Nehemiah Persoff
Acting
- Born:
- 1919-08-02
- Died:
- 2022-04-05
- Place of birth:
- Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate
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.
Known For
Filmography
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Angels in America
4 Faces
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
Chicago Hope
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Law & Order
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Twins
The Last Temptation of Christ
Star Trek: The Next Generation
J.J. Starbuck
An American Tail
L.A. Law
MacGyver
Murder, She Wrote
Highway to Heaven
Hunter
Yentl
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Hotel
American Playhouse
O'Hara's Wife
St. Helens
Magnum, P.I.
Turnover Smith
The Henderson Monster
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Condominium
B.A.D. Cats
The French Atlantic Affair
The Facts of Life
In Search of Historic Jesus
A Cry for Justice
The Rebels
Supertrain
Daniel in the Lions' Den
The Word
Vega$
Battlestar Galactica
A Double Life
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
Killing Stone
Fantasy Island
The Making of a President
Logan's Run
Deadly Harvest
Hunter
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Voyage of the Damned
Quincy, M.E.
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
Charlie's Angels
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
McNaughton's Daughter
The Bionic Woman
Psychic Killer
Eric
Wonder Woman
Ellery Queen
The Invisible Man
Barney Miller
Baretta
The Stranger Within
The Sex Symbol
Little House on the Prairie
The Six Million Dollar Man
Police Story
Purple Playhouse
Dracula
Cool Million
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
Lapin 360
The Streets of San Francisco
Search
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
McMillan & Wife
The Chicago Teddy Bears
Columbo
Red Sky at Morning
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Dan August
The People Next Door
McCloud
Cutter's Trail
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Love, American Style
Marcus Welby, M.D.
The Bill Cosby Show
Hawaii Five-O
Escape to Mindanao
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
Panic in the City
The Mod Squad
Land of the Giants
Adam-12
The Name of the Game
The Power
The Day of the Owl
It Takes a Thief
The Money Jungle
Mannix
The High Chaparral
The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones
CBS Playhouse
Too Many Thieves
Mission: Impossible
Jericho
The Time Tunnel
Tarzan
Honey West
The Wild Wild West
The Big Valley
The Legend of Jesse James
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Fate Is the Hunter
Gilligan's Island
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
A Global Affair
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Mr. Novak
Burke's Law
The Hook
Sam Benedict
The Comancheros
The New Breed
Ben Casey
Bus Stop
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Big Show
Route 66
Mr. Lucky
The Untouchables
Startime
The Twilight Zone
The Killers of Mussolini
Day of the Outlaw
Al Capone
Some Like It Hot
Green Mansions
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Never Steal Anything Small
Rawhide
Naked City
The Badlanders
Shirley Temple's Storybook
This Angry Age
Wagon Train
The Death of Manolete
Street of Sinners
Men in War
Mayerling
The Wrong Man
The Wild Party
Playhouse 90
The Harder They Fall
Playwrights '56
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Gunsmoke
The Thief
The Wonderful World of Disney
Climax!
On the Waterfront
The Motorola Television Hour
The United States Steel Hour
Marty
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Armstrong Circle Theatre
The Philco Television Playhouse