Overview

Know for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
02 Aug, 1919 (105 years old)

Nehemiah Persoff

Biography

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

An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
HD
G
1h 18m 1998

An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island

Family Movie
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
HD
G
1h 15m 1991

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

Animation Movie
An American Tail
HD
G
1h 20m 1986

An American Tail

Animation Movie
Yentl
HD
PG
2h 12m 1983

Yentl

Music Movie
The Comancheros
HD
Approved
1h 45m 1961

The Comancheros

Western Movie
Day of the Outlaw
HD
Approved
1h 32m 1959

Day of the Outlaw

Western Movie

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