Nehemiah Persoff
Acting
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, 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.
Filmography
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022 · Movie
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
2012 · Movie
Angels in America
2003 · Series
4 Faces
2001 · Movie
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster
1999 · Movie
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
1998 · Movie
Chicago Hope
1994 · Series
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1991 · Movie
Law & Order
1990 · Series
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989 · Series
Twins
1988 · Movie
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988 · Movie
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · Series
J.J. Starbuck
1987 · Series
An American Tail
1986 · Movie
L.A. Law
1986 · Series
MacGyver
1985 · Series
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
Highway to Heaven
1984 · Series
Hunter
1984 · Series
Yentl
1983 · Movie
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983 · Series
Hotel
1982 · Series
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
O'Hara's Wife
1982 · Movie
St. Helens
1982 · Movie
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · Series
Turnover Smith
1980 · Movie
The Henderson Monster
1980 · Movie
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980 · Movie
Condominium
1980 · Series
B.A.D. Cats
1980 · Series
The French Atlantic Affair
1979 · Series
The Facts of Life
1979 · Series
In Search of Historic Jesus
1979 · Movie
A Cry for Justice
1979 · Movie
The Rebels
1979 · Series
Supertrain
1979 · Series
Daniel in the Lions' Den
1978 · Movie
The Word
1978 · Series
Vega$
1978 · Series
Battlestar Galactica
1978 · Series
A Double Life
1978 · Movie
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
1978 · Movie
Killing Stone
1978 · Movie
Fantasy Island
1978 · Series
The Making of a President
1978 · Movie
Logan's Run
1977 · Series
Deadly Harvest
1977 · Movie
Hunter
1977 · Series
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977 · Series
Voyage of the Damned
1976 · Movie
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Series
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
1976 · Movie
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Series
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976 · Series
McNaughton's Daughter
1976 · Series
The Bionic Woman
1976 · Series
Psychic Killer
1975 · Movie
Eric
1975 · Movie
Wonder Woman
1975 · Series
Ellery Queen
1975 · Series
The Invisible Man
1975 · Series
Barney Miller
1975 · Series
Baretta
1975 · Series
The Stranger Within
1974 · Movie
The Sex Symbol
1974 · Movie
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · Series
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 · Series
Police Story
1973 · Series
Purple Playhouse
1973 · Series
Dracula
1973 · Movie
Cool Million
1972 · Series
Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
1972 · Movie
Lapin 360
1972 · Movie
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Series
Search
1972 · Series
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
1972 · Movie
McMillan & Wife
1971 · Series
The Chicago Teddy Bears
1971 · Series
Columbo
1971 · Series
Red Sky at Morning
1971 · Movie
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
1971 · Movie
Dan August
1970 · Series
The People Next Door
1970 · Movie
McCloud
1970 · Series
Cutter's Trail
1970 · Movie
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1969 · Movie
Love, American Style
1969 · Series
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · Series
The Bill Cosby Show
1969 · Series
Escape to Mindanao
1968 · Movie
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
1968 · Series
The Treasure of San Bosco Reef
1968 · Movie
Panic in the City
1968 · Movie
The Mod Squad
1968 · Series
Land of the Giants
1968 · Series
Adam-12
1968 · Series
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · Series
The Name of the Game
1968 · Series
The Power
1968 · Movie
The Day of the Owl
1968 · Movie
It Takes a Thief
1968 · Series
The Money Jungle
1967 · Movie
Mannix
1967 · Series
The High Chaparral
1967 · Series
The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones
1966 · Movie
CBS Playhouse
1966 · Series
Too Many Thieves
1966 · Movie
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Series
Jericho
1966 · Series
The Time Tunnel
1966 · Series
Tarzan
1966 · Series
The Wild Wild West
1965 · Series
Honey West
1965 · Series
The Big Valley
1965 · Series
The Legend of Jesse James
1965 · Series
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 · Movie
Fate Is the Hunter
1964 · Movie
Gilligan's Island
1964 · Series
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Series
A Global Affair
1964 · Movie
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Series
Mr. Novak
1963 · Series
Burke's Law
1963 · Series
The Hook
1963 · Movie
Sam Benedict
1962 · Series
The Comancheros
1961 · Movie
The New Breed
1961 · Series
Ben Casey
1961 · Series
Bus Stop
1961 · Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
1961 · Series
The Big Show
1961 · Movie
Route 66
1960 · Series
Mr. Lucky
1959 · Series
The Untouchables
1959 · Series
Startime
1959 · Series
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Series
The Killers of Mussolini
1959 · Movie
Day of the Outlaw
1959 · Movie
Al Capone
1959 · Movie
Some Like It Hot
1959 · Movie
Green Mansions
1959 · Movie
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959 · Movie
Never Steal Anything Small
1959 · Movie
Rawhide
1959 · Series
Naked City
1958 · Series
The Badlanders
1958 · Movie
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958 · Series
This Angry Age
1957 · Movie
Wagon Train
1957 · Series
The Death of Manolete
1957 · Movie
Street of Sinners
1957 · Movie
Men in War
1957 · Movie
Mayerling
1957 · Movie
The Wrong Man
1956 · Movie
The Wild Party
1956 · Movie
Playhouse 90
1956 · Series
The Harder They Fall
1956 · Movie
Playwrights '56
1955 · Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Series
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series
The Thief
1955 · Movie
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Series
Climax!
1954 · Series
On the Waterfront
1954 · Movie
The Motorola Television Hour
1953 · Series
The United States Steel Hour
1953 · Series
Marty
1953 · Movie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950 · Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Series