Last Temptation of Christ

sebagai Rabbi

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

sebagai Papa Mousekewitz (voice)