Birthname: Samuel Joel Mostel
Sign | Pisces |
Born | Feb 28, 1915 Brooklyn, NY |
Died | Sep 8, 1977 Philadelphia, PA |
Age | Died at 62 |
Zero Mostel | |
Job | Actor, Comedian |
Years active | 1941-1977 |
Top Roles | Raymond Fitch, Emmett, Max Bialystock, George Wixted, Rami |
Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Musical, Film Noir, Crime, Film Adaptation |
Top Topics | Mistaken Identity, Ancient World, Based on Play |
Top Collaborators | Elia Kazan (Director), Everett Sloane, Hugh Beaumont, Bob Steele |
Shares birthday with | Vincente Minnelli, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Geraldine Farrar see more.. |
Zero Mostel Overview:
Legendary actor, Zero Mostel, was born Samuel Joel Mostel on Feb 28, 1915 in Brooklyn, NY. Mostel died at the age of 62 on Sep 8, 1977 in Philadelphia, PA .
MINI BIO:
Dark-haired, roly-poly American comic actor with football-shaped face. At first seen in serious roles as swarthy, sweaty, ethnic types, this part of his career was halted by blacklisting at the hands of the Un-American Activities Committee in 1951. After a long sojourn performing on Broadway and in nightclubs and building a reputation as a painter, he returned as a leading comic character actor, firing on all cylinders if you liked that sort of thing. Died from cardiac arrest. Actor Josh Mostel (1946-) is his son. (Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).HONORS and AWARDS:
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Mostel was never nominated for an Academy Award.
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Zero Mostel Quotes:
Pseudolus:
Wait!
Hero: Yes?
Pseudolus: A brilliant idea!
Hero: Yes!
Pseudolus: That's what we need, a brilliant idea.
Roger De Bris: Ah, Bialystock and Bloom, I presume! Heh heh, forgive the pun!
Leo Bloom: [to Max] What pun?
Max Bialystock: Shut up, he thinks he's witty.
Max Bialystock: Bloom, I'm drowning. Other men sail through life, Bialystock has struck a reef. Bloom, I'm going under. I'm condemned by a society that demands success when all I can offer is failure. Bloom, I'm reaching out to you. Don't send me to prison... HEEELLP!
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Hero: Yes?
Pseudolus: A brilliant idea!
Hero: Yes!
Pseudolus: That's what we need, a brilliant idea.
Roger De Bris: Ah, Bialystock and Bloom, I presume! Heh heh, forgive the pun!
Leo Bloom: [to Max] What pun?
Max Bialystock: Shut up, he thinks he's witty.
Max Bialystock: Bloom, I'm drowning. Other men sail through life, Bialystock has struck a reef. Bloom, I'm going under. I'm condemned by a society that demands success when all I can offer is failure. Bloom, I'm reaching out to you. Don't send me to prison... HEEELLP!
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