Biography
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"). 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.
Acted in 164
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
- 1994
- 1991
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
O'Hara's Wife
Dr. Fischer
St. Helens
Mr. Ellison
- 1980
Turnover Smith
Ashmed Amad
The Henderson Monster
Prof. Leo Tedeschi
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Josef Stalin
Condominium
Conlaw · 2 episodes
B.A.D. Cats
TV
1970s
- 1979
The French Atlantic Affair
Col. Schreiner · 3 episodes
In Search of Historic Jesus
Herod Antipas
A Cry for Justice
Dr. Burke
The Rebels
Baron Von Steuben · 2 episodes
- 1978
Daniel in the Lions' Den
Malimar
The Word
Abbot Petropolous · 4 episodes
A Double Life
Movie
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
Charles Frohman
Killing Stone
Earl Stone
The Making of a President
Movie
- 1977
Deadly Harvest
Mort Logan
Hunter
Sheik Farakbi · 1 episode
- 1976
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
Rudenko
McNaughton's Daughter
Vinnie Laine · 3 episodes
- 1975
Psychic Killer
Doctor Gubner
Eric
Dr. Duchesnes
The Invisible Man
Dr. Leon Barnard · 1 episode
- 1974
The Stranger Within
Dr. Edward Klein
The Sex Symbol
Nick Fortis
- 1973
Purple Playhouse
Dr. Van Helsing · 1 episode
- 1972
Cool Million
Karinakis · 1 episode
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
Champagne Joe Carroll
Lapin 360
Movie
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
Artie Moreno
- 1971
Red Sky at Morning
Amadeo Montoya
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Berisha
- 1970
Cutter's Trail
Santillo
1960s
- 1969
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Lieutenant Crawford
- 1968
Escape to Mindanao
Capt. Kramer
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
Captain Malcione
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
Captain Malcione · 2 episodes
Panic in the City
August Best
- 1967
The Money Jungle
Lt. Dow Reeves
- 1966
The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones
Skoda
Too Many Thieves
Georgi
- 1965
- 1964
Fate Is the Hunter
Ben Sawyer
A Global Affair
Under Secretary Segura
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
The Big Show
Bruno Everard
- 1960
1950s
- 1959
The Killers of Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Al Capone
Johnny Torrio
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Pablo
Never Steal Anything Small
Pinelli
- 1958
The Badlanders
Vincente (The Powder Monkey)
- 1957
This Angry Age
Albert Legros
The Death of Manolete
Camera
Street of Sinners
Leon
Mayerling
Police Officer
- 1956
The Wild Party
Kicks Johnson
- 1955
The Thief
D'Arnault-Olivier
- 1954
- 1953
Marty
The Critic
- 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Jules Dreise · 1 episode
- 1950
Appearances1
2010s
- 2012
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Self