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Zero Mostel

1915 - 1977

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Samuel Joel "Zero" Mostel (February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977) was an American actor, comedian, and singer. He is best known for his portrayal of comic characters including Tevye on stage in Fiddler on the Roof, Pseudolus on stage and on screen in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Max Bialystock in the original film version of Mel Brooks' The Producers (1967). Mostel was a student of Don Richardson and he used an acting technique based on muscle memory. He was blacklisted during the 1950s; his testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee was well publicized. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zero Mostel is the 4,750th most popular actor (down from 4,298th in 2019), the 7,524th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,303rd in 2019) and the 2,181st most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Zero Mostel ranks 4,750 out of 13,578. Before him are Manoj Bajpayee, Harold Gould, Diana Muldaur, Igor Ilyinsky, Saul Rubinek, and Steve Schirripa. After him are Bárbara Mori, Nina Ananiashvili, Darlanne Fluegel, Zoya Fyodorova, Leticia Calderón, and Naima Akef.

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Among people born in 1915, Zero Mostel ranks 203. Before him are Derek Prince, Boris Andreyev, Eugene Polley, Fuad Abdurahmanov, Stu Hart, and Harry Saltzman. After him are Carla Marangoni, Carmen Herrera, Harriet Bland, Eugène Martin, Alvin M. Weinberg, and Bruno Boni. Among people deceased in 1977, Zero Mostel ranks 202. Before him are Peter Carl Goldmark, Rodolfo Walsh, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Tafari Benti, Robert Lowell, and Germano Boettcher Sobrinho. After him are Karl Kreutzberg, Franco Albini, Birger Rosengren, Américo Tesoriere, Wilmer Allison, and Károly Kós.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Zero Mostel ranks 7,526 out of 20,380. Before him are Wilford Woodruff (1807), John Lee Hancock (1956), Gene Haas (1952), Steve Schirripa (1958), Madison Grant (1865), and Stephen E. Ambrose (1936). After him are Darlanne Fluegel (1953), Ronald J. Garan Jr. (1961), Blind Blake (1893), Red Garland (1923), Marcia Wallace (1942), and Melina Kanakaredes (1967).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Zero Mostel ranks 2,182. Before him are Slim Pickens (1919), Brock Peters (1927), Bebe Neuwirth (1958), Harold Gould (1923), Diana Muldaur (1938), and Steve Schirripa (1958). After him are Darlanne Fluegel (1953), Marcia Wallace (1942), Melina Kanakaredes (1967), Pruitt Taylor Vince (1960), Julia Faye (1892), and Lee Meriwether (1935).

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