Nehemiah Persoff
Nehemiah Persoff
Person

Nehemiah Persoff

Actor 1919-08-02 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...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

1959 · Little Bonaparte

Twins

Twins

1988 · Mitchell Traven

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987 · Toff

On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront

1954 · Cab Driver (uncredited)

An American Tail

An American Tail

1986 · Papa Mousekewitz (voice)

The Last Temptation of Christ

The Last Temptation of Christ

1988 · Rabbi

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

1959 · Carl Lanser

Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie

1974 · Mr. Olaf Lundstrom

MacGyver

MacGyver

1985 · Sam Bolinski

Columbo

Columbo

1971 · Jesse Jerome

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

1991 · Papa Mousekewitz (voice)

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990 · David Steinmetz

The Wrong Man

The Wrong Man

1956 · Gene Conforti

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman

1975 · Professor Moreno

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

1984 · Constantin Stavros

Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

1980 · Rabbi Asher Solomon

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Six Million Dollar Man

1974 · Major Popov

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

1966 · Igor Stravos