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, Max Bialystock, Emmett, 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:
[Searching for the sure-fire flop]
Max Bialystock: "Gregor Samsa awoke one morning to discover that he had been transformed into a giant cockroach." Nah, it's too good.
Philia: That's the brute who raped my country, Thrace!
Pseudolus: He raped Thrace?
Philia: And then he came and did it again! And then again!
Pseudolus: He raped Thrace thrice?
Ulla: Goddag på dig!
Leo Bloom: Uh, I beg your pardon?
Ulla: Goddag på dig!
Leo Bloom: Ah, gut da! Max, have you gone mad? A receptionist who can't speak English? What will people say?
Max Bialystock: They'll say, "A wuma wa wa wa wa!"
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Max Bialystock: "Gregor Samsa awoke one morning to discover that he had been transformed into a giant cockroach." Nah, it's too good.
Philia: That's the brute who raped my country, Thrace!
Pseudolus: He raped Thrace?
Philia: And then he came and did it again! And then again!
Pseudolus: He raped Thrace thrice?
Ulla: Goddag på dig!
Leo Bloom: Uh, I beg your pardon?
Ulla: Goddag på dig!
Leo Bloom: Ah, gut da! Max, have you gone mad? A receptionist who can't speak English? What will people say?
Max Bialystock: They'll say, "A wuma wa wa wa wa!"
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