Nehemiah Persoff
Actor
Born August 2, 1919 in Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate
Nehemiah Persoff was an American film and television actor. Persoff emigrated with his family from Palestine 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").
Filmography
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Self
Angels in America
Rabbi (uncredited)
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
Chicago Hope
Rabbi Ben Taubler
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
Law & Order
David Steinmetz
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Max Wernick
Twins
Mitchell Traven
The Last Temptation of Christ
Rabbi
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Toff
J.J. Starbuck
An American Tail
Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
L.A. Law
Rabbi Isadore Glickman
MacGyver
Sam Bolinski
Murder, She Wrote
Constantin Stavros
Highway to Heaven
Hunter
Harold Goodman
Yentl
Rebbe Mendel
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Hotel
American Playhouse
Marcus Hoff
O'Hara's Wife
Dr. Fischer
St. Helens
Mr. Ellison
Magnum, P.I.
Rabbi Asher Solomon
Turnover Smith
Ashmed Amad
The Henderson Monster
Prof. Leo Tedeschi
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Josef Stalin
Condominium
Conlaw
B.A.D. Cats
The French Atlantic Affair
Col. Schreiner
The Facts of Life
In Search of Historic Jesus
Herod Antipas
A Cry for Justice
Dr. Burke
The Rebels
Baron Von Steuben
Supertrain
Max
Daniel in the Lions' Den
Malimar
The Word
Abbot Petropolous
Vega$
Battlestar Galactica
Eastern Alliance Leader
A Double Life
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
Charles Frohman
Killing Stone
Earl Stone
The Making of a President
Logan's Run
ASA
Deadly Harvest
Mort Logan
Hunter
Sheik Farakbi
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Vladimir
Voyage of the Damned
Herr Hauser
Quincy, M.E.
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
Rudenko
Charlie's Angels
Anton
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Charles Dietrich
The Bionic Woman
Psychic Killer
Doctor Gubner
Eric
Dr. Duchesnes
Wonder Woman
Professor Moreno
Ellery Queen
The Invisible Man
Dr. Leon Barnard
Barney Miller
Carl Simms
Baretta
The Stranger Within
Dr. Edward Klein
The Sex Symbol
Nick Fortis
Little House on the Prairie
Mr. Olaf Lundstrom
The Six Million Dollar Man
Major Popov
Police Story
Purple Playhouse
Dr. Van Helsing
Cool Million
Karinakis
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
Champagne Joe Carroll
Lapin 360
The Streets of San Francisco
Search
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
Artie Moreno
McMillan & Wife
Clementa Habib
Columbo
Jesse Jerome
Red Sky at Morning
Amadeo Montoya
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Berisha
Dan August
Leo Cussoni
The People Next Door
Dr. Salazar
McCloud
Cutter's Trail
Santillo
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Lieutenant Crawford
Love, American Style
Mr. Stone
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Max Behrman
The Bill Cosby Show
Mr. Byron
Escape to Mindanao
Capt. Kramer
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
Captain Malcione
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
Captain Malcione
Panic in the City
August Best
The Mod Squad
Land of the Giants
Titus
Adam-12
Angelo Covelli
Hawaii Five-O
Harry Cardonus
The Name of the Game
Ambassador
The Power
Prof. Carl Melnicker
The Day of the Owl
Pizzuco
It Takes a Thief
Harry Lavender
The Money Jungle
Lt. Dow Reeves
Mannix
Anton Wojeska
The High Chaparral
Homero José
The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones
Skoda
Too Many Thieves
Georgi
Mission: Impossible
Igor Stravos
Jericho
The Time Tunnel
Prof. Anton Biraki
Tarzan
Chembe Kunji
Honey West
Faustini
The Wild Wild West
Major Hazard
The Big Valley
General Vicente Ruiz
The Legend of Jesse James
El Carnicero
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Shemiah
Fate Is the Hunter
Ben Sawyer
Gilligan's Island
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Valandros
A Global Affair
Under Secretary Segura
Mr. Novak
Henry Selkirk
Burke's Law
Jason Flonder
The Hook
Capt. Van Ryn
Sam Benedict
The Comancheros
Graile
The New Breed
Louis Morley
Ben Casey
Bus Stop
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Big Show
Bruno Everard
Route 66
Mr. Lucky
The Untouchables
Jake 'Greasy Thumb' Guzik
Startime
Prior Andry
The Twilight Zone
Carl Lanser
The Killers of Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Day of the Outlaw
Dan, Starret's Foreman
Al Capone
Johnny Torrio
Some Like It Hot
Little Bonaparte
Green Mansions
Don Panta
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Pablo
Never Steal Anything Small
Pinelli
Rawhide
Domingo
Naked City
Barney Peters
The Badlanders
Vincente (The Powder Monkey)
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Ali Baba
This Angry Age
Albert Legros
Wagon Train
Tiburcio Mendez
The Death of Manolete
Camera
Street of Sinners
Leon
Men in War
Sgt. Lewis
Mayerling
Police Officer
The Wrong Man
Gene Conforti
The Wild Party
Kicks Johnson
Playhouse 90
Pablo
The Harder They Fall
Leo
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Ralph Collins
Gunsmoke
Jack Pinto
The Thief
D'Arnault-Olivier
The Wonderful World of Disney
Artie Moreno
Climax!
Lieutenant Cal Nourse
On the Waterfront
Cab Driver (uncredited)
The Motorola Television Hour
The United States Steel Hour
Dr. Arnault / Oliver
Marty
The Critic
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dr. Duchesnes
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Jules Dreise
Armstrong Circle Theatre
The Philco Television Playhouse
Ed Kagan